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 entertainment category, with any large inclusions explained in detail.
| Category | Amount | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Housing | £415 | See below |
| Food | £376 | See below |
| Transport | £491 | See below |
| Entertainment/misc | £513 | See below |
| Total | £1,795 |
We break each of these categories down in the following sections, giving detail for any large expenses.
Housing
Our April spending on housing is fairly standard, with just the usual bills to pay.
| Category | Amount | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Gas & Electric | £150 | See below |
| Water | £54 | |
| Council Tax | £184 | |
| Internet | £27 | See below |
| Total | £415 |
We continue to be very happy with our energy supplier, Octopus Energy. Our energy is from 100% renewable sources too which is a great bonus. If you are interested, click through this link and you will get £50 and so will we! It can be hard to find a decent energy company but we really do recommend Octopus.
In fact, we recently emailed them with a query and got a response resolving it within 3 minutes!!
Food
Our April spending on food was £376. This includes everything on our supermarket shop receipts for the month.
Transport
Our April spending on transport includes a new roof box purchase!
We had a camping trip coming up and have been meaning to get a roof box for a while. With Baby Way 2 on the way, we’ll need the storage space for future trips! We managed to get a pretty good deal at Halfords which we’re really happy with.
| Category | Amount | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Fuel | £91 | |
| Bus | £4 | |
| Roof Box | £352 | |
| Motoring Club | £44 | |
| Total | £491 |
Entertainment/Misc
Our April spending on misc items is quite low.
We didn’t have any large expenses this month and generally kept our spending lower. Much more like it!
| Category | Amount | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Phone Bills | £12 | |
| Eating Out | £93 | |
| Presents | £155 | |
| Plants/Garden Stuff | £55 | |
| Camping Stuff | £64 | |
| Activities | £48 | |
| Clothes | £24 | |
| Headphones | £62 | |
| Total | £513 |
That’s All for Now, Folks!
We’re looking to reduce our spending in pretty much every area as we settle down to life back in the UK. It will be interesting to see how low we can get our costs! We’re buying our house mortgage free, so we thankfully won’t have to worry about the astronomical interest rates.
Considering the average UK household spend is £2,700 we’re aiming to get down significantly below that level – probably more like £1,500-1,750.
See you next month!