Inflation hits my daily cuppa

Like millions of others I enjoy my daily cup of tea at work, in fact I enjoy it so much I have one in the morning and another in the afternoon. Last week I could get a cup of tea for 30p from our staff canteen, however this week the dreaded inflationary price increases come into force adding an extra penny onto every cup of tea.

During the 228 days per year I spend at work, I drink my way through 456 cups of tea, so now thanks to inflation I am now £4.56 per year worse off. So forget your RPI and CPI measures of inflation, the true rate of inflation is 3.3% based on my cup of tea!

Football is back and so is the Football Pools

It’s been 97 long days since the football season finished back in May and with no home nations involved in Euro 2008 it’s about time we had some domestic football to watch again.

Football is not the only thing that has returned today, the Football Pools is back having re-invented itself with an online game that is run alongside the traditional paper coupon version.

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Victory in the Broadband switching battle

Having already switched my electricity supplier and mobile phone operator in recent months it was now time to turn my attention to my broadband supplier. This switch was to prove far more difficult and time consuming than the previous two.

Selecting a new provider was easy as O2 were offering me a years free broadband as one of their existing mobile customers. Their offer was perfect as it was four times faster than my current package with Pipex and most importantly for me had no download limits.

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Summer Sale: Update 2

I recently listed another 12 items for sale on eBay to make use of the first positive feedback I had received. Seven of these sold for a total of £47.44, with the majority of this coming from a suit that I sold for £18.

However I have to deduct £15.96 for postage, £3.03 for eBay fees and another £3.03 for PayPal fees. This leaves me with a net profit of £25.42 for 3 hours work, which works out as a disappointing rate of just £8.47 per hour.

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Second payment from Quidco

I received another cashback payment from Quidco today, this time for £37 for two bookmakers that I signed up with during my Euro 2008 Betting Challenge.

This brings my total profit from Euro 2008 to £237.41 with hopefully another £25 cashback to come from the two other betting accounts I signed up with during the tournament.