Daily Spends – A Diary of Spending Habits

Owing to an unfortunate incedent with house keys yesterday turned out to be more expensive than usual.

Wednesday 09.04.08
Train Fare – £14.00
Bus Fare – £2.00
Tram Fare – £2.90
Fuel – £20.00
Eating Out (Emergency) – £4.95
Total – £43.85

Monday & Tuesday (3rd & 4th March) have been cheap as chips really. Had a nice days holiday on Monday and went to one  of those 2 for 1 type pubs (food was rubbish but the pub & service was nice).

Took the kids to the indoor play area – which they love – I now ache all over.

Tuesday, back at work. Brought lunch in to keep the costs down.

Mon & Tues Total Spends:
Playground – £3.75
Pub lunch – £14.75
Train Fare – £14.00
Total Spend – £32.50

One look at the ‘Tags’ section on my blog will reveal that beer & alcohol are one of the most prolifant purchases in my spending regime. . .

What’s interesting though is that I didn’t realise that until I started this blog. So I’ve had a look at it now and am ready to re-dress the balance. Plus the fact I’m 28 today and need to slow down a little

Spends for yesterday:

Train fare – £14.50
Breakfast – £1.50
Lunch – £1.99
Flowers – £10.00
4 x beers – £3.00
Soda water – £0.95
Total Spend – £32.00

Kept it cheap today although had to shell out on a £14.00 train ticket and couldn’t resist a KFC mini fillet burger followed by a bus ride home.

Train Fare – £14.00
KFC Mini Fillet Burger – £0.99
Bus Fare – £1.00
Total – £15.99

OK! So I’ve been laying low for a little while due to work commitments, but I’m defo going to keep up with this malarkey from now on. And just to prove I’m up for it, here’s a run sown of spending this weekend:

Saturday 16th Feb & Sunday 17th Feb:
£20.00 – Fuel
£19.50  – Groceries (eggs, bacon, paper, wine, beer, chocolate)
£3.00 -  DVD rental
£4.35 – Chips for lunch
£28.00 – Daughter’s new shoes
£74.85 – Total Spend

Not bad for a weekend spend . . .

Another big shout out to Trying2Save for making me feel ashamed for not keeping up with te blog.

Seen as it’s payday I’m going to treat the Wife to something special. It will have an impact on the spend.

Wednesday 30.01.08
Fuel – £15.00
Lunch – £2.20
Gift for Wife – £45.00
Total Spend – £62.70

Could have left
Nothing
Could have saved total = £0.00

Work day today, let’s try and keep it cheap:

Monday 28.01.08
Train fare – £8.50
Bacon butty – £1.50
Bus fare – £1.00
Bottle red wine – £3.25
Total spend – £14.25

Could have left:
Bacon butty – £1.50
Bus fare – £1.00
Bottle red wine – £3.25
Could have saved total = £5.75

Hi there. Daily spends is my new blog where I’m going to keep track of my daily spending habits. Every so often I’m going to look back at what’s been spent and see where I can make some changes.

I’m gonna start with yesterday’s spends. A cold January Sunday with not much to do except spend a little cash:

Sunday 28.01.08
Petrol – £10.06
Portion of Scallops from chippy – £1.76
Supermarket Shop – £9.96
*Wine
*Nappies
*Ice Cream
*Apples
Total Spend = £21.78What could I have left?:
Scallops – £1.76
Wine – £2.25
Total I Could Have Left = £4.05