Weekly Spend Challenge W/C 4th July 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 28th June Challengers / Pledges /Total Spent
Pointypenguin £24.50
kezlou £20
**Baileys Babe £10 / -£4**
natsing £20 / £19.90
meersy22 £20 / £9.53
psychopathbabble £20
Firewalker £5
chickywiggle £25
EC12345 £5 / £9.89
SazM030306 £20 / £16
Beencounting £17 / £18.79
chris81418 £100
nowpanicking £5 / £4.60
littlemisschocolate £20

last week's challenge

W/C 4th July Challengers / Pledges /Total Spent
Pointypenguin £21.00
SazM030306 £20
natsing £10
meersy22 £10
Beencounting £12
nowpanicking £20
EC12345 £10
psychopathbabble £35
Baileys Babe £10

pointypenguin

Evening all

I am going for £21 this week. Hope you are all having a good weekend. I am still on track with my budgets so far this month (only one week in, three to go) hopefully I can keep it up

Beencounting

Hi all

Just been out to get a drink to go with my home made lunch and have spent £2.15 in total on two drinks (one for tomorrow) and some yellow sticker pancakes.

Leaves me with £9.85 so far.

Been

natsing

Afternoon All

Had a NSD yesterday after a BBQ at my parent's which was free and some food to take home too! Spent £3 today sponsorship for a friend at work, so should be able to stick to my budget fine this week.
Have a lovely week all

nowpanicking

Hi everyone,

Spent £1.49 on Thornton's choccies today when I went to the garage to get petrol... oops! Was meant to be an NSD... never mind. Still hoping to be green this week tho...

Have a great week everyone... x

Baileys_Babe

Hi everyone

Last week spent nothing and made £4 :j

This week could you put me down for £10.

Thanks

nowpanicking

Booo I'm doing so badly this week so far - and pay day isn't until tomorrow !!!! :mad:

So far I've spent: -

• £1.49 Thornton's chocs
• £9.05 at Morrison's on beer for OH and a few bits and bobs
• £0.55 today on a scone at canteen

AND still have £17 to pay out tomorrow on milk fund; lottery; christmas night out saving Definitely going to be a RED week. So annoyed at myself - this is what happens just before pay day every time - really good for 3 weeks then the last week it all goes to pot

kezlou

Hi all can i be put down for £20 again this week for shopping, etc

So far i have spent a whopping £1 so far so good.
Last week i made the £20 target so pleased with that.

Thanks for starting the challenge again x

meersy22

I'm in trouble already this week -

£4.80 on sunday papers and some fruit (bf's papers)
£4.25 lunch yesterday (met friend for lunch which I had forgotten about)

That leaves me 80p for rest of week....... I could do it but I doubt it. Oh well onwards and upwards.

Beencounting

Hi all

NSD for me today, and 25p spent yesterday on chocolate, so I'mdown to £9.60.

I'l need most of this for lunch on Friday, but hopefully should stay in the green

Been

natsing

£2.05 spent today at WW, on yummy cookie bars, but fantastic for 1.5 points!
Got a dress down on Friday and a charity lunch tomorrow, so should stay on track, just!