Welcome to our August spending post! This month, we clocked in at a total of £2,702.
August brought its fair share of everyday expenses, but also a few memorable extras—a couple of mini getaways pushed our food and eating out costs a bit higher, and renewing the car tax nudged up transport spending. Thankfully, we avoided any other wallet-busting surprises!
Continue reading “Monthly Spending – August 2025”Welcome to our July spending post! Our total spend for the month was £3,131.
This month has been hijacked by an admin error! We forgot to include some of our June spending, so it’s lumped in with July instead. 3 of our 4 birthdays also needed paying for, as well as a trip away!
Continue reading “Monthly Spending – July 2025 “Welcome to our June spending post! Our total spend for the month was £1,618.
It’s another low spend this month, with no abnormal expenses. Long may it continue!
Continue reading “Monthly Spending – June 2025 “Welcome to our May 2025 spending post! Our total spend for the month was £1,784.
It’s another low spend this month, with no abnormal expenses. Long may it continue!
Continue reading “Monthly Spending – May 2025”Welcome to our April spending post! Our total spend for the month was £1,716.
This is our lowest spend for a while, thanks to no significant bills being due this month.
Continue reading “Monthly Spending – April 2025”Welcome to our March spending post! Our total spend for the month was £2,449.
This is probably about our ‘standard’ monthly expenditure now. Unfortunately we keep having large expenses in between, so our ‘average’ is coming our closer to £3,000 than we would like.
Continue reading “Monthly Spending – March 2025 “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 a full replacement boiler. We also added a couple of new radiators while the plumber was here.
Continue reading “Monthly Spending – February 2025”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!
Continue reading “Monthly Spending – January 2025”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!
Continue reading “2024 Financial Review”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 frugal instincts in many areas, but are also quite disappointed not to have managed a lower total spend. Especially considering we’re now living mortgage free.
This is mostly down to the increased living costs in the UK since we moved away, combined with costs of setting up a home from scratch. We’ve also consciously made some decisions to increase spending on buying quality items.
Continue reading “Annual Spending – 2024”