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Weekly Spend Challenge W/C 31st Jan 2010
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pointypenguin
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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 24th January Challengers / Pledges /Total Spent
Pointypenguin £30
chuggingtongirl £30 / £24.02
banwa £40 / £53
SazM030306 £20 / £3.90
Baileys Babe £7.50 / £4
chris81418 £200 / £95.38
natsing £30 / £29
emiskins £25 / £23.63
pink_numbers £0 / £0
rictus123 £50 / £50
brummiebabe £20/ £13.65
Tixy £14.14 / £14.02
Missk £15
nicnacnoo £20 / £22.57
karom £20 / £15
BringtheStoneshome £0 / £2.50
ColleenPamela £10 / £4.68
keys £10
EC12345 £1 / £0.57
me-shelly £10
link to last week's challenge
W/C 31st January Challengers / Pledges /Total Spent
Pointypenguin £20
ColleenPamela £25
SazM030306 £20
emiskins £40
chuggingtongirl £30
banwa £9
EC12345 £15
Liz3yy £10
natsing £20
chris81418 £104.62
kate_pixie £10
pink_numbers £15
BringtheStoneshome £0
brummiebabe £30
Tixy £26.26
Suziebea £10
nicnacnoo £20
rictus123 £144.50
longhauladdict £30
Baileys Babe £15
maysmummy £20
irishmist £15
. 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 24th January Challengers / Pledges /Total Spent
Pointypenguin £30
chuggingtongirl £30 / £24.02
banwa £40 / £53
SazM030306 £20 / £3.90
Baileys Babe £7.50 / £4
chris81418 £200 / £95.38
natsing £30 / £29
emiskins £25 / £23.63
pink_numbers £0 / £0
rictus123 £50 / £50
brummiebabe £20/ £13.65
Tixy £14.14 / £14.02
Missk £15
nicnacnoo £20 / £22.57
karom £20 / £15
BringtheStoneshome £0 / £2.50
ColleenPamela £10 / £4.68
keys £10
EC12345 £1 / £0.57
me-shelly £10
link to last week's challenge
W/C 31st January Challengers / Pledges /Total Spent
Pointypenguin £20
ColleenPamela £25
SazM030306 £20
emiskins £40
chuggingtongirl £30
banwa £9
EC12345 £15
Liz3yy £10
natsing £20
chris81418 £104.62
kate_pixie £10
pink_numbers £15
BringtheStoneshome £0
brummiebabe £30
Tixy £26.26
Suziebea £10
nicnacnoo £20
rictus123 £144.50
longhauladdict £30
Baileys Babe £15
maysmummy £20
irishmist £15
Weekly Spend Challenge: £0/£30
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Evening all,
I was green for last week I think total was about £12ish which is good. But Friday night and this weekend have been worse than I planned need to sick to budget this week so I am going for £20.
I have updated from the last thread let me know if I have missed anything.Weekly Spend Challenge: £0/£30
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Hi pointypenguin....I was green last week:Tand put the remaining money into various 'pots'. Am pledging £30 for this week - I've got a day off later in the week and am going shopping with my mum - so that'll mean buying lunch/coffee. Any other spending I do that day will be budgeted for (DS's birthday pressies, spending remainder of my birthday money...) so am hoping I'll manage to keep on track...good luck everyone x20p Saver Club #33 60p/£100
Christmas Saving £0/£1300
Saving Target 2014 £25/£10000 -
Yikes - late declaring again - I spent £14.02 last week, just sneaking in as green.
This weeks target, which includes a night out with a friend is £26.26. Started with a NSD yesterday.
Happy BudgeteeringA smile enriches those who receive without making poorer those who giveor "It costs nowt to be nice"0 -
£8.37 spent already! Bezzie mate is coming to see me though, so we'll have lunch at my house and save a load of money so should be ok!
Our greatest weakness lies in giving up; always try just one more time0 -
Please can I join? I have only just found this thread, but drastically need to control my incidental spending.
Please can you put me down for £10 for the week. I don't have any plans for going out this week, so hope I won't struggle too much.
PS My waistline could also benefit from fewer chocolate bars! :eek:Need to lose 23lb, but need help!:( DFW Weightwatcher: 5lb/26lbDecluttered in Feb - 49/100, Mar - 82/100
Decluttered in April - 0/100
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Hi all, please put me down for £20 again this week, hopefully i will have learned from my mistakes last week and stay in budget this time???
Nic0 -
Hi everyone
No spend day for me today and £2 on snacks yesterday so £28 left for me for the week
prob another no spend day tommorow too : )Weekly Spend Challenge £200 -
Put me down for £144.50. £104.50 out today for road tax, £40 for deisel and i should be fine
Work in progress...Update coming July 2012.
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Hi can I join again this week please?
Please put me down for £30.00 this week, I spent a small fortune last week so need to get back on track!!!
good luck everyone
xxPay off as much as you can in 2011: £780/£8000Vouchers through surveys/shopandscan: £10/£250Ebay/Paypal target for 2011: £109/£10000 -
Hi everyone, sorry for signing up late and failing to report back at the end of last week.
Last week I was green, DS had 4 teeth extracted on Friday, ouch, so £4 from the toothfairy.
This week I know will include spends, but not sure how much also possibly a small spend on Thursday or Friday so I think I'll up my budget to £15.Fashion on a ration 2025 0/66 coupons spent
79.5 coupons rolled over 4/75.5 coupons spent - using for secondhand purchases
One income, home educating family0
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