Weekly Spend Challenge W/C 27th March 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 20th March Challengers / Pledges /Total Spent
Pointypenguin £60 / £36
karb £20
Rock_cakes £30
jessy £25
MiaowMioaw £60
fuzzybear01 £20 / £112.53
karmachilovething £30 / £52.22
cocoribbon £80
ColleenPamela £20
DragonflyCandy £70
mildredalien £30
natsing £8
CurlyLocks £20
chris81418 £50 / £45.57
ElmerFudd £40
Rising from the ashes £10 / £22.89
BaileyBabe £10 / £0

link to last week's challenge

W/C 27th March Challengers / Pledges /Total Spent
Pointypenguin £30
prophecy_grrl £20
Rising from the ashes £10
karmachilovething £20
Rock_Cakes £30
fuzzybear01 £140
serendipity1985 £1.28
ColleenPamela £0
chirs81418 £60
BaileyBabe £10
GroinSexyPavement £200

pointypenguin

Evening all

I was green last week and I am going for £30 for Sunday to Wednesday as I am on holiday from Thursday until the following Monday and I can't wait.:j:j:j

Therefore I am going to be a bit late setting up the thread next week so I suggest carrying on this one and I will set it up on Monday unless there is a volunteer to set up next week's thread.

Not much planned this week as need to save my pennies for holiday and work is going to be busy finishing everything off before I go.

chris81418

Good morning everyone! :wave:

Checking in to report that I was green last week with a spend of £45.57! Woo hoo!

I'll be back either later today, or more likely tomorrow morning, once I've worked out my budget for this week.

In the mean time:

karmachilovething - sorry to hear that you're having a tough time at work, I hope things improve for you soon!

Pointy - thanks as always for running the thread! Enjoy your mini-break, I'm more than happy for next week's thread to be delayed by a couple of days or so, until your much anticipated return! :money:

Have a good rest of the weekend everyone, and speak to you all later/tomorrow!

pointypenguin

Morning Chris

I have updated your result for last week.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Rock_Cakes

Morning all

I would like to pledge £30 again this week. Last week was green for me with a spend of £20.65.

Pointy I don't mind the thread being delayed but I could have a go at setting it up for next week. Let me know.

Have a great week everyone

xx

fuzzybear01

I was RED last week. Spent £112.53. Payday this week so budget of £140 please

GroinSexyPavement

Hello I'd like to take part in this challenge, but bend the rules a little bit if that's ok..

Basically I want to track all of my 'non-essential' spends each month (so everything except regular bills, groceries and commuting costs). It would really help me to have somewhere to check in a few times a week to keep me on the straight and narrow.

For April I wasn't going to set a budget, but just try to keep my spending as low as possible, and then set a lower budget for May.

Is it ok if I join you guys?

prophecy_grrl

Hi

Thanks for putting me name down, I would like to plegde £20 from 27 Mar to 2 April please, I'm not including bills, savings, groceries or petrol. I had a NSD yesterday and today :T so a good start. My 'known' spend for this week are going to be:
Exercise class x 2 - £7.00
Book of stamps - £? I haven't bought stamps in so long I don't even know how much they are
Train fare / day out with DS at weekend - £10ish I like to treat him on the weekend after payday

I don't manage to get on here everyday usually to update but have got my notebook at the ready to write down all spends. I have £13.77 in my purse.

Have a frugal week all!

serendipity1985

This week I would like to pledge £1.28

That's all that's in my purse and I refusing to get anything more!!

NSD yesterday and today (I have a feeling that I'm going to have quite a few this week!)

serendipity1985

GroinSexyPavement wrote: »

Hello I'd like to take part in this challenge, but bend the rules a little bit if that's ok..

Basically I want to track all of my 'non-essential' spends each month (so everything except regular bills, groceries and commuting costs). It would really help me to have somewhere to check in a few times a week to keep me on the straight and narrow.

For April I wasn't going to set a budget, but just try to keep my spending as low as possible, and then set a lower budget for May.

Is it ok if I join you guys?

That's pretty much the same terms that I am on as well so it will be good to have someone else just like me!!

GroinSexyPavement

serendipity1985 wrote: »

That's pretty much the same terms that I am on as well so it will be good to have someone else just like me!!

Fab! How's it been going for you so far? Any top tips?