Weekly Spend Challenge W/C 21st Mar 2010

natsing

Oh dear Pointy, hope you're all ok!
I'm having another NSD today, which is a good job as I'm going out Friday night and need as much of my weekly spend as possible to see me through.

Ches

Hope the aches and pains go quickly Pointy.

pointypenguin

Thanks everyone, it is just a few bruises (the one on my hip is going pretty colours) and my neck hurts a bit (but then it hurt before:(). The physio will sort me out. I have just found out I get it free through work and I thought I would have to pay which is brilliant.

Baileys_Babe

Pointypenguin, congratulations on being able to get the physio for free, but poor you on needing physio iyswim.

Sunday was a NSD, yesterday I went shopping but all budgeted for, so another NSD as far as weekly spends concerned and today we have plans to go no further than the garden. So still at £0.

determined_new_ms

Argghh overspent already!!! :eek:

spent £35.50 on food (accounted for £25) - however my oh mentioned that seeing as this is in our joint account technically only 50% is mine, this this cheating??? (If not then only £17.25 )

spent £1.20 parking when collected stone flower pot in another town, as we didn't know the town difficult to find free parking, but had a lovely walk along the river and then visited a museam so totally worth it in my ind

opps forgot I put in £2 for a birthday collection as well. Didn't want to just to be ms (read tight) but then thought about my lovely last birthday present, not my most alteristic of actions

On the plus side I've unexpectently had to take the day off work so save approx £4 on petrol so will put less in on Thurs (now £21)

NSD yest and again today (not planning to venture out today )

chickywiggle

chickywiggle wrote: »

total: £49

Tuesday: dinner - 50p
pre-birthday nibbles for work - £4
drinks for taking away tomorrow - £1
money in fund for ex-collegues funeral flowers - £1
plasterrs for my heel (due to new trainers) - £1
handy travel first aid kit - £2.

Total for Tuesday: £9.50

edit: hotel booked for Sunday - £30 (bargin travellodge family room)
train tickets booked - £86

Total so far: £175

pointypenguin

determined_new_ms wrote: »

spent £35.50 on food (accounted for £25) - however my oh mentioned that seeing as this is in our joint account technically only 50% is mine, this this cheating??? (If not then only £17.25 )

Tricky one, I would be tempted to only count half of it if you contribute half the money to this account and your OH the other half. (That sentence has a lot of halfs in it!)

Spends today were £7.41 on M&S for bits to go with dinner and much needed dessert. £1 on gum from the pound shop and £1.28 on orange juice (M&S didn't have any). Then £2.37 on fruit for mango salsa. After clearing the change out of my purse (I save anything under 50p) I have £6.50 left in my purse and £10 in my spends account.

Total for the week so far £31.50

Ches

Blimmin window cleaner came today so had to fork out £8 leaving me with £6.85 till Friday.

psychopathbabble

NSD today! Was meant to send book for risi but got delayed at work so didn't finish in time. Might have one more NSD on thursday but thats it for the week!

determined_new_ms

pointypenguin wrote: »

Tricky one, I would be tempted to only count half of it if you contribute half the money to this account and your OH the other half. (That sentence has a lot of halfs in it!)

Thanks pointypenguin :T I'm officially black in the black this week! Nd I "half" get what you 're saying

another NSD (3rd of the month ) Am getting the hang of this now. Was feeling pretty blue yesterday and asked my oh to get me some choc & crisps as he was going to the shop. However when he asked for some change for it, this challenge really made me sit up and think that the money was coming from my purse and decided I would make a cake instead. When it came to it I didn't make the cake as the moment/urge had passed - so didn't break my diet either.

Thanks for keeping me on track everyone :A