NotWorriedAtAll
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We've been cutting things to the bone for years and just as our yearly income has started to increase due to career changes, costs have increased so we're lucky compared to many. We also have a mortgage now instead of rent and the mortgage is almost a third more expensive than the rent was because due to our age we could only get a nine year mortgage which pushed the monthly cost up. But we were lucky to finalise it on a fixed rate for a few years at a low rate before they went up. We had been planning to lump it off fast with our extra income but we probably won't do that now.
We put a floor on our attic and a pull down ladder so we can now get all our stuff out of paid storage and store the stuff we want to keep up there and get rid of the rest and that will save us around £100 a month to go towards the increase in stuff.
We have been getting all our groceries delivered for the least two and half years and I am keeping our spend to the same amount each week by choosing cheaper versions of stuff or buying when they are on offer.
One wheeze is to always pick the cheapest brand/version and tick substitutions accepted and put in the notes that other versions of the item are fine. That way if the cheap version runs out you get the more expensive version instead at the same price. I like the cheap versions so I am happy with them but now and then it is a fun bonus to get an expensive sub. It doesn't happen often but when it does it means i am never upset by getting a substitution just chuffed.
Our fixed rate energy deal runs out at the end of this month.
I have bought a little solo campfire stove so I can do some cooking outside using bits of sticks and twigs and garden stuff in it. I decided it would save money and it would be fun too. I am trying to do my usual trick of turning a negative into a fun thing that makes me happy and I managed to get the solo campfire at a good price.
We got a great deal on an awning that has cut down on the need for fans to cool in the summer and we're sorting out the garden so we can use it to grow onions and other things I like - mainly herbs and blackberries and cruciferous veggies.
I am also introducing a day a week when we don't cook anything and just eat cold things. I have stopped using our gas hob and use an induction hob instead as it is much more efficient and I like it better. We have put a new heating controller and thermostat in and that started saving us money as soon as it went in.
We never go on holiday - no need our home is our place of comfort and relaxation and we have virtual reality if we want to visit anywhere in the world - and we don't drink or smoke or go out to eat or to socialise because we don't like doing any of those things. I would prefer to stay in and I enjoy cooking and luckily hubby feels the same way. We don't have a tv either and haven't for decades so that saves a lot of energy and no tv license to pay either.
We work from home and have done for decades and the only real expense is diesel to visit my mum and take care of her when she needs it. She has finally agreed to have her blindness officially diagnosed which means we can help her claim attendance allowance so that will go towards covering her increased energy bills and fingers crossed that and the various government support in that direction should cancel out most of her increased fuel costs. She's another hermit like us but she does watch tv but if she gets diagnosed officially blind she will get her license free.
We've installed film on the windows to keep us cool in hot weather and warm in the winter.
Looks like solar isn't on the cards yet until the government starts giving grants to help us do that but if they do give grants we will be getting it straight away.
We put a floor on our attic and a pull down ladder so we can now get all our stuff out of paid storage and store the stuff we want to keep up there and get rid of the rest and that will save us around £100 a month to go towards the increase in stuff.
We have been getting all our groceries delivered for the least two and half years and I am keeping our spend to the same amount each week by choosing cheaper versions of stuff or buying when they are on offer.
One wheeze is to always pick the cheapest brand/version and tick substitutions accepted and put in the notes that other versions of the item are fine. That way if the cheap version runs out you get the more expensive version instead at the same price. I like the cheap versions so I am happy with them but now and then it is a fun bonus to get an expensive sub. It doesn't happen often but when it does it means i am never upset by getting a substitution just chuffed.
Our fixed rate energy deal runs out at the end of this month.
I have bought a little solo campfire stove so I can do some cooking outside using bits of sticks and twigs and garden stuff in it. I decided it would save money and it would be fun too. I am trying to do my usual trick of turning a negative into a fun thing that makes me happy and I managed to get the solo campfire at a good price.
We got a great deal on an awning that has cut down on the need for fans to cool in the summer and we're sorting out the garden so we can use it to grow onions and other things I like - mainly herbs and blackberries and cruciferous veggies.
I am also introducing a day a week when we don't cook anything and just eat cold things. I have stopped using our gas hob and use an induction hob instead as it is much more efficient and I like it better. We have put a new heating controller and thermostat in and that started saving us money as soon as it went in.
We never go on holiday - no need our home is our place of comfort and relaxation and we have virtual reality if we want to visit anywhere in the world - and we don't drink or smoke or go out to eat or to socialise because we don't like doing any of those things. I would prefer to stay in and I enjoy cooking and luckily hubby feels the same way. We don't have a tv either and haven't for decades so that saves a lot of energy and no tv license to pay either.
We work from home and have done for decades and the only real expense is diesel to visit my mum and take care of her when she needs it. She has finally agreed to have her blindness officially diagnosed which means we can help her claim attendance allowance so that will go towards covering her increased energy bills and fingers crossed that and the various government support in that direction should cancel out most of her increased fuel costs. She's another hermit like us but she does watch tv but if she gets diagnosed officially blind she will get her license free.
We've installed film on the windows to keep us cool in hot weather and warm in the winter.
Looks like solar isn't on the cards yet until the government starts giving grants to help us do that but if they do give grants we will be getting it straight away.
£13.98 for 2 packs of 50 Jan 2022 now £11.76 one pack Amazon. I am buying from Homehealth at £9.80 now which i think is cheapest around unless anyone knows better.
