Compostable Kate

I got a letter from my electricity company the other day, warning me that my power bill was going to go up, and advising me on simple steps I can take to reduce my power usage. I don't have air conditioning, or heaters, so I can't save there. I've already replaced 90% of my light globes with the "green" ones, so all that we left (of the three suggestions) is turning off my electrical appliances at the switch when I'm not using them. This is all well and good, and should save me something , but it might cost me in other ways. In frustration, for instance, when I find that the oven hasn't pre-heated, or my water boiled because I forgot to switch the stupid oven on at the wall. And not being able to tell the time from wherever I'm sitting, as the microwave and VCR clocks unset themselves when they're switched off at the wall. I'm also trying not to use as many lights (I've only got a few to start with, but I can always be more diligent