Rent: 375 pounds per week for a 2-bed, 2-bath split-level flat in zone 2.

Utilities: 20 pounds per month (share flat with two other people)

Healthcare: zero (except travel costs and occasionally 7.50 pounds for a prescription - love the NHS!

Food/eating out: 50-100 pounds per week (but I eat out a lot)

6 eggs: 1.29p

Travel: 20 pounds per week (twice daily commute plus weekend travel)

Night out: on the cheap (few drinks in cheap pub) - 15 pounds; big night - 75-100 pounds