Weekly Spend Challenge W/C 16th May 2010

pointypenguin
pointypenguin Posts: 1,768 Forumite
edited 18 May 2010 at 7:26PM in Debt-free wannabe
Hello everyone a010.gif. 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. clapping.gif

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.action-smiley-033.gif

W/C 9th May Challengers / Pledges /Total Spent
Pointypenguin £45 / £25
ches £14.68
natsing £10 / £7.70
karmachilovething £20
firewalker £5 / £1
solongmarianne £20
Baileys Babe £5 / £2.90
determined new ms £25
flying_fresian £30
chickywiggle £30
chris81418 £100 / £85
EC12345 £2 / £0
SazM030306 £20 / £19
sadsadjenjen £20 / £30
psychopathbabble £10

link to last week's challenge

W/C 16th May Challengers / Pledges /Total Spent
Pointypenguin £29
natsing £10
SazM030306 £20
flying_fresian £20
wilf55 £100
Firewalker £5
psychopathbabble £4.60
SazM030306 £40
ches £15.61
Chasing the dream £58
Baileys Babe £5
chris81418 £60
EC12345 £2
sadsadjenjen £20
Weekly Spend Challenge: £0/£30


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Comments

  • pointypenguin
    pointypenguin Posts: 1,768 Forumite
    Afternoon all,

    I was green last week and I am going for £29 this week as I have £9 in my purse and £20 in my spends account. Hopefully this should be enough, only plans are bookgroup on Wednesday so the cost of a bottle of wine and then I am going out for dinner and to the cinema with a friend on Thursday hopefully can keep it cheap as I have a cinema card.

    I have updated the first post with results and pledges from last week's thread, let me know if I have missed anything.
    Weekly Spend Challenge: £0/£30


  • Firewalker
    Firewalker Posts: 2,682 Forumite
    PP, could you put me down for £5 again please.

    Firewalker
  • wilf55
    wilf55 Posts: 3,102 Forumite
    hi

    just realised that i have included money for groceries petrol etc dont have any incidental spends but would anyone mind if i still join desperatly need to learn to stick within budget

    hope its ok

    thanks
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  • pointypenguin
    pointypenguin Posts: 1,768 Forumite
    wilf55 wrote: »
    hi

    just realised that i have included money for groceries petrol etc dont have any incidental spends but would anyone mind if i still join desperatly need to learn to stick within budget

    hope its ok

    thanks

    Whatever works for you is fine with us:D, welcome to the gang.
    Weekly Spend Challenge: £0/£30


  • psychopathbabble
    psychopathbabble Posts: 5,888 Forumite
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    Can I have £5 please? Overspent as I paid for bowling on Friday so skint this week. Checking out of last week with god knows what, big fat red though! Thanks PP!
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  • natsing
    natsing Posts: 555 Forumite
    Evening All
    Spent nothing today, but got rather squiffy at a family do (free wine yay) so just having a sobering cuppa then an early night methinks.
    Have a great week
    Debt free 11/05/11!

    Savings £4000/ £300
  • SazM030306
    SazM030306 Posts: 1,317 Forumite
    Hi, mine's £40 for this week please :D

    ty xxx
    :heart2: THANK YOU MARTIN!! :heart2:
  • Ches
    Ches Posts: 1,120 Forumite
    I have done my grocery shopping for the week, put £40 away for a birthday present (its my GS's 18th so aiming to give him £100) bringing that up to £60 saved from the weekly cash so far. I have £15. 61p left to last me the week.
    Mortgage and Debt free but need to increase savings pot. :think:
  • mooomin
    mooomin Posts: 13,703 Forumite
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    Spends today have been £4.79 on yet more bl00dy hair dye (Dyed it yesterday, realised I missed some bits, bought more dye yesterday then spilled it over the bathroom floor, so third pack bought today :mad:) and £1.25 on Ribena, which I'm sure used to be about 70p....I'm getting old I think :D

    pointy - have you seen the thread about the Glasgow Meet? Also, pics of new hair will be going on FB once I can show the colour properly in the light!
  • pointypenguin
    pointypenguin Posts: 1,768 Forumite
    Spends today have been £4.79 on yet more bl00dy hair dye (Dyed it yesterday, realised I missed some bits, bought more dye yesterday then spilled it over the bathroom floor, so third pack bought today :mad:) and £1.25 on Ribena, which I'm sure used to be about 70p....I'm getting old I think :D

    pointy - have you seen the thread about the Glasgow Meet? Also, pics of new hair will be going on FB once I can show the colour properly in the light!

    Sounds like your adventures in hair dye are going well. Hope it turns out ok.

    Thanks for letting me know about the meet I have signed up:D

    I remember the days when chocolate bars were 25p and a carton of ribena was 30p, wow my grey hairs are really showing ;)
    Weekly Spend Challenge: £0/£30


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