I did a poll on Instagram last month and asked people if they'd like to see the real life breakdown of our budget (I'd stopped doing them for a while because I wasn't sure if people really wanted to see it) and it turns out you're all just as nosey as me as it was a resounding 'YES show us where your money goes each month' Last month did not go to plan, I messed up the budget … [Read more...]

This felt like a looong (and expensive) month. September was our 6 week paycheck stretch month and thankfully we managed ok! It's another month where I feel we could have done better with the budget but as it is it wasn't a bad attempt. … [Read more...]

This month did not go to plan! I've mentioned in the past few budget reports that our pay-day was changing this month but in actual fact (and very much long story short) the reason this month and September were looking to be tight is because we were actually, in effect, being docked 2 weeks wages!! It's a long story/explanation and the new company isn't breaking the law by … [Read more...]

I don't know where this month has gone! I also feel like I don't know where our money has gone this month, I've really taken my eye off the ball lately, it's not caused any disasters but it's probably prevented some wins in terms of paying off debt. Here is our Budget Report for July 2018 These are all fairly self-explanatory costs but I'm going to explain some of the … [Read more...]