Weekly Spend Challenge W/C 21st Feb 2010

chickywiggle

heatherykins wrote: »

NSD today as in the house studying and heating up leftovers fro yesterday (which seem to taste better than yesterday, when it was freshly cooked?!

was it meat based in gravy??? mine always taste better next day as the flavours get absorbed more.

on the down side i was starving when i got to town (for work) and had to treat myself for a bacon roll and cuppa tea (£2).

Total spend today £2. Total: £31.26.

I have also done a food shop online as it was payday but this comes out a different budget

heatherykins

chickywiggle wrote: »

was it meat based in gravy??? mine always taste better next day as the flavours get absorbed more.

No chickywiggle, I'm a veggie and made a massive pot of quorn pasta bolognaise! But it might just be about letting the flavours seep through - i like homemade soup better on the second or third day too! Or maybe I'm just weird?!!:rotfl:

maysmummy

I'm Green this week after 2 red weeks:T . Finished with a NSD today and a bit of change so declaring at £18 60 this week.

Will declare for next week on Sunday


MM

EC12345

Another green week for me. Spent a total of £3.25.

Am off to consider budget for next week.

Brilliant .....

chuggingtongirl

£8.71 was left but had a few things to pay out for so Im left - still green - hurray! - with £4.04 left

I think for next week Im going to start a whole budget - including food spends and everything as I want to reduce everything and I think that way will help as Ive loads on my mind at the moment and having monthly budgets doesnt work for me.I have a clothes budget seperaly as Im doing the £100 challenge so it will be food/gifts/weekly spends if thats okay

I will work out my weekly target and come back over the weekend

Hope everyones managing this week to stick to it

SazM030306

GREEN for me this week!! Still got 16p left

I'll go for £15 next week please xxx

Ches

Chuggingtongirl thats what I do. My £80 per week covers food/clothes/hairdressing/gifts/household stuff and everything else that isn't a bill covered by d/d's and the £500 I have budgeted for Christmas 2010. So far it is working well although I have to watch everything I spend and it has certainly resulted in me deciding not to buy things on the spur of the moment. Luckily I came into this year with a full freezer and storecupboard but I do seem to be able to keep both stocked up without too much difficulty. Everything I have bought has been a considered purchase and lots of things have gone back on the shelf where before I would have bought before I had thought whether I needed that item or not. I started this challenge because I had committed myself to a very expensive holiday with a friend just before a family matter cleared out all my savings. Since the new year I have put back nearly 2/3's of those savings and already have enough to pay for that holiday with just the spending money to go. I don't want to stop now though as I realise just how much I can put away each year and we are already talking over plans for holiday 2011. It has taken me years to get this far.

banwa

70p for me. Not much but red nonetheless.

£2.50 for for next week please

natsing

Stayed within my budget- declaring GREEN £37, would like to pledge £10 for next week please as no plans whatsoever!

karom

Green £5.99 out of £20