Weekly Spend Challenge W/C 21st Feb 2010

SazM030306

£8 for me today on some scratchcards to go in DH's birthday card tomorrow - it's all he's asked for lol!
16p left!!!

Ches

Bought my food shopping, paid for my yearly OAP railcard bought OH tea and snack and still have £18.63p left so I am on track again this week. Might beg the question that I am allowing myself too much each week but believe me this is a vast improvement on what I used to spend. I am learning to stagger my bigger purchases so I don't spend lots all in one week which seems to work as it is teaching me the difference between needs and wants. It is said that you can't teach an old dog new tricks but it seems you can.

psychopathbabble

Spent 10.73 in sainsburys today, £3 of which i should get back as £6 of it was for my friends leaving day and im going halves with someone.... £2.07 in the card factory and can't remember how much on 5 x 2nd class stamps and sending 2 books.

pointypenguin

Morning budgeteers,

I spent £21 on dinner last night but it was lovely and the play was good too. Still on track for green as long as I keep my purse shut

chuggingtongirl

chickywiggle wrote: »

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ohhh can i borrow that bag next week?

Ahhh Chickywiggle... if only all my bags were full of hidden money I had a good look in all of them after I found it

well Ive spent £6 today on snacks and treats as having friends over later so £16 left.

Hoping not to spend much as not going to have much chance to go to the shops which always helps

EC12345

Spent £3.25 on a lunch today - am aiming for two more no spend days - want to be green again by the end of the week.

Good luck everyone.

chickywiggle

well i had to take advantage of sainsburys last day baby event and my £1 off pampers and picked up approx 50 pampers nappies for £5.

and might have treated myself and family to some choccy muffins (4 for £1) tho i was reallly dissapointed in them.

a kitchen utensils set (we needed a new potato peeler as DH broke ours), a mothers day photo frame - £1 each

ohh and some cheese £2

also some A4 envelopes (£1) and posted an ebay item (90p) but these were paid for on the items p&p charges so don't count.

so todays spends: £10.

Total: £29.26/ £20

heatherykins

Bit of a shaky start for me, I'm afraid!

I set myself a budget of £60, but had to do a full grocery shop as I got paid yesterday and february was a 'skint month' for us, so we had very little food in the house. On a positive note, we got right into buying value brands and shop's own brands and got a full fridge, ingredient and store cupboard shop. The bad news was the total came to £44.22, so I definately wasn't slapping my back pocket twice in an 'I'm happily saving mega money kind of way', I can tell you! I suppose good news is though that I will only need to buy maybe an extra loaf or two the rest of the week - and I'm proud because I didn't indulge my obsession for Soap Mags (probably helped by the facts that Archies killer has been revealed and Joe's body has turned up!)

Also spent £10 on fuel for the week too - This is a real opportunity for me to cut back - my full time job has me using a full tank of petrol each week, but for the next 6 months, I am on placement as a student at a workplace 5 miles from home, so all local journeys except one biggie at the weekend to visit parents (a 50-mile round trip).

So I've spent £54.22/£60.00, so there's still hope!!!

Hope you're all doing well xx

psychopathbabble

chickywiggle wrote: »

and might have treated myself and family to some choccy muffins (4 for £1) tho i was reallly dissapointed in them.

I hate it when that happens... you think oooh lovely I'll treat myself/family/whoever and then it's disappointing... feels like such a waste!!

nicnacnoo

ive gone over my limit by a fiver, but i kind of knew i would this week cos ive been off work so been out and about more, off out for dinner tomorrow and to buy a tin opener so will probably be another tenner then, oh well, i cant get it right every week!!

Nic