Weekly Spend Challenge W/C 25th Jan

pink_numbers

I think I'm the first one to utterly fail at this challenge this week.

I had to go to Chester today to show my ID for my west bromwich EBond 15. Since I was there, I thought I'd pop into a jewellry shop.

Why? Because it is my 30th birthday soon, and I have been looking for a necklace for my mother to say thank you for being my mum all this time. I had been looking for something with three stones (3 decades), with no luck for couple of month.

Of course, on the week that I go on a low spend challenge, I find the PERFECT necklace for her. So I had to buy it.

Luckily, I had already saved up for this purchase, and as it was on sale (£300 off!!) it came within budget, with £60 change!

Still, I failed at this challenge.

*hangs head in shame*

I will be better next week.

pointypenguin

pink_numbers you have not failed if you had already saved this item it should not come out of your weekly budget. You have done a sensible thing which is save for something expensive that you know you will buy and get a great bargain.

It sounds like a lovely gift I am sure your mother will love it.

So no need to hang you head in shame, I usually go wildly over budget anyway. I hope the rest of your week goes well.:D

pink_numbers

awww thank you you made me feel so much better!

*unhooks her head from the hanger*

I still have £11.20 of my weekly budget left... phew.

pointypenguin

pink_numbers wrote: »

awww thank you you made me feel so much better!

*unhooks her head from the hanger*

I still have £11.20 of my weekly budget left... phew.

Good luck pink_numbers you can do it.:T

I have my lunch packed with lots of goodies from my supermarket shop the other day so no need to buy anything else today. Finger crossed for a NSD.

Have a good day everyone.

ladymay

pointypenguin wrote: »

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.

Pointy Penguin I got it from millets. It's one of those slimline Eurohike flasks, just right for carrying soup in. Got 10% off though - who knew Millets did student discount??

Spent 70p on flapjack yesterday - after spending 9 hours in front of a computer and with another two hours to go I needed some energy. So £12.98 spent leaving £7.02 left for the last cpla days.

Aiming for a NSD today, going out tonight with the girls but I have a seperate budget for going out, which has been woefully unused so far this month!

mooomin

Ok, try and keep up with my sums:

Boss gave me £3 to get her lunch from Boots. I bought it on my gift card - £3 cash profit to me.

Went to WH Smiths and bought the Times (90p) and the £2.99 book of the week with it.

So, if I bear in mind my £3 cash then I only spent 89p today

pointypenguin

NSD for me woohoo :j:j:j

F_F sounds like some sneaky planning there.

ladymay I like the idea of having a flask but as I have a microwave a work I don't really need one but the geek inside me wants one, how sad am I?

utopiah

Well I now have a grand total of £1.18 left out of my £25 budget. One of our local stores is closing down and had some really good offers that i just couldn't resist so spent £9.94 today. I might just be able to hang on to my last bit of the budget as I need one more NSD to complete the challenge. I am determined to do it, will avoid shops at all COST tomorrow.

pointypenguin

Utopiah tells us what you bought for your bucks, anything nice? I like a good bargain.

Diana_Prince

Bought 2 soft drinks tonight so £3 spent so far!!