Weekly Spend Challenge W/C 13th June 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 6th June Challengers / Pledges /Total Spent
Pointypenguin £40
sadsadjenjen £45
natsing £5 / £15
karmchilovething £20 / £11
Firewalker £5 / £15.98
SazM030306 £20 / £22
psychopathbabble £15 / £23
Blue28 £20
Baileys Babe £45
chris81418 £60 / £48.21
EC12345 £2 / £5.19
flying_fresian £30
chickywiggle £25 / £2.80
Krisp £10
chuggingtongirl £10 / £3.89

link to last week's challenge

W/C 13th June Challengers / Pledges /Total Spent
Pointypenguin £10
karmchilovething £15
chuggingtongirl £15
chris81418 £70
Firewalker £10
EC12345 £2
natsing £10
SazM030306 £20
Baileys Babe £75
nowpanicking £7
psychopathbabble £10
Jo_Rourke £70
Beencounting £12

pointypenguin

Evening all

I made it green last week not sure by how much but there was still some money left in my purse at the end of Friday.

I am going for £10 this week as I am off on holiday on Wednesday morning for 10 days. I should hopefully have some internet access so will be able to set up the thread next week. So this is just to do me Monday and Tuesday.

chickywiggle

ohhh Saz he's lovelyyyy - I want one - and what a quick and easy (i hope) birth. you are sooo brave to do it at home.

ohh sorry spends - ermmmm.....

Friday - few bits for work for collegue leaving do - £3.

Total £25..80

BUT NOW I REMEMBERED.......... £23 made on ebay (so far - rubbish profit this week think people are on holiday)...........which ACTUALLY means a weekly spend of £2.80!!

GREEN GREEN GREEEN - YAYYYYYYYY :j:j:j:j:j:j

SazM030306

Thank you!
He is fabulous, and tbh yes it was fairly easy!! Bl00dy painful of course haha but nice and quick
I'll go for £20 again please.
PP enjoy your holiday!!
xxx

Baileys_Babe

We are a way for a few days this week visiting friends which will include trips out as well as eating out, can't wait but it will be expensive. can you put me down for £75.

I'll get back to you on what I spent last week, I know I should keep an ongoing record and usually do, but life got in the way this week. We have been so busy.

nowpanicking

Hi there, I'm new to all this but thought I would give it a go...(hopefully stay within budget if I'm doing challenges like this !! can you put me down for £7 please. Can I ask what about Saturdays... is it just spending during the week this challenge is for?

psychopathbabble

£10 please this week, should be alright as I'm away for 2 nights from Thursday and I've already paid for the accommodation and budgeted separately for the food.

Nowpanicking - welcome to the challenge!! You can include saturdays if you want, or just do mon-fri, it's up to you x

chuggingtongirl

Hi everyone
£15 for me...and still £15 intact which is good

Hoping for a no spend day as I havent much to buy this week

Wee_Jo

Mine's £70 this week please, this covers EVERYTHING! Food, travel, the works!! Fingers crossed!

pointypenguin

Evening Budgeteers,

Welcome to nowpanicking and Jo_Rourke I have added you to the list, let us know how you get on.

No spends to report for this challenge today as I was good and took lunch with me, no chance of spending as I was too busy. One more day until holidays :j:j:j

On a positive note I gained 20p from the locker at the gym so I am in credit for the week

Saz I can't believe you gave birth at home well done you are a brave one.

nowpanicking

Morning... had a NSD yesterday so really pleased, def think this helps! I had to post a letter today and someone gave me a stamp for free which I was really pleased about! Mad as I wouldn't have thought anything of that before

Hoping for another NSD today...