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Spending Category Amount Notes Christmas £246.44 Clothes £113.00 Eating out £33.53 Entertainment £56.71 Groceries £186.84 Budget of £40/week = £200 for the month Health £60.99 CrossFit (2 x week membership) £40 and PureGym (unlimited) £20.99 Housing £797.83 Mortgage, gas and electric, broadband, council tax, window cleaning Mobile phone £6.90 SIM only deal with Lebara Shopping […]
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Spending Category Amount Notes Eating out £11.75 IKEA cafe and Costco cafe Entertainment £101.63 TV licence, Spotify, three lottery tickets (no wins), competitions magazine, four bets on the football (no wins), drinks when out, Latin dance classes, a ticket for a cup football match, playing pool Groceries £200.62 Budget of £40/week = £200 for the […]
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August’s highlights: I went on holiday to London and Denmark I booked another holiday, for October I have big news regarding my living situation I made a big purchase Spending Category Amount Notes Entertainment £37.97 TV licence, Spotify, two lottery tickets (no wins), competitions magazine, a couple of bets on the football (no wins), and […]
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There’s only one word I can use to describe July – without adding a swearword in front of it – and that’s expensive. My implant journey continued and at this point, it feels like I’m helping my dentist achieve his own FIRE dreams with the amount of money I’m putting his way. In happier spending, […]
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Inflation’s really starting to smash us, isn’t it? This month I needed to buy protein powder, which I use after going to the gym. The last couple of times I’ve bought from My Protein, and a huge 5KG bag cost around £45 after using a discount code or buying during a sale. This month, it […]
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How much did I spend in May and what did I spend it on? Let’s dig in… Spending Category Amount Notes Eating out £22.22 One meal out and I had a 20% discount code. Entertainment £130.92 Three lottery tickets (no wins), Spotify, TV licence, drinks, Latin dance classes, drinks on nights out, a ticket for […]
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This month: the dentist continued extracting money from my bank account, I ate out too much again, and I continued chasing a lottery win. Did I hit the jackpot? Read on to find out… Spending Category Amount Notes Eating out £65.42 Three meals out, one of which I had a 20% discount code for. Entertainment […]
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Spending Category Amount Notes Eating out £61.17 Went out to eat four times (gasp!), two of which I had discounts for (I know, must try harder next time!) Four excellent meals and enjoyed the company of the people I was with – no regrets. Entertainment £135.87 Two lottery tickets (no wins); Latin dance classes; drinks; […]
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Spending Category Amount Notes Eating out £39 Tried the Tony Macaroni restaurant for the first time – the food and service were excellent, and I went to a comedy gig afterwards (ticket bought a few months earlier). Also got Dr Noodles delivered while at a poker night at a friend’s flat. Thankfully we were only […]
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I’ve tracked my spending for years, but it wasn’t until I did Alan and Katie Donegan’s brilliant (and free!) Rebel Finance School course and started using their excellent net worth spreadsheet template that I started to track my net worth in May 2021. I wish I’d started tracking it years earlier so that I could […]
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