Saving Money In Lockdown

[naomi24]

It seems some people have been able to save during lockdown, some enough to pay off debts. Have you found yourself with extra cash - and if so, what plans do you have for it?

https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/bills/article-8326143/How-coronavirus-lockdown-saving-710-month.html

[Buenchico]

My bank account has been looking healthier during lockdown but it's probably due for a big hit soon.

That's because I'll probably need a 'big shop' in a supermarket soon, which will probably cost me nearly a couple of hundred quid. (If you're wondering how someone who lives on their own can spend that much in a supermarket, it's because I'm on the 'sheltered' list and going shopping as infrequently as possible. It's 7 weeks since I was last in a major supermarket and I might survive another week or two before returning; I've just kept topping up things like bread and milk from a local corner shop when they open at 5am, in order to avoid any crowds).

While I'm at the supermarket though, I'll also need to buy a tankful of petrol, so that will knock my bank account back further, perhaps by another £70 or so. Also, I've been trying to stretch out my supply of clean clothes as long as possible (by only changing my more intimate garments every few days, instead of daily) in order to avoid visiting the launderette. It's now 10 weeks since I was last there though, so I'll definitely have to pay them a visit soon too. That will probably be around another £30 to fork out. I've also been sorting out loads of stuff that needs to go to the dry cleaners, so that might be another £60 or so.

So, rather than seeing an increase in what's in my account, I've got a feeling that my next statement might well show it having gone back down again :(

[fiction-factory]

Probably a bit more detail regarding your underwear/socks there than naomi was expecting, Buenchico

[ummmm]

I find I'm spending less on food. At the beginning of lockdown deliveries were infrequent so I'm doing much more meal planning.

A few extra bits from Amazon and I'm going to start buying stuff to decorate two of the bedrooms. My daughter bought new furniture she only used for a month so will be having that off her.

I will be planning a holiday.

[Apc2604]

We need reroofing so it will come in handy and son needs a back porch lobby and new garage roof on his home which we own jointly, so it will go towards our half of that. No other plans, we don't spend much.

[Theland]

As soon as our pensions are paid, we help out the family, who are feeling the pinch because of covid, so no spare cash here.
Got a bargain though, Asda tee shirts £3.60 but two for £5, so got four.
That's me set for Christmas :-)