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 …
Category: Money
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 …
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 …
1 Year Cost of Living in Turks and Caicos
Summary We’ve been living in the Caribbean for over a year now. Time flies! We wanted to provide a summary of our first year of Turks and Caicos living costs. This includes all setup costs like a new car, housing deposits etc. Our first year abroad also included a couple of expensive trips away which …