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Weekly Spend Challenge W/C 19th April

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  • mooomin
    mooomin Posts: 13,703 Forumite
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    Evening all

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

    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

    I'm only replying to this to offer the following pearl of wisdom...

    Ooh, Rainbow Drops, I haven't had them in years!

    Well worth breaking a NSD for :D
  • pointypenguin
    pointypenguin Posts: 1,768 Forumite
    Ok what is a Rainbow Drop?:confused:

    For me yesterday I spent £1.35 on the bus and £1 on a lottery ticket. Roll on the end of the week.
    Weekly Spend Challenge: £0/£30


  • Evening all

    Rainbow drops = little puffs of maize and rice covered in sugar and colouring, sound delightful don't they. :rotfl: (bit like rice krispies made into something resembling sweets!!)

    I used to have them when i was younger, and every so often come across them in the shops and can't resist.

    Anyway NSD for me today.

    And yay i have two viewings on my house tomorrow, hopefully the neighbours scruffy garden won't put them off. Crossed fingers for the rest of the night and all of tomorrow.

    Hope everyone is well

    ETO
    SPC 18 Target £200 /
  • mooomin
    mooomin Posts: 13,703 Forumite
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    Bah, payday yesterday so spent loads (For me! About £15 which isn't bad for payday) on things from Boots and two big bags of chocolate covered Special Toffee from Thorntons.

    I'm red again.

    B*gger.

    On the bright side, I paid my Barclaycard off today HSstars.gif I'm telling everyone!
  • Sun_Addict
    Sun_Addict Posts: 24,383 Forumite
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    edited 24 April 2009 at 9:22AM
    Time to declare spendings for this week. I've only got 30p left so this week my total spend is £9.70 - just made it into the green.

    My money this week went on:

    Euromillions £1.50 (sadly didn't win anything)
    Woman/Womans Own £1.80
    Facial blotting papers £1.40
    Avon £5.00 (anti cellulite cream ready for that bikini ;))

    I will go in at £10 again next week please pointypenguin. This thread is brilliant for keeping me on track!:T

    Congratulations flying fresian :beer:
    I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping)
  • Busterollie
    Busterollie Posts: 379 Forumite
    Hi,

    Haven't been able to get on here all week so am doing a catch-up.
    Monday - NSD
    Tuesday - £2.99 clippers for cats
    Wednesday - NSD
    Thursday - Boots stuff, used a £2 voucher to get tweezers for 93p, bought 3 x Shower Gel/Body Lotion sets for £1.47 each so spent £5.34
    Friday - NSD
    So total for Mon-Friday (which I think I'll stick to) is £8.33

    Sign me up for £10 again next week please japanese-004.gif
  • Ninno820
    Ninno820 Posts: 765 Forumite
    Evening all - so far I have spent £7.24 and just need to get through tomorrow with the veg shop - £4.76 left.

    Can you put me down again for £12 next week?

    Ninno
    44 day challenge


    1. Pay £650 off overdraft (£ 288/ £650)
    2. Lose 12 lbs (4.5/ 12)
    3. Use YNAB everyday (6/44)
  • Evening all

    Right, now think i'm gonna give up on this debt free business, i'm having a complete mare again this week.

    £26 on bunny's jabs, vet also suggested he has his bits off, another £50 ish at some point soon.
    £4.50 on butter and bottle of vino (fed up as one of my viewings cancelled, and generally feeling a bit flat, now feel flatter as i'm rubbish with money)

    Have a good weekend all.

    ETO
    SPC 18 Target £200 /
  • Tixy
    Tixy Posts: 31,455 Forumite
    Right Oh. Final tot up. Today i spent £9.62 at savers on toiletries and bits. I also spent on my haircut but thankfully thats budgeted elsewhere. Total for the week £17.22. Now - must just check on page 1 what budget I set this week....

    .....£20 yay I'm green. More luck than planning but there you go.

    Hmm think I'll budget £15 next week please PP.

    ETO - please don't give up, Bunnys jabs aren't an unnecessary spend and while you didn't budget for them they are important. And we all need wine now and then - practically medicinal I'd say. Just think how much more you might have spent if you hadn't been on this challenge. And you hardly spent anything last week, so in a way your extras can come out of last weeks underspend.

    Well done all the greenies. Never mind red peeps, always another week and nobody is green every week.

    Well done on the Bcard FF. Yay.

    Have a fun weekend all.
    A smile enriches those who receive without making poorer those who give
    or "It costs nowt to be nice"
  • Thanks Tixy.

    Very true about the spending i would have done pre MSE.

    My friend text me today to say she'd been clothes shopping, i was so jealous, then i thought about my debt free challenges and was drawn back to the forums tonight to keep me motivated. and the fact that i cant get to the shops til monday so will hopefully be out of my system by then. :D

    ETO

    PS because i'm such a girl it'll take me a week to drink the wine, so it only works out at 50p a day. :rotfl: doesn't sound so bad now.
    SPC 18 Target £200 /
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