Weekly Spend Challenge W/C 6th September 2010

pointypenguin

hedgesparrow wrote: »

Newbie here. I would like to have a chance to track my personal spending and have a challenge. I allow myself £100 per month but this sometimes doesn't make it so I need some motivation. It is supposed to cover gifts, entertainment, mad money, clothes and toiletries. Petrol, bills and food come out of a different pot and I never seem to have as much trouble sticking to that.

I have a silly question - if it runs from Sunday to Friday - what happens about Saturday?

Could I join in and be put down for £21 for the week please

Welcome I have added you to the list. Usually we have Saturdays off but if you are very good you can do the whole week. We are very flexible you choose what works best for you.

Spends for me today was only £2.60 on a coffee aferwork. Everything else came out of the grocery budget.

hedgesparrow

Thank you pointypenguin for the answer. I am not sure I can be trusted with a loophole so I am going to try for the whole week Saturday as well.

Today I spent £19 of my £21. Not very much left is there?!!

£5 was for sponsoring a work colleague for a good cause and £14 for sponsoring my husband for running a half marathon. We luckily are not socialising this weekend - so hopefully I can still stay on target.

SazM030306

Today I spent a few quid on coffees and a toasted currant teacake!! I have £14.15 left. So £5.85 spent.

Welcome to new people xxx

psychopathbabble

Spends this week are £1.45 on a drink on the train back from liverpool, 3.98 on shampoo and conditioner (massive bottles of what seem to be cheap version of tresemme, half price) and 3.48 on foot stuff. 99p remaining. Can I do it?!

Baileys_Babe

hedgesparrow wrote: »

Thank you pointypenguin for the answer. I am not sure I can be trusted with a loophole so I am going to try for the whole week Saturday as well.

I also include Saturday in my challenge.

So far I have spent nothing this week as yesterdays planned spends didn't happen as the event was canceled

hedgesparrow

I spent a grand total of 50p today! It was a top up payment for my knitting group. Tommorrow should be no spend as I am working late late.

Psychopathbabble - We have about the same left - we can make it last!!

psychopathbabble

hedgesparrow wrote: »

I spent a grand total of 50p today! It was a top up payment for my knitting group. Tommorrow should be no spend as I am working late late.

Psychopathbabble - We have about the same left - we can make it last!!

I have overspent... I went to Slimming World and bought a magazine and some chocolate things they sell. Just realised not only have i gone over budget, I've broken my 8month streak of not buying magazines!

pointypenguin

Evening all,

Update for the week so far were coffees on Tuesday and Wednesday £6 and £1.50 on breakfast at work on Wednesday. Then £3 on lunch today. Total so far £13.10.

hedgesparrow

psychopathbabble wrote: »

I have overspent... I went to Slimming World and bought a magazine and some chocolate things they sell. Just realised not only have i gone over budget, I've broken my 8month streak of not buying magazines!

ah but your target was less. So you have probably still spent less than me if it makes you feel better. 8 months without magazines is amazing!

psychopathbabble

hedgesparrow wrote: »

ah but your target was less. So you have probably still spent less than me if it makes you feel better. 8 months without magazines is amazing!

Very true but I've messed up my strict budget for the rest of the month so I've had to adjust. No more unplanned spending!

Luckily I get lots left at work so I can still get my 'fix'