It's getting tough out there. Feeling the pinch?

YorksLass

greent said:

Ancestry currently have an offer on for annual membership of 59.99...

I think it's been reduced further to £54.99.  I still won't bother, for a number of reasons, but mainly because Ancestry doesn't have the 1921 census yet - apparently it's only available so far on Find My Past.  I might do a 14-day free trial with them at some stage.  Thanks anyway though for the info.

Quick walk to the Co-op today just for a TV guide for which I had a 25p membership MOC but  I also bought a pack of x 4 mince pies reduced to 13p, bb date 15th Jan.  It's safe to say they'll be gone before then!    

mandy47

Todays little win, next years Christmas cards, money wallets and gift tags all half price. That's at least £8 saved.
Went to a little indoor market in Bridgnorth and found my usual dog treats 25p cheaper than my usual supermarket.
It all adds up.
Had a chat with a lovely lady in a charity shop. She's really struggling with cost of living. I told her all about the MSE forum, olio and freecycle. She jotted it down ad said she'll be joining us all soon.
Decluttered a large collection of lightbulbs  via olio today. That's freed up some shelf space in the garage. 

Pollycat

For anybody close to a CardFactory, they are now doing a 75% off sale on Christmas items.
I bought some nice paper and gift bags.

timehastoldme

Just wanted to briefly update for everyone who wished my mum well, we found out today she is officially in remission. Cancer free for 2023 ☺️

Florenceem

timehastoldme - great news.

Longwalker

Happy New Year everyone

Not posted in a while, lead up to Christmas in work was manic , got the 2 days off and straight back to chaos 

However I took a nasty fall in work last week and Im now out of work so things are going to be tight, very tight, for a few months till I recover and am fit enough to go looking for a job. Im waiting physio which thankfully starts Friday, but in the meantime the pain is really getting me down and I cant get comfortable to sleep so Im feeling rather sorry for myself 

Still, I was lucky enough to get some good yellow sticker bargains - legs of lamb for £8, half price turkey etc so we wont be starving  We dont have gas here, the electricity for the quarter was £400 and £500 for oil which lasted 10 weeks and another £500 bought yesterday . Its not helping that oil went up to over £1 a litre but hey ho, at least we dont use it in the summer - or rather not a lot of it

Still theres word out that we are finally going to get help with the electric bills at long last, by the end of March

Florenceem

Grey day here - heating on at 19 - still no sign of our gas use statement.
Busy after joining the decluttering thread.

EssexHebridean

Sorry to hear people have been suffering nasty shocks from energy bills. I've been quite reassured by ours - we've seen huge rises as we're almost entirely electric - so from around 7p a unit overnight just over a year ago up to 16p a unit now after another increase on the 1st  - so far though we're roughly on track to use around £1400 worth of electric and gas this year though - I'll take that. That allows for aiming to keep our living room at around 19 degrees C at the coolest too - it does occasionally drop below, but it's also sat above some of the time, so roundabouts and swings, I guess. 

Timehastoldme that's wonderful news! 

Longwalker - not such good news from you though - I'm sorry to hear of it, and rather alarmed that it sounds as though your work have laid you off after you had an accident on their account, effectively. I really hope it's not as it seems - but if that is the case then you really need to get some advice on it! 

YoungBlueEyes

@Longwalker I’m sure there’ll be somewhere on here for advice (as well as in real life I mean). Maybe the work board…? 

Longwalker

EssexHebridean said:

Longwalker - not such good news from you though - I'm sorry to hear of it, and rather alarmed that it sounds as though your work have laid you off after you had an accident on their account, effectively. I really hope it's not as it seems - but if that is the case then you really need to get some advice on it! 

No not laid off.

Yes the accident was a work place injury, I fell over a pallet that should not have been in a walk way. The pallet was only just being filled so was low, I never saw it as I was carrying produce, over I went, face down into it. And not one person asked if I was ok. Half an hour later I tripped over the same pallet again - as I say it was in a walk way

I told my boss as we were finishing up for the day and he just roared at me that falling over a pallet twice should really tell me something !!!

So I thought to myself, yes, you are a !!!!!! and dont care about your workers safety

I handed my notice in and got put on gardening leave 

Right now Im just worrying about getting some physio , its obvious Ive trapped a nerve in my neck, head is heavy, neck and shoulders ache,  arm is heavy and numb and pins and needles in my fingers , before I decide what steps I might take - if any. Theres no health and safety in work whatsoever, fella who left in the summer left with two broken toes after a tonne box of spuds fell on his foot and 3 people have had stitches due to cuts this year alone. I knew it was bad, but its never gotten this bad - too many orders, not enough space. I liked my job, 7 years Ive worked there in the freezing cold, near squalid conditions, but Im no spring chick and Im not bouncing back from this and no matter how much I need the money, no point if Im on the sick.

Something will turn up, always does If not Ive always been entitled to carers allowance as Im also a full time carer, so if worse comes to the worse, Ill claim that. I refuse to jump through hoops to try and get JSA and I think I can claim a pension in a years time. So Im not going to be looking at a food bank just yet

Thank you for your concern, I do appreciate it. Ive got time to think about what I intend to do about the accident. I just want to get pain free first