like grapes and strawberries and things that come in a punnet the punnets have shrunk, so you don t get as much. and the supermarkets hope you won t notice. yes! laughter. but inflation doesn tjust impact what we pay for things. if you re on a fixed income, like a pension, or if you have savings, high inflation means, really, you have less in your pot to spend. apart from those long, lovely lunches with your pal susan, what are your outgoings what do you spend your money on? holidays pre pandemic. presents for grandchildren. as well as your teacher pension and your state pension, you have your savings, you have your investments in stocks and shares, as well. when it comes to prices going up and how far that pot of money will go, it won t be going as far soon, will it? it won t. the cash isas obviously are effectively losing value. you hope, i suppose, that the stocks and shares isas might go up, but there s obviously a risk attached to those. there could be some big decisions ahe