How much have you spent today and new Sunday to Friday challenge!

Mrs(no)money

Hi everybody! :wave:

Its been a no-spend day for me today:T

This week is half term so theres bound to be some unexpected expense, but im going to try my hardest to stick to £20, that covers my bus ticket costing £14. I am beginning to realise since posting on this thread that I actually resent spending money on that as it seems to take a large chunk of my £20 - do you think theres a danger i could end up being a complete tightwad?!:eek:

anyway, good luck to everyone, i see theres some new recruits this week, the more the merrier eh?:D

postingalwaysposting

moozie wrote:

Hiya PAP, good to have you back sweetie! Sounds like you had a ball which is what holidays are all about! I am glad you didn't count every penny like you normally do, letting your hair down every now and then is very advisable
I did see your update on Tuesday but afterwards. I was just glad you checked in :T
Back on track from tomorrow eh

hiya hunny, yeah and being my first holiday in years i glad i did and i dont regreat it i thought i better say hi yeah back on track... i am going to say £5 for the week i cant think of anything i need (other than stuff budgeted for) so £5 it is thats £2 more than usuall :rolleyes: nevermind though...


have a lovely week all you dfw

livinginhope

Hi all,it's been a no spend day here :j ,spent all day cleaning the house ready for the neglect of the half term.
My budget for the week is £30 for taking the kids to the cinema,bowling and maybe the fair,I will limit the food to £25 for shopping on Friday.
Now the car is fixed and MOTd I think if I have enough I will fill it with petrol on Tuesday £70 :eek: but that will last the whole month,maybe half of next month aswell
Will check in each day and post my spending!

Froglette

Turned out to be £3.89 rather than a NSD, needed teabags and fabric conditioner, so OH went to shops with £5 and he came back with some biccies too, so £3.89 altogether today.

Will have to think of a way to encourage OH not to spend on things like this (although biccies were very nice!), any ideas?

babes21

Could i join in too please?

Payday is next tuesday so for this week i'm aiming to spend no more than £40.

moozie_2

Mrs(no)money, a tightwad? :rotfl: Oh why not, we have gone one way, time for another!

PAP, great to have you back on track! Got to boost those savings - you are my post DFW self

Froglette, your OH could have been a lot worse and come back with two packets of penguins and caramel waffles - just like mine did just now! I told mine off and sent him to the naughty corner for trying to sabotage my diet nevermind my financial management :rotfl: He ate 2 penguins (sorry PAP) to make himself feel better he said. I am resisting though!!! :A

babes 21 and every other new recruit (thank you Mrs(no)money, feel like the army now :rotfl: ), welcome and hope you post frequently!

lynsayjane

i left the house :eek:

just after posting i poured a bowl of cereal only to be hit by the reek of off milk, the date on it said the 26th :mad: and by afternoon i had a sore head (i blame lack of tea!) so i took a wee trip to sainsburys.

got two packs of chicken breasts buy two save £5, three packs of cheese sauce (3 fr £1), 2 pt of milk (4pts were finished so i'll need to buy more soon!), tin of tomatoes and a bag of potato wedges oh and paracetamol, came to £10 exactly but i had a reward to use up so £7.50. and i've managed to make my meal plan around those ingredients( plus stuff in the house) all i need to buy now is mince from asda and i'm sorted :j

postingalwaysposting

moozie wrote:

PAP, great to have you back on track! Got to boost those savings - you are my post DFW self

aww :A i am hun... hopefully after the pay rise i should be able to save £600 a month :j

Froglette

moozie wrote:

Froglette, your OH could have been a lot worse and come back with two packets of penguins and caramel waffles - just like mine did just now! I told mine off and sent him to the naughty corner for trying to sabotage my diet nevermind my financial management :rotfl: He ate 2 penguins (sorry PAP) to make himself feel better he said. I am resisting though!!! :A

Glad its not just me trying to tackle debt and waist line at the same time;) - might try the naughty corner for my OH too (I seem to remember that this punishment works best if delivered at one minute for every year of the subjects life - half an hour seems like a long time though:rotfl: )

Worst thing is - I actually ate 5 of the biscuits; guess that means I can't really take the moral high ground. I'll have to take a leaf out of your book next time Moozie - well done for resisting the Penguins:T

Miss_Penny_Pincher_2

moozie wrote:

Hello sweetie, long time no see!!! I do think you have a good reason for not joining the challenge. I hope to be joining you soon and vice versa once you are settled

Thanks Moozie - I hope you don't mind me saying but I think you are a great host and enjoy reading your threads. I will try to honeymoon the MSE way and will update more frequently