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Weekly Spend Challenge W/C 26th September 2010
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Update as promised above
Sunday - nil spend
Monday -here we go....
6.12 Holland and Barrett, lunch bits and magazine
4.00 DVD
6.42 Co-Op, lunch bits
13.70 Sainsbury's, food bits and cleaning products
29.30 Body Shop, toiletries and new discount card (the other one had run out by 4 days)
4.95 Slimming club
1.00 ruffle at above
2.00 coffee (silly, had too much time to kill....)
1.60 parking
69.09 total
30.91 left for the week then. Lunch is already in the fridge for tomorrow and breakie and dinner will be at home. Friend is buying cinema tickets and hopefully she won't want pop corn
Here's to a great day tomorrow all :jLeason learnt :beer:0 -
I did very well yesterday, just 2.60 on some lentils and 0.50 on parking, which I guess counts at groceries, so perhaps not countable at all.
Today I bought flowers for a sick friend I am seeing later but they fall into the gifts category so perhaps not countable.
Mmmm, need to decide what spending is in this challenge or not.
Have a nice dayTrying to keep in budget.
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I went to my Mark Ronson gig and it was Amazing. Thanks guys so much for helping me to decide to go. And I spent £3.20 while I was there (on one soft drink!) But well worth it to see a very good show. And I spent £2.65 yesterday posting a parcel to Australia.
Gien -It is tricky isn't it! I class my personal spending as anything I normally struggle to budget on! So I don't include petrol cause I always come under budget for that but I do include entertainment, gifts, clothes and toiletries and anything else not included elsewhere in the budget. But you can include whatever you want.Grocery Challenge £114.22/ £1100 -
27th sept
50p- drink
55p- choccy bar
£4.30- lunch for my friend and I (i owed her from last week luckily work canteen is v cheap)
total £5.35
28th sept
50p- drink
65p- paper
£2.50- cat food
got my own lunch today and won't b spending anymore today
total £3.65
Grand total of £9 so far this week and my target is £15 :-)Freebies received:
£5 M&S Voucher, Dog Lead, Jordans cereal
2 x Grolsch Glasses, Beatles DVD, Nivea lip gloss
Twinnings tea bags, Nivea samples
Whoooooo Body Form!! Always
Purina one cat food, Kool patch0 -
Hi ya, i think i would like to join.. i was doing really well till i went mad buying things for my DD... i need to keep on track again...
i will allow myself only 2.60 each day,( monday till wednesday, thursday my mil pick her up and friday a friend of mine) which is the return bus to take dd to school.
i will give myself £ 10 a week for all my necesities and desires.
i do have £40 a week for food which i should spend wisely, lately as i have no budget i end up in the supermarket more than i should or need.
Weekly food planing for me.
£2.60 monday, tuesday and wednesday to take dd to school
£40 weekly shopping all bits included ( nappies, milk.. etcs... dd is 3 only wears nappy at night).
£10 a week for ME.Mejor morir de pie que vivir toda una vida de rodillas.0 -
Hedgesparrow, that's a good idea. I struggle with little bits of food here and there, need to menu plan better, and also vending machine purchases and 'reduced' stuff. it's cheaper but if I don't really need it, is it a bargain???Trying to keep in budget.
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Hi pointy,
I was red again last week but I'm still going to try for £30 again this week
Sorry I'm late to the challenge this week, I'm having some bother with my internet
Good luck everyone, xx0 -
nsd today. really need to go shopping to get back on track with sw but cba. have just seen my payslip and going to try really hard to get below 9k this month on debt so hopefully this will inspire me to NOT SPEND MONEY!!!!Became Mrs Scotland 16.01.16
Became homeowners 26.02.16
Baby girl arrived 27.10.16
Baby boy arrived 16.09.2018
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Oh dear I'm almost at red already:o
26 Sept - £3.50 (paper, car freshener & milk)
27 Sept - £9.77 (Tesco - work trousers, socks, paper)
28 Sept - £2.79 (cold medicine, paper & potato bread) & £15.50 (lunch with work colleagues).
Total 31.56/30.
I still have Pilates tmw night £4 and nephews to swimming £6.20 on thurs. Will try and reign in my spending the rest of the week:jDEBT FREE 27 July 2011:j
Challenge - Sealed pot #19 - £16; Debts - Credit card - £978.36
Savings - CU- £808; Xmas - £210, ISA - £160; Holiday fund 2012) - £xx; Car - £50; General:£50 Total- £12780 -
:wave: Hello
Im new to this challenge, I hope you can add me to the list:
Can you put me down for £30 please for the week.
Im looking forward to this......0
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