Weekly Spend Challenge W/C 17th 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 10th April Challengers / Pledges /Total Spent
Pointypenguin £60 / £50
Rock_Cakes £20 / £3.40
natsing £10
ColleenPamela £10
twoboysmamma79 £2 / £1.75
BaileyBabe £10 / £0
bellkat £15 / £12.51
fuzzybear01 £150
chris81418 £55 / £95

link to last week's challenge

W/C 17th April Challengers / Pledges /Total Spent
Pointypenguin £80
twoboysmamma79 £4
bellkat £30
BaileyBabe £10
Rock_Cakes £30
chris81418 £30

pointypenguin

Morning budgeteers

I was green last week as I still have £10 left in my purse. Still more than a week left until payday and there is a bank holiday in between :eek:

I have gig tickets on Tuesday night and a friend coming to visit from tomorrow for about a week so will probably be spending a bit more than usual so going for £80 this week.

Hope you are all enjoying the sunshine and what is left of the weekend.

twoboysmamma79

Hi Pointy,

Please put me down for £4 this week.
I pledged £2 the last time and spent £1.75!!

Good luck everyone !!

bellkat

I'm going to pledge £30 this week please. It's quite high, but with easter there could be extra spending. I really hope to be well under target though!!

Kath

pointypenguin

Evening all

First post has been updated. Let me know any other results or pledges.

Spends so far are £2 on stuff to go with dinner.

Baileys_Babe

Last week was purple. Spent most of the week working in or on the house. OH was off for the week so we had a few day trips, we took packed lunch with us and most of the places visited were free and the one where we paid entry was a regular commitment so it was already budgeted for

This week can I be put down for £10

Rock_Cakes

Morning all,

Last week was green with £3.40. I will put myself down for £30 till Thursday, as I off on holiday on Friday and unable to update. Good luck everyone.
xx

chris81418

Good morning everyone! :wave:

Unfortunately, I was a big fat red last week with a spend of £95 out of my pledged £55 ... I forgot about a birthday which involved going out for dinner! :doh:

I need to make up for it this week, so I'm going to pledge £30 this week please Pointy - thank you!

Have a good week everyone, and enjoy the sunshine!

pointypenguin

Morning all

I have been rubbish with a captial R this week as I have not kept up with the thread at all. I am also red this week:o I went to see Paul Rogers in concert on Tuesday night so went out for dinner then got persuaded to go out for dinner and drinks last night to start the bank holiday with a bang. Oh well could have been much worse.

I am working on Monday so will be back on the wagon from Sunday especially considering payday is Tuesday but money went in today :j:j

Enjoy your weekend, I hope you get some sunshine, mine appears to be missing

bellkat

Hi Pointy and everyone else. It's green for me this week. Spent £20.59, so £9.41 under budget. At least it sounds like you had a good time Pointy, so the spend was worth it.

I'll be back tomorrow with next weeks pledge.

Kathx

Baileys_Babe

We have had a good week, mainly spent enjoying the weather, sometimes just playing and other times gardening, quite hard work when a 2 year old is helping, but as she gets older she will be less of a hindrance. This week I was purple I had considered buying us ice creams for a treat but Grandpa treated us when we went to visit.

Next week can I be pledge £10