Weekly Spend Challenge W/C 6th February 2011

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. The challenge runs from Sunday to Friday so we don't include Saturdays but feel free to change the rules to suit you and include Saturdays or start on a different day.

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:

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 30th January Challengers / Pledges /Total Spent
Pointypenguin £60 / £55
natsing £10 / £17
karom £20 / £79.13
Casparthefriendlyghost £5 / £3.15
lillylass £45 / £43.96
janeawej £15
karmachilovething £30 / £43.17
meersy22 £35
chris81418 £50 / £36
hedgesparrow £20 / £12.30
Rock_cakes £30
Baileys Babe £10 / £0

link to last week's challenge

W/C 6th February Challengers / Pledges /Total Spent
Pointypenguin £55
karmachilovething £30
natsing £5
Baileys Babe £10
lillylass £10
karb £20
Casparthefriendlyghost £5
Thrifyscotslass £10
beanielou £10
karom £30
EllieF £15
chris81418 £65
Rock_cakes £30
smiles78 £15

pointypenguin

Afternoon fellow budgeteers

I was green last week with £5 to spare:j:j:j:j

Therefore I am reducing my budget this week to £55 hopefully that should be fairly easy as I have nothing planned but I have a bit of wiggle room if anything does come up.

I went out last night but stayed within sensible levels of drinking so I am feeling good today. I have go to do some shopping but this is all coming out of my bonus money from work.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend.:beer:

Karb

Hi everyone. Back in England this week so I'd like to rejoin the challenge, and set a target of £20 please.

Casperthefriendlyghost

Hi everyone

I am happy to report a spend of £3.15 only last week on a Starbucks Mocha! Am very pleased to have stayed in my budget. Worked out today that I've saved £64.60 so far on not smoking for 10 days so far! Jippee!!

Would like to set my challenge for this week as £5.00 again. Thanx so much!

Cheers
Casper
xx

thriftyscotslass

Hello Pointypenguin - I would love to join in with your challenge as my incidentals have been creeping up lately - ooohhhhh, sounds painful :rotfl:.

Please could I pledge £10.

Many thanks, Thriftyxxx

beanielou

Havent done this for ages but think will give it a go so £10 for me not to include DS's lunch money.

karom

Hi Pointy, I am going for £30 this week and must start again taking my lunch to work otherwise I'll never get to my NSD target. Have a great week

EllieF

Hi all, have never taken part in this before but would love to give it a go.

I'll be generous as it's my first attempt and aim for £15 bearing in mind I do buy lunch every day at work

chris81418

Hello everyone!

Welcome to the thread Ellie! I'm sure Pointy will officially welcome you soon, and will add you to the list shortly.

And welcome back Beanie!

Pointy - I've worked out my pledge for this week and would like to increase it slightly from last week's as I still haven't sorted out my mobile ... so ... I'll pledge £65 for this week please. Thank you as always for keeping the thread going! You're an :A

Have a good week everyone!

Rock_Cakes

Morning all

I'm going to pledge £30 again this week. Hopefully should be able to keep well below this, but those unforeseen spends always creep up on you! Have a good day and good luck to everyone for this week.

xx

Baileys_Babe

Casperthefriendlyghost wrote: »

Hi everyone

I am happy to report a spend of £3.15 only last week on a Starbucks Mocha! Am very pleased to have stayed in my budget. Worked out today that I've saved £64.60 so far on not smoking for 10 days so far! Jippee!!

Would like to set my challenge for this week as £5.00 again. Thanx so much!

Cheers
Casper
xx

Well done on the not smoking, are you saving the money for anything special?