December round up

 December is always a good month, I am busy with other things, so stash spend is always super low, just 1 plant and 2 packs of reduced bulbs in my garden.

 Here are my full year figures, I had hoped to spend under £1000, I almost made it, my purchase of the second composter took me over my spend, this excise is purely for me to see how I spend on my crafts and garden and never to save money, my garden is a pleasure to both of us.

I did break my garden spend down again, I spent 51% on plants, seeds and bulbs, 10% on compost, grit and other soil improvers, 19% on helpful and pretty stuff, 20% was spent on one off larger items to enhance my garden.

This spread sheet shows my spending by craft, I am not crafting as much, and using stuff from my stash, slowly its shrinking. Here you can see a few years of spend, sorry if you are bored I am a queen of spreading sheets, I definitely have too much time on my hands.

I spent more on clothes which does not bother me, I needed to replace items which had worn out, I don't like to feel scruffy, next year should be a low spend, I do look after my clothes, so they last, my spend was still under £40 per month.

82 Books read this year, which is less than last year.

December is never an expensive month, we like to finish most of our Christmas shopping in November, so we avoid all the madness in retail, no huge household bills either. 

We have been very good on kitchen waste, we don't waste any cooked food, all the peelings, teabags and coffee granules go into the composters, we only bin onion and pepper bits. From March we will have food waste bins, our council has joined this worthwhile scheme, it won't change much here.

We did not get our wooden floors sorted this year, its top of the list for next year, along with a new sofa, no other planned outlays.

Don't know what to say about my weight I'm 5 pounds heavier than this time last year, overweight but not uncomfortable, I will have to figure something out in the new year.