How much do you allow yourselves for 'personal spends?'

poppyoscar_3

SmlSave wrote: »

Grocery budget is £180-£200 which includes alchol, toiletries and some food if we're lucky

That's hilarious :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

poppyoscar_3

I have no idea what my 'personal' spends are, but not very much (probably about £40 p/month??)

That would include mostly trollbeads off ebay at the moment!:D

Having a dramatic rethink of lifestyle and priority at the moment so may need to up it a bit in order to 'get a life', but it certainly won't go up to more than say £60 a month.

In fact, that's what I'll go for starting January 1st.

PO xx

Tesco_points_addict

You lot are so good. I'm still thinking about what my budget will be. But my grocety shopping is way way to high, cake £60 pm is amazing, do you really think you can do that?

TPAx

cake21

Tesco_points_addict wrote: »

cake £60 pm is amazing, do you really think you can do that?

Honestly? No :rotfl:
But I'm going to have a darned good go. Watch this space

(and it's still 4x the eat healthily for 50p/day challenge so *should* be feasible)

mark5

I get £30 per week, my wife gets £100 per week, work that one out!

We also spend £100 on one nice meal per month.

When I need new clothes etc I just work a few hours overtime to cover it.

Rich1976

I have £550 spare each month. £450 goes into 2 savings accounts (ISA and normal) and I allow myself around £100 pm on personal spends and this will include, coffees out ( 1 per week), eating out £40, Magazine £5, perhaps a CD £10 plus anything else which isn't classed as essential. If I don't spend £100 then the remainder goes into my ISA.

I have tried to get by on about £50 pm but gave up on that as life should be for living. You should work hard, save hard, treat yourself ( and never feel guilty), after all whats the point being too frugal if it doesn't make you happy?

hieveryone

OMG, I have £600pcm spare most months and I'm still skint!

Really need to kick myself into touch me thinks!

staffie1

mark5 wrote: »

We also spend £100 on one nice meal per month.

Where do you go, the Ritz?

Tesco_points_addict

mark5 wrote: »

I get £30 per week, my wife gets £100 per week, work that one out!

We also spend £100 on one nice meal per month.

When I need new clothes etc I just work a few hours overtime to cover it.

Good for you on the overtime thing, now if your wife is ever poorly and you need someone to accompany you on your meal I will help out;)

I love the wifes spends!!

I think I am going to try for £75 each per month. For me that will have to include mobile phone, wine:eek:, make-up, books, CDs, take aways, hairdresser, magazines, clothes, omg just about everything except household bills, pets, diesel and groceries!

Will give the £50 per week groceries a go again, I know this may seem a lot for just two of us, but I need to work on it!!

TPAx

mark5

tpa, your Welsh?