Weekly Spend Challenge W/C 23rd 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. We colour code the results as below:

Green - within budget
Red - overbudget
Purple - zero spend
Yellow - made money over the week

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 16th May Challengers / Pledges /Total Spent
Pointypenguin £29 / £23
**natsing £10 / -£36.50 **
flying_fresian £20 / £32
wilf55 £100
Firewalker £5 / £1.55
psychopathbabble £4.60 / £3.79
SazM030306 £40 / £38.65
ches £15.61 / £8.25
Chasing the dream £58 / £48.70
Baileys Babe £5 / £0
chris81418 £60 / £65.13
EC12345 £2 / £2.88
sadsadjenjen £20 / £19.50

link to last week's challenge

W/C 23rd May Challengers / Pledges /Total Spent
Pointypenguin £22.50
ches £16.18
Baileys Babe £5
natsing £5
chris81418 £160
Firewalker £5
EC12345 £2
psychopathbabble £10
SazM030306 £4
flying_fresian £40
sadsadjenjen £45
Lotti379 £20
Blue28 £50
sarsief £50

EC12345

Hey PP, I was red last week. Spent a total of £2.88 (biscuits for work, a packet of crisps and some straws!!!).

This week am hoping for a really low spend (or nothing if possible). Please put me down for £2 again this week.

I have everything I need so am going to try REALLY hard this week.

Good luck everyone.

EC.

PS. Thanks as ever PP for doing this.

pointypenguin

Morning all,

It is a nice sunny day here is Scotland. I was green for last week and going for £20 this week. Payday is Wednesday and it has seemed a long time coming this month so going to try and not go off track right at the beginning of the month.

pointypenguin

EC12345 wrote: »

Hey PP, I was red last week. Spent a total of £2.88 (biscuits for work, a packet of crisps and some straws!!!).

This week am hoping for a really low spend (or nothing if possible). Please put me down for £2 again this week.

I have everything I need so am going to try REALLY hard this week.

Good luck everyone.

EC.

PS. Thanks as ever PP for doing this.

Thanks EC12345, I only do this for selfish reasons as it help me keep on track

psychopathbabble

Hi PP, I was green last week as I was about 81p iunder spends (i did pay for flights to glasgow meet but my quidco money next month will cover that!

Can I have £10 this week please? It's going to be tough as it's not payday til Friday and I have my mentor meeting again this week, as well as seeing my friend who is home for the weekend this evening.

Good luck everyone x

natsing

Yay I got yellow stars last week :j, had a NSD today and off to my mums for tea, so having a good weekend so far!

psychopathbabble

Oh dear, spent £1.50 on a magnum yesterday at the beach and £2.19 on a bottle of cider which I didn't drink! And 57p on a big bar of mint aero chocolate which was totally unnecessary when we were getting chinese for dinner (my friend paid). Bad start to the week!! I'm fine when I'm on my own, but as soon as I'm out with friends I just go to pot and waste money

Baileys_Babe

pointypenguin wrote: »

Thanks EC12345, I only do this for selfish reasons as it help me keep on track

It helps keep all of us on track, thank you :A

natsing wrote: »

Yay I got yellow stars last week :j, had a NSD today and off to my mums for tea, so having a good weekend so far!

A new colour to aim for, congratulations natsing :T

Last week was purple :j

SazM030306 is in last weeks list twice but not in this weeks, doh

Thank you for signing me up for this week.

Good luck everyone

SazM030306

Baileys_Babe wrote: »

SazM030306 is in last weeks list twice but not in this weeks, doh

Haha!! So I am

It's £4 for me this week please
Saz xxx

pointypenguin

SazM030306 wrote: »

Haha!! So I am

It's £4 for me this week please
Saz xxx

Sorry all sorted now

No spends to report so far and I am changing my budget to £22.50 as that is what is in my purse.

It is a lovely sunny day here but I have to study

mooomin

Mark me as red please for last week - I had a £20 budget but spent £32 on a necklace and some earrings on payday on Friday

This week I'm going for £40 to cover all spends apart from groceries - I have one leaving gift, a dinner out and a lunch to pay for as part of my £40 so it will have to be quite a frugal week :A