How steeply has your monthly spending dropped since CV?

[RDMcG]

I am quite amazed by how quickly I have gotten to spending almost nothing. Obviously doing almost nothing.

There is nothing else left to not do...my credit card bills are down 80%. Nothing life but food, subscriptions and a little Amazon stuff.

[Rick101]

Amazing how much people spend unnecessarily!

I wonder if folk will take any lessons and adjust their spending once were out of this.

[Djtemeka]

No spending here apart from more food and booze. Trying all sorts of new dishes etc so food bill has gone up a bit.

[2 GKC]

The effect on the economy is terrifying. Nobody spending, and hundreds of thousands of people being paid by the government. What you save now you’ll be paying in taxes over the next few years

[bitchstewie]

Off a cliff and I was pretty frugal to start with.

I do wonder if seeing the difference in their bank account may be some sort of catalyst to stop some peoples "addiction" to spending.

[Funk]

I'll be honest, I've not really seen any significant difference other than no fuel and my gym freezing membership payments. I usually spend around £150/mo on fuel and the gym's £20 so saving around £170ish. I usually took lunch and my choice of Nespresso pods in to the office to use in the machine there so no net saving - I'm simply maintaining that but at home. I suppose I would have a couple of meals out somewhere each month so there's a saving there - perhaps £50-100?

I guess I'm just usually pretty frugal anyway!

[fido]

No commuting ~ £200 per month.

2/3 drives (instead of 5) a week and cheaper petrol ~ £50.

No more takeouts in London for lunch ~ £100.

No more pub dinners ~ £100. I've become a fitness/health freak so not eating any more and the only beer is ginger.

Haven't checked the electricity/gas meters but that will be marginally up.

I'm using all sorts of cr@p that I bought from Amazon but never got round to using. The only purchases since lockdown are new jogging shoes.

[anonymous-user]

Spent more to be honest! Ordering all sorts

[The Leaper]

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[A500leroy]

no change, was poor to being with.

[MitchT]

Mine will probably go up. I was already spending very little and walking to/from work, so no saving on the commute, and energy bills will end up being higher.

[toastyhamster]

Lord.Vader said:

Spent more to be honest! Ordering all sorts

Same for me, but that's done now, so looking forward my spend will be really down. Food/essentials and booze.

[bogie]

Im home based....and get paid per mile when I leave. Usually on expenses when I leave home. So other than entertainment, a couple of meals out etc not really saving anything at all....no difference. Oh, cancelled a couple of holidays so saved that I guess....

[Lozw86]

We would normally eat out a few times a week, plus drinks etc I estimate we’re saving £1000/month there. We’re certainly putting more in the supermarket trolley as a result though

The gym membership has stopped, that’s £100/ month

We were due to be in Dubai last week and have saved ~£4,000 by not going

To be honest i’d rather be out and about enjoying ourselves, and spending the cash

[Hub]

Probably saving about £1000 a month. Half of that is childcare, the rest kids clubs and hobbies, eating out, days out, petrol and parking.

Supermarket bills and electricity will have gone up - working from home down the garden with an electric radiator for a start!

[Cyder]

£1800/month nursery fees
£200 fuel
£100 in food and drink at work

But we’ve spent a load more on food and drink at home to offset it.

[Simpo Two]

Saving on petrol as I can only drive out for food. Ironic that petrol is now 'cheap' but you can't use it.

Other than that, not much difference as I'm pretty frugal anyway.

[hyphen]

Travel + breakfast + lunch+ sometimes dinner = loads saved!!

[Lotus Notes]

No fuel, no eating out, no gym, no skiing or mountain activities, no visiting friends.
I'm guessing a saving of 1500 EUR per month.

Can't wait until this is over..going to spend all my 'savings' on skis, bindings and a car upgrade.

[Amateurish]

Saving £2k per month on spending, but losing a lot more than that in income!