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Weekly Spend Challenge W/C 4th Jan

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  • Oh I sure you will have a laugh then. Enjoy:D
    Weekly Spend Challenge: £0/£30


  • Ok I made it! (Just) I pledged £10 and spent £9.90:T, although that did include a birthday card for Bro (£1.69) and a stock of cup-a-soups and noodles for work (£2.03)

    Can I pledge £10 for w/c 11th Jan please

    Cheers UB
    There's always someone bigger and better, smarter and stronger but there's only one YOU!:j
    Proud to be a MF and DF MSE after following advice here and breaking the ground-in mental barriers to change! :cool:
  • Well I came in under budget, but unsure by how much.

    I wish to pledge £20 again for this coming week starting from today until Friday.

    Many thanks,

    Tea
    x
  • Hi everyone...
    Well, almost but not quite for me!
    My weekly spend came to £20.96.
    I'd like to pledge £20 again for w/c 11th Jan please.
    Thanks
    sofa_bean
  • Yay!! Came in under budget!! My change is going in my pot I think, as a reward!!

    Next week I'm going to pledge £20 as I'm going out for a meal with a friend hopefully!!
    I also need petrol but that's already budgeted for so I don't count it!
    Just keep swimming
  • Raychee
    Raychee Posts: 252 Forumite
    I've managed too!

    I've spent £1.40 on non-essential items, and 70p of that was a donation while passing a collection tin...

    Next week I'm pledging £15. I still haven't bought my computer ink (been vaguely avoiding the shops) and I do (possibly) have carpark charges to pay when I pick OH up at airport.

    I'm stunned at how much I have left. :)
    Natwest CC - [STRIKE]£2545[/STRIKE] now £0 :j
    Overdraft - £2668 :eek:- to be cleared by February 2010

    Wedding - 11 September 2010:love:
  • I remember this, and would like to join it for next week. My Pledged amount will be £10
    19th March 2007 LBM£5,969.63 1st January 2018 £5960.18, 1st January 2019 £11,032.0018th August 2023 £12,435.00, Student Loan £22244.00 From 2009-12Challenges: To learn to stop spending..
  • here is the link to this week's challenge
    Weekly Spend Challenge: £0/£30


  • Piquant_2
    Piquant_2 Posts: 5,769 Forumite
    PPI Party Pooper Mortgage-free Glee! Debt-free and Proud!
    I only spent 3.50 out of the pledged 10.00 :TI'll pop onto the new thread to do next weeks pledging! Thanks Pointy!
    Total debt at October 2008: £67,213.30
    Total debt today: £0
    - debt and mortgage free 29th November 2013 :T
    Sealed Pot Challenge member 14
    Save £12K in 2014 - £6,521.90/£6K member 138



  • babs2008
    babs2008 Posts: 576 Forumite
    Wow - I just realised the first week is up now and I've spent nothing since Monday!!!

    I was was left with £6.33 from my £20 budget :j

    It's so much easier not to spend when you are only using cash, and, as Diana Prince said, it's too cold outside to venture out.

    I think I'm going to go for £20 again next week. Let's see if I can keep it up.

    Well done to everyone who came in under budget. And well done to those who didn't but tried.

    x
    Looking forward to the future.
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