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Weekly Spend Challenge W/C 15th May 2011
pointypenguin
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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 8th May Challengers / Pledges /Total Spent
Pointypenguin £44 / £44
meersy22 £40 / £2.85
angelic71 £20
bellkat £35 / £56.20
fuzzybear01 £10
moneytree1 £45 / £34.21
link to last week's challenge
W/C 15th May Challengers / Pledges /Total Spent
Pointypenguin £30
meersy22 £35
moneytree1 £50
elsiepac £20
rdchick £0
ROSIEGLOW255 £20
copperboom £10
bellkat £10
chris81418 £0
Baileys Babe £0
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 8th May Challengers / Pledges /Total Spent
Pointypenguin £44 / £44
meersy22 £40 / £2.85
angelic71 £20
bellkat £35 / £56.20
fuzzybear01 £10
moneytree1 £45 / £34.21
link to last week's challenge
W/C 15th May Challengers / Pledges /Total Spent
Pointypenguin £30
meersy22 £35
moneytree1 £50
elsiepac £20
rdchick £0
ROSIEGLOW255 £20
copperboom £10
bellkat £10
chris81418 £0
Baileys Babe £0
Weekly Spend Challenge: £0/£30
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Evening budgeteers
I was green last week by the skin of my teeth. I am going for £30 this week until Friday afternoon as I am off on holiday for a week.
Let me know any results and pledges and I will update.
Enjoy what is left of the weekend.Weekly Spend Challenge: £0/£30
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Ooh can I join?! I don't want to spend a penny this week.. Plan to make some though with eBay listings ending this week!
So a big fat 0 for me please!Life is too short not to love what you do.0 -
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Ooh can I join?! I don't want to spend a penny this week.. Plan to make some though with eBay listings ending this week!
So a big fat 0 for me please!
Wow, and I though I was being quite good!!! Good luck!
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Mainly because I have nout to spend! Haha! Plus it's gotta be done!Life is too short not to love what you do.0
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Hi
Can I join please? Plan to spend £20 this week.
Rosie[0 -
Ooh I think I'd like to commit in writing to no more than £10 this week might spur me on a little bit if you're all checking up on me! 0
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Hi everyone, I was well over my budget of £35 last week. I spent £56.20 so it's red for me!!!
I'm going to pledge £10 this week and hope to stay well under that
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I was thinking of joining in on this challenge for the first time, then I realised I have to take my car for a full service and MOT on tuesday so my weekly total will be scary :doh:
Better to start next week maybe!Common sense?...There's nothing common about sense!0 -
Evening all
I have updated the first post let me know if I have missed anything. Welcome to the newbies let us know how your first week goes.Weekly Spend Challenge: £0/£30
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