Weekly Spend Challenge W/C 3rd April 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 27th March Challengers / Pledges /Total Spent
Pointypenguin £30 / £30
prophecy_grrl £20 / £41.56
Rising from the ashes £10
karmachilovething £20 / £51.40
Rock_Cakes £30 / £21.33
fuzzybear01 £140 / £143.06
serendipity1985 £1.28 / £0
ColleenPamela £20 / £20
chris81418 £60 / £66.81
BaileyBabe £10 / £2.10
GroinSexyPavement £200

link to last week's challenge

W/C 3rd April Challengers / Pledges /Total Spent
Pointypenguin £60
natsing £10
prophecy_grrl £45
karmachilovething £35
Rock_Cakes £30
chirs81418 £75
bellkat £25
BaileyBabe £10
fuzzybear01 £60
ColleenPamela £10

pointypenguin

Evening all

I am back from holiday (booooooooooo) and I returned to rain even though it has brightened up now.

I am going for £60 this week, I've got a couple of work events but they should be free so this should be easy enough.

Hope you are all having a good week. Let me know if I have missed anything in the first post.

Baileys_Babe

Hi Pointy, welcome back :wave:

Hope everybody has a green or purple week

So far 2 NSD's

Rock_Cakes

Welcome back pointy

I hope you had a great time away, coming back is always bad. A couple of spends for me, so I'm on £5.26 so far, hoping for a couple of NSDs this week.

Have a great week.
xx

GroinSexyPavement

I've already spent nearly a third of my April budget, oops! No more spends this week!!

bellkat

I've spent £11.67 today, so nearly half of this weeks budget. Should be on track to stay within budget, as long as I don't buy a magazine!!

Kath

Rock_Cakes

Have had a couple of NSDs this week. I really want to try and make the rest of the week without spending. Fingers crossed!

How is everyone else getting on?

xx

bellkat

Well done Rock Cakes, sounds like your doing really well.

I'm afraid it's a red week for me. Today I spent £9.45 making my total spend £27.42, so that's £2.42 over budget. It's not a lot but I'm sure I could have stayed within my budget with a bit more careful planning. So here's to a better week next week,

Kathx

fuzzybear01

Is anyone else doing the challenge over the whole week? I decided to include Saturdays because I work different days each week so it's not as if I always have a 'proper weekend'. I know I'm already over budget this week!

Rock_Cakes

Thats me finished on £5.26 for me this week. I am going to go for £20 next week please.

I hope everyone has been enjoying the sunshine?

Have a great weekend.
xx

pointypenguin

Morning all

Sorry have been AWOL the last few days as at work we have had visitors from America that have meant lots of nights out (all paid for though ).

Anyway I still have £5 in my purse so total of £55 / £60 which makes me green.

Enjoy your weekend and the sunshine everyone.:beer: