Weekly Spend Challenge W/C 2nd May 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 25th April Challengers / Pledges /Total Spent
Pointypenguin £20 / £2
natsing £10 / £9.79
solongmarianne £5
SazM030306 £10 / £4.80
ches £80
karmachilovething £60 / £59.20
Baileys Babe £5 / £0
Firewalker £5 / £2.98
determined new ms £20 / £11.89
chickywiggle £20 / £20.10
psychopathbabble £10 / £14.63
EC12345 £20 / £7.40
loopylorial £5
chris81418 £100
complimentschemistry £40
chuggintongirl £15

link to last week's challenge

W/C 2nd May Challengers / Pledges /Total Spent
Pointypenguin £30
Baileys Babe £5
natsing £15
chickywiggle £20
SazM030306 £8
EC12345 £10
solongmarianne £40
loopylorial £5
chris81418 £35
flying_fresian £30
ches £7.20
psychopathbabble £10
karmachilovething £15
elfen £35
NGlady £37
sadsadjenjen £15

mooomin

I've been bad and not kept good track of my spending, so can I come back please Pointy?

£30 for this week I think, to be all non-grocery spends and to cover a night out on Friday.

Also, I'm in Glasvegas on Thursday for work, fancy spending some of that £30 on coffee?

pointypenguin

Morning all,

I was green last week and it must be my lowest spend for sometime. So far I am on budget this month (1 week into the month) and I have done no creative accounting so far:D

I am going for £30 this week as I maybe going to the ballet on Tuesday as I have a friend who may have a spare ticket (only £7 as it is subsidised):j

pointypenguin

flying_fresian wrote: »

I've been bad and not kept good track of my spending, so can I come back please Pointy?

£30 for this week I think, to be all non-grocery spends and to cover a night out on Friday.

Also, I'm in Glasvegas on Thursday for work, fancy spending some of that £30 on coffee?

Woohoo The Fresian is back.:beer: I am up for coffee on Thursday are you thinking after work?

SazM030306

Thanks PP. You have me down twice lol. It's £8 for me this week

Have a great bank holiday everyone!

Saz xxx

mooomin

pointypenguin wrote: »

Woohoo The Fresian is back.:beer: I am up for coffee on Thursday are you thinking after work?

Yup - what time do you finish? My work is too cheap to pay me overtime to commute to the Weege, so I work ten till four when I'm through there I can wander around if you finish at five though.

Wheech me a message on FB and we can make proper plans!

natsing

Morning all, well spent some money today, but luckily it comes from my DH spends, so an NSD on my first day- yay!
Have a great bank holiday all

pointypenguin

Sorry Saz I have updated the first post not sure what happened there:o

Well sounds like you are all enjoying your bank holiday weekend but unfortunately I am working on Monday (it was voluntary as I wanted the day back in lieu) and I am not starting until 10am so could be worst (hoping to be done by 4pm)

mooomin

pointypenguin wrote: »

Well sounds like you are all enjoying your bank holiday weekend but unfortunately I am working on Monday (it was voluntary as I wanted the day back in lieu) and I am not starting until 10am so could be worst (hoping to be done by 4pm)

I'm working on Monday Double time though :j Aiming to do 8-3 to get a nice early finish!

Ches

I came in green last week but only by a few pennies.

OH paid for the groceries this week so I have £50 to pay off the cc. Out of the £30 left I put £10 on my mobile. Went to craft day £10 and spent another £3.80 on odds and sods leaving me with £7.20 to last until Friday.

mooomin

£8 of my cash has now been spent on a present for my friends birthday. Had this been last week I don't think I would have been able to resist the lure of Paperchase, but I was strong and only came out with what I needed for her :A