Summary Welcome to our August spending post! This month, we clocked in at a total of £2,702. August brought its fair share of everyday expenses, but also a few memorable extras—a couple of mini getaways pushed our food and eating out costs a bit higher, and renewing the car tax nudged up transport spending. Thankfully, we …
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Monthly Spending – July 2025
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! …
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 …
2024 Financial Review
Welcome to our financial review for 2024! Below, we’ll detail how we each got on this year, including progress towards our FIRE goals. We’ll also be posting a more personal review from Mr Way, as well as our annual spending summary for 2024, so keep an eye out for those! Mr Way A strange year …
Annual Spending – 2024
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 …