Weekly Spend Challenge W/C 17th Jan 2010

pointypenguin · 17 January 2010 at 8:09PM

Hello everyone

. Welcome to the weekly spend challenge. 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.

W/C 10th January Challengers / Pledges /Total Spent
Pointypenguin £24 / £53.50
brokemedic £15
London Welshcake £15 / £14.80
SazM030306 £20 / £0
wigwam £25
Casperthefriendlyghost £4
ColleenPamela £20 / £18
EC12345 £5 / £3.69
chris81418 £150 / £169.89
me_shelly £10 / £6.79
longhauladdict £30
natsing £10 / £6
Tixy £16.16 / £3.15
Baileys Babe £7.50 / £0
1stdayofmylife £30 / £18
grrmich £60
pink_numbers £15 / £21.64
karom £20 / £15.40
Miss_Marple £9.20
banwa £3 / £4.53
rubysparkles £20 / £20
firestronaut £50
kate_pixie £10 / £40
rictus123 £0

link to last week's challenge

W/C 17th January Challengers / Pledges /Total Spent
Pointypenguin £50
London Welshcake £15
karom £20
ColleenPamela £15
chuggingtongirl £20
natsing £10
SazM030306 £20
chris81418 £35
Baileys Babe £7.50
Tixy £15.15
longhauladdict £20
pink_numbers £15
banwa £3
wigwag £25
AfterDark £10
emiskins £25
kate_pixie £10
EC12345 £10
Rictus123 £0
1stdayofmylife £30

pointypenguin · 17 January 2010 at 8:16PM

Evening budgeteers,

I was very red for last week:mad: but today is the beginning of a new one so I will try again.

I am going for £50 this week as I am going out for dinner on Thursday and going out to people's houses two nights so might need to supply some wine.

Congrats to the purples and of course to the greens, everyone has done well so far.

Let me know any more results or pledges and I will update. Also let me know if I have made any mistakes.

SazM030306 · 17 January 2010 at 9:28PM

Thanks Pointy

I know I won't be purple again this week as I'm meeting friends for coffee tomorrow, but hopefully that'll be it for the week! Though once you've cracked open that £20 note it's much easier to fritter the rest...
*MUST BE GOOD MUST BE GOOD*

Saz xxx

longhauladdict · 17 January 2010 at 9:34PM

Hiya

Although I am bit all over the place, I want to pledge £20 this week - can't you tell its nearly payday? I'm away with work for 2 nights, so will have to buy lunch both days and meals (which I claim back) but am hoping for a quiet one on money that I can't get back!!!:p

Anyway, have been green both weeks so far, and hoping for another one, but really need to get a grip of this in February, my credit card for expenses has come through so I can put everything work related on there and only spend on stuff I need rather than petrol etc which I get back.

Good luck everyone
xxx

pink_numbers · 18 January 2010 at 12:29AM

I failed this week, but not as badly as I normally do, I spent £21.64 out of £15.

I will stick to my £15 goal again this coming week, and try to stick to it for once!

Good luck to everyone

karom · 18 January 2010 at 12:30AM

Hi Pointy, thanks for opening new thread.
Today could have been a very bad start of the week but I just got it back into budget! Here is how:
- Had to redo the order for a christmas present. Since I technically already recorded the money as spent but somehow the order got cancelled (?!?!?) I don't take it out my budget as it was my Dec budget spent
- Subscribe to a 1 year car thingy. Got advantages but £59. Quite unforeseen to be honest. I cancelled 2 orders I had posted during Christmas and much earlier one for 2 games at nealy £25 each... et voila I only count my spend at £9.02

Ok my calculations may seem a bit twisted but I am quite happy to have reprioritise what I trully need ( a good cover for home start and european travel) versus Pc games when I have already so many of them and don't get to play them all

Hope you all have a good week xxx

banwa · 18 January 2010 at 12:48AM

Hello all and thank you to Pointy for another thread.

Okay, grasped it now, I am only counting misc spends.

Please put me down for £3 again. If I get another red, I will ban myself.

Good luck everyone

wigwam · 18 January 2010 at 2:18AM

Hi,

Can you put me down for £25 for this week please.
I know I can do better but will make a greater effort for Feb - right now am just trying to control spending but from next month hope to cut back.

Good luck everyone:j

London_Welshcake · 18 January 2010 at 9:07AM

Morning all

Just made my sandwiches for lunch so I think i can avoid spending anything today. Hope you all have a good week!

chuggingtongirl · 18 January 2010 at 10:31AM

Hi Everyone

I spent £6 on bits of food and a paper yesterday - everything I didnt need and couldve done without so aiming not to spend anything today at least

£14 to go

AfterDark · 18 January 2010 at 10:42AM

Hi put me down for a tenner, Should be able to stick to that, However have to fill up the car with petrol (roughly £35) but not including petrol in my spends

Weekly Spend Challenge W/C 17th Jan 2010

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