Hi Martin,
Whilst this may not apply to you, the benefit is worth the effort - Academic pricing through:
https://onthehub.com/
As University staff, I get the latest CS for $14 per year. I've done so for the last 4yrs no worries. I suggest you check through your list of aquaintances/family to see if anyone qualifies and is willing to help.
There is only one purchase per person, and the CS cloud sign in procedure basically uses their academic email from end to end to purchase. Thankfully, your Adobe signin itself is different, and you can use a gmail address for that, for example.
I take so much work home with me it's not funny (I'm not a lecturer on 6 digits salary), so this is a godsend. Hopefully you could take advantage of this too.