Weekly Spend Challenge W/C 18th April 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 11th April Challengers / Pledges /Total Spent
Pointypenguin £20
chris81418 £35 / £71.59
chuggintongirl £15 / £16
karmachilovething £30 / £25.20
Firewalker £5 / £7.98
SazM030306 £20 / £12
natsing £5 / £0.30
determined new ms £35 / £31.19
EC12345 £3 / £0
chickywiggle £20
psychopathbable £20
leedsforever £125
brummiebabe £23
Baileys Babe £5 / £2

link to last week's challenge

W/C 18th April Challengers / Pledges /Total Spent
Pointypenguin £40
natsing £10
chris81418 £100
SazM030306 £40
karmachilovething £20
Baileys Babe £5
psychopathbabble £10
chuggintongirl £15
EC12345 £3
solongmarianne £30
determined new ms £35
Firewalker £5

pointypenguin

Morning all,

I am back to work tomorrow (booo) to try and recover the rest of my holiday days so I can take them in a few weeks. The volanic ash doesn't seem to be going any where soon:(

So I am going for £40 this week

psychopathbabble

£10 for me this week please, no social plans and what will be a very long week at work I'm sure once the ash has decided to disappear. So hopefully I can stick to it this week, make it a third green week in a row!

pointypenguin

psychopathbabble wrote: »

£10 for me this week please, no social plans and what will be a very long week at work I'm sure once the ash has decided to disappear. So hopefully I can stick to it this week, make it a third green week in a row!

Hi PPB I have added you to the list. Do you work for an airline?

psychopathbabble

I do, so for a couple of days it was cool to have extra time off work but now we are starting to worry about the long-term impact and whether it's going to clear any time soon.

pointypenguin

psychopathbabble wrote: »

I do, so for a couple of days it was cool to have extra time off work but now we are starting to worry about the long-term impact and whether it's going to clear any time soon.

I can't imagine it is going to be fun once things start going again with all the irrate passengers. There are really worriies for the smaller airlines as be grounded is costing them a fortune especially as they have to pay accomodation and food costs for the people stranded. Looks like there might be another government bailout on the way:(

psychopathbabble

I would imagine those airlines that just survived the oil crisis and recession are probably not going to last through this, but fingers crossed it clears up soon. Might start running out of food in the supermarkets! I actually think it's quite scary that this is just an ash cloud.... imagine if it was something much worse? Doesn't bear thinking about how easily everything falls apart!

chuggingtongirl

Hi

Im back to money saving with a vengence and want to have £15 please again this week

Last week I was £16. over but intend to get back into the swing of it now half terms over

natsing

Morning all, sorry to hear about you holiday Pointy, back from my brother's wedding, they're meant to be going to the Maldives next week, God knows if everything will be sorted in time! No spends today as we're in now for the duration, got tomorrow off work, so hoping to stick to my budget, though underspent at the wedding which was awesome.
Have a great week all
N

EC12345

Hi PP and everyone else

Please put me down for £3 this week. Many thanks. Am feeling really motivated after my purple week last week.... :j

solongmarianne

hello, can I join in ? I am wasting far too much on , well, junk! I have set myself a budget of £30 and that is for anything would buy that is a non essential, treats and clothes and make up ain and taxi fayers too . hoping to come in under 30 but i have developed a love of gardening so spendin lots on plants... on the upside there is a 99p shop near me where i can get gardening goodies.