The path of my life is strewn with cowpats from the devil's own satanic herd.

boredofbeingathome

taxi73 wrote: »

I too emergency shopped the other day as I can only see the roads getting worse due to the lack of grit in most parts of the country!!!..the foreign stuff ordered isn't due in for a while either.
Pepe...know that trapped feeling..when will you be able to go out?(sorry don't know what sort of op you had)

I hear they are taking sand from the beaches now- Here's hoping for British inclement weather to return soon.:D

Pepe had a hernia op.:o

taxi73

Fantastic news on the DD reduction.Have you been trying to save gas/electric?
Well done on all the shopping..think it's best to have a lot in as you never know what the shops will run out of.

taxi73

OOOOOOOOOOOH...poor PEPE..hope you recover soon.I can understand you not going out as slipping would be very painful.

boredofbeingathome

I haven;t got a checker thing, but i worked out how much we were using. Then draught proofed even more, lagged even more...and turned off even more. As bulbs went i replaced with loads of freebie low energy ones.

I bake a lot and use computer a lot as well. TV seems to be on a lot with the kids- but just by being more aware- have been able to reduce DD from £105(they kept putting it up) last year to this now. They paid back over payments last year as well- and i constantly check for better deals. All due to advice on here..and i could do more, but we are comfortable and that's ok for the moment.

taxi73

That sounds great will have to put more thought into gas/electric stuff myself..mines £79 p/m

boredofbeingathome

taxi73 wrote: »

That sounds great will have to put more thought into gas/electric stuff myself..mines £79 p/m

To be honest Taxi, it took very little thought after the first week. Now i check once a fortnight, but initially did readings more regularly.

Then getting organised was the next step and perhaps- 20 mins searching for better deals. That's it- very little effort.:D But good savings to be had, i was quite limited on budget last year and i was determined to get more flexibility.

taxi73

Thanks will start investigating that then.

mark55man

don't forget quidco - eon are offering £70 for dual fuel swap - I am sure others are the same

i use eon - every month or so I check they haven't introduced a cheaper tariff and if they have I swap to that. every 6 months I check if Eon are still cheapest for me

also look out for threads on OWL electriicity monitors - since I got mine I have saved 30% on my leccy bill (to be fair I was looking to cut down anyway, but I found it helped) - eg I cut my gas by 20% in the same period which obviously wasn't affected by the OWL

be safe out there - nearly did myself in shovelling snow

shaun40400

with 15% off
my
electric is €86 a month,,,ist time ive used this 12 system and think they are out by 20 a month
gas is €250 a month at the min,,but normally 125 a month dec to march

:o

you get free bulbs ...we get €12 -€ 15 a pop....and no where to recycle them ,,,yet

In_Search_Of_Me

eek re shopping...phew been trying to post that single line all night and almost had a panic attack as computer went awry!! seems ok now but makes me realise that I'd be lost without me lappy!
Keep up the good work bob...