I hope I've calculated and budgeted correctly. Will certainly be overspending this month as I bulk buy wine and general supplies to last for the next few months.
300GBP of wine, for instance.
It is unfortunate that wine in the UK is so expensive — unaffordable for cooking. So I've ordered 15 bottles from Portugal. Even factoring in shipping (and they're not just shipping me those 15 bottles — there'll also be 3 bottles of port in there), it works out to 3GBP/bottle.
Which is 3x what I'd pay for cooking wine in France.
Damn.