Monthly outgoings

[sone]

Well we've done the how long could you last and how much do you earn threads but how much do you all spend per month or per week.
I frightened myself recently realising we as a family need around £2400 a month to pay for everything - mortgage -loans,food,council tax that's £600 squid a week. Bloody hell Is that a lot?

[spikeyhead]

No, I need about the same, possibly a little more and there's only one of me.

I do have expensive needs though.

[sleep envy]

you must be going through a fair amount of whips Kev

[okgo]

sone said:

Is that a lot?

For a family of 4, no.

[MitchT]

For two of us, all in, about £900 a month. That's all about to change though 'cause she called time on the relationship this evening! (I started a separate thread about that).

[Simpo Two]

spikeyhead said:

I do have expensive wants though.

EFA

[okgo]

I need about £1100 each month for me.

[jackal]

sone said:

Well we've done the how long could you last and how much do you earn threads but how much do you all spend per month or per week.
I frightened myself recently realising we as a family need around £2400 a month to pay for everything - mortgage -loans,food,council tax that's £600 squid a week. Bloody hell Is that a lot?

if you have a small mortgage then it is a lot IMO and you could cut down further

[spikeyhead]

sleep envy said:

you must be going through a fair amount of whips Kev

My last one was only about £80, a beautiful hand made nylon 5'4" bullwhip. It was cheap because of the odd length, the maker having balls up when cutting the strands and couldn't produce the 6ft that was being aimed at, and it wouldn't have worked well as a whip if only 5' due to the length of the core. Bought that six months ago and haven't bought anything else since.

I do get through quite a lot of rope though

[sone]

jackal said:

sone said:

Well we've done the how long could you last and how much do you earn threads but how much do you all spend per month or per week.
I frightened myself recently realising we as a family need around £2400 a month to pay for everything - mortgage -loans,food,council tax that's £600 squid a week. Bloody hell Is that a lot?

if you have a small mortgage then it is a lot IMO and you could cut down further

Dunno whats a small mortgage probalby about £650 a month, Mind you that does include a calc for buying a 360.

[King Herald]

sone said:

Well we've done the how long could you last and how much do you earn threads but how much do you all spend per month or per week.
I frightened myself recently realising we as a family need around £2400 a month to pay for everything - mortgage -loans,food,council tax that's £600 squid a week. Bloody hell Is that a lot?

£2400?? Jaysus, I thought we were bad at £1200, but we have no loans, just a mortgage (overpaying £200) and the usual council tax, insurances, etc. Mind you, gas and leccy are on top of that.

[Limey 666]

sone said:

Well we've done the how long could you last and how much do you earn threads but how much do you all spend per month or per week.
I frightened myself recently realising we as a family need around £2400 a month to pay for everything - mortgage -loans,food,council tax that's £600 squid a week. Bloody hell Is that a lot?

Nope me and the missus pull in about £2800 to £3000 a month and still have nought left but that is for 4 of us.

[remedy]

okgo said:

I need about £1100 each month for me.

Same here.

[wooooody]

I've just been working out I spend about £70 a week on food at home. I'm cooking for one for a week.

[sleep envy]

wooooody said:

I've just been working out I spend about £70 a week on food at home. I'm cooking for one for a week.

what's wrong with that?

it's not as if you're wasting it - why not eat well rather than eat rubbish food?

[sone]

mortgage 650
power 130
food 350
pole tax 180
water 35
Insuarnces 300
loans 450


The rest in beer car insurance etc.

Think I need a lie down.

[fido]

you forgot tv license £11.63

[Simpo Two]

sone said:

pole tax 180

I wish it was still Poll Tax; I'd save a fortune!

[130R]

No idea, less than I have coming in hopefully.

[ukwill]

sone said:

Well we've done the how long could you last and how much do you earn threads but how much do you all spend per month or per week.
I frightened myself recently realising we as a family need around £2400 a month to pay for everything - mortgage -loans,food,council tax that's £600 squid a week. Bloody hell Is that a lot?

Is £2400 a lot? That's all relative to the individual/couples earnings.