Goals For W/C 26th Feb 2006

fairylights_2

To keep us focused, I'll join this too!

1. Have two no spend days
2. Pay off £350 on the card this week
3. Pin down the £20 which will work out as an overpayment on to the credit card - and get them to reimburse it. Try to get that paid across on to the new 0% card
4. Get two weeks' worth of lessons on the tutoring system, meaning I get paid more!
5. Sort out the paperwork and posters for the bookfairs - so I'm ready to go next week!
6. Add two more £2 coins

Fingers crossed all!

youngmum_2

I must admit to wearing blinkers on this Chat Forum. I've rarely looked beyond the Moneysaving Old Style board (didn't even take the hint when they moved my threads to the more relevant forum :rolleyes: ). Came across this board today when I wanted to find where the idea for the £2 savers club originated from and have been hooked on it since!

Well, I'm constantly writing myself to do lists and setting myself goals, so this thread is right up my street :j

Okay, what I want to achieve this week is:

- Save my first 1 x £2 coin
- Save at least £1 to ASDA savings card
- List items on Ebay/Amazon (not decided which yet)
- Search for and buy new car insurance for DH and myself
- Register for all free benefits thru new Gold Service Current Account (Lloyds TSB)
- Sign up for cheapest home phone providers
- Look into how to do a spreadsheet to keep track of my spending

Not much really then eh?!

EddieC257

Hi I am glad I've found this sight will try to set some goals for myself.
Will try to live on £40.00 a week.
Will begin to tackle student overdraft £1340 and build savings
Will try to reduce credit card debt £738 and £190. Must admit that every time I go shopping I question myself do I really need that? Can it buy something else or do without it? All I can do is try. :money:

TurnaroundSue

Hi again

Thanks Palescene - will definitely be logging onto daily spend diary thread just as soon as I've typed this - so will see you all there!!!

Palescene, you mentioned where to put your Christmas club monies - well I buy Premium Bonds on a monthly basis with mine, and then cash them in after the December draw. It's great, although you don't get any interest - the amount I do save each month wouldn't add up to much and at least there is a chance that I might win a million - have won a couple of £50 during the year since doing it, so that has more than made up for the interest I didn't earn!!!

postingalwaysposting

I didnt do any last week :shocked: naughty posting lol, but this weeks are as follows:

do not spent more than £30 buying clothes for my week away on the 7th

have at least one early nights sleep

put some more money in my newly opened saving account

LookingAhead

:hello:

I haven't done this before but I'm really glad I found this thread! Someone else metioned it's much better to have your goals "published" and I agree completely

This will be a bad week for me as someone I know is leaving my City to live elsewhere in the country and I have to go to say goodbye at the farewell / group meal. However I am can still try and be good so:

1. Order cheapest thing possible on menu and make a pint of lager last!
2. Try and get a lift home or share taxi (I won't be able to take the car that night for various reasons otherwise I would!)
3. Add at least x1 £2 coin to my new jar
4. Only spend on EBAY postage & essential fresh groceries on Thursday.

Good luck!

sparkle_monkey

Hi everyone! My goals are...
Only spend a fiver when I go shopping tomorrow and don't buy anymore food until friday
Have 2 no spend days - Monday and Wednesday
Transfer credit card balance
Study for one hour a day
Don't buy anything on EBAY!!

moozie_2

Here are my targets for the week (Mon -Fri) :

1. £10 spending money

2. £20 grocery money for OH and myself.

3. Prepare lunches to take to work 4 in 5 days

Good luck everyone and happy saving :T

Batgirl

First time and setting lots of goals so fingers crossed.

!.) Find at least 3 thing for ebay found them but have only put one item on
2.) Spend no more than £25 on food shopping (Write a list & stick 2 it!)no surprise to me I failed this one and spent £40 started this wks shopping money yest so this week is sat to sat
3.) Buy no magazines instead subscibre to 3 for £1bought no magazines but also didn't get round to subscribing just did without
4.) Look for more ways to save more electricityswitched sons light off which was permantley on standby
5.) Make a food shopping list for next weekmade list and have already bougth things to start eating tomo - yum
6.) Find at least 1 more £2none around til yest and then 2 so goal completed
7.) Work any extra shifts offered.working tomo night half shift ( can't be btohered, and dreading it but will still do it :A
8.) Check bank accts at least 3 times and keep upto date on transfers etc.done
9.) Sort coppers/5p jar into bags.decided to save it til next weekend so can do with the kids
10.) Spend as little as possible/think about every purchasegreat until last night when husband surprised me with a meal out, but it was gorgeous, we were sensible with what we ordered and other than that have been thrifty
11.) Buy Wellie to put £2 indecided to save my pennies and use a normal money box instead of a posh wellie

Well that is plenty to keep me busy, and I know having them written down on this sight will keep me in line.

Good luck everyone else who has set targets!so one completely failed 3 half done and 4 completed, so a successful week? i'm not sure, but better than when i haven't made goals before.

bizzy_lizzie

I think I'll be better at this with you lot watching me.

3 no spend days
take breakfast & lunch to work all week unless someone offers to buy.
Do new debt schedule in excel
Do new budget in excel
Pur £2 coins somewhere nto so easy to get them back (difficult to open tin or money box ?)
Complete meal planner & then work on shopping list to last us all month (except milk & veg weekly)with a view to keeping it under £200 for all 4 of us.

Bizzy