Weekly Spend Challenge W/C 18th 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 11th July Challengers / Pledges /Total Spent
Pointypenguin £40
SazM030306 £20 / £18.40
Beencounting £12
natsing £30 / £18
chris81418 £80 / £100.10
meersy22 £15 / £12.78
psychopathbabble £10
theticketinspector £15 / £56
chickywiggle £30
Baileys Babe £10 / £0

link to last week's challenge


W/C 11th July Challengers / Pledges /Total Spent
Pointypenguin £50
natsing £5
theticketinspector £30
SazM030306 £20
chris81418 £60
Beencounting £12
London Welshcake £15
EC12345 £3
Baileys Babe £10
meersy22 £15
ruby_eskimo £20

pointypenguin

Sorry I am a bit late starting the thread this week. I was red for last week. I seem to be lacking in motivation for both moneysaving and weightloss at the moment so I need to get myself in gear. It is my birthday this week so it is not going to be easy so I am taking it slowly this week and will start with avengence next week. So I am going for £50 to cover things.

Hope you are all having a good week sadly it is raining here.

ruby_eskimo

I know what you mean about lacking motivation! I go through spurts of being really excited and eager about everything and then gradually drop off. In case you can't tell I'm in a excited stage at the moment!

pointypenguin

ruby_eskimo wrote: »

I know what you mean about lacking motivation! I go through spurts of being really excited and eager about everything and then gradually drop off. In case you can't tell I'm in a excited stage at the moment!

I just want to get back to that stage. If only you could buy bottles of motivation!

theticketinspector

pointypenguin wrote: »

If only you could buy bottles of motivation!

Yes, that would be useful, but then you'd have to budget to buy the bottles and that would kind of defeat the object!

natsing

Hi All

Hope you have a great birthday Pointy, wish mine was in the summer, its really annoying celebrating two weeks after Christmas!! Enjoy the week then start a fresh with the weight loss and money, it helps to not dwell on it and just start again (now if only I could practice what I preach)
Anyway 2 NSDs for me yesterday and today, so looking good to keep on track.

London_Welshcake

Thanks for starting this weeks thread pointy - and happy birthday for later this week :beer:

Worked from home today so a NSD for me.

Good luck all

SazM030306

Happy Birthday for soon Pointy! You'll be back into it before you know it.

I spent £10 on sports bras in Tesco yesterday, and started my Davina post natal workout So budgeting and weightloss going good at the moment!

xxx

theticketinspector

Happy Birthday Pointy :beer:
I'm gutted - today would have been my third no spend day in a row (and thats a mega acheivement for me!) but I left my packed lunch in the depot and had to buy a burger for lunch, so £2 down!

SazM030306

£1.55 on a diet coke (grrr) today in the pub at lunchtime and 60p for two mini-milks from the ice cream van this aft for the kids. So that's ..um ...£2.15 ...£12.15 total so far

Saz xxx

natsing

Another NSD for me today- yay