In my last post I mentioned that I had taken out a new fix for energy. Prices are going up on June 1st by a predicted 13%. Wow....that is going to adversely affect lots of people on a low income, isn't it. We will need to make further economies in order to reduce the bills. Our DD has increased from £97.53 to £108.03 from June 1st. As we have an old TV (at least 12 years old) I'm guessing that it's not particularly energy efficient, so we have begun to turn it off after we have watched the 6pm news and putting it back on at 9pm for the dramas we like to watch. It's never on during the day either. We either go out, do the gardening or read instead.
Some time ago, I talked about the PeakSave scheme for British Gas. We had half price electricity between 11am and 4pm on Sundays which I tried to make full use of. Was it worth the effort?
In around 18 months I have saved £55.98. Not a fortune but better in my pocket than that of British Gas. The new plan will allow me to make better use of the offer because of the longer time slot. I can begin washing earlier in the day and do things like put on the breadmaker, slow cooker, fill the oven maybe. I'll work it out.....
The washing machine insurance is also increasing in price from £7.99 to £8.99 per month from June. We toyed with the idea of cancelling it but, after checking the cost of a replacement integrated machine, it will be safer to carry on paying. I can't manage without a machine.
Although we have had a reasonable increase in our pensions this April, there's no getting away from the fact that we are on the old state pension which is less than the new rate, and so the increase is less too. A huge chunk of it has gone on increased rent already. We were also shocked by how little food we got in our recent delivery from Sainsburys, just 2 tote boxes and they were nowhere near full. It looked pathetic spread out on the worktop AND it cost £52.08 😒
I really need to evaluate what I'm spending on non-food items.....
Are you noticing a difference in outgoings too?
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Thanks for popping in. Stay safe and well wherever you happen to be,
Angie 💗
Everything costs so much more doesn't it? My supermarket shop last week was £92 for two of us. No meat with that as we use a local butcher for our meat and eggs. A lot of what I bought will last us for two weeks but I will have to top up fresh fruit and veg. We too have a lower energy deal on Sundays and overall not earth shattering but better in our pockets than the energy provider. We did have white goods insurance but when we looked at things, we had never had a reason to use it on any item going wrong and the money for them was better saved in case of emergencies, it was dead money just going to the insurers. We do think it's a bit of a con. Remember reading an article somewhere saying companies made a huge profit on these type of insurances as modem appliances don't go wrong often. Both my husband and I are slightly worse off with the new pensions as we both have Civil Service Pensions and the new State Pensions increase takes us just over the tax threshold so we have to pay tax and now worse off. Ho hum! Stay cool it's too hot for me. Regards Sue H
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