Weekly Spend Challenge W/C 25th October

pointypenguin · 25 October 2009 at 11:24PM

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 18th October Challengers / Pledges /Total Spent
Pointypenguin £30
brokemedic £25
EverTheOptimist £10 / £295
karom £15 / £6.30
thoroughlybrokemillie £10
natsing £5
laura2481 £7
true27 £5
chuggingtongirl £10
**purpleprincess** £5 / £0
so here we are £10
Tixy £21 / £16

link to last week's challenge

W/C 25th October Challengers / Pledges /Total Spent
Pointypenguin £22
true27 £5
brokemedic £20
karom £15
**purpleprincess** £5
natsing £100
flying_fresian £31.18
Tixy £25
so here we are £30
chuggingtongirl £20
workhard50 £15
meyore £200
EverTheOptimist £10

pointypenguin · 25 October 2009 at 11:29PM

Evening all

I have returned from the homeland after a rather harrowing journey down. The wonderful people at Easyjet cancelled my flight so I got in 4 hours later than planned and at the wrong airport. :mad:

It has been a rather spendy weekend but as tomorrow is offically payday so I am going to re-jig the budget to cover this and start with a clean slate. Budget for this week is £22 to include anything not budgetted for elsewhere.

mooomin · 25 October 2009 at 11:55PM

Sorry to hear about your Easyjet issues - I did see on FB that you were farming in the airport though :rotfl:

I was absent last week. Sorry miss!

This week can I please go for £28ish (I think that's whats in my purse....)

Thanks!

Tixy · 25 October 2009 at 11:58PM

Hello All

Glad bunny is improving now ETO - what was wrong with him? Hugs for him and you.

I am late in declaring again - I spent £16 last week and so am green - I will budget £25 this week (to include a few drinks on wednesday). (did spend loads on saturday but budgeted in clothes and shoes budgets!)

Do you get any compensation for the notveryeasyjet service PP?

pointypenguin · 26 October 2009 at 12:03AM

flying_fresian wrote: »

Sorry to hear about your Easyjet issues - I did see on FB that you were farming in the airport though :rotfl:

I was absent last week. Sorry miss!

This week can I please go for £28ish (I think that's whats in my purse....)

Thanks!

I suppose I can't complain too much as they managed to get me on another flight so I was luckier than some of the others. I was farming until the battery on my netbook ran out :rolleyes:, something to pass the many pointless hours sitting about. I am going to see if I can claim something in compensation but probably not.

Glad to hear you are back at the old bugeteering even though it is going to be hard with the lack of lodger funds. I hope you and Mr F are enjoying having the flat to yourselves.

pointypenguin · 26 October 2009 at 12:12AM

Tixy wrote: »

Do you get any compensation for the notveryeasyjet service PP?

No I didn't as I was not sure what I was owed anything. I have just had a look at their website and it seems I should have been due some sort of refreshement voucher as I was rerouted and delayed for 4 hours but they didn't offer me anything. I think I am going to write a letter and see if they will offer me a few quid, got to be worth a bash but I am not holding my breath.:rolleyes:

so_here_we_are · 26 October 2009 at 8:27AM

Morning All,

I'm a day late sorry, didn't realise it started on a sunday - what am I like.
Can yo uput me down for £30 this week as its pay day week and I always spend more in this week.

PS last week didn't do well, sorry x

mooomin · 26 October 2009 at 9:23AM

pointypenguin wrote: »

No I didn't as I was not sure what I was owed anything. I have just had a look at their website and it seems I should have been due some sort of refreshement voucher as I was rerouted and delayed for 4 hours but they didn't offer me anything. I think I am going to write a letter and see if they will offer me a few quid, got to be worth a bash but I am not holding my breath.:rolleyes:

Write a polite letter but try and mention Watchdog

Also, can you change me to £31.18 which is exactly what's in my purse. This will include all spending this week unless I can convince some hapless sod to take me to the supermarket as this won't be included!

NSD yesterday :j

chuggingtongirl · 26 October 2009 at 3:44PM

Hi everyone

Well last week went bad but Im more realistic (and know where Im going wrong!) this week.It really helps coming on here as it reminds me to keep on track.

Please can I say £20 and Im pledging no magazines or chocolate as those were my failings this week!!

Hope everyones doing okay

workhard50 · 26 October 2009 at 4:45PM

hi all i know im a day late but please can i join i am aiming for £15 week and any left over will be going in my sealed tin towards my next holiday if i managed to save enough from shopping challenge to pay for one.

natsing · 26 October 2009 at 6:30PM

An NSD for me yesterday, which was a great start, off to do my weekly shop, hoping to keep it at less than £30.

Weekly Spend Challenge W/C 25th October

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