we have managed to order a few packs, BUT noone is going to pay for a test and noone really asking now - Theatres we hve booked in April , since last year , before the Cost Of Living all went up (so that has now stopped) - no one require any form of test or covid vaccinations, as last year.
boots did have them up at £5.50 each , but now dropped to £2
We had covid a fortnight ago , and did a lfT & PCR all positive - Went through 8 tests 4 each over the course of 2 weeks , before negative - thats around £16 - with the cost of living increasing, not sure i would pay now
Broadband just gone up £4 a month - Mobile also up around 8% - Due from April
Petrol, had to cut down on social travel - a local garage went up by 4p a litre the night before the statement and diesel is £1.78.9, yesterday!
Ctax , up 5% , and although most properties are band C&D - they re-banded when we moved in , as are others in street which are now E !!!!
not yet seen the gas/electric bills change when my Co either goes bust or Fixed term ends
tax up this year with NI , not sure of the overall effect with July threshold change
SO would i pay for a test , no i dont think i would at the moment , may change
Did i think i had covid, no , just thought it was a cold .... as some of my friends have also mentioned - if the LFT was not free , i would not have bothered testing , as i said, i thought it was just a cold ... and no reason to test , other than social reasons, no legal requirement.
I could have just carried on as normal - shopping, etc , but choose not to.
But the after effects are exhausting
