Summary Welcome to our May spending post! Our total spend for the month was £2,263. This month was a little higher than our target. We had a few large expenses, but nothing too out of the ordinary. We’re still ticking along nicely as we move towards Baby Way No. 2’s arrival. We break our …
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Monthly Spending – April 2024
Summary Welcome to our April spending post! Our total spend for the month was £1,795. Our spending this month was much closer to our target, with no large expenses and generally lower spending all-round. We break our main expenses down into broad categories starting with the big 3; housing, food and transport. Everything else falls into the …
Monthly Spending – March 2024
Summary Welcome to our March spending post! Our total spend for the month was £2,677. Not as high as February, but another month above our ideal spending level! As we continue to settle back into UK life, we’re finding various things we want to buy to improve our quality of life. Most of these can …
Monthly Spending – February 2024
Summary Welcome to our February spending post! Our total spend for the month was £3,729. This is a huge jump from our new ‘normal’, because we booked a holiday! We’re in need of a break so excited to be going to Portugal at Easter time. We booked all inclusive to make the trip as relaxing …
Monthly Spending – January 2024
Summary Welcome to our January spending post! Our total spend for the month was £1,929. Our spending is settling down now, as we get used to life in our new home! 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, …
Annual Spending – 2023
Summary Welcome to our annual spending post! Our total spend for the year of 2023 was £55,350. For context, this is for 2 adults plus a two-year-old, living in the Caribbean until August, then home again to the UK! If you’ve been following our monthly spending posts, you’ll know the story. Living costs in Turks …
2023 Financial Review
Welcome to our financial review for 2023! 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 2023, so keep an eye out for those! Mr Way What a year …
Monthly Spending – December 2023
Summary Welcome to our December spending post! Our total spend for the month was £2,945. We bought lots of furniture and general bits for the house this month. Hopefully the total will be much lower next month! We break our main expenses down into broad categories starting with the big 3; housing, food and transport. Everything …
Monthly Spending – November 2023
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 …
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 …