Weekly Spend Challenge W/C 18th Jan

pointypenguin

Reminds me of my older nephew who ate tuna happily until he found out it was a fish then suddenly didn't like it anymore. My mother and sister were insisting I don't say tuna is a fish but I told them he will look like a complete fool unless you tell him the truth when he is trying to convince all the other kids at school tuna was an animal. I never understand why people lie to children it will just make them not trust you in future.

**purpleprincess**

Hey all!! :wave:

I soooo need to do something like this!! And making myself answerable might be just the thing I need to keep on track.

My budget is £20 a week (mine runs Monday to Sunday though, will this be ok?) and so far I have got £15.65 left! Rock on!!

ladymay

pointypenguin wrote: »

Well 99p for me on coffee today at lunchtime for an hour out of the office to read my book. So not too bad. I am thinking I might start a lunchtime coffee budget as that should be all I spend today but it has ruined my NSD or is that cheating do you think?

F_F I have always wondered what goes in brioche is it just sweet bread?

Ladymay what were you doing in the library until 2am or dare I not ask?

Ahhhh, I'm in final year, assignment due in today so doing the last little fiddly bits - I just didn't realise how long they would take! Plus the uni library late at night is quite entertaining - oh the things I've seen...;)

Back to the money situation lol - spent £3.63 today, not as bad as I thought! £13.28 left for the week.

mooomin

pointypenguin wrote: »

Well 99p for me on coffee today at lunchtime for an hour out of the office to read my book. So not too bad. I am thinking I might start a lunchtime coffee budget as that should be all I spend today but it has ruined my NSD or is that cheating do you think?

F_F I have always wondered what goes in brioche is it just sweet bread?

Ladymay what were you doing in the library until 2am or dare I not ask?

Not a clue tbh.

As far as I am aware, brioche is made of tasty....I'm not exactly Masterchef though

pointypenguin

**purpleprincess** wrote: »

Hey all!! :wave:

I soooo need to do something like this!! And making myself answerable might be just the thing I need to keep on track.

My budget is £20 a week (mine runs Monday to Sunday though, will this be ok?) and so far I have got £15.65 left! Rock on!!

Welcome :beer:purpleprincess to our merry band of moneysavers. I will add you to the list at the top, just let us know how you get on for the rest of the week. That is fine if you want to do Monday to Sunday, whatever floats your boat. I must say I like the fact that I can spend on Saturdays but maybe that is a bad thing.

F_F I notice lots of things that are bad for you are made of tasty. It is probably the ingredient that gives food calories. I have just made cupcakes definitely some tasty in there.

babs2008

Hi all :hello:

So far so good for me this week (this time last week I'd used most of my budget). I've only spent £1.20 so far on car parking.

I'm going to try and avoid the shops tomorrow and see if I can keep most of it until I go out on Thursday night - not that I'm sure I feel like a night out. I've been feeling a little headachey and may be getting a cold, sniff.

x

pointypenguin

babs2008 wrote: »

Hi all :hello:

So far so good for me this week (this time last week I'd used most of my budget). I've only spent £1.20 so far on car parking.

I'm going to try and avoid the shops tomorrow and see if I can keep most of it until I go out on Thursday night - not that I'm sure I feel like a night out. I've been feeling a little headachey and may be getting a cold, sniff.

x

Well done babs hope you feel better soon

Lula-Hula

Morning all,

pointless but interesting fact ; apparently Brioche is the stuff that Marie Antoinette suggested the poor should eat; not cake. Right, off to shopps to see what I can find for £3.76 that will keep DD & I nourished until friday :rolleyes: will report back later...

Lula-Hula

I've done ok ,

got a huge bag of potatoes half price at £1.24, bag of carrots 50p, loaf of bread 72p, bananas 45p, tin of bins 32p & malt loaf for 44p ... total of £3.67 :j .

Decided not to buy fries as I found some roasty potatoes in the freezer & that will have to do .

mooomin

Well I followed Marie Antoinettes advice last night and ate lots of brioche. Nom nom nom.