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 …
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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 …
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 …
Monthly Spending – September 2024
Summary Welcome to our September spending post! Our total spend for the month was £2,822. Another expensive month, with several large outlays. Our annual car insurance premium was due, as well as a few other items explaing throughout the post. Unfortunately this seems to be a recurring theme, with different items cropping up every month. …
Monthly Spending – August 2024
Summary Welcome to our August spending post! Our total spend for the month was £2,415. It’s another month above our target! This month we had to pay our vehicle tax for the year. We also had a significant spend on eating out, due to a camping trip. As well as the above, we’re starting to …
Monthly Spending – July 2024
Summary Welcome to our July spending post! Our total spend for the month was £2,665. During July we introduced the newest member of our family! We’re now a 4! It was quite an expensive month for various reasons, the baby actually not really being a big factor at all! Most of the cost for our …