Summary
Welcome to our February spending post! This month, we spent a total of £2,484.
This was a good month for us. With costs of everything increasing, it seems difficult to get our spending much below this level now.
We’ve sorted our spending into the essentials—housing, food, and transport—plus a catch-all entertainment and miscellaneous category. As always, we’ll break down each area and give you the story behind any standout expenses.
| Category | Amount |
|---|---|
| Housing | £409 |
| Food | £745 |
| Transport | £134 |
| Entertainment/misc | £1,196 |
| Total | £2,484 |
We’ll take a closer look at each of these categories in the next sections and point out any major spending.
Housing
Our February spending on housing is fairly standard, with just the usual bills to pay.
| Category | Amount |
|---|---|
| Gas & Electric | £121 |
| Water | £65 |
| Council Tax | £197 |
| Internet | £26 |
| Total | £409 |
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Food
Our February spending on food was £745. This includes everything on our supermarket shop receipts for the month.
Transport
Our February spending on transport is fairly normal. No train tickets this month as they were bought in bulk last month!
| Category | Amount |
|---|---|
| Fuel | £128 |
| Parking | £6 |
| Total | £134 |
Entertainment/Misc
Our February spending on misc items includes a hotel stay, new standing desk & stool and TV license. Otherwise quite a steady month here, with no huge items.
| Category | Amount |
|---|---|
| Phone Bills | £16 |
| Eating Out | £179 |
| Presents | £83 |
| Activities | £260 |
| Dental | £43 |
| Hair | £16 |
| Postage | £4 |
| Hotel | £109 |
| Website | £36 |
| Desk & Seat | £275 |
| TV License | £175 |
| Total | £1,196 |
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That’s All for Now, Folks!
Considering the average UK household spend is £2,700, our aim is to get down below that level. We initially thought we would be able to go much lower but have been surprised by the increase in just about everything since we came back in 2023!
See you next month!
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