Toiletries €22.50
Flights (for a stag in April) ~€31
Drinks and Coffees €46.50
Swap Shopping (Clothes) €10
Charity Shop (Clothes, CDs, DVDs, mug) €10.50
Total this Week: €195
Total this Month: €685
Overspend (this year): €645
Groceries ~€73
Toiletries €22.50 Flights (for a stag in April) ~€31 Drinks and Coffees €46.50 Swap Shopping (Clothes) €10 Charity Shop (Clothes, CDs, DVDs, mug) €10.50 Total this Week: €195 Total this Month: €685 Overspend (this year): €645
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Another thing that makes our supermarket bill cheaper that we buy stuff that is in the reduced section because it is going out of date soon. An extra advantage of shopping in this section for us, is that we get to buy stuff that we wouldn't usually get (because it is hard to find packaging free or because it has animal products in it). Todays haul is particuallary Another thing that makes our supermarket bill cheaper is that we buy stuff that is going out of date soon, (usually it is reduced
Climbing €75 (the 2nd pass)
Phone credit €40 (both of us) Groceries €40 (including wine) Household €11 (€4 light bulbs, €7 charity shop stuff) Flights €61 (for a trip away in May) Total for week 2: €227 Total for February: ~€490 Remaining Budget: -€450 Still not back on track, but we are playing the long game! I am kinda bluffing with this post, because I am not so hard core that I would refuse to use salon shampoo and conditioner (it is bought in bulk after all) and I have been known to get a dry cut in my past life before I was so conscious of waste. But basically a dry cut is much cheaper!
You could argue that forgoing the wash and blowdry is taking money out of the local economy, but I´ve got an answer for this! I plan to get up-styles more often for weddings, balls etc, where before I would have just done my own hair, nothing, timed it to be just after a hair cut or asked a friend to put my hair up. I am not doing it specifically to keep local small businesses alive, so much as to treat myself/polish my look, since I won´t be wearing new clothes and shoes! (Now I just have to figure out where I stand on bobby pins and hair spray, and get the smell of cologne* out of my hair). *I don´t remember this from the other times I got a dry cut, so I guess it depends where you go. Groceries €77.45 (mainly bulk supplies)
Climbing €75 (12 trip ticket) Orienteering €21 (2 events) Raffle Tickets €12 Charity shops €20 (Gifts, Home Decor, Clothes, Music) Hair Cut €20 Tickets for a Social/Dinner €40 Total~€265 Running Total (based on €750 a month) : -€225 (with 3/4 of the month to go!)This looks a bit rough, especially as we will need to buy a 2nd 12 trip climbing wall entry the next time we go, but then we should be good for a while, and the bulk food should keep our grocery costs down! As always, I am an optimist! This saves on packaging (for stuff you can't get loose). It looks more expensive because you are spending lots in one go, but it works out cheaper because you don't have to buy again as soon!
Since February starts on a Wednesday, I have just lumped the extra days in with the last full week, so it is easier to see what spending belongs in what month.
"New" phones €48 "New" clothes €11 Home wares/Gifts €11 Drinks ~€45 (3 different nights) Wine €24 (We did some entertaining) Night Orienteering €5 Groceries ~€55 Total for the 10 days: ~€200 Over spend going into next month: ~€710 This sounds like a complete disaster, but when you consider that we spent around €1000 this month on our ski trip, and that kind of expensive thing doesn´t come up often, it´s not so bad. However we do have a wedding in Helsinki this summer and will have to sort out flights for that soon, so we aren´t going to get out of the negative numbers just yet! But I am confident that we will eventually! This looks very different than it used to, not only am I not buying anything new, but I have reduced my wardrobe to capusle size, so only get stuff to replace what I currently have that is not up to scratch.
Yesterday's haul was: a pair of jeans to replace mine which cause builders bum, a blazer to replace a cardigan that is getting holes, a pair of boots to replace ones that are uncomfortable, and one addition to my wardrobe, of a fancy top that means I will get more wear out of boots I have. All this cost me €11-the jeans (€5) were from a charity shop and everything else was from a swap shop event (where I exchanged a bag of stuff I don't wear for tokens I can use at their monthly events and paid €2 extra for each item I took home). Our days of just going out and buying a new phone are over, but the one I was using no longer had text messaging, whatsapp, most of the facebook functions or much more on it, basically it only worked for calling, which is not really what we use our phones for anymore! C was having trouble with his phone too, so we got a phone that had been lying around my parents house unlocked (€25) and new speakers for a friend's old iPhone (€23) and now we are communicatable with again!
Brunch in the airport ~€22
Phone credit €25 Leap card top-up €20 Groceries ~€17 Wine €8 Half Marathon €65 Total for the week: ~€157 Total left of January: -€510 |
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