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

Niall Blackborough: Non-Essential/Takeaways & Dining expenses

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Name

What did we call him?

Niall Blackborough

Born

When did he emerge?

22nd April 2019 17:46

Sex & Birth weight

What were his vital statistics?

Male & 3.458kg (7lb 10oz)

Total expenses

How much to raise Niall?

£26,432.27

Number of expenses

How many purchases have we made?

1649 (View all)

Top Essential expense

The grandest expense?

£409.00 (Car seat)

Top Non-Essential expense

The grandest expense?

£557.00 (Center parcs)

Top Hobby and Interests expense

The grandest expense?

£147.00 (Shotgun MTB seat and handles)

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.

£10,493.64

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Non-Essential

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

£14,866.87

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Hobbies and Interests

All the fun extras.

£1,104.58

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.

£1,454.29

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Childcare

Nursery and child minder costs.

£4,803.35

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Christmas

The cost of the Big Guy in the red suit.

£1,698.95

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Education

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

£410.07

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Equipment & Aids

The things that make parenthood that little bit easier.

£386.30

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Events & Seasonal Events

Events and Seasonal Events.

£202.15

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Family Birthday

Cards and gifts for family birthdays.

£181.83

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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.

£140.29

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Furniture

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

£154.64

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Grooming

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

£10.50

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Holiday

Family time away from home.

£2,301.82

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Legal

The infrequent cost of passports and official documents.

£17.25

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Leisure

Fun days out spending time together.

£348.51

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Memories

Capturing special memories and milestones including the Tooth Fairy.

£16.00

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Mothers Day

The annual cost of Mummy Appreciation Day in March.

£132.40

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Pocket Money

The weekly rewards for good behaviour.

£178.10

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Special Occasions

The special, once in a lifetime occasions.

£665.66

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Sweet treats

Yummy occasional treats.

£321.87

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Takeaways & Dining

The food we could probably manage without.

£935.97

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Technology

All things geeky including batteries.

£223.91

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Toys

Just for fun toys and games.

£203.82

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Travel

Travel

£50.70

The 25 most recent Non-Essential/Takeaways & Dining expenses for Niall - (View all Non-Essential/Takeaways & Dining expenses)

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

25 most recent Non-Essential/Takeaways & Dining expenses for Niall
Expense Date Categories Total Allocation Amount
Food at Monkey Forest 6 Apr 202606/04/2026 Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining £6.90 100% £6.90
Cheese burger and chips 25 Mar 202625/03/2026 Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining £13.00 40% £5.20
Drink and cake with Father 21 Mar 202621/03/2026 Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining £22.65 25% £5.66
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
Pizza with the parents 25 Feb 202625/02/2026 Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining £48.96 15% £7.34
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 £4.89 100% £4.89
Share of lunch 14 Feb 202614/02/2026 Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining £33.84 25% £8.46
McDonald’s with parents 13 Feb 202613/02/2026 Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining £4.89 100% £4.89
Pizza with parents 4 Feb 202604/02/2026 Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining £41.47 15% £6.22
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 15% £7.34
Pizza with parents 14 Jan 202614/01/2026 Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining £41.97 15% £6.30
Curry with Mum and Dad 2 Jan 202602/01/2026 Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining £52.49 15% £7.87
McDonald’s 31 Dec 202531/12/2025 Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining £4.79 100% £4.79
Pizza with Mum and Dad 29 Dec 202529/12/2025 Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining £42.97 15% £6.45
McDonalds 24 Dec 202524/12/2025 Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining £4.79 100% £4.79
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 15% £7.12
Lunch with Mum & Dad 6 Dec 202506/12/2025 Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining £6.59 100% £6.59
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 £5.00 100% £5.00
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 15% £6.74

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 Niall GET /v3/summary/resource-types/d185Q15grY/resources/Eq9g6BgJL0/items
2 All expenses for Niall HEAD /v3/resource-types/d185Q15grY/resources/Eq9g6BgJL0/items?offset=0&limit=1
3 Top Essential expense GET /v3/resource-types/d185Q15grY/resources/Eq9g6BgJL0/items?category=98WLap7Bx3&sort=actualised_total:desc&limit=1
4 Top Non-Essential expense GET /v3/resource-types/d185Q15grY/resources/Eq9g6BgJL0/items?category=RjXM5VJDw6&sort=actualised_total:desc&limit=1
5 Top Hobby and Interests expense GET /v3/resource-types/d185Q15grY/resources/Eq9g6BgJL0/items?category=Gwg7zgL316&sort=actualised_total:desc&limit=1
6 Expenses summary by category GET /v3/summary/resource-types/d185Q15grY/resources/Eq9g6BgJL0/items?categories=true
7 Expenses summary by subcategory GET /v3/summary/resource-types/d185Q15grY/resources/Eq9g6BgJL0/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/Eq9g6BgJL0/items?category=RjXM5VJDw6&subcategory=WQdzPwknjN&limit=25&include-categories=true&include-subcategories=true

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