Weekly Spend Challenge W/C 18th October

smiales

Are you doing weekly budgets for everything, including petrol, groceries, social etc? Only asking because we get £150 pw out to cover all these and generally don't have much left! Any advice, we get this out for a household of 2 people.

natsing

Spent only £1 today, have absolutely nothing left in my purse, so I'll have to cope with NSDs until payday on Monday.

pointypenguin

smiales wrote: »

Are you doing weekly budgets for everything, including petrol, groceries, social etc? Only asking because we get £150 pw out to cover all these and generally don't have much left! Any advice, we get this out for a household of 2 people.

I usually don't include things I have another budget for like food and transport but would include going out and bars of chocolate etc. Really include what works for you, some people do include everything they spend.

You might be better splitting your £150 into allocated categories and then try and reduce each a little at a time otherwise if it were me the social bit may take over everything else. Also I am guessing your petrol is probably a fixed amount and then you can keep track of your groceries.

Spends for me today were £1 on card for work, £9 on dinner with OH and £6 on drinks at the theatre, £2 on drinks from shop. Total £18.

karom

aie aie aie not good start of the week £6.30 but did resist the shirt purchase today to keep within the budget so not all bad

true27

Went for a wander around town with the girlies yesterday, resisted the expensive Pizza Express lunch but caved in in Lush and treated myself to a bath bomb at £2.20 so thats £2.80 for the rest of the week!

chuggingtongirl

Hi everyone

Well Im doing badly but it is my first week so I will learn from it!

I have £1 left but Im going to have a few No spend days....well hopefully!

Hope everyones doing ok so far

**purpleprincess**

NSD yesterday and today! Only through sheer desperation though!!

It does get easier!! Doesn't it?......

brokemedic

No money spent today and hopefully no money spent tmrw either - already have my bread defrosting and flask ready for packed lunch.. fingers crossed. Hopefully it won't be raining...

brokemedic

natsing

Another obligatory NSD for me today, going out tomorrow to look for Christmas presents for DH but we have a seperate pot for this, so will be another NSD, also got a free bed today!

true27

Another £1.75 spend for me at Slimming World, so thats £1.05 for the rest of the week! Amazing how far a fiver doesn't go really