Summary Welcome to our November spending post! Our total spend for the month was £1,432. This is a bit misleading as it was actually a very expensive month. We moved into our new home!! However, a large rent refund cancelled out a large amount of our spending. See below for more details. We managed …
Category: Monthly Spending
Monthly Spending – October 2023
Summary Welcome to our October spending post! Our total spend for the month was £1,290. Having paid our rent up front, we’re now seeing the rewards for an expensive September! We just moved in so we haven’t started paying any bills just yet. We break our main expenses down into broad categories starting …
Monthly Spending – September 2023
Summary Welcome to our September spending post! Our total spend for the month was £9,697. Ouch!! It’s a huge month, as we continue to get set back up in England. We’ve paid 6 months’ rent up front, while we wait for our house purchase to go through. We also purchased various things for the flat/house, including …
Monthly Spending – August 2023
Summary Welcome to our August spending post! Our total spend for the month was £5,987 or $7,425. It’s all change this month! During August we moved back to the UK, meaning from next month we can finally stop having split currencies in the spending posts! We’ll provide a full update soon, but we’re currently temporarily …
Monthly Spending – July 2023
Summary Welcome to our July spending post! Our total spend for the month was £4,042 or $5,115. Time for a big announcement. We’re leaving the Caribbean! We were supposed to be moving country for Mr Way’s job, but this has fallen through and we will now be returning to the UK. This is equal …
Monthly Spending – June 2023
Summary Welcome to our June spending post! Our total spend for the month was £4,483 or $5,379. This was one of our best months since our move to the Caribbean. We had no large expenses and generally kept our spending to a minimum. In theory we should be pleased, but the fact our minimum spending …
Monthly Spending – May 2023
Summary Welcome to our May spending post! Our total spend for the month was £4,972 or $5,968. All in all, this was a fairly typical month for us. We had a few large car expenses, with the insurance and tax being due. Otherwise, everything went fairly smoothly! We break our main expenses down into broad …
Monthly Spending – April 2023
Summary Welcome to our April spending post! Our total spend for the month was £6,602 or $7,922. A two week holiday to Antigua has really destroyed our spending this month! We had already paid for the flights and half of the villa, but this month added the extra half of the villa as well …
Monthly Spending – March 2023
Summary Welcome to our March spending post! Our total spend for the month was £4,528 or $5,433. Another steady month as our spending hovers around the $5k mark. Unfortunately, we expect April to be a different story, as we’re heading to Antigua for 2 weeks! We've had major issues with our website recently, hence the …
Monthly Spending – February 2023
Summary Welcome to our February spending post! Our total spend for the month was £4,156 or $4,988. We finally made it below $5,000! We’ve had the target in mind for a while now, but the last couple of months have included expenses for a future holiday. Now that’s out the way, we finally managed to …