We spent about $3,470 in April and it was actually below the monthly budget of $3,500!  After including this month’s expenditure, we have managed to lower our average expenditure this year to $4,150. 

The expenditure on categories like food, groceries and clothes remain pretty wanton. There’s really no conscious attempt to curb those shopping instincts when I am at NTUC or Uniqlo and the Mrs was pretty accommodating since it was my birthday month!

So looking forward to a break in two weeks’ time when all the mid years will be over and we would be jacking up the expenses in Melbourne.

Eating Out: $554.60

Hawker ($74.60) – I really barely ate out at hawker centres or food courts for the past month. In fact, I don’t recall buying anything from the cai peng stall near my house the past two months. Cooking my lunches is fast ...