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Overview of all the Non-Essential expenses

Jack Blackborough: Non-Essential expenses

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Name

What did we call him?

Jack Blackborough

Born

When did he emerge?

28th June 2013 05:41

Sex & Birth weight

What were his vital statistics?

Male & 3.373kg (7lb 7oz)

Total expenses

How much to raise Jack?

£72,633.13

Number of expenses

How many purchases have we made?

3215 (View all)

Top Essential expense

The grandest expense?

£687.98 (Surface Go)

Top Non-Essential expense

The grandest expense?

£1,195.00 (Nursery Fees)

Top Hobby and Interests expense

The grandest expense?

£159.00 (Bicycle)

Total expenses by category

We group expenses into three core categories, these are the totals for each category, select a category for more detail.

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Essential

The costs that we see as absolutely necessary in raising a child and in essence, keeping them healthy and well, alive.

£24,775.33

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Non-Essential

The optional costs of raising a child and those which spark lively debate between Mummy and Daddy.

£44,161.38

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Hobbies and Interests

All the fun extras.

£3,696.42

Total expenses by subcategory

These are the totals for all the subcategories in the Non-Essential category, select a subcategory for more detail.

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Birthday

Everything to make a birthday special – cards, presents and parties.

£3,975.40

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Childcare

Nursery and child minder costs.

£22,018.56

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Christmas

The cost of the Big Guy in the red suit.

£2,990.16

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Education

Anything that is classed as educational including books, learning games, jigsaws and puzzles.

£2,602.37

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Equipment & Aids

The things that make parenthood that little bit easier.

£679.25

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Events & Seasonal Events

Events and Seasonal Events.

£370.78

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Family Birthday

Cards and gifts for family birthdays.

£205.07

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Fathers day

The Annual cost of Daddy Appreciation Day in June.

£28.49

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Friend Birthday

The endless cost of attending birthday parties.

£421.16

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Furniture

The things that make a house a home but aren’t essential.

£644.25

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Grooming

They are getting older, they are starting to care about their appearance

£19.68

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Holiday

Family time away from home.

£3,623.56

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Legal

The infrequent cost of passports and official documents.

£2.11

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Leisure

Fun days out spending time together.

£344.05

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Memories

Capturing special memories and milestones including the Tooth Fairy.

£371.37

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Mothers Day

The annual cost of Mummy Appreciation Day in March.

£296.64

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Pocket Money

The weekly rewards for good behaviour.

£1,039.35

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Special Occasions

The special, once in a lifetime occasions.

£1,058.96

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Sweet treats

Yummy occasional treats.

£845.36

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Takeaways & Dining

The food we could probably manage without.

£1,171.09

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Technology

All things geeky including batteries.

£670.29

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Toys

Just for fun toys and games.

£715.03

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Travel

Travel

£68.40

The 25 most recent Non-Essential expenses for Jack - (View all Non-Essential expenses)

The table below lists the last 25 expenses we have logged for Jack in the Non-Essential category, to see more select any summary count, category or subcategory.

The 25 most recent Non-Essential expenses for Jack
Expense Date Categories Total Allocation Amount
Cheese burger and chips 25 Mar 202625/03/2026 Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining £13.00 60% £7.80
Drink and cake with Father 21 Mar 202621/03/2026 Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining £22.65 25% £5.66
Ice cream 20 Mar 202620/03/2026 Non-Essential / Sweet treats £2.75 100% £2.75
Mother’s Day - Share of massage 15 Mar 202615/03/2026 Non-Essential / Mothers Day £43.00 50% £21.50
Easter egg 11 Mar 202611/03/2026 Non-Essential / Events & Seasonal Events £4.50 100% £4.50
Replacement drawer slides 8 Mar 202608/03/2026 Non-Essential / Furniture £9.28 50% £4.64
Black Country museum 7 Mar 202607/03/2026 Non-Essential / Events & Seasonal Events £15.50 100% £15.50
Hot chocolate at BCLM 7 Mar 202607/03/2026 Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining £3.40 100% £3.40
Pizza with parents and grandparents 6 Mar 202606/03/2026 Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining £77.97 15% £11.70
Pocket Money 1 Mar 202601/03/2026 Non-Essential / Pocket Money £25.00 100% £25.00
Pizza with the parents 25 Feb 202625/02/2026 Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining £48.96 25% £12.24
Lunch out with Mother and Father 22 Feb 202622/02/2026 Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining £14.85 50% £7.43
McDonald’s with parents 20 Feb 202620/02/2026 Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining £8.79 100% £8.79
Share of lunch 14 Feb 202614/02/2026 Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining £33.84 25% £8.46
Pizza with parents 4 Feb 202604/02/2026 Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining £41.47 25% £10.37
Pocket money 1 Feb 202601/02/2026 Non-Essential / Pocket Money £20.00 100% £20.00
Meal out with Mum and Dad 24 Jan 202624/01/2026 Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining £17.95 100% £17.95
Pizza with parents 23 Jan 202623/01/2026 Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining £48.96 25% £12.24
Dune graphic novel - Book 1 19 Jan 202619/01/2026 Non-Essential / Education £19.99 100% £19.99
Dbrand skin for Switch 15 Jan 202615/01/2026 Non-Essential / Technology £29.50 100% £29.50
Pizza with parents 14 Jan 202614/01/2026 Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining £41.97 25% £10.49
Curry with Mum and Dad 2 Jan 202602/01/2026 Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining £52.49 25% £13.12
Pocket money 2 Jan 202602/01/2026 Non-Essential / Pocket Money £25.00 100% £25.00
McDonald’s 31 Dec 202531/12/2025 Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining £7.99 100% £7.99
Pizza with Mum and Dad 29 Dec 202529/12/2025 Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining £42.97 25% £10.74

API Requests to Costs to Expect API

This page was generated using the data returned from the API requests shown below.

API Requests made to https://api.costs-to-expect.com/ to generate this page.
# Page section Method API request
1 Total expenses for Jack GET /v3/summary/resource-types/d185Q15grY/resources/kw8gLq31VB/items
2 All expenses for Jack HEAD /v3/resource-types/d185Q15grY/resources/kw8gLq31VB/items?offset=0&limit=1
3 Top Essential expense GET /v3/resource-types/d185Q15grY/resources/kw8gLq31VB/items?category=98WLap7Bx3&sort=actualised_total:desc&limit=1
4 Top Non-Essential expense GET /v3/resource-types/d185Q15grY/resources/kw8gLq31VB/items?category=RjXM5VJDw6&sort=actualised_total:desc&limit=1
5 Top Hobby and Interests expense GET /v3/resource-types/d185Q15grY/resources/kw8gLq31VB/items?category=Gwg7zgL316&sort=actualised_total:desc&limit=1
6 Expenses summary by category GET /v3/summary/resource-types/d185Q15grY/resources/kw8gLq31VB/items?categories=true
7 Expenses summary by subcategory GET /v3/summary/resource-types/d185Q15grY/resources/kw8gLq31VB/items?category=RjXM5VJDw6&subcategories=true
8 25 most recent expenses for category GET /v3/resource-types/d185Q15grY/resources/kw8gLq31VB/items?category=RjXM5VJDw6&limit=25&include-categories=true&include-subcategories=true

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