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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?

£75,697.69

Number of expenses

How many purchases have we made?

3355 (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.

£25,843.15

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Non-Essential

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

£45,875.57

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Hobbies and Interests

All the fun extras.

£3,971.17

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.

£4,284.33

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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.

£2,706.38

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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.

£376.78

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Family Birthday

Cards and gifts for family birthdays.

£217.05

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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.

£4,501.51

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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.

£371.04

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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.

£1,066.85

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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.

£889.63

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Takeaways & Dining

The food we could probably manage without.

£1,457.41

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Technology

All things geeky including batteries.

£690.28

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Toys

Just for fun toys and games.

£715.03

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Travel

Travel

£76.45

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
Costa lunch 21 Aug 202621/08/2026 Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining £8.96 100% £8.96
Lunch at Costa 14 Aug 202614/08/2026 Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining £9.86 100% £9.86
Breakfast at hotel 2 Aug 202602/08/2026 Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining £35.97 20% £7.19
Lunch pre cruise 1 Aug 202601/08/2026 Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining £34.75 25% £8.69
Meal pre cruise 1 Aug 202601/08/2026 Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining £22.35 50% £11.18
Costa 30 Jul 202630/07/2026 Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining £10.70 100% £10.70
Greggs 29 Jul 202629/07/2026 Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining £4.00 100% £4.00
Coffee and cake with Mum and Dad 26 Jul 202626/07/2026 Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining £22.49 25% £5.62
Breakfast at M&S 25 Jul 202625/07/2026 Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining £19.90 25% £4.98
Lunch with Mother and Father 12 Jul 202612/07/2026 Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining £30.25 25% £7.56
Take out with Mother and Father 16 Jun 202616/06/2026 Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining £38.48 15% £5.77
Take out with Mother and Father 16 Jun 202616/06/2026 Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining £38.48 25% £9.62
Meal out with Mother and Father 13 Jun 202613/06/2026 Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining £18.75 100% £18.75
Fish and Chips 3 Jun 202603/06/2026 Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining £8.00 100% £8.00
Take out - Pizza 29 May 202629/05/2026 Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining £48.46 25% £12.12
Take out - Pizza 22 May 202622/05/2026 Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining £48.68 25% £12.17
McDonalds 17 May 202617/05/2026 Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining £4.89 100% £4.89
Fish and Chips 14 May 202614/05/2026 Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining £8.00 100% £8.00
Pizza 8 May 202608/05/2026 Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining £48.46 25% £12.12
Curry 1 May 202601/05/2026 Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining £56.65 25% £14.16
Hot chocolate 26 Apr 202626/04/2026 Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining £5.00 100% £5.00
Toast chicken BLT 26 Apr 202626/04/2026 Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining £15.00 100% £15.00
Pizza 24 Apr 202624/04/2026 Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining £43.48 25% £10.87
Pizza with Mother and Father 16 Apr 202616/04/2026 Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining £43.48 25% £10.87
Food at Monkey Forest 6 Apr 202606/04/2026 Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining £6.90 100% £6.90

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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