I saved £10k / annum during lockdown. What are your best saving lessons?

Siebrie

We saved money on delaying buying new 'office' clothes, because we had/have to wfh. DDs have not had any birthday parties, saving significantly on gifts (€15/gift is normal here) and some on their own parties (but we will pay out slightly more for the parties once they are allowed to throw them again).

I was not keeping track of our budget and outgoings properly, and wondering where our money went, when we had nowhere to spend it, and then tumbled to the fact that husband had picked up a hobby not involving me, but involving hotel weekends in Brussels and Paris..... He has now stopped this hobby, since I took up budgetting and tracking expenses in detail. He doesn't know that I know, and am planning our divorce; it may take 2 years, just to make sure dds and I get the best outcome. No pity or commisserations needed, the above is just fact, and will be dealt with as such.

PipneyJane

Siebrie said:

I was not keeping track of our budget and outgoings properly, and wondering where our money went, when we had nowhere to spend it, and then tumbled to the fact that husband had picked up a hobby not involving me, but involving hotel weekends in Brussels and Paris..... He has now stopped this hobby, since I took up budgetting and tracking expenses in detail. He doesn't know that I know, and am planning our divorce; it may take 2 years, just to make sure dds and I get the best outcome. No pity or commisserations needed, the above is just fact, and will be dealt with as such.

Even so, @Siebrie, it must have hurt.  I admire your resolve.

- Pip