Weekly Spend Challenge W/C 24th October 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 17th Oct Challengers / Pledges /Total Spent
Pointypenguin £20
karmachilovething £30 / £67.50
mandz1 £30 / £34.99
SazM030306 £20 / £22.50
chris18418 £70 / £69.46
Accountant_Kerrie £30
meersy22 £40
psychopathbabble £10
hedgesparrow £13.31 / £2.50
Andy7436 £50
littlepinkstars44 £10 / £0
*emc* £20 / £16.95
clairewop £30
chuggingtongirl £20 / £43.31
vintagegirl £20
Baileys Babe £15 / £53

link to last week's challenge

W/C 24th Oct Challengers / Pledges /Total Spent
Pointypenguin £50
mandz1 £30
Baileys Babe £60
SazM030306 £20
littlepinkstars44 £10
chuggingtongirl £30
Nicki237 £100
psychopathbabble £10
chris18418 £100
karmachilovething £40
hedgesparrow £35.81
*emc* £20

pointypenguin

Evening

I was green last week. Having a good weekend not spent much and been to the gym today and going walking tomorrow.

I'm going for £50 this week only thing planned is a work quiz night.

Baileys_Babe

Doh, RED again. Thursday was a bad day (money wise) took my children, nephews & sister swimming, out for lunch and then we popped into a charity shop where I spent a small fortune. Total £53

I have no idea what we will be doing this week, it is OH's birthday, so think I will pledge £60

SazM030306

Red for me with £22.50 / £20

£20 again please xxx

littlepinkstars44

I ended up being purple last week, £0 spent! Very happy with myself, mainly because i didn't have any time to spend last week!
Going for £10 again this week please!

chris81418

Good morning everyone!

I was green (just!) last week with a spend of £69.46 - yay me!

Unfortunately, I'm having a few much needed catch ups with friends over the next few days, so I'll go without my MSE fix for a lil while, but looking forward to seeing my friends ... every cloud ...;)

So, bearing that in mind, I'll pledge £100 for next week - thank you Pointy!

Have a good week everyone, and good luck!

chuggingtongirl

Hi
I was £43.31...which should have been £20! so Im deffinately red

But it was my first week back for a long time! so Im pledging £30 this week as got a few things planned as its half term

Nicki237

Hi all,
I just came across this thread and thought i'd give it a try to help me stay focused! I think i'm going to include travel to/from work (which is almost £10 per day in petrol!!!) so i'd like to try for £100 this week

psychopathbabble

ok £10 again.... payday friday and I don't have anything planned this week, i've bought my alcohol for party, got my outfit and decorations, sorted my work shoes out, hopefully someone at work is giving me their bag I can use... only thing is a few soft drinks for party and a pumpkin or two.... but my flatmate owes me £21 still and it's payday before!

karmachilovething

OK so when I checked in on Tuesday. Wednesday was a NSD (phew!). Then Thursday I spent £16 on a lovely incredibly intimate gig, drinks and dinner (actually a bargain when you count all that).

Then Friday I paid for some dry cleaning which I'd forgotten about, £29, and found a set of four habitat mugs for £2 in a charity shop.

So very RED this week, total £67.50. Ouch

Next week, being the last week till pay day (which will be Thursday) I will pledge £20.

hedgesparrow

I was green for once! Just the £2.50 last week

This week can I go for £35.81 (I have added the remainder or last weeks on) - I need to start buying Christmas presents. I have finished knitting one which made me happy.