Our energy fix ends this month: what I'm comparing before 1 November
Our 12-month fix ends on 31 October. What our year of usage looks like, the questions I'm asking …
Home insurance renewal, year two: why I didn't let it roll over
The renewal said £372. Last year's switch had saved us £165, so I checked again: what I compared, …
Eight months into our energy fix: was it the right call?
We fixed last November. Eight months of meter readings later, my rough sums against the variable price, and …
The April bill rises again, a year after I first listed them
Same bills sheet, one year on. Council tax, water, broadband and phones all go up next week; here's …
Our 2025 money year: groceries, bills and the surprises
A full year from the spreadsheet: £5,677 on groceries, the bills that rose, the ones we cut and …
What Christmas really cost us against the £620 plan
Receipts out, envelopes emptied. Where we stuck to the Christmas budget, where we didn't (the panto) and the …
Christmas on £620: how I split the budget in November
Presents, food, the panto question and everything in between. How I set this year's Christmas budget and the …
Comparing energy fixes for the first time in four years
We've been on the variable price since 2021. How I read the tariffs, the sums I did with …
Our home insurance renewal jumped by £147, so I spent an evening comparing
Last year £339, this year £486 for the same house. What I checked, what I nearly got wrong …