How much have/will you spend today Sunday 4/3 and the new Sun to Fri challenge!

moozie_2 · 4 March 2007 at 1:48PM

Good afternoon lovely DFWs

Hope you are having a great weekend! I've been having a really good one thanks to the OH's and friends' company! Very cold today though - sitting here wrapped up to the hilt!

I have spent a considerable amount of money recently so I want to get back to basics this week. Today will be a non spender and I am going to budget £15 for this week.

So, let's have some updates from last week then and new budgets please! Here's the list:

Challenger Amount Actual

Moozie 25 10.75/167.40
immoral_angeluk 35 26.76
scaredy cat 20 18.40
Sea78 20 16.21
slowlyfading 20 49.72
Tinkerbell21 20
lauren_1 10
patentgirl 20
ciara2712 0 0
sans 50
Beth86 10
its_okay 15
flowerofscotland 25 3.99
temba 40
The Boss 91
Gemmzie 10 3.99
oakdale_minx 10
bellsbells 15 12.52
95kelly 20 15.49
lynsayjane 70/95 30.39
onedayiwill 7 6.59
angelite 30 34
aah 20 24
vixtress 10
Zeddy 25
livinginhope 8 It was the baggy drawers that did it!
astroelle 20 17.43
beanielou 10
GirlRacer 20 25
Casperthefriendlyghost 5 5
hypno06 0
emylou 40
yung 20
katecheshire 10
Mrs(no)money 10
miss-sixty 20
savvykaz 45 30.90

I can't decide whether I was bad or not :rotfl: I had planned to go shopping on Saturday but my friend changed it to the Friday so it looks like I spent over the challenge but in theory, I haven't! Oh well, I'll leave me 'black' for now :rolleyes:

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 anythng else.

The reason the challenge is up to Friday is that I like to give myself a day off the counting and let my hair down a bit

Have a great week everyone and keep it low!!!

Moozie x

flowerofscotland · 4 March 2007 at 2:16PM

Hi Moozie and other DFWs

Only spent money on Tuesday (bread and fruit = £3.99) and Wednesday (petrol = budgeted) so feel like I am getting the hang of this no spending lark.

Off to a concert tonight so there will be some spends involved but am determined to keep to the minimum - Parking and Petrol. We will eat first so will be able to avoid the over priced food and drink there. And of course we won't go anywhere near the merchandise stalls.

Have some essentials to buy tomorrow as well so will give myself a budget of £40 this week

saintly_2 · 4 March 2007 at 2:20PM

petrol in the car,food bought in for the week, bulk bought drinks for work from poundshop so sun - fri spend £10 - £5 for cigs, 20 last me 5 days, £1 a day to live on, i only spent £7.40 last week so hopefully the same again for this week.

Gemmzie · 4 March 2007 at 2:23PM

Definitely under £10 in fact I think it was £3.40 on parking and that's it

This week, I'm going to be really cheeky and ask, can I bend the rules for my own purposes? Excluding Friday and including Saturday? (Just this week)

If yes, then £10. If no, probably about £50 :eek:

patentgirl · 4 March 2007 at 2:33PM

Hi Moozie and all DFWs

Did really well beginning of week but treated myself to two magazines on Fri (why did i do that?) so I came in at about my total of just under £20 phew!

Liliboo · 4 March 2007 at 2:43PM

Hey all.
Seeing as I have excelled this week with a fabulous 4 no spend days since Monday :j and its looking like another one today :T I think I'm ready for the challenge.
Going home on Wednesday for the weekend, train ticket is already bought and paid for so should just need to pay for the bus to the station as mummy dearest is picking me up at the other end

No doubt I will still have alot of work to do before deadline day so there will be not alot of going out happening. Have to buy mummys birthday card and present but she knows I'm skint so nothing too flashy and could probably make her a card alot easier than finding one I like in the shops.
May have to put petrol in my car but I'm hoping that daddy hasnt used it while I've been away so hopefully will have enough to get me where I need to go.

Bit of a rambling post from me (nothing new there then :rolleyes: ) so budget for the week is going to be £15 allowing for £5 petrol and a possible visit to my glorious local.

Lil x

scaredy_cat_2 · 4 March 2007 at 3:01PM

Hi all, came in under budget again (so pleased after few weeks over) £20 but spent £18.40
this week am going for £15 - am off to theatre with dd1 today so ice cream or something but tickets free as my sis won them!! have a good week everyone

smilealot · 4 March 2007 at 3:11PM

Hi! Can I join please? I'm going to make my first target £20 (going away on a volunteering weekend so will need to buy supplies). Will aim to reduce it next week. Thanks!

immoral_angeluk · 4 March 2007 at 3:14PM

Challenger Amount Actual

[*]immoral_angeluk 35 £26.76

Not a bad week for us

DH is back at work so has less time to spend money! lol.
Will drop the target to £30 for next week.

aah · 4 March 2007 at 3:29PM

Not brilliant for me. £24.20 budget was £20. Spent more money on daughter than I intended

I'm also going to forget about Saturday!

And today I've just spent £26.00 on comp fees for girlie, my turn to pay pocket / lunch money tomorrow and I'm going to Edinburgh (free train ticket) to see my sis on Wednesday.

So all in all I hope to get through with £71 this week (aaargh). Next week will have to be a tenner....

The_Boss · 4 March 2007 at 3:34PM

Any chance of a link to last week's thread?

This week the wallet is going to take quite a bashing. Birthday meals on Wednesday and Thursday, big night out after work on friday and another birthday night on saturday. I also need to buy a new hard drive for my laptop. If I get away with spending less than £300, I will be happy.

I'm going to try and set myself some targets :-

Transport : £28
Lunch : £35
Social : £65
Total : £128

The new hard drive will have to be seperate as I havent worked out what to do yet.

How much have/will you spend today Sunday 4/3 and the new Sun to Fri challenge!

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