A thread for moaning about the cost of everything

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Just 4 years ago I could get my hair done and nails done for £70 all in all.

It’s now £135 for both of these. Double.
(I understand cost of living drives up the prices for people who are self employed, and I’m not blaming them individually for it)

Bills are up so much this month. The price of everything is just horrendous and I don’t know how some people manage!

That's rather an unreasonable response there @GR8GAL . You have no idea what work the poster does, what their circumstances are or in whether they have done all of the things you are saying .

Aside from that - people should not feel they have to work for promotion for their wages to rise in line with inflation .

Well said @ShinyAppleDreamingOfTheSea

It's a bit unfair to suggest its people not progressing enough in life who are not managing financially , it's across the board and higher energy costs and the price of houses or rents are astronomical compared to even a few years ago. Food prices have rocketed.
Read any thread on mumsnet and even those who earn well or have two decent incomes are still struggling now:
I agree that not everything can be handed on a plate , but when people are working long hours and earning and still haven't much left at the end of the month, then something isn't going right and I don't think it's for lack of trying to progress or get a better paid job or whatever either. Not for everyone anyway

@GR8GAL I've done quite well in my career doing everything you suggested as has my DH - combined we earn £160k. I also possess something I rarely see on MN which is empathy. We don't struggle but are very aware many others do. Believe it or not we've also noticed the cost of things going up.

Imo most people do these things. There still isn't great payoff for people who work consistently hard. Most of us were told if you work hard you'll see the rewards.

I remember when Wagon Wheels were the size of your head. They fit in the palm of your hand now

Wagon wheels ! May as well call them ' toy car wheels ' these days

@GR8GAL how do you suppose a person struggling financially affords to go back into education? If you haven't realised it's not free and you can't often work full time and study. That's before considering that a person may be unable to cope with further education/meet the entry requirements/actually access a college/university etc. all of that is before you factor in the ability to study and do well plus managing their current commitments such as parenting/caring for relatives etc. and all of that aside, why should people who for whatever reason do not have multiple qualifications not get a fair wage?

I have a first class degree and speak a second language, and my DH is educated to postgrad level - our combined income is around £50k (and there would be no point in us working more hours as childcare would then cost more than the extra money earned). We also couldn't afford for either of us to go back into education as we then flat out couldn't afford the childcare necessary for that.

Goady nonsense.

It wasn't so long ago that I used to go on a night out with £20 in my purse. That would pay for club entrance, shared taxis, chips on the way home, and enough drinks for a hangover the following morning!

The equivalent night out would probably now cost around £60 -70. No wonder young people don't drink as much these days!

I relate to this too. Just 20 quid would last all night.

2 '99' ice creams today £9.

@JamSandle This is why ‘pre’ drinking is so popular.
Ice creams always catch me out .I was out with a friend and her 2 children and went to the cafe to get ice cream and they tagged along so naturally I got them an ice cream each plus mine and my friends and it was £20!!!

@MidnightMeltdown

It wasn't so long ago that I used to go on a night out with £20 in my purse. That would pay for club entrance, shared taxis, chips on the way home, and enough drinks for a hangover the following morning!

You mean just yesterday in 1989?

@Redrum00 @LibbyLemoncake If it's non-haeme iron (non-animal source), you need vitamin C to boost absorbtion, either eat with something else with vitamin C or take a vitamin C tablet with it. Boots do cheap ones for about 99p for 30, they are on 3 for 2. I break them into 3/4 pieces by carving with a bread knife, using a serated knife and being careful, as the dose is 5/6 times the dose of the iron with vitamin c tablets, and take with my over counter iron tablets, you could do the same with food.

https://www.boots.com/boots-vitamin-c-food-supplement---30-tablets-10259786

A PP mentioned safe foods for Autistic kids. My DD is Autistic and the price of her favoured passata has rocketed. I've tried allsorts. Every passata I can find, mutti finely chopped tomatoes, making my own (which I used to do when she was a baby) but she simply won't eat them. She absolutely knows the difference. They used to be £1.50 for a pack of two jars a year ago. They were often half price so at 75p for two, I'd stock up.

This week, they are £3.00 for two jars. Supposedly, £2.20 with Nectar prices. It's an absolute piss take. They are sticking an extra 50p on loads of items in order to keep other products lower.

My mother was mentioning today about the Jack's brand being owned by Tesco, yet stocked at corner shops (who mainly use Booker cash and carry) so Tesco aren't stupid and are making sure they are getting a share there, too. I've never liked Tesco. I can't explain why; it might be that it's never been my local store, so I can't find my way around easily. I'm disabled and also Autistic, and it's all just so overwhelming. Trying to shop around and just getting more stressed when you can't find what you need, just to save some money.

A PP mentioned safe foods for Autistic kids. My DD is Autistic and the price of her favoured passata has rocketed. I've tried allsorts. Every passata I can find, mutti finely chopped tomatoes, making my own (which I used to do when she was a baby) but she simply won't eat them. She absolutely knows the difference. They used to be £1.50 for a pack of two jars a year ago. They were often half price so at 75p for two, I'd stock up.

This week, they are £3.00 for two jars. Supposedly, £2.20 with Nectar prices. It's an absolute piss take. They are sticking an extra 50p on loads of items in order to keep other products lower.

My mother was mentioning today about the Jack's brand being owned by Tesco, yet stocked at corner shops (who mainly use Booker cash and carry) so Tesco aren't stupid and are making sure they are getting a share there, too. I've never liked Tesco. I can't explain why; it might be that it's never been my local store, so I can't find my way around easily. I'm disabled and also Autistic, and it's all just so overwhelming. Trying to shop around and just getting more stressed when you can't find what you need, just to save some money.

My Dd is ASD and like this with clothes. It drives me mental. The softest stuff is always the most expensive.

No I mean about 15 years ago when I was a student!

Oops sorry @MidnightMeltdown ! Still it kind of shows that prices didn't go up so much throughout the 90s / early 2000s.

Monthly grocery shop for family of 4 - £700
Mortgage - 715
Childcare - 600
Council tax - 200
Gas and electric - 160

The basics are so expensive!!!