The Lucky Donut

Our house insurance just came up for renewal.  £420 they said.  Time to shop around I said.

If you haven't signed up for Quidco yet, do it.  Seriously.  Insurance companies pay a small fortune in commission for a new customer, and the idea of Quidco is that you get to keep most of that yourself.  So not only did I get a quote from Barclays that was £80 cheaper, I'm also set to receive another £120 in commission in a month or so!

So not everything you earn is quite on that scale, but there's lots of little somethings that add up...  With a cunning combination of Quidco cashback and online coupon codes I just ordered six CDs from HMV (of all places!) for, effectively, £43!