How much money have you danced in lockdown?

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I’ve just gone through my banking and realised we’ve saved £1000 but not being able to eat out at restaurants/go for coffees/lunches ect..

Lucky really as our business is going to shit now on lockdown so need it!

Anyone else realised they spend too much money and have actually saved during lockdown?

I’m furloughed so have 20% less this month. I’ve saved on haircuts, dog grooming and various fees for kids activities but have also spent on dog clippers, hair dye and stuff to keep kids entertained - books, stationary and craft stuff and toys.

Not much, couple of hundred perhaps. Spending more on food, less on petrol. Had my hair cut just before lockdown and would normally go three months between cuts so that's not due, I don't have any other beauty treatments. We do eat out about once a fortnight but been having takeaway instead. Most of our days out are walks or places we have membership eg NT, so no big saving there. There will be some saving on the DC's activities though and we would normally go to the cinema maybe once a month.

I’ve saved loads
Beauty treatments £250 £300 a month
Daily trips to tescos £5 -£10a day
Shopping at Asda 70 £50 ( now shop lidls as no queues £25 a week )
Diesel only £10
No Gym as I go running and bike riding £40 a month saved
Not buying any clothes and crap from eBay & Amazon £100 a month
Eating out / Going out once a month £50 -£100 depending on if it’s summer / winter ( more in summer )

Only thing I will go back to is my beauty treatments but I will stop the pedicures as I have been doing them myself
And I won’t go back to daily trips to Tescos
I will carry on doing a shop at Lidls each week

Whoever mentioned plants, that’s true. I’d normally spend around £250 in April on bedding plants and shrubs. Ive bought packets of seeds from the supermarket this year.

Not much as we were both on a low wage to start with so our savings have evened out our furlough pay.

£1600!

Nothing. I live hand to mouth. What I have saved on petrol has gone on food being more expensive.
OP if you spend £1,000 a months on coffee and going out and you think your business will go wrong - at least you have an idea where to save money.

I haven’t saved any spent more. Online shopping. I never go out social anyway or pay for a lunch out. So it’s cost me more.

Sweet FA...first baby due in 5 weeks, spending it like it's Monopoly money

i've spent loads. it's like I'm the UKs very own stimulus fund. something i want from a small business? well i'd be helping them out of course 🤷‍♀️

£500 saved

Low petrol costs, no school lunches and breakfast clubs, no after school activity cost for DC, no gym membership, no beauty treatments, hairdressers. Yes food has gone up but still managed to save. And I’m furloughed too.

Just pointing out that although we may have more in the bank, most people don’t realise that these ‘savings’ aren’t savings at all.

The economy is fucked and job prospects, pensions and property per person are all worth much less. They completely cancel out the money anyone has saved from not spending in the last five weeks. You might have more in your account, but we are all definitely poorer.

Not sure of the exact amount, but quite a bit. I’m not in the U.K. but I’d estimate around £1,500 at least over the past 6 weeks.

Very low fuel consumption, no dinners out, no takeaways, no clothes shopping, no days out on the boat. No mani/pedis, laser treatments, brow bar visits, no hair cuts/colors. No after school care which is a big saving.

Our food bill is huge, but part of our ‘entertainment’ at home is regular fancy/themed dinners that the kids get involved in.

We are extremely lucky to both be working (and very busy). We’ve had to take small pay reductions for a couple of months, but so far we are saving more than we have lost.

Between us we have saved:
Nursery (2 DC, both under 4) £2,000
Lunch while at work x 2 people £400
Costa coffee £50
Travel cards x 2 people £500
Petrol £50
Nights out/takeaways x 2 people £200
Total £3,200

Extra costs
Food £720 (bill usually £70 per week, now it's £250 per week)

Net saving so far = £2,480

However, electricity and gas are probably going to go up by a good couple of hundred once that first bill hits. We have the heating set to 22 degrees, we've been cooking all meals from scratch, and we have a hybrid car which we charge with the house electricity.

We have the heating set to 22 degrees

That is really really warm. Turn it down to 18, I bet you won’t notice and you will save a fortune

I hope that all the money people are saving now will find its way back into the economy after lockdown.

All those coffees, meals, drinks and activities are also people’s jobs and income. Many of whom are crapping themselves - save it now and spend it in the hospitality industry later

No idea. We were due a large pay rise in April (run our own business) but that has had to be cancelled. But then we have had to postpone all works in the house. I'm forecasting being in the same position by the end of the year, but having not spent around £7k on the house.
We never spent much in going out or clothes, and I meal plan anyway. Few savings here and there. We still pay the cleaner.
I'm just very very grateful for every penny right now. It's a bad time to have employees and not be able to see into future. So far we are running as normal but income is already looking like it will half by August...... it's stressful. And will wipe out our very hard earned savings if we are to survive. It's very sad

I know this is a really negative thing to say, but nobody is really saving money from this lockdown. The damage to the economy will cost most of us more than what we save.

Oh probably loads. Pret lunches, transport costs, take away coffees, gym (mine anyway as is pay per go, DH’s is monthly so not sure he is saving that). Entry fees to outings for the kids.

But all our savings are about to get wiped out by years of increased taxes and or inflation from QE so 🤷‍♀️

I've been amazed at how much each trip to Asda most days or the garage shop, and bus fares must have been costing. I feel guilty with each amazon order now but I e saved so much by being in. I do one big Waitrose shop a week at the moment that is usually about £120 and it lasts the four of us a week for most of it, less for anything like chocolate, and longer for household items and frozen foods.
I might be able to afford driving lessons after all this.

About £1000 for just me. Dh has saved a little despite being in a lower paid job throughout lockdown.
For me it’s been not stopping off and spending £20 here and there on top up shops most days, not buying junk or clothes that I don’t need. No school trips. Diesel is cheaper and so is oil. We’ve turned the heating off.
It’s all going to go into a holiday fund for when we can travel again (one day!).

While people have saved money which is good for them individually, it is in essence a reverse Robin Hood effect. The wealthier people are not spending money on leisure activities, while those who work in the leisure industry are among the poorest in society.

If lockdown carries on for a long time it means many pubs, restaurants, leisure attractions will go bust and poorest will be out of work while the richer in society have saved a lot in the process. People who think this will 'reset' the rich and poor divide are living in a dream world.

Our outgoings are the same, i.e. bills. I don't have beauty treatments etc etc etc. I got my haircut before the lockdown, fortunately.

My husband's contract expires on Friday. My job ended on 25th March, so I've no income since then.

So we're living on what's in the bank account and crossed fingers.

Still got to pay the rent, bills, groceries etc etc (same as most other people).

The only, 'savings' are my husband does not have to fork out for a monthly season ticket for train travel. I'm not refuelling the car very often, but I didn't do very many miles prior to lockdown anyway because my work wasn't very far away.

Well I'm saving 1300 just from not paying nursery alone

My bank statement doesn't make it clear, but saving about £100 a month on canteen food, then about £30 on work travel, though only the last couple of weeks because I had a monthly ticket until then. Then going out on the weekend and a couple of weekdays, difficult to know but I'd estimate £30 a week/£120 a month?
But then I have to pay for heating 16 hours a day, except when it's warm and I think I might end up having to pay more for internet because my current internet speed is not appropriate for home.
Can anyone help me estimate how much more I'll end up spending on gas? Would my gas supplier be able to tell me? I generally pay £33 a month for heating. I suppose electricity as well, but I'm not expecting a huge bill for that.