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Weekly Spend Challenge W/C 14th Mar 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 7th March Challengers / Pledges /Total Spent
Pointypenguin £60 / £47.55
TashaC £15
SazM030306 £20 / £10
Chickywiggle £50 / £32.50
natsing £10 / £1
heatherykins £70 / £69.81
chuggingtongirl £30 / £28
psychopathbabble £20 / £28.91
EC12345 £10 / £9
nicnacnoo £10
banwa £3
chris81418 £125 / £122.27
Baileys Babe £7.50 / £0
maysmummy £10 / £10
Bad Weather £25
link to last week's challenge
W/C 14th March Challengers / Pledges /Total Spent
Pointypenguin £50
SazM030306 £20
natsing £10
determined new ms £70
EC12345 £10
Ches £80
chuggingtongirl £10
heatherykins £70
MrsBrown30 £10
chris81418 £150
Emski31 £10
Chickywiggle £40
Baileys Babe £5
. 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 7th March Challengers / Pledges /Total Spent
Pointypenguin £60 / £47.55
TashaC £15
SazM030306 £20 / £10
Chickywiggle £50 / £32.50
natsing £10 / £1
heatherykins £70 / £69.81
chuggingtongirl £30 / £28
psychopathbabble £20 / £28.91
EC12345 £10 / £9
nicnacnoo £10
banwa £3
chris81418 £125 / £122.27
Baileys Babe £7.50 / £0
maysmummy £10 / £10
Bad Weather £25
link to last week's challenge
W/C 14th March Challengers / Pledges /Total Spent
Pointypenguin £50
SazM030306 £20
natsing £10
determined new ms £70
EC12345 £10
Ches £80
chuggingtongirl £10
heatherykins £70
MrsBrown30 £10
chris81418 £150
Emski31 £10
Chickywiggle £40
Baileys Babe £5
Weekly Spend Challenge: £0/£30
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Afternoon budgeteers,
Another Sunday and the beginning of a new week. I was green last week woohoo:j:j:j. Need to keep up the momentum so I am going for £50 this week. I do not have much planned so shouldn't be too hard. Also if I make myself go to the gym I always spent less money.
Things are looking good this week as we are all greens so far. I have updated the results and pledges from last week's thread. Let me know if I have missed anything.
If there are any newbies or lurkers out there, state your amount for the week and become a budgeteer, we are a nice bunch, honest
Weekly Spend Challenge: £0/£30
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can I sign up please? I'll put myself down for £70. I have to spend about £35 a week on petrol
, have to get some shopping nd have £33 in my purse. Seems alot... DF as at 30/12/16
Wombling 2025: £87.12
NSD March: YTD: 35
Grocery spend challenge March £253.38/£285 £20/£70 Eating out
GC annual £449.80/£4500
Eating out budget: £55/£420
Extra cash earned 2025: £1950 -
Please put me down for £10 this week. Many thanks.
Have already spent £6 though ....
Mortgage FreeSave £5,000 in 2020[CENTER:j0 -
My usual £80 again please. My week started as usual on Friday so shopping done and £39.49 left for the week. I will only need to buy salad stuff the rest of the week so I should have a bit left over for paying off the cc. Only have £173.93 debt but it does need paying off asap because I have a few birthdays coming up that will swallow large chunks of my weekly allowance.Mortgage and Debt free but need to increase savings pot. :think:0
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:hello: welcome determined new ms I have added you to the list. Welcome back EC12345 and Ches
Weekly Spend Challenge: £0/£30
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Hi everyone
I have £10 for the week as Im waiting for a cheque to clear so Hoping it will see me through the week
Was £2 in credit last week so made it to green this week : )Weekly Spend Challenge £200 -
Just kept green, spending £69.81, mainly because of Mother's Day presents!
Can I be put down for £70 for next week, please??? Will be a challenge to keep to this as we have 2 nights out and needing a decent size shop too. I include all groceries and petrol in this figure too, so fingers crossed for a good result!!!:A2014 = my year for change!:dance::mad:Credit Cards are NOT my friends and I'm NOT playing with them anymore
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Ooh I've already spent £10 of my £20!
I'm 6 months pregnant and cannot manage wearing heels at the mo, so I've spent all winter in my ugg type boots and am now utterly fed up of them! So I bought myself a pair of flats
xxx:heart2: THANK YOU MARTIN!! :heart2:0 -
Hi
Newbie here, can I join please? :j
Can you put me down for £10 - I love a good challenge! :beer:
Thank you :TTotal Debts £28,590 (roughly) :eek:
Overdraft 1200, DP Card £140.00 Halifax Card £3000 Hal Card £3740 Hal Loan - £7,500 Coventry mortgage loan £13000
Save £365 in 365 days £13/£365 /PAD Challenge0 -
Good morning everyone!
Pointy - please can you show me green for last week with a spend of £122.27. Greens so far for everyone else - could last week be the elusive green full house? ...
This week I'm cooking for a small army over the weekend so another high pledge this week with £150.
Good luck everyone!:money: Proud to [STRIKE]be dealing with[/STRIKE] have dealt with my debts! :money:
DFW Nerd #1256, WSC £?/£? for w/c 03/03/2013, NSD ?/19 for 03/2013, Long Hauler #196
highest debts: 01/06/2006 £69,023.92 _pale_
debt free date: 31/12/2012 £0!0
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