Weekly Spend Challenge W/C 20th 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 13th June Challengers / Pledges /Total Spent
Pointypenguin £10 / £9.30
karmchilovething £15 / £21.45
chuggingtongirl £15
chris81418 £70 / £73.50
Firewalker £10 / £7.50
EC12345 £2 / £0
natsing £10 / £11
SazM030306 £20 / £0
Baileys Babe £75 / £13
nowpanicking £7 / £1.81
psychopathbabble £10
Jo_Rourke £70
Beencounting £12 / £10.47

link to last week's challenge

W/C 20th June Challengers / Pledges /Total Spent
natsing £5
Frugalchic £5
chris81418 £30
Firewalker £5
psychopathbabble £15
nowpanicking £13
Batfink £10
guccigoo £15
Baileys Babe £10
**purpleprincess** £15
kezlou £9.37
EC12345 £2
SazM030306 £20
Beencounting £13.50

pointypenguin

Afternoon budgeteers

I am just quickly popping in to set up the thread this week although I am not participating. I do sort of have a budget as I have a set amount of spending money for hols but counting the pennies on holiday is not much fun.

I hope you are all having a good week. Congrats to EC12345 for the purple and to nowpanicking for completing the first week.

Welcome to Frugalchic I have added you to the list let us know how you get on.

I will pop back over the week when I get the chance to update the thread but forgive me if it is not very often. Normal service to be resumed next week:D

natsing

Enjoy your holiday Pointy, and thanks for looking after the thread. NSD for me today, though we did spend some of my DHs money and some of the grocery spends, but my £5 is still in my pocket

Have a great week all

psychopathbabble

Thanks PP.... hope you have a fab holiday!

£15 this week please x

nowpanicking

Hi everyone,

£13 for me this week - a bit more than last week as I was out today with the family, paid £3 for a pedal boat and bought OH a few cans of beer for fathers day (£5)... :beer:

so I'm leaving £5 for the rest of the week (hoping for mostly NSD's!!)

Batfink

Hello
Been a long time since I did one of these - but it's time I got back to it.

I don't *think* I'll need to spend anything at all this week, as I've got credit on my lunch card and the cupboards are quite well stocked. So I'll just go with £10, incase I've forgotten about anything.

Good luck everyone.
x

guccigoo

hi can you put me down for £15 please

Baileys_Babe

Hi everyone

We have had a wonderful week a few days away visiting friends, brilliant weather. Much cheaper than I had anticipated :j picnics in the park and other free entertainment. Had our evening meals in resturants as planned, which OH paid for . Total spend £13.

Please can I sign up for this week, I'm going to pledge £10

**purpleprincess**

I'd like to join please!!

I'd like to pledge £15 this week. I've got a running workshop in London on Saturday and the ticket will cost £9.25 so hope to only spend that this week but pledging £15 just in case.

guccigoo

£2.65 spent today, also will be spending tomorrow as its magazine day but will try not to buy too many. magazines and coffee's out are my downfall for personal spends so this is where i have to try and really limit myself

kezlou

Hi pointypenguin wondering if i could join back in again with the weekly challenge. Its been a long while since i did this, and i've finally got the guts to try it again.

I have exactly £9.37 in my purse for general spending. Going to only try and use this for food shopping too. Be a miracle if it works, in the past when i was more careful it did now well its gone to pot.

Today i have spent zilch, nada nothing, so going good so far .

Best of luck all x