Adulting

It’s coming up to the end of year 1 as a homeowner. Which means it’s switching and renewal time.

Media

My “introductory offer” from virgin media is up so they sent me an email saying that, if I was happy on my package, I could do nothing and my bill would only go up £50 per month.

If I wanted something else I could go online to the offers section to see what else I could do. On this page were options for my bill to increase by £65, £73, and £91 per month. Gee thanks. So, I do the thing you have to do, spend an hour on the phone to get a new contract for the same price.

Tale as old as time.

Insurance

House insurance, is there anything more dull. They didn’t seem surprised that I didn’t want my policy to automatically renew for a year for £250. Moved elsewhere for £90.

That’s enough for one day

Everything else can wait because it gets a little soul crushing. Next year will be worse as the fixed term on my mortgage will be up. Hopefully by then the banks will be offering products. I don’t need that stress in my life.

We have the dog for a couple of days so took him for a walk to shake off all the bureaucracy. This turned into a flaying ant dodging walk.