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19lottie82 wrote: ȣ250 isn't a lot or 2 people!
I guess it depends how you shop and cook. I cook everything from scratch and we eat very well for about £40 a week (£160 per month)I let my mind wander and it never came back!0 -
19lottie82 wrote: ȣ250 isn't a lot or 2 people!
I think it is.
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19lottie82 wrote: ȣ250 isn't a lot or 2 people!
I spend less than that for 3 adults & 2 large dogs.Tallyhoh! Stopped Smoking October 2000. Saved £29382.50 so far!0 -
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Butdoineedit – fab suggestions. The Council Tax is over 10months, but didn’t start until June, as the council were slow in setting it upwhen we moved authority, so think I’m stuck with those payments! I followed oneof the links on here for switching electricity and gas last night, and with theone I’ve chosen it will be £100 cheaper pa. Will definitely look to shop aroundfor contents insurance – a classic caseof automatically renewing with same company (who our previous estate agentssuggested we went with because of them doing specific tenants contentsinsurance - 5 years ago!)
Yay, great news about the gas & eletricity!
The medical one is for lenses for the two of us,prescriptions, and dentists, as well as any otc medicines – does this stillseem high?
Ahhh makes more sense now, but have you checked you are getting the best deal you can for your lenses?
So have just re-jigged my SOA and just from changinggroceries, presents, haircuts, entertainment, clothing, “other travel” (this isfor the bus when I’m not feeling up to a 14 mile round trip to work by bike orrunning) a little bit (to a level that doesn’t feel too depressing, and nice toknow there’s still room to reduce it further) it will save us £90 pcm, plusthere will be savings to come from changing utilities, mobile tariff, andcontents insurance once these have been sorted :T. Awesome - that’s 1% of ouroverall debt just like that, and without too much of a stretch :j! Thank you. I willbe signing up to the 1% challenge as well as it sounds like a goody. Thanks all, any other suggestions?
That's a brilliant saving, well done you!!!February NSD challenge 5/150
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