Annual Spending – 2024

Summary 

Welcome to our annual spending post! Our total spend for the year of 2024 was £30,740. For context, this is for 2 adults plus a three/four-year-old and a newborn as of July, living in the UK! 

If you’ve been following our monthly spending posts, you’ll know the story. We’ve managed to stick to our frugal instincts in many areas, but are also quite disappointed not to have managed a lower total spend. Especially considering we’re now living mortgage free. 

This is mostly down to the increased living costs in the UK since we moved away, combined with costs of setting up a home from scratch. We’ve also consciously made some decisions to increase spending on buying quality items.  

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Monthly Spending – December 2024

 Summary 

Welcome to our December spending post! Our total spend for the month was £2,719

There were a few additional expenses this month, but generally not too bad considering it was Christmas!

Our spending on food and presents went up due to the festive season. We also had 2 new windows fitted and a number of other DIY jobs. Aside from that, it was a fairly standard month throughout.  

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