How much do you live on a week?

violet_2

Hi everyone,
After bills and debt repayment how much do you have spare for social,food and having a life?
I have £35-50 a week. After reading this site I realise that's quite a lot for 1 person but I used to spend 3 times as much and I really having nothing except debt to show for it!
Thanks for all the great tips, it's very motivating :rotfl:
Violet

Willsnarf1983

i aim for £50 a week but this doesn't include special nights out like with my mate on sat whose from uni where i have set aside another £40. Saying that this week i have been quite tight and have only spent bout £28 so have covered some of the defecit.

Will

johannamse

£30 food money (but between me and hubby) + £20 pocket money. So similar to you.

summerday

£17 food money (for both me and OH, I know this doesn't sound like much but I've been fine-tuning the food budget for ages now and have got the the stage where I don't waste anything!) and £20 for me on socialising, mobile phone top ups, any food/snacks I want that aren't included in the food budget. I started off giving myself £40 a week 'pocket money' from the cashpoint, but as I have become more frugal over the years I find £20 is plenty, and often I have a bit left over. Having said that I also do babysitting quite often to earn a bit extra which helps if I have a special occasion etc.

JAMIEDODGER

i have a housekeeping budget of £90 per week, this covers all food, nappies, cleaning stuff and toiletries, any small things for the house, personal spending money, petrol, mobile phone top up and any misc items like stamps or parking. this amount is for me, 4 children, 2 dogs, 2 fish and 3 chickens. i still find with savvy shopping and cooking from scratch i can have money left over at the end of the week.

bonnie_2

we have £50 shopping for 4 which i normally do for £40, and i have £20 pocketmoney for tobacco and going out and we are always going out and never hungry.i normally use the £10 left from the shopping for the kids activities etc.

postingalwaysposting

well i am very lucky i think as i still live with my parent. So mine works out around £75 per week. This does include though any toliteries for me 'extra' shopping/diet shopping for me (i do pay house keeping to my mum) and pet food for 7 animals. But i am quite 'well off' really as i am not in debt *hoping to stay that way too *

emma_b_4

well i try to keep an eye on the ££ but it just goes, i hate monthly pay!!
basically we share £470 ish between 2 ppl for everything except direct debits, but my student odraft is going down fast!!

wigginsmum

After everything is paid including food bills, I have roughly £60-70/month to play with. I don't go out to socialise or buy newspapers or magazines; just the occasional bar of chocolate and can of coke at work, and by buying in bulk from Costco and taking it in with me, I can reduce that amount too. Have just opened an ING Direct account for £10/month out of that extra and will keep going - my dream eventually is to go to Alaska to see the aurora borealis, so that'll be my treat once I'm debtfree in June 2009. I'm just trying to keep as much as possible of what is left in my current account at the moment to reduce my overdraft. I really don't need to carry much cash around with me.

Jules

viktory

I have worked out that I have approximately £300 a month left over from my wages after paying my share of the bills - but there is always something to spend it on! Birthdays, Christmas, re-decorating - the hits just keep on coming!

moo842

we have £5 pocket money each a week ( me and hubby) and have around £60 a week for food, and any extras. this is for us and 2 kids though