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 …
Category: Monthly Spending
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 …
Monthly Spending – January 2023
Summary Welcome to our January spending post! Our total spend for the month was £5,216 or $6,259. As we’ve mentioned before, the goal is to get our spending below $5,000 as often as possible. We paid for our holiday accommodation this month, but otherwise haven't done too badly! We break our main expenses down …
Monthly Spending – December 2022
Summary Welcome to our December spending post! Our total spend for the month was £5,185 or $6,324. December saw us visit New York for a week to get our wintery Christmas fix. We hadn't been to New York before so we did a lot of the 'touristy' activities, meaning a lot of expense! We also …
Monthly Spending – November 2022
Summary Welcome to our November spending post! Our total spend for the month was £5,185 or $6,324. Throughout November we had 2 sets of visitors, so we spent quite a lot on eating out and doing trips etc! Everything is really expensive here, so it very quickly adds up. We break our main expenses down …
Monthly Spending – October 2022
Summary Welcome to our October spending post! Our total spend for the month was £5,594 or $6,433. We’re generally expecting to be closer to $5,000 in a ‘typical’ month, so this was a bit above our expectations. This is mostly due to booking flights for our New York trip, as well as extra expenses with …
Monthly Spending – September 2022
Summary Welcome to our September spending post! Our total spend for the month was £5,455 or $6,273. We’re generally expecting to be closer to $5,000 in a ‘typical’ month, so this was a bit above our expectations. This is mostly due to booking a trip to New York! We break our main expenses down into …
Monthly Spending – August 2022
Summary Welcome to our August spending post! Our total spend for the month was £4,383 or $5,259. With our UK visit over, August was about settling back into our new routine in the Caribbean. Spending wise, we had a fairly consistent month and would be happy if we could stick around this level for the next …
Monthly Spending – July 2022
Summary Welcome to our July spending post! Our total spend for the month was £5,042 or $6,049. Our July spending was quite high across the board. This is because we spent most of the month back in the UK! Mr Way was back for 2 weeks, with Mrs Way and Baby Way staying for 4. …
Monthly Spending – June 2022
Summary Welcome to our June spending post! Our total spend for the month was £3,601 or $4,321. Our June spending was much lower than the previous two months. We’re finally settling into life in the Caribbean and most of the large start-up costs are now out of the way. It’s still significantly higher than …