As pretty much everything has been creeping up in price over the last two years, coupled with yet another year of no pay rise, I’ve gradually adapted to my new circumstances. First it was the treats that went, a new skirt, a pretty dress, no biggy. 🧵1/10 #BigPowerOff3
Then realising that in order to afford my bills I’d have to sit through winter with not less heat but no heat, limiting oven cooked food to twice a week, a wash cycle once a week etc… only to see that wasn’t enough, I’d have to cut back on food, 2/10 #CostOfLivingCrisis
cut a whole meal a day out, then half the amount of 2nd meals, not healthy for someone with heart disease. Then money for opticians and dentists had to stop being put by, despite glasses keep breaking and them not being strong enough.3/10 #BigPowerOff3