65k COL | 28F | Live-in w/ cats | Metro Manila | 113k Net

๐Ÿ’ธ My Cost of Living

Monthly expenses: 5,5k Rent (11k) 2k Meralco w/ 1 AC (4k~) 300 Water 1k Laundry 500 Subscriptions 1,2k Monthly Deep Clean 900 Wifi (1,899) 10k groceries 9,3k Food (100 per meal x 3x a day x 31 days) 1,5k Cat Stuff (Dry food, wet food, litter) 4k Transpo to work via Move It (100 per way x 2 x 20 days) 500 Vitamins (Berocca) 750 Vape ๐Ÿ˜… 8k Hobbies & Going Out (2k per week) 1k Psych Therapy 7,5k Psych Meds ๐Ÿ˜… 1,3k Cremation Plan 4k Health Insurance 5k Retirement Fund = 64,805 ~ 65k

The rest goes to savings or travel plans (once a month) which is around 48k~

I keep on hearing from my ate in the province that my COL is too high for a DINK (double income, no kids) couple. Let me know how I can trim this down but I did my best na hahaha

Posted Mar 1, 2026, 1:45 AM UTC

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