Weekly Spend Challenge W/C 15th August 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 8th Aug Challengers / Pledges /Total Spent
Pointypenguin £54.50
natsing £5
Ninno820 £20
meersy £25 / £27.17
Beencounting £10 / £13.55
SazM030306 £20 / £0
Baileys Babe £30 / £6.50
bigbeff £20
spikeypikey £30
Jacey53 £20 / £11.15
IcklePickle £20
kate_pixie £20 / £35.16
ruby_eskimo £20 / £9.50

link to last week's challenge

W/C 15th Aug Challengers / Pledges /Total Spent
Pointypenguin £31
Jacey53 £20
ruby_eskimo £10
SazM030306 £20
meersy £25
mongmoney £20
Beencounting £10
kate_pixie £14.20
bomechina £25
Dame Washalot £35
Baileys Babe £10
hollyjohnson £30
pinkarsenalprincess £40

pointypenguin

Afternoon

I was red (very red) after my festival visits this week but I had a brilliant time so don't regret a thing. I am pledging £31 for this week until Thursday as I am off on holiday on Friday for two weeks. I should have internet access there (if OH sorts out the netbook) so I will keep the thread going.

Have a good week.

bomechina

:hello: Can I join in please
I'm pretty new at this so can I pledge £25 for this week.

Dame_Washalot

I would like to sign up for this challenge please.
It is my first time so I am going to go easy on myself to start of wih and aim for half of last weeks spending - so £35 for this week which also includes odds and sods of groceries that I have to pick up in the course of the week (just remembered I meant to get some milk today)
So far since yesterday morning I have spent £4.54

pointypenguin

Welcome Bomechina and Dame Washalot I have added you to the list, let us know how you get on over the week.

Baileys_Babe

Evening everyone last week I spent £6.50. We had a wonderful time visiting our friends doing lots of free things :money:

This week we have lots of plans not sure how much we will do as ds is unwell with a feverish can you put me down for £10 this week, thanks.

So far I've spent £1.70/£10

meersy22

Morning all

Spends for yesterday - 75p milk & 99p spuds = £1.74 total

Hopefully today should be an NSD

hollyjohnson

mine is going to be £30 until Friday, will need fuel at maybe a loaf of bread but that will be it, woop

Beencounting

Hi

Have spent £2 today on drinks and I bought a sandwich yesterday that was £1.68, so that leaves me with £6.32 till the end of the week.

Been

pinkarsenalprincess

Can I join in please? Relatively new to forums and am finding them a welcome distraction to the financial mess I have got myself in.

Put me down for £40 please. This is my current weekly 'personal' budget and hoping to realise that I can actually budget for less than this each week. :T

pointypenguin

Evening all

Welcome to hollyjohnston and pinkarsensalprincess.

I spent £11 today, £3 on bonusball for work and £8 on toiletries and other stuff from the £1 shop.