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 …
Author: A Way to Less
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 …
Monthly Spending – November 2024
Summary Welcome to our November spending post! Our total spend for the month was £2,730. We had another payment for repairs on our roof this month, significantly increasing the total. Otherwise it was a fairly normal month throughout. We break our main expenses down into broad categories starting with the big 3; housing, food and transport. …
Monthly Spending – October 2024
Summary Welcome to our October spending post! Our total spend for the month was £3,248. The large expenses this month were some repairs to our roof and a holiday to Center Parcs in January. Everything else is quite low, but those large items make it an expensive month! We break our main expenses down into …
Monthly Spending – September 2024
Summary Welcome to our September spending post! Our total spend for the month was £2,822. Another expensive month, with several large outlays. Our annual car insurance premium was due, as well as a few other items explaing throughout the post. Unfortunately this seems to be a recurring theme, with different items cropping up every month. …
Monthly Spending – August 2024
Summary Welcome to our August spending post! Our total spend for the month was £2,415. It’s another month above our target! This month we had to pay our vehicle tax for the year. We also had a significant spend on eating out, due to a camping trip. As well as the above, we’re starting to …
Monthly Spending – July 2024
Summary Welcome to our July spending post! Our total spend for the month was £2,665. During July we introduced the newest member of our family! We’re now a 4! It was quite an expensive month for various reasons, the baby actually not really being a big factor at all! Most of the cost for our …
Monthly Spending – June 2024
Summary Welcome to our June spending post! Our total spend for the month was £1,772. It was quite a boring month thankfully! We still ideally want to reduce our spending average further, but we’re still getting set up in our new house, preparing for a new baby and generally adjusting to life back in the …
Monthly Spending – May 2024
Summary Welcome to our May spending post! Our total spend for the month was £2,263. This month was a little higher than our target. We had a few large expenses, but nothing too out of the ordinary. We’re still ticking along nicely as we move towards Baby Way No. 2’s arrival. We break our …
Monthly Spending – April 2024
Summary Welcome to our April spending post! Our total spend for the month was £1,795. Our spending this month was much closer to our target, with no large expenses and generally lower spending all-round. We break our main expenses down into broad categories starting with the big 3; housing, food and transport. Everything else falls into the …