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Overview of all the Non-Essential/Takeaways & Dining expenses

Jack Blackborough: Non-Essential/Takeaways & Dining 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?

£71,717.29

Number of expenses

How many purchases have we made?

3154 (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.

£24,173.37

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Non-Essential

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

£43,871.47

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Hobbies and Interests

All the fun extras.

£3,672.45

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.

£2,582.38

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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.

£350.78

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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.

£639.61

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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.

£275.14

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Pocket Money

The weekly rewards for good behaviour.

£994.35

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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.

£842.61

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Takeaways & Dining

The food we could probably manage without.

£1,054.56

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Technology

All things geeky including batteries.

£610.79

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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/Takeaways & Dining expenses for Jack - (View all Non-Essential/Takeaways & Dining 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.

25 most recent Non-Essential/Takeaways & Dining expenses for Jack
Expense Date Categories Total Allocation Amount
Curry with Mum and Dad 2 Jan 202602/01/2026 Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining £52.49 25% £13.12
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
McDonalds 24 Dec 202524/12/2025 Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining £7.99 100% £7.99
Meal deal 18 Dec 202518/12/2025 Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining £4.60 100% £4.60
McDonalds 17 Dec 202517/12/2025 Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining £7.99 100% £7.99
Meal deal 16 Dec 202516/12/2025 Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining £4.60 100% £4.60
Pizza with Mum 12 Dec 202512/12/2025 Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining £29.47 33% £9.73
Pizza with Mum and Dad 8 Dec 202508/12/2025 Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining £47.47 25% £11.87
Lunch with Mum & Dad 6 Dec 202506/12/2025 Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining £7.34 100% £7.34
Pizza takeout 28 Nov 202528/11/2025 Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining £37.97 25% £9.49
Fish and chips 20 Nov 202520/11/2025 Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining £8.00 100% £8.00
Costa lunch 9 Nov 202509/11/2025 Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining £9.40 100% £9.40
Pizza 3 Nov 202503/11/2025 Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining £44.96 25% £11.24
Burger king 1 Nov 202501/11/2025 Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining £5.99 100% £5.99
Drink for bowling 1 Nov 202501/11/2025 Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining £1.54 100% £1.54
Lunch costa 30 Oct 202530/10/2025 Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining £9.90 100% £9.90
McDonalds 25 Oct 202525/10/2025 Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining £7.99 100% £7.99
McDonalds 21 Oct 202521/10/2025 Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining £7.99 100% £7.99
Lunch with Mother and Father 12 Oct 202512/10/2025 Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining £8.75 100% £8.75
Pizza with Mum and Dad 4 Oct 202504/10/2025 Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining £43.97 25% £10.99
Coffee and cake with Daddy 14 Sep 202514/09/2025 Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining £18.85 33% £6.22
Drink at funky monkeys 1 Sep 202501/09/2025 Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining £2.40 100% £2.40
Meal out with Mother and Father 31 Aug 202531/08/2025 Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining £11.99 100% £11.99
Lunch with Mum 27 Aug 202527/08/2025 Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining £30.93 33% £10.21

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 Subcategory details GET /v3/resource-types/d185Q15grY/categories/RjXM5VJDw6/subcategories/WQdzPwknjN
9 25 most recent expenses for subcategory GET /v3/resource-types/d185Q15grY/resources/kw8gLq31VB/items?category=RjXM5VJDw6&subcategory=WQdzPwknjN&limit=25&include-categories=true&include-subcategories=true

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