Every debt this debt will go down

NeverendingDMP

One more post ha ha. Just seen aldi uniforms online from 3rd July and in store from 7th July. Get ready for the 8 am party on the middle aisle people

CRANKY40

I'm hoping for some low petrol days in the holidays too. My son is at college so we don't have uniform to deal with any more (thank goodness). 

NeverendingDMP

That's a plus although I bet there's lots of other costs instead. We have 3 at primary school but one only has one year left. So one more year of wraparound care for eldest. At which point I'm sure that will swap over to dinners and spends hopefully a bit spare for us but at least it's an amount I'm used to already spending. 

NeverendingDMP

Gas and electricity just under 25 pounds this week. No gas used,.mainly standing charges. Wondering if I can get the electrify under 20 by itself. It was 21 this week. We have new led bulbs purchased but whether that makes that much difference who knows.

RobM99

NeverendingDMP said:

Gas and electric 27 pounds this week. Yay sub 30 and still on track to be in credit by a bit at end of the month

That sounds a lot for summer!

joedenise

LEDs definitely make a difference, even over the old low wattage bulbs.  We've got all LEDs now apart from our bedroom but that will be changed to LED once the old low wattage bulb gives up the ghost (soon hopefully because I hate it!).

The LEDs are much brighter for a much lower wattage.  We have downlighters in the living room, dining room, utility area, kitchen, bathroom and hall.  The kitchen and bathroom LEDs are more expensive though as they need to be waterproof.  They were supposed to be waterproof ones in the utility area but unfortunately the builder put the ordinary ones in so we had a few problems with them initially as water somehow got into them and caused them to blow but all sorted now.

Wish my smart meters were actually working but they're not.  Had them installed about 6 weeks ago and still not commissioned - EDF are supposedly trying to sort out the problem!  Hopefully they'll start working soon and we'll be able to see how much we're actually using.  We've cut back a lot but whether it's enough for us to be in credit before the winter I've no idea - we'll just have to wait and see.

NeverendingDMP

RobM99 said:

NeverendingDMP said:

Gas and electric 27 pounds this week. Yay sub 30 and still on track to be in credit by a bit at end of the month

That sounds a lot for summer!

I know it still feels a lot. Gas I used one unit but with standing charge it was still two pounds odd. Electricity I'm not sure how we use so much, especially when we work/go school. We don't have a smart meter so I don't know what drains it but my guess is shower and washing machine. There is five of us so with appliances,washing machine TVs etc I'm not sure how much cheaper we can get it. 

NeverendingDMP

joedenise said:

LEDs definitely make a difference, even over the old low wattage bulbs.  We've got all LEDs now apart from our bedroom but that will be changed to LED once the old low wattage bulb gives up the ghost (soon hopefully because I hate it!).

The LEDs are much brighter for a much lower wattage.  We have downlighters in the living room, dining room, utility area, kitchen, bathroom and hall.  The kitchen and bathroom LEDs are more expensive though as they need to be waterproof.  They were supposed to be waterproof ones in the utility area but unfortunately the builder put the ordinary ones in so we had a few problems with them initially as water somehow got into them and caused them to blow but all sorted now.

Wish my smart meters were actually working but they're not.  Had them installed about 6 weeks ago and still not commissioned - EDF are supposedly trying to sort out the problem!  Hopefully they'll start working soon and we'll be able to see how much we're actually using.  We've cut back a lot but whether it's enough for us to be in credit before the winter I've no idea - we'll just have to wait and see.

We are half led now. Might be worth buying a few more. I'm trying to prep for October rises.

jwil

I bought some LED bulbs and haven't put them in yet, I really should!

I think aiming to be debt and mortgage free within 15 years would be amazing - just think all that pressure off!

RobM99

NeverendingDMP said:

RobM99 said:

NeverendingDMP said:

Gas and electric 27 pounds this week. Yay sub 30 and still on track to be in credit by a bit at end of the month

That sounds a lot for summer!

I know it still feels a lot. Gas I used one unit but with standing charge it was still two pounds odd. Electricity I'm not sure how we use so much, especially when we work/go school. We don't have a smart meter so I don't know what drains it but my guess is shower and washing machine. There is five of us so with appliances,washing machine TVs etc I'm not sure how much cheaper we can get it. 

Anything that produces a lot of heat for a longish time. A kettle is only on for a few minutes so doesn't use much in one go. A heater though is on for ages....