Worked out our new weekly budget

charleybabes

Worked out our new weekly budget
and i was just wondering if it sounds ok, will we be able to live on it

right after our bills go out, mortgage, loans, childcare fees

we will be left with £70 a week to live on.. we will have to buy food, clothes and any other emergancies that come up

do you think that this sounds very tight
there is me and my H and our little boy who is 19 months old.. i am also five months pregnant so do have another little addition coming soon to

im just worried that our live is going to be completly awful with no money
does anyone else with a family live off this kind of amount??

tifnstav

after all bills have come out we have about £80 left in our joint account, but we also have our own single accounts.
He tends to have more than me cos i'm at uni but I will often have £60 to last a month, thats the extra spends, any lunches I need to buy, any clothes I might need. there is only me and OH though.
Why not post an SOA and we'll see if we can help out?

charleybabes

how do you write out a SOA??

tifnstav

there is a sticky at the top of the forum for you to use as a guide.

Cleosmum

We spend £50 pw here for food, which is for 2 adults and 3 children.

poorandindenial

tifnstav wrote: »

there is a sticky at the top of the forum for you to use as a guide.

Here's the link:

Click Here

tifnstav

i could not find that link for the life of me!

strawberry_laces

Cleosmum wrote: »

We spend £50 pw here for food, which is for 2 adults and 3 children.

WOW thats brill:eek: , is that with vegetables, meat and fruit included?

raq

charleybabes wrote: »

Worked out our new weekly budget
and i was just wondering if it sounds ok, will we be able to live on it

right after our bills go out, mortgage, loans, childcare fees

we will be left with £70 a week to live on.. we will have to buy food, clothes and any other emergancies that come up

do you think that this sounds very tight
there is me and my H and our little boy who is 19 months old.. i am also five months pregnant so do have another little addition coming soon to

im just worried that our live is going to be completly awful with no money
does anyone else with a family live off this kind of amount??

Back couple of years ago we where living on £25.00 a week and had to buy food also with 2 little one's. Lots happened within the family, job ,you name it, but thankfully pulled through.

beanielou

On a positive note you have a credit once everything is paid.
Look forward to your SOA.

Cleosmum

strawberry_laces wrote: »

WOW thats brill:eek: , is that with vegetables, meat and fruit included?

Yup, but not including pet food, which I buy monthly at whichever place is cheapest, some from supermarket, some from pet shops. Also, things like boxes of washing powder are bought monthly, a big box costs about a fiver. Loo rolls are bought in bulk, 16 usually last about 2.5 to 3 months. Those do come out of the weekly shop budget, rather than a seperate budget, so one week out of a month/couple of months it may be a few quid over. I find it quite easy really, as going back 18 months ago I was feeding 2 adults and 4 kids, plus numerous animals - all on £25 a week. Now thats a time I never want to go back to, would rather rip my toe nails out. We got by on value brand and reduced goods, and there was very little in the way of fresh fruit and veg ( we foraged for blackberries and found an apple tree growing locally lol), but for a couple of months things were so tight I just had no choice.