The really noticeable things in our budget are Childcare and school fees, between them they account for a lion share of my salary.
We live off dh's wages, and the other thing we spend $$$ on are my medical expenses. Which isn't something that I pay every week as such, but its a lot when it crops up & over the last couple of years it accounts for thousands that we would otherwise have saved in an attempt to get a bit more fat between us and bare bones.
Food is top of the list for us. Like a pp said, I buy only free range meat from a butcher and it doesn't come cheap. Likewise top quality fruit and vegetables
I used to spend a fortune on the girls' clothes but thankfully a school uniform has made a lot of that unnecessary. I guess this baby can pick up the slack though ;-)
Our home and garden. We have top quality everything in our house after our renos, and live on an acre so there's a lot of garden installation and then maintenance.
My only personal extravagances are reading and my hair. I read books very quickly and am seriously OCD about how they should be treated so I never borrow or lend. My hair is an every 5 week thing, with a colour every second time.
The main place where our money is going at the moment is the crap US to Aus $ exchange range. DH is paid in US dollars, and the exchange rate is killing our budget.
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