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Weekly Spend Challenge W/C 25th Jan

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  • Lula-Hula
    Lula-Hula Posts: 7,868 Forumite
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    Morning all,

    I forgot to update yesterday & have a cheeky £6.70 to declare - top ups of bread & milk & gave in to the fries this week too :o .

    It's a NSD for me today but tomorrow I'm out for pub supper so with only £23.30 left I'll be having soup & water I think :rolleyes:

    keep it up guys :D
    lula xx
  • Today should be a NSD for me, third so far this week then. I'm going out for dinner on Friday night (£6 for a MASSIVE plate of noodles!) and a few drinks so trying to keep the money for then!!
    Official DFW Nerd no. 082! :cool:
    Debt @ 01/01/2014 £16,956 Debt now: £0.00 :j
    Aims:[STRIKE] clear debt, get married, buy a house[/STRIKE] :D ALL DONE!!
  • NSD for me yesterday and hoping for another one today. I am so proud of myself. Also managed to make £10 last night on my lottery round collections so will get that next week.
    MAY NSD's

  • mooomin
    mooomin Posts: 13,703 Forumite
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    So far I have spent £5.40 on two pairs of gloves in the Accessorize/Monsoon sale. One is for SILs birthday (£3!) and the others are for me (£2.40 from £12.50!)

    I'm off out tonight as well, but will confess on here when I come home!
  • Raychee
    Raychee Posts: 252 Forumite
    I spent £15+ on essentials, so they are not out of this budget (thank goodness!)

    To be honest, I went to the shop for butter and bananas, and was having such a pants days I just thought 'f-it' and stocked up on the stuff I'd normally leave to the weekend... so, again it will come off next week's shop (like the chicken I bought, because defrosting it this evening would be too much hassle...)

    Anyways, I'm waffling... as usual.
    Natwest CC - [STRIKE]£2545[/STRIKE] now £0 :j
    Overdraft - £2668 :eek:- to be cleared by February 2010

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  • Didn't manage a NSD today! Managed to spend £3.55. 55p on white chocolate fish n chips for BF who is feeling poorly and £3 in poundland on mutipack crisps for uni (save spending 70p!! extortionate price for just a packet of Walkers, not even big eat!!) Preparation for future NSDs I like to think!!
    Official DFW Nerd no. 082! :cool:
    Debt @ 01/01/2014 £16,956 Debt now: £0.00 :j
    Aims:[STRIKE] clear debt, get married, buy a house[/STRIKE] :D ALL DONE!!
  • mooomin
    mooomin Posts: 13,703 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    So far I have spent £5.40 on two pairs of gloves in the Accessorize/Monsoon sale. One is for SILs birthday (£3!) and the others are for me (£2.40 from £12.50!)

    I'm off out tonight as well, but will confess on here when I come home!

    Right:
    • £5.40 on gloves as above
    • £5.99 on foundation from Ebay (I love mine, but it's been discontinued and I ran out this morning)
    • £1.55 milk/bread
    I also spent £10.10 on dinner tonight, but this is budgeted for under my Entertainment money, so not included in this.

    Total today £12.94....I'm just over £20 in spends for this challenge this week and should stay within budget by Friday - yay!
  • Wow this week is going quickly can't believe it is Thursday tomorrow.

    Ok this evening I spent £7 (should have been £12 but I got student discount) theatre ticket which was budgeted for but I am £5 up so think that might go for PAD. I also spent £2 on drinks at the theatre. No other spends for me today.
    :j

    F_F seems like you have been bargainous with your gloves. I never have more than one pair or I will never find them.

    Raychee don't worry we all have days where we think f-it and at least you bought essentials.

    sazzledazzle what is a lottery collection round? Did you win the £10? (Sorry I am nosey!:o)

    **purpleprincess** well done on the NSDs you are really racking them up.

    Ladymay where did you get a themos so cheaply? Does it work well? I always think the cheap ones will leak.
    Weekly Spend Challenge: £0/£30


  • Should have been a spend day today as I needed cotton wool pads but as I was going to tesco Mum asked me to get something nice for dessert and unfortunately she only had a £20 so she ended up paying for my cotton wool and diet coke! :D
    Just keep swimming
  • Should have been a spend day today as I needed cotton wool pads but as I was going to tesco Mum asked me to get something nice for desert and unfortunately she only had a £20 so she ended up paying for my cotton wool and diet coke! :D

    Aren't Mums great. I wish mine lived closer:D
    Weekly Spend Challenge: £0/£30


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