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Overview of all the Non-Essential expenses

Niall Blackborough: Non-Essential 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?

£26,947.54

Number of expenses

How many purchases have we made?

1677 (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.

£10,524.66

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Non-Essential

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

£15,233.91

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Hobbies and Interests

All the fun extras.

£1,114.57

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.

£1,786.82

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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.

£227.14

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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.

£324.87

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Takeaways & Dining

The food we could probably manage without.

£958.49

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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 expenses for Niall - (View all Non-Essential 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.

The 25 most recent Non-Essential expenses for Niall
Expense Date Categories Total Allocation Amount
Ice-cream at RSPB 26 Apr 202626/04/2026 Non-Essential / Sweet treats £2.40 100% £2.40
Hot chocolate 26 Apr 202626/04/2026 Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining £5.00 100% £5.00
Soup and sandwich 26 Apr 202626/04/2026 Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining £11.00 100% £11.00
Pizza for party 25 Apr 202625/04/2026 Non-Essential / Events & Seasonal Events £24.99 100% £24.99
Party bag goodies - 50% 25 Apr 202625/04/2026 Non-Essential / Birthday £13.50 100% £13.50
Entertainer for Bday Party - 50% 25 Apr 202625/04/2026 Non-Essential / Birthday £115.00 100% £115.00
Birthday balloons 22 Apr 202622/04/2026 Non-Essential / Birthday £6.67 100% £6.67
Birthday Tea 22 Apr 202622/04/2026 Non-Essential / Birthday £29.00 100% £29.00
Pokemon Umbrella 22 Apr 202622/04/2026 Non-Essential / Birthday £13.99 100% £13.99
Sweets for Birthday - school friends 22 Apr 202622/04/2026 Non-Essential / Birthday £3.00 100% £3.00
Ice cream 21 Apr 202621/04/2026 Non-Essential / Sweet treats £3.00 100% £3.00
Colin Caterpillar cake 19 Apr 202619/04/2026 Non-Essential / Birthday £9.50 100% £9.50
Shirt 18 Apr 202618/04/2026 Non-Essential / Birthday £17.00 100% £17.00
Dbrand skin for Switch 2 18 Apr 202618/04/2026 Non-Essential / Birthday £28.23 100% £28.23
Pizza with Mother and Father 16 Apr 202616/04/2026 Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining £43.48 15% £6.52
Card, badge and banner 15 Apr 202615/04/2026 Non-Essential / Birthday £5.00 100% £5.00
Bus fare 11 Apr 202611/04/2026 Non-Essential / Travel £2.60 100% £2.60
Pokémon puzzle 10 Apr 202610/04/2026 Non-Essential / Birthday £14.56 100% £14.56
Pokémon duvet set 10 Apr 202610/04/2026 Non-Essential / Birthday £17.95 100% £17.95
Helping Hands - April 9 Apr 202609/04/2026 Non-Essential / Childcare £46.00 100% £46.00
Ice cream 7 Apr 202607/04/2026 Non-Essential / Sweet treats £2.50 100% £2.50
The bad guys book 6 Apr 202606/04/2026 Non-Essential / Birthday £6.55 100% £6.55
Investigators book 6 Apr 202606/04/2026 Non-Essential / Birthday £4.70 100% £4.70
Donkey Kong Banaza Switch 2 6 Apr 202606/04/2026 Non-Essential / Birthday £47.88 100% £47.88
Ice creams 6 Apr 202606/04/2026 Non-Essential / Sweet treats £3.75 33% £1.24

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 25 most recent expenses for category GET /v3/resource-types/d185Q15grY/resources/Eq9g6BgJL0/items?category=RjXM5VJDw6&limit=25&include-categories=true&include-subcategories=true

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