Summary Welcome to our July spending post! Our total spend for the month was £3,131. This month has been hijacked by an admin error! We forgot to include some of our June spending, so it’s lumped in with July instead. 3 of our 4 birthdays also needed paying for, as well as a trip away! …
Category: Monthly Spending
Monthly Spending – June 2025
Summary Welcome to our June spending post! Our total spend for the month was £1,618. It’s another low spend this month, with no abnormal expenses. Long may it continue! We break our main expenses down into broad categories starting with the big 3; housing, food and transport. Everything else falls into the entertainment category, with any …
Monthly Spending – May 2025
Summary Welcome to our May 2025 spending post! Our total spend for the month was £1,784. It’s another low spend this month, with no abnormal expenses. Long may it continue! We break our main expenses down into broad categories starting with the big 3; housing, food and transport. Everything else falls into the entertainment category, with …
Monthly Spending – April 2025
Summary Welcome to our April spending post! Our total spend for the month was £1,716. This is our lowest spend for a while, thanks to no significant bills being due this month. We break our main expenses down into broad categories starting with the big 3; housing, food and transport. Everything else falls into …
Monthly Spending – March 2025
Summary Welcome to our March spending post! Our total spend for the month was £2,449. This is probably about our ‘standard’ monthly expenditure now. Unfortunately we keep having large expenses in between, so our ‘average’ is coming our closer to £3,000 than we would like. We break our main expenses down into broad categories …
Monthly Spending – February 2025
Summary Welcome to our February spending post! Our total spend for the month was £6,052. What would have been a successful month was derailed by a failed boiler. We’ve been desperate to have a cheap month, but there always seems to be something we need to spend! Unfortunately, this month was a significant outlay on …
Monthly Spending – January 2025
Summary Welcome to our January spending post! Our total spend for the month was £2,718. This month we went to Center Parcs for a week, so had an increase in eating out costs. We also bought a dehumidifier to help with damp issues in the house. Not a bad month considering! We break our main expenses …
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 …