Weekly Spend Challenge W/C 25th 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 18th July Challengers / Pledges /Total Spent
Pointypenguin £50
natsing £5 / £3.65
theticketinspector £30 / £26.25
SazM030306 £20 / £23.55
chris81418 £60
Beencounting £12 / £10.52
London Welshcake £15 / £8.30
EC12345 £3 / £0
Baileys Babe £10 / £7.70
meersy22 £15
ruby_eskimo £20 / £18.65

link to last week's challenge

W/C 25th July Challengers / Pledges /Total Spent
Pointypenguin £25
natsing £15
Beencounting £12
SazM030306 £20
London Welshcake £10
EC12345 £20
theticketinspector £50
Baileys Babe £100
ruby_eskimo £20

Beencounting

Hi Pointy

Thanks for starting the thread!

Just a small spend today - 70p on a can of coke, leaving me with £11.30 so far.

Been

pointypenguin

Evening all

I am sure I went over last week as my birthday lunch was a bit more than I thought.

I am going for £25 this week. I have already spent £2 on the bonusball at work.

I am back on the dieting and moneysaving wagon. So far so good.

psychopathbabble

I've been slacking severely recently, as I've been buying bits and pieces for flat (just spent £40 on a blind as my window is 8ft wide!!!!! but need a blackout one as the sun streams in early hours) but I'll be back on it after payday on Friday, I promise!

Baileys_Babe

Last week was green, I had 5 NSD


Spent £7.70

• £1.50 library fines
• £4.20 taking the children swimming
• £2.00 parking

This week OH is off :j we have a few plans but I'm sure we will treat ourselves a bit, can I pledge £100 for next week.
So far 2 NSDs

SazM030306

Spent £8.78 this morning at the play gym and Greggs on pasties for lunch.

theticketinspector

Started spending already. Its expensive trying to entertain an 8 year old - glad me and the OH won't have children - the last few days have shown how difficult it would be. Only have £20 remaining!

nowpanicking

Morning,

That's me back now after a couple of weeks off work - thought it would be too hard to stick to while on holiday

I'm going to go for £5 this week as I get paid a week on Thursday, so skint!!! NSD yesterday so that's a good start though .

natsing

Morning All

Spent £10 on my lottery yesterday, but nothing else, have £5 in my purse and its going to last me til Sunday if it kills me! I know I've got a dress down on Friday so thats £1 gone but other than that no spending plans.

pointypenguin

Evening all

Only spends today were on food shopping which comes out of the grocery budget so nothing to report for this challenge.

I hope the rest of you are getting on well.

ruby_eskimo

I'll pledge £20 again please! Had a green week last week with £18.65 spend so hope to stay the same this week!