It's time to begin.....

Kakiste

Eeesh! Fingers crossed someone outbids you. 

Kakiste

So got my car insurance renewal through; a full year of no claims and my policy would...... increase by £56! Ha. So I'll be shopping around for the renewal, using Quidco now that I've discovered them. I'm setting myself a target that this year will be the last year I pay in monthly instalments- I'm going to start a new monthly savings pot for car insurance and next August will hope to pay the year outright.

Kakiste

Did the weekly shop- £26.48 at Aldi. 
Planned 7 meals
Tonight- Chinese sweet and sour chicken and rice (cooking the sauce from scratch- will post recipe later) 
Sunday- crispy chicken wraps
Monday- Tuna and sweetcorn pasta bake
Tuesday- Chilli with rice. 
Wed- Chinese noodles 
Thurs- spinach and leek lattice bakes and veg stirfried in balsamic vinegar.
Fri- frozen pizzas and salad

Camping with our friends next weekend locally - have some spending money put aside as there is a bar on site I paid the pitch fee (£50 for 2 nights) so husband will be covering the food costs for the weekend. I'm really looking forward to it. 

Kakiste

Gladioli from the garden have shaped up very well this year 

missymoo81

Hey Kakiste, just caught up with your thread. You’re camping trip sounds amazing. Well done on the sewing. Sorry I missed your birthday, what a lovely day by the sounds of it! And super well done on the debt paying and the payrise!

Kakiste

More gladioli. Very pleased with them this year

Kakiste

Just checked on comparison sites and I've got a bunch of car insurance quotes for £413-£420 odd for the year.

Given that my current insurer were asking for £660 for this year's renewal - it's a significant drop-down and should take my monthly DD down from £52 to £35. 

greensalad

That's a good drop from your current insurer!
Do you pay annually or monthly? I've always paid monthly as it's what we've been able to afford but just recently have started saving per month for our renewal whilst also paying our standard monthly, with the aim to be able to pay annually next year (and hopefully have a better pick too!)

Kakiste

This year I'm still going to have to pay in instalments but I'm going to create an extra savings pot and save £30 a month from October so that next year I can pay for the year outright.

greensalad

Nice one! I'm excited about getting rid of yet another monthly payment (though of course you have to save for it in perpetuity) but there is a little saving to be had paying annually.