Money & BillsOur 2025 money year: groceries, bills and the surprises
A full year from the spreadsheet: £5,677 on groceries, the bills that rose, the ones we cut and …
What's for TeaFreezer clear-out January: what was in there and what it made
Half a bag of peas, three mystery tubs and some very old fish fingers. What we found in …
Our HouseThe condensation diary: three weeks of hygrometer readings
Two £8 hygrometers, three weeks of morning readings and a notebook. What our bedrooms really measure in January, …
Laundry & HouseworkHow often we really wash bedding and towels (and the rota on the fridge)
Four beds, a stack of towels and one heated airer. The bedding and towel rota that stops Wednesday's …
LunchboxesA year of lunchbox receipts: what 2025's packed lunches cost
I tracked every lunchbox item for a year. 183 packed lunches, £239.73, and what that comes to against …
Money & BillsWhat Christmas really cost us against the £620 plan
Receipts out, envelopes emptied. Where we stuck to the Christmas budget, where we didn't (the panto) and the …