Thriftuary 2014 - Part Four

£80.77.  That's the final tally for our Thriftuary spending.

That's just over £40 per person for a whole month, which isn't bad at all.

Now, there is an important consideration.  For various reasons there were a number of meals that we got for free. Some of them were on expenses or were generously donated by friends in some form or another (Dr K was invited to a birthday party where there was chicken.  She brought me a doggy bag). One of them was a stag do meal that I couldn't get out of. Those haven't been included in the final figure. Nor have the occasional freebies: office cakes, office sweets, donated Twixes and so-on.

If we were to assume that we'd had the scheduled meal instead of the free meal, we would have spent an additional £7.30, which makes the final total £88.07. That's still £9.53 less than last year, and still only around £44 per person. I still haven't included the twix!

There's a few of interesting things that have become apparent as a result of this years challenge:

1. A little bit of planning means that you don't need to go hungry. As long as you like mince based meals.
2. In the event that my boss finally notices that I never do any work and sacks me, I will be able to afford to eat handsomely on just £40 per month.
3. I have a lot of very excellent friends, who wouldn't let me go hungry!

Here's a chart showing the daily totals for the entire month, with 2013's chucked in for comparison.

Date	2013	2014	2013 Total	2014 Total
1-Feb	£2.30	£2.28	£2.30	£2.28
2-Feb	£4.12	£3.79	£6.42	£6.07
3-Feb	£3.08	£2.37	£9.50	£8.44
4-Feb	£0.63	£3.44	£10.13	£11.88
5-Feb	£4.09	£3.52	£14.22	£15.40
6-Feb	£2.21	£3.21	£16.43	£18.61
7-Feb	£3.05	£3.74	£19.48	£22.35
8-Feb	£7.31	£3.96	£26.79	£26.31
9-Feb	£3.99	£3.69	£30.78	£30.00
10-Feb	£3.79	£1.22	£34.57	£31.22
11-Feb	£1.39	£0.88	£35.96	£32.10
12-Feb	£3.70	£1.22	£39.66	£33.32
13-Feb	£4.63	£3.13	£44.29	£36.45
14-Feb	£5.48	£2.88	£49.77	£39.33
15-Feb	£2.69	£3.79	£52.46	£43.12
16-Feb	£5.45	£2.34	£57.91	£45.46
17-Feb	£6.69	£3.26	£64.60	£48.72
18-Feb	£2.38	£3.41	£66.98	£52.13
19-Feb	£1.76	£1.93	£68.74	£54.06
20-Feb	£2.12	£1.09	£70.86	£55.15
21-Feb	£2.94	£2.84	£73.80	£57.99
22-Feb	£6.32	£0.83	£80.12	£58.82
23-Feb	£1.75	£2.13	£81.87	£60.95
24-Feb	£3.25	£3.51	£85.12	£64.46
25-Feb	£2.06	£3.24	£87.18	£67.70
26-Feb	£4.46	£6.70	£91.64	£74.40
27-Feb	£3.92	£2.37	£95.56	£76.77
28-Feb	£2.04	£4.00	£97.60	£80.77