Weekly Spend Challenge W/C 7th Feb 2010

pointypenguin

Hello everyone . Welcome to the weekly spend challenge. This challenge is open to anybody, no matter what financial place they are in.

On this thread please post an amount of money you wish to stay below within the week (Sunday to end of working day on Friday). This can be pennies or thousands it depends on the individual. Then next Saturday report back and pledge for the following week. Feel free to update this thread with daily spends if that keeps you on track.

This is a little bit of fun but for many it highlights the fact that maybe that magazine/chocolate bar isn't needed. Hopefully your spending habits can be changed forever.

Moozie was the founder of this challenge and here is a quote taken from her around last year


Originally Posted by Moozie
Good afternoon lovely DFWs Now for anyone looking in, please feel free to join - the more the merrier! Basically, decide on the amount you want to spend up to from Sunday until the end of the working day on Friday then pledge it here and off we go! The challenge is about incidental spending and not for stuff that should be budgeted elsewhere such as bills, groceries, debt repayment etc but you decide what to include at the end - this is about changing your habits and improving your recording of your spends more than anything else. Have a great week everyone and keep it low!!! Moozie x

Good luck everyone.

W/C 31st January Challengers / Pledges /Total Spent
Pointypenguin £20
ColleenPamela £25
SazM030306 £20 / £0
emiskins £40 / £47.93
chuggingtongirl £30
banwa £9 / £2
EC12345 £15 / £7.54
Liz3yy £10
natsing £20
chris81418 £104.62 / £109.87
kate_pixie £10 / £30.32
pink_numbers £15 / £16
BringtheStoneshome £0
brummiebabe £30
Tixy £26.26
Suziebea £10 / £8.29
nicnacnoo £20 / £9.60
rictus123 £144.50 / £126.55
longhauladdict £30
Baileys Babe £15 / £3
maysmummy £20 / £18
irishmist £15
psychobabble £15 / £1.09
karam £ / £5.50

link to last week's thread

W/C 7th February Challengers / Pledges /Total Spent
Pointypenguin £20
EC12345 £8
maysmummy £20
banwa £0
brummiebabe £27
Baileys Babe £10
rictus123 £110
pink_numbers £15
psychopathbabble £15
SazM030306 £100
chuggingtongirl £5
nuttylou £75
nicnacnoo £20
lucystardust £50
Jag Babe £100
jemz0001 £30
in_debt24 £5
chris81418 £60
kezlou £180
katie_pixie £40
emiskins £20
Suziebea £10
brummiebabe £20
BringtheStoneshome £0
Ches £80

rictus123

£110 - £60 to clear capital one and £50 min payment for loan

pointypenguin

Morning all,

I hope you are all having a good weekend. After my hideous spending of last week I am going for £20 this week and I am going to try really hard to be green.

I have updated the first post let me know if anything is wrong/missing.

pink_numbers

I spent £16 of my £15 goal so red for me please

Will be sticking to £15 again, although we've been talking about garden stuff, so I might end up spending more...

psychopathbabble

£15 this week please! Going to be harder as my days off are right in the middle of the week.... we shall see.

SazM030306

Thanks PP. I'll go for £100 this week. Got my hair appointment on Tuesday that I've been saving up for 5 weeks for! Hopefully it won't be any more, and if it's any less then bonus!
Saz
xxx

chuggingtongirl

I will say a low ammount this week as Im totally broke till payday which is a long way away as had an unexpected payment to make .

Will pledge £5 as thats litterally all I have until a cheque clears (which will go to the bank tommorow) so hopefully by next weeks challenge I will have more to spend

Although happily I have no need to spend as did a huge food shop so got food for the month really if I plan properly! - which I will! and I will keep away from the shops so I should be fine this week

Hope everyones fine

maysmummy

spent £1.81 today as DD has food tech tomorrow and needed chocolate chips to make healthy small cakes and a cabbage to make coleslaw.

Extra £2 last week into £365 in 365 days challenge pot

nuttylou

Can I join in? I want to budget £75 for all groceries and anything else needed in the week... I am obviously not inc bills other than groceries. My bill is usually £125. I like a challenge.

psychopathbabble

Welcome to the thread Nuttylou... Have read some of your threads... good luck with the df journey:j

nicnacnoo

evening all, green for me for last week please cos i only spent £9.60 from my £20 budget. Im going for £20 again this week good luck to me and everyone else