I don't know about you but I have the Christmas blues and so does my bank balance apparently. I love giving and receiving presents but it would be nice if we didn't have to spend money on anything else over the festive period, a nice month off from paying bills.
It has been particularly hard for me this year as we moved into our new house in the middle of December so the bills have already started to pile up.You know those dreaded brown envelopes that come in the post, the ones that want to take all your hard earned money, yep those pesky things.
And I'm sure you've noticed the prices of household utilities seem to go up year on year but I don't feel like I'm getting anything extra for the money that I'm paying.
A survey conducted by Santander recently actually revealed some quite shocking results when it comes to paying household bills. Just take a look at the infographic below :