what have/will you spend 8/july & moozies weekly challenge!

postingalwaysposting · 8 July 2007 at 8:28AM

moozie wrote: »

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 anythng else.

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

Moozie x

last weeks thread ~ http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=491237

welcome all... i hope you have had a great week and kept it low... and are you ready to be turned red/green? Everyone can join, just post a target in keeping with you/your debts/your spends, don’t worry about everyone else’s budgets. Then each day post on the daily spends thread and add them all up ready to post the following Sunday. The challenge runs from Sunday to the Friday... everyone welcome...

Last weeks pledges and actual spends ~
postingalwaysposting ~ £5.00 ~ £2.65
irishmist ~ £10.00 ~ £3.66
Gemmzie ~ £10.00 ~ £300
scaredy cat ~ £10.00
hypno06 ~ £5.00 ~ 80p
savvykaz ~ £30.00 ~ £27.00
weegie-dfw ~ £25.00
Fishcake_Random ~ £10.00
Skint_Catt ~ £20.00
LookingAhead ~ £57.00 ~ £39.99
babes21 ~ £40.00 ~ £56.79
debtdummy ~ £30.00
redsquirrel80 ~ £10.00 ~ £8.89
Sea78 ~ £5.00

good luck all and keep it low

Sweet_Sloth · 8 July 2007 at 8:54AM

Morning Posting,

Sounds like a great idea - always thinking of things to help keep the pursestrings tight, but rarely follow through.

If I post regularly then I will feel responsible to you and the others here to TRY HARDER!!!!

Trying to sigh up as a DFW, but uncertain how to register on the threads:o ...any help appreciated.

SS

postingalwaysposting · 8 July 2007 at 8:59AM

Sweet_Sloth wrote: »

Morning Posting,

Sounds like a great idea - always thinking of things to help keep the pursestrings tight, but rarely follow through.

If I post regularly then I will feel responsible to you and the others here to TRY HARDER!!!!

Trying to sigh up as a DFW, but uncertain how to register on the threads:o ...any help appreciated.

SS

welcome sloth... you dont have to sign up to be a dfw... since you have posting id you can post anywhere on the site but most of us on the dfw board and stickers even those who are now debt free... to post on threads you just do the same as you did here ~ at the bottom of each thread is a post reply button click (takes you to a new page) that and then type your reply and hit submit

if you want to start your own thread right at the top of the list of threads (main dfw page) there is a new topic button, click that then write out an meaage inc a title and click submit new thread

hope that helps, shout if you need any more help

Sweet_Sloth · 8 July 2007 at 9:06AM

Thanks for that!! Not the best with IT...I think I'll start the weekly challenge with £10.00 to be on the safe side - don't want my impulsive spending streak to go into shock! Good Luck with yours...

Gemmzie · 8 July 2007 at 10:36AM

I went over budget, just slightly :rotfl: Spent about £300 this week :eek:

This week, well I got more paint to buy so probably a lot again

postingalwaysposting · 8 July 2007 at 11:52AM

aww gem not to worry :kisses3: i am sure next week will be fine... can i just ask are you decorating or something? its just all this talk of paint etc...

will post my target soon... still deciding :rotfl:

Gemmzie · 8 July 2007 at 12:56PM

Yup my bedroom

I've decided since I'm going to be living at home for the next two years and then part-time for two years I'm gonna re-do my digs.
Plus I'm saving a fortune not living in uni accommodation so I thought I'd have a change.

postingalwaysposting · 8 July 2007 at 1:01PM

ohhh sounds nice gem... i just redone mine (well papered and new furniture) around a year ago... except the carpet as these houses (council) are due to be demolished. It does make living at home more pleasent

redsquirrel80 · 8 July 2007 at 3:24PM

I'm greeeen... :j £8.89 last week. This week I'll go for £15, think that's realistic as am on a normal full week at work.

Not spent/ spending anything today, too hungover to move...

hypno06 · 8 July 2007 at 3:28PM

I spent 80p this week on un-necessary stuff, so was well within my £5.00 budget. I could very easily have spent it all on chocolate, but managed to resist!

Will set it again at £5.00 for the week. Good luck to everyone else with their budgets x

rog2 · 8 July 2007 at 4:18PM

Hi PaP - Unfortunately my temporary job has finished, so I'm going to have to think quite hard before I commit to a 'weekly spend' figure, since I'm likely to be running around the country, following up potential jobs, for the next week or so.
I WILL, however, continue to post my daily spends, whenever possible (when I can log on).
Today I spent £3.48 on a bottle of Dhilean Cabernet Sauvignon, at Tesco, as we have people around for dinner this evening.
Cheers PaP:beer:

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