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