6 Months In How much does a baby cost if you’re frugal? It’s really easy to spend a fortune, but we found it hard to find examples of those who are more careful with their money. The Big Issue Money can be up there with the biggest worries for new parents. Baby costs are often …
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Annual Spending – 2020
Summary Welcome to our annual spending post! Our total spend for the year of 2020 was £22,858. For context, this is for 2 adults plus a baby, born in July 2020. If you’ve been following our monthly spending posts, you’ll know how this goes. Throughout 2020 we managed to keep our spending pretty low. We’re …
Monthly Spending – December 2020
Summary Welcome to our December spending post! Our total spend for the month was £2,454. Finally, we made it! Sometimes it felt like 2020 would never end, but here we are. For more of a review of the year, see Mr Way’s 2020 Personal Review and our Financial Review too. We’ll also be posting a summary of …
Monthly Spending – November 2020
Summary Welcome to our November spending post! Our total spend for the month was £1,818. There weren’t any big expenses this month, just a few Christmas presents etc. Steady away! That’s what national lockdown does for you. See below for the full details! We break our main expenses down into broad categories starting with the …
Monthly Spending – October 2020
Summary Welcome to our October spending post! Our total spend for the month was £1,952. This marks another month below our target of £2,000, even considering we had to buy a new washing machine! Coronavirus restrictions have certainly seen a reduction in our spending, as there aren’t many things we’re allowed to do! With another …
Monthly Spending – September 2020
Summary Welcome to our September spending post! Our total spend for the month was £1,636. We’re really happy with this as it’s significantly below our £2,000 target. Before we get into the spending, we want to apologise. We haven’t been creating any blog posts recently, other than these monthly spending breakdowns. We’re determined to get …
Monthly Spending – August 2020
Summary Welcome to our August spending post! Our total spend for the month was £1,970. We’ve been eating out more than usual, as Miss Way increases her socialising and introduces Baby Way to family and friends - at a distance. We also had an MOT on the car this month, and bought a lot of …
Monthly Spending – July 2020
Summary Here’s our July spending – our first month as a 3! In early July, we welcomed Baby Way to the world. Fingers crossed our spending for 3 won’t be significantly higher than it was for 2. We’re using reusable nappies, wipes etc so that should really help minimise the cost on disposable items as …
Monthly Spending – June 2020
Summary And there it is – our June spending – our final month on our own! Baby Way is now over-due and will be with us before the next monthly spending post. We’re really excited and looking forward to showing that it doesn’t have to be a crippling financial decision, as most of our peers seem to …
Monthly Spending – May 2020
Summary As lockdown continues, our May spending has been significantly impacted. We love seeing those zeros in the Transport category! Our total spend for the month was £1,700. This is well within our £2,000 target again. We break our main expenses down into broad categories starting with the big 3; housing, food and transport. Everything else …