Damn! I am sort of in the same boat. My parents have promised to put me through college (bachelors and masters) and a monthly allowance of 100 bucks for everything else (rent and insurance is paid by them). I spend 10 dollars for public transport and 10 dollars for cell phone plan (oh btw the cafeteria card is paid for by them upto a limit of 150 bucks) and about 70ish dollars for groceries. So basically I save upto 5 to 10 dollars a month! Basically I have a hard time even buying a damn shirt for myself! Oh did I mention that I am in the uni for about 16 hours a day! I don't even have time for a job! On Sundays I am too tired to do anything except a small mountain bike ride. Also lab work in uni on Sundays for about 12 hours.( project work, don't have time to do it at other times)