Everything has gone up

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Had a great weekend (one night) as family of five in London.

Just dawned on me paying the CC bill last night how expensive things have got.

Now London has never been cheap, but I think it cost us probably double what it would pre COVID and that was only 6 years ago.

We were only there 36 hours, and it cost quite a bit of money - not that I regret it.

That's why i use cash because believe me if you had over 2 £10 notes for a slice of cake most people wouldn't do it.

If you enjoyed the cheesecake and that was the thing you were looking forward to then fair enough (I don’t like cheesecake!)
I don’t mind spending if it’s a treat but I can’t see point of spending just on bog standard stuff.
I use Groupon. If I was off to London and fancied tea/cake I’d probably book an afternoon tea on Groupon. I just don’t enjoy things if I feel ripped off.

I bought a bottle of water and a tuna mayonnaise baguette at Upper Crust in Euston station the other day. £8.65.
I work from home and never buy stuff like that these days so the price was quite a shock - especially as the tuna was spread so thin, just a smear of it really, no more than a centimetre wide down the length of the bread, scattered with a few slivers of lettuce.
I’m sure those baguettes used to be stuffed full of tuna mayonnaise and lettuce, crunchy AND juicy, back in the day.

We have just had a £6000 vets bill for our beloved dog
I hope your dog is OK.and comfortable.
My friend has just had a bill for £16,000 for treatment for her dog. The insurance will only pay £4,000. 😢

Euston has free water refills (I have a chillys bottle)
If I spent £8.65 on a butty (and a rubbish butty) I’d feel ripped off.
If I haven’t got food with me I’ll sometimes look at too good to go, station food outlets usually have a bags on at different times of day.

One thing that ghe price has shot through the roof recently is cottage cheese.
I cant remember which supermarket I was in last week but it was £2.90 for 300g.

Cottage cheese has been one of my staples for decades and all 300g tub doesn't last long.
I've started to make my own these days same with soft cheese and paneer!

This was is nice @notacooldad 89p in Tesco. Admittedly not Longley farm good but nice.

Exactly. The quality on offer at most places is just so poor. And the queues are so slow, especially at attractions and in coffee shops. I don't want to go through that at any price tbh and I don't want to pay the sorts of prices people are talking about for food I can throw together in 5 minutes with no effort while I'm half asleep.

I will however still buy things where I can see the value, so something that requires a lot of elaborate preparation, or specialist ingredients. The cheesecake and other things sold by Cake and Bubbles look like a real treat.

This was is nice 89p in Tesco. Admittedly not Longley farm good but nice
Thank you!!
I get through ( or I used to) get through so much cottage cheese, as a savoury dish or a dessert or just with pieces of peach or pineapple , ts becoming a treat rather than a regular ingredients!

You've got Tiktok to thank for that, it's their latest obsession. Hilarious for those of us who've been buying from Longley Farm since before they were born.

I wouldn't pay £2.90 though - Longley Farm is the only one worth buying and that's a maximum of £1.80 for 250 g or about £2.50 for 450 g if you can find it in that size (Booths, the farm itself, or some farm shops and delis).

This is disingenuous. You went to a high end restaurant and had a ‘signature’ cheesecake made by a Michelin starred chef. This is not the norm. There were cheaper options on the menu that you chose not to have.

Anyway, yes costs have gone up. I have lived in London for 35y. It’s hard to get a hot drink and cake for under £7 these days.

A better example perhaps would have been a supermarket meal deal, than a Michelin-starred cheesecake.

You've got Tiktok to thank for that, it's their latest obsession. Hilarious for those of us who've been buying from Longley Farm since before they were born.
I know!!! It's all about the protein!
I'd been making half of these things for 40 years!

Most insurance for dogs has different upper levels of payment. This is why we pay more for the very top level.

Most insurance for dogs has different upper levels of payment. This is why we pay more for the very top level.
Yes my friends dog has/ had a tumour but its close to the spine. Poor thing has been through the mill but is hopefully recovering and her tail is wagging again!

The Philadelphia brand cottage cheese next to it (with a big protein emblazoned on it) was £1.89 for a tub half the size.
I will pay extra for Longley farm if I’m in Booths. That’s an example of a brand I think worth paying extra for.

i agree. Everything HAS gone up. Expect my salary in real terms.

I had a very nice 😋 but bog standard fish and chips lunch in a North East seaside town on Monday.

2x fish and chips plus 2 soft drinks = £46.

Food prices have went crazy. Won't stop me having very occasional fish and chips though 😆.

What? £16,000 for a dog. I love my mutt and the cat but i have a limit to what i will pay to keep them alive and it decreases every year.

What? £16,000 for a dog. I love my mutt and the cat but i have a limit to what i will pay to keep them alive and it decreases every year.
I know, im dreading something serious happening to any of our three.
Friend was in a right state about what to do but the fees added up with chemo,mri scans drugs etc.

Sorry but this is ridiculous

Things have gone up but also what you actually get for your money is smaller/less. I bought a twix last week and it was the size of an old fun sized one! Exercise class was an hour now more expensive and 45 mins not the hour.

Yes, very lucky to have more than enough disposable income over here. Still shocked every time a bill turns up! Every single time I’m like “how much?” It is so expensive to eat out these days. Add some nice wine, stop for a coffee, add in the train, or heaven forbid a black cab in London. It all costs so much.

See this is why peope go to London and compain it is extortionate. I live in London and don't even know where you would buy cheesecake for £19 a slice!

Agree. Our cats have a price on their head after which it's 'the great cattery in the sky' for them...

I agree but also I think your example was also disingenuous.

People don't go to London for a weekend and sit on a bench and eat a meal deal.

A better example would have been a Byron burger etc.