How Much Will You Spend In 2017? Challenge

I_Love_comps · 19 January 2017 at 4:20PM

January 10th (DD) for £10 for Postcode Lottery - Total now spent in 2017 is £114.02

I_Love_comps · 22 January 2017 at 10:21AM

Another £1 on shopping. Total Now = £115.02

[Deleted User] · 22 January 2017 at 4:07PM

I've been keeping an eye on expenditure but it's been a heavy month!!

Figures:

Groceries : £158.25
Household: £55.53
Petrol; £172.03
House Insurance: £115
Car Insurance: £230
Breakdown cover: £55
Car repairs (brakes) £170
DD's : £248.12

So, if my maths is correct (I've done this in my head so no guarantees!

) it comes to a grand total of £1149.43 so far!! :eek:

Admittedly, the insurances are annual and the brakes were an expense which I wasn't planning on but even so....what a nightmare!! :rotfl:

I_Love_comps · 29 January 2017 at 6:20PM

Just updating ;

Shopping £ 17.41
Electric £ 10.00

£ 27.41

Total spent in 2017 = £142.43

I_Love_comps · 1 February 2017 at 11:06AM

Shopping from Monday 30th January £7.85

Total now spent in 2017 £150.28

I must check my online bank and see if any DD's went out for the end of January.

Miss_D_Meanour · 2 February 2017 at 9:33AM

Hi there

So with January finally over, I looked at my tracking sheet and nearly freaked out - then I remembered that I look after paying the bills for 3 properties & started to breath again.
I've not included mortgage or debt repayment below, because I'm paying as much as I can off those & want to use this challenge to see where I can cut down on the other spending. So here goes:

Staple Food - £33.66
Treat Food - £61.62
Toiletries - £1.50
Household goods - £17.86
Charity - £16.25
Gifts - £23.40
Petrol - £40.53
Car Stuff - £2.50
House Main/Utilities - £223.98. (1/3rd of actual total)
Health / Injury - £76.67
Entertainment - £35
#9 TOTAL FOR MONTH - £532.97

Definitely room for improvement - although food spend is way down on last year. I've managed to reduce my mobile, landline and broadband costs this month. Utilities are probably high due to winter heating and light.

Thanks for setting up this challenge - it is a real eye opener for me. There is no getting away from the facts of what you buy, when you write it all down - and then add it all up!

Psychobabble78 · 3 February 2017 at 12:09PM

Hi all, I've done a proper tot up and in January I have spent a whopping total of £3599.98 - that includes everything - DD's, SO's the odd 1.52 on debit card etc etc! I'm hoping February will be a bit lighter as of course a lot of the January bills were to cover xmas.

I_Love_comps · 13 February 2017 at 8:28AM

£20 Electric 1/2/17
19.03 on shopping

Total £39.03

Total now spent in 2017 = £189.31

legitclaims · 14 February 2017 at 1:38PM

You cannot count on your spends because life is unpredictable and you never know what sort of expense is waiting for you....

Psychobabble78 · 1 March 2017 at 12:33PM

Psychobabble78 wrote: »

Hi all, I've done a proper tot up and in January I have spent a whopping total of £3599.98 - that includes everything - DD's, SO's the odd 1.52 on debit card etc etc! I'm hoping February will be a bit lighter as of course a lot of the January bills were to cover xmas.

Well, my hope for Feb being lighter on the spend didn't happen! Hey ho, still coming in within income though, so I'm declaring 4069.55 for Feb taking my ytd total to £7669.53 :eek:. It may be that I included some things this month that I didn't last month i.e. mortgage overpayment - but I'll include it going forward...

March is not going to be cheap either! hey ho...

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