£12 worth of clothes in a year

Just been reviewing my spending for 2010 and realised I spent the grand total of £12 on clothes (which includes shoes I never bought). That £12 was spent back on the 31st January 2010. I bought two packs of socks for £3 each and "Mens Swea" for £6 - I have no idea what that is. I tgought it might be a sweatshirt but I don't remember buying that. And let's face it, if it's the only item of clothes I've bought in a year I should remember. I do remember buying a pack of two tee shirts but not sure when. It must have been that.

I've spent more on apps for my iphone in the last three months than I have on clothes in an entire year.

The MOT's on my car

Below are the dates of the MOT's on my car with the miles driven in brackets)

06 Sep 2007 24571 miles (bought car 2nd hand)

01 Sep 2008 28711 miles (4140 miles driven)

01 Sep 2009 31190 miles (2479 miles driven)

30 Aug 2010 32524 miles (1334 miles driven)

Today 32784 miles (260 miles since last MOT)

So in the three and a bit years I've had the car I've managed to drive 8213 miles.

And I still haven't reversed parked in a car park or reversed parked in between two cars.

My spending in 2010 so far

Well, the year is near the end so I'll see how much I've spent.

Food

£996.16 (of which I have spent £138.18 buying 357.632 litres of milk)

Clothes

£12.00 Yes, I have gone a whole year and only spent £12.00 on clothes). Which was likely socks and maybe a tee shirt or two from Asda.

Car expenses

£1386.19

I spent £195.11 putting 166.52 litres of petrol in my car.

£454.42 was spent on the annual service and MOT

£64.63 on an electrical fault

£58.75 replacing the tyre I destroyed by driving 3 miles using a totally flat tyre. I was convinced the erratic nature of my driving was due to the snow. Lesson learned.

£215.00 was spent on road tax.

£398.28 was spent on car insurance. There is one more payment to make in December of £44.24

Council Tax

772.78

Electricity

£763.00

Gifts

£204.99

Insurance

£318.96

Credit card interest

£396.28 - I fear this will be more next year

Internet

£274.75

Magazines

£30.24 I stopped buying the magazine I bought each fortnight when the shop changed into a mobile phone repair shop.

Miscellaneous

£203.12 Mostly on stuff bought and then put away in a drawer never to be used again

Newspapers

£118.25 I stopped buying two weekly newspapers (see magazines above)

Telephone

£755.59 Contract with Orange upped to £45 a month

TV Licence

£183.34

Software

£363.07 VT Transaction Plus and Payroll Manager 100

Bookkeeping course

£1042.00