Weekly Spend Challenge W/C 19th April

trying_to_stay_positive_2

into my first week I have spent 2.00 on loo roll sunday. 18.16 on shopping in Asda yesterday, 39p on a stamp and 38p on a paper today. Not doing too good, as my budget is £30 ! bloody Asda!

EverTheOptimist

Tixy wrote: »

40p yesterday on choccy and £7.20 today on a prescription (they always catch me out) but it was payday today and I haven't splurged yet.

Happy budgeteering everyone - FF like the novel approach. I nearly succumbed to maltesers today but they were 95p at the garage - makes your rolos look cheap!

Wow, how much.

I'm not sure any choc is worth that, she says nomnomnom ing through a rather large and expensive thorntons easter egg bought by non MSE OH as he couldnt be here.

this is me!! :EasterBun

Not pretty!!

mooomin

trying_to_stay_positive wrote: »

into my first week I have spent 2.00 on loo roll sunday. 18.16 on shopping in Asda yesterday, 39p on a stamp and 38p on a paper today. Not doing too good, as my budget is £30 ! bloody Asda!

Howdy!

If I included my groceries in this challenge I would be b*ggered.

I have done my SOA and have an allocated monthly amount for groceries which I have in a separate bank account. (Dedicated budgeteer that I am!) The money I budget for on here is for my silly spends.

Maybe that would work for you? If your budget for groceries was say £20 per week, then you could have a tenner as your silly money for this thread. It would stress you out less when you remember you need shopping

pointypenguin

Morning all

Yesterday I spent:

• £3 on card at work on breakfast and a latte (this is becoming my downfall, stupid starbucks)
  
• £1 on fruit from M&S
• £1.40 on roll and biscuits from Sainsburys
• £1.50 on bus home

Total £6.90

Really need to control my spending as so far this week everything has been unnecessary. I am noticing that all my spends seem to be food related which must be a little worrying.

As for the chocolate debate I always think chocolate is about 30p a bar as that was what it was when I was a kid but it seems to have gone up by quite a bit. I always wonder if they still sell penny-sweets or are the 5p-sweets now?

Raychee

First spend of the week from 'silly budget' yesterday.

£4.05 on 1.5 pints of beer.

Why? Because we'd just booked the church to get married next year! :j There was vague need to celebrate!

Tixy

pointypenguin wrote: »

As for the chocolate debate I always think chocolate is about 30p a bar as that was what it was when I was a kid but it seems to have gone up by quite a bit. I always wonder if they still sell penny-sweets or are the 5p-sweets now?

Milky ways used to be 12p:rolleyes:. But like you I think they should be around 30p and crisps should be 23p. To be fair to the 95p maltesers they were claiming to be a bigger bag (said so on the packet) but I suspect this is the size they used to be before everything got downsized. There is a £1 shop near my work that sells certain chocolate bars 4 for £1, so in theory it'd be moneysaving to buy from there but I'd just end up eating more (I did get 4 lindt eggs for £1 just before Easter though:D).

kate_pixie

pointypenguin wrote: »

Morning all
I am noticing that all my spends seem to be food related which must be a little worrying.

Pointy I'm sooooo glad I'm not the only one. All my spends seem to go on food, or friends wanting to grab a cuppa. And I'm far too lazy in the mornings to stick to bringing lunch in with me!:rotfl:

So far this week my total is £5.00 on food, £4.79 on cigarettes (evil evil evil) and £4.50 on Slimming World Subs.

Hope you're all enjoying the sunshine xx

mooomin

I'm mainly spending on food too this week:

£1.25 on tea and a scone
£0.25 on coffee from the machine at work
£2.99 on lunch

Total so far £4.49 :eek:

It's amazing how the little spends add up really. As of payday (tomorrow) I am going back on the wagon in terms of my caffeine addiction and taking my flasks in every day again. I'm just being lazy at the moment!

true27

Did well (ish) today, although I think giving up the booze has turned me into a chocoholic as I spent £1.38 on rocky bars in asda today (and ate nearly all of them ) and now i'm curled up on the sofa with an easter egg and a hot chocolate yummy

also spent £1 on bread and £1.15 on yoggies for DB lunch so thats £3.53 spent today leaving me with £6.47 for the rest of the week - if i can battle my chocolate addiction that is :rotfl:

EverTheOptimist

Evening all

NSD, oh no sorry that's in my dreams.

50p on 2 x bags of rainbow drops, very big bags, and both duly scoffed on way home from the supermarket.

£2.49 :eek: - birthday card and scratchcard :mad: - i know not MSE, this is why i don't go shopping, too many temptations and no willpower

ETO