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Weekly Spend Challenge W/C 18th October
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pointypenguin
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Hello everyone 
. Welcome to the weekly spend challenege. This challenge is open to anybody, no matter what financial place they are in.
On this thread please post an amount of money you wish to stay below within the week (Sunday to end of working day on Friday). This can be pennies or thousands it depends on the individual. Then next Saturday report back and pledge for the following week. Feel free to update this thread with daily spends if that keeps you on track.
This is a little bit of fun but for many it highlights the fact that maybe that magazine/chocolate bar isn't needed. Hopefully your spending habits can be changed forever.
Moozie was the founder of this challenge and here is a quote taken from her around last year
Originally Posted by Moozie
Good afternoon lovely DFWs Now for anyone looking in, please feel free to join - the more the merrier! Basically, decide on the amount you want to spend up to from Sunday until the end of the working day on Friday then pledge it here and off we go! The challenge is about incidental spending and not for stuff that should be budgeted elsewhere such as bills, groceries, debt repayment etc but you decide what to include at the end - this is about changing your habits and improving your recording of your spends more than anything else. Have a great week everyone and keep it low!!! Moozie x
Good luck everyone.:T
W/C 11th October Challengers / Pledges /Total Spent
Pointypenguin £40 / £38.17
Tixy £18 / £16.65
karom £30 / £2.30
flying_fresian £20
true27 £5
brokemedic £30 / £21.20
laura2481 £7.91
Alizarin £20
Sally22 £15
natsing £10 / £9
**purpleprinces** £7
lossed £15
Lelc £7.50
EverTheOptimist £10 / £4.54
Rictus123 £95
so here we are £9
thoroughlybrokemillie £15 / £15.49
link to last week's thread
W/C 18th October Challengers / Pledges /Total Spent
Pointypenguin £30
brokemedic £25
EverTheOptimist £10
karom £15
thoroughlybrokemillie £10
natsing £5
laura2481 £7
true27 £5
chuggingtongirl £10
**purpleprincess** £5
so here we are £10
Tixy £21
. Welcome to the weekly spend challenege. This challenge is open to anybody, no matter what financial place they are in.On this thread please post an amount of money you wish to stay below within the week (Sunday to end of working day on Friday). This can be pennies or thousands it depends on the individual. Then next Saturday report back and pledge for the following week. Feel free to update this thread with daily spends if that keeps you on track.
This is a little bit of fun but for many it highlights the fact that maybe that magazine/chocolate bar isn't needed. Hopefully your spending habits can be changed forever.
Moozie was the founder of this challenge and here is a quote taken from her around last year
Originally Posted by Moozie
Good afternoon lovely DFWs Now for anyone looking in, please feel free to join - the more the merrier! Basically, decide on the amount you want to spend up to from Sunday until the end of the working day on Friday then pledge it here and off we go! The challenge is about incidental spending and not for stuff that should be budgeted elsewhere such as bills, groceries, debt repayment etc but you decide what to include at the end - this is about changing your habits and improving your recording of your spends more than anything else. Have a great week everyone and keep it low!!! Moozie x
Good luck everyone.:T
W/C 11th October Challengers / Pledges /Total Spent
Pointypenguin £40 / £38.17
Tixy £18 / £16.65
karom £30 / £2.30
flying_fresian £20
true27 £5
brokemedic £30 / £21.20
laura2481 £7.91
Alizarin £20
Sally22 £15
natsing £10 / £9
**purpleprinces** £7
lossed £15
Lelc £7.50
EverTheOptimist £10 / £4.54
Rictus123 £95
so here we are £9
thoroughlybrokemillie £15 / £15.49
link to last week's thread
W/C 18th October Challengers / Pledges /Total Spent
Pointypenguin £30
brokemedic £25
EverTheOptimist £10
karom £15
thoroughlybrokemillie £10
natsing £5
laura2481 £7
true27 £5
chuggingtongirl £10
**purpleprincess** £5
so here we are £10
Tixy £21
Weekly Spend Challenge: £0/£30
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Hi- can I aim for £7 this week? Ta
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Evening all,
I was green for last week woohoo. Only one more week until payday. This has been a long month.
After the events of Friday night and today I have £10 left of the weekend budget so my budget this week is £30.
I have a couple of nights planned so going to be tight this week I think.
Good luck all and happy bugeteering.:beer:Weekly Spend Challenge: £0/£30
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I'm afraid not.. it was terribly evily bad due to having to get a couple of taxis to places on Thursday, and then a taxi home that evening due to stupid buses not actually turning up :rolleyes: I am at least happy that the money was spent on something I needed to do, not frivolously spent on clothes or whatever. I ended up £20+ Still- better luck next week, eh?pointypenguin wrote: »Of course, I have added you to the list. I know you said you were red for last week, were you at least close? Hope it wasn't too bad. 0 -
:hello: Hi All!
Got COMPLETELY lost last week and have no idea where I am so I'll start again!! £5 for me please pointy!
Just wanted to say well done on the green week brokemedic! Knew you could do it and fingers crossed for another one this week for you!! Paddle #8 DFW Nerd #12840 -
Did my weekly shop today, but all budgetted for elsewhere, so a NSD for personal spends at least, after payday next week I'm thinking of changing how I do this and including all non DD payments in our weekly spend challenge, including shopping, petrol and clothes etc (excluding Christmas as we've got a seperate pot for that) should give me a better idea of how much we are spending week to week.
Good luck with the spends peepsDebt free 11/05/11!
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Hi
Please can I join in as Im struggling to keep on track at the moment...
I will say £10 this week? as thats all I have left till payday (a weeks time) so I have to be good this week
Thank you and looking forward to joining inWeekly Spend Challenge £200 -
:hello: Hi All!
Got COMPLETELY lost last week and have no idea where I am so I'll start again!! £5 for me please pointy!
Just wanted to say well done on the green week brokemedic! Knew you could do it and fingers crossed for another one this week for you!!
I second that well done brokemedic hopefully you can make it two weeks in a row.:TI'm afraid not.. it was terribly evily bad due to having to get a couple of taxis to places on Thursday, and then a taxi home that evening due to stupid buses not actually turning up :rolleyes: I am at least happy that the money was spent on something I needed to do, not frivolously spent on clothes or whatever. I ended up £20+ Still- better luck next week, eh?
That is a shame hopefully this week will be better for you:Dchuggingtongirl wrote: »Hi
Please can I join in as Im struggling to keep on track at the moment...
I will say £10 this week? as thats all I have left till payday (a weeks time) so I have to be good this week
Thank you and looking forward to joining in
:hello:Welcome you are now a budgeteer I have added you to the list. Let us know how you get on.
For me today I bought a lovely mortar and pestle for £17 :eek: but this is coming under my fortunate find money from last week. The rest of spends were on food which comes from another budget. So still £30 left hopefully it can stay that way for a few days yet.:DWeekly Spend Challenge: £0/£30
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Hullo!! I would like to pledge £5 please! I have put this in cash in a separate purse so I will know this week exactly what I am spending!! Got rather lost last week!!
Thanks! Official DFW Nerd no. 082! :cool:Debt @ 01/01/2014 £16,956 Debt now: £0.00 :j
Aims:[STRIKE] clear debt, get married, buy a house[/STRIKE] ALL DONE!!
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Ive spent £3.50 already...Its so easy to spend without thinking isnt it.Hoping to stick to £10.I started writing everything down last month and it works as I realise how much I spend on non-essentials! no more magazines and chocolate bars I think! Hope everyone else is doing fineWeekly Spend Challenge £200
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