What Have You Spent Today 28/1/07 & New Weekly Budget Challenge

Yorkielass

We're still working on our budgets - looking at spending etc. so not quite ready to set a target yet, however I have £5.90 in my purse and determined not to get any cash out this week. Last week spend c.£10 and £7 of that was dinner in ikea so I think I did pretty well for me.

Onto today:

Going to out of town shopping centre later with the view to:

"spend" boots vouchers I have - however I have £4 on a gift card I got for a complaint about miss labelling and rude staff last year (spent the other £6 ages ago) so hopefully won't spend any cash and will be able to get another bit of plastic out my purse.

Avoiding the other shops as I don't need anything (I keep trying to tell myself that and hope it'll sink in - with tesco clothing vouchers to spend later in week that might help )

Pop to sainsburys to top up on a few things tescos don't sell and a few things on offer and to get petrol.

Might go in the range for some craft bits too as I need a few things for my card making but will see how the times going/ how good I've been elsewhere

angelite_2

Hi everyone, was well within budget this week. Budget was £30 and spent £19.20. I'll stick to £30 again, just to be on the safe side.

flowerofscotland

Last week I only spent £12.04 so under budget again :j

I have £25.76 in my purse and would normally set that as my budget but I want to reserve £20 for a "big shop" next weekend so my challenge target is £5.76.

Will need to have lots of NSDs like today.

LookingAhead

prophecy_grrl wrote:

Do you guys keep a full record of what you spend on as well as how much you're spending? All hints gratefully received

Yes a lot of us keep a spending diary, whether than be a spreadsheet on our pc's, a notebook or a sheet of paper every week in the handbag. But we write down everything that we buy, be it a newspaper, packet of chewing gum or a new pair of shoes! Then you can look back and really see where your money is going week on week.

8 out of 10 Debt Free Wannabe-ers prefer it.

clarab_3

i had a TERRIBLE week last week and am thoroughly disgusted with myself. Much of it was beyond my control but i ended £50 over budget.

So - next week - £10 and thats my lot. by necessity almost!!

LookingAhead

clarab wrote:

i had a TERRIBLE week last week and am thoroughly disgusted with myself. Much of it was beyond my control but i ended £50 over budget.

So - next week - £10 and thats my lot. by necessity almost!!

What was your original budget clarab?

lynsayjane

lynsayjane wrote:

well just added up last weeks spends, in total £202.69, but that includes £131.50 for tv license. so really it was £71.19 which is atrocious!

next week i'm setting a budget of £20, since i bought food yesterday i shouldnt need to spend all of this. however the nsd i promised to have today will have to wait as i realised i forgot to pick up lasagne sheets doh! so i'm taking a quick nip into town, gonna pick up a few bits i'm also needing today so i can have more nsd's this week.

good thing i don't need to buy food! done the boots tarting thing today and am very very happy with what i've come away with!

spent £1.25 in john lewis on a thred to fix the buttons on my jacket.

in boots i did two transactions,
no7 shimmer aftersun £8.50
no7 firming fake tan lotion thingy £8.50
no7 trio eyeshadow £8.50
botanics body waffle £1.50
botanics stretch mark corrector £4.99

got second suncare item free for bogof and got eye shadow free for 342, got botanics cream for free on offer, used £5 no7 voucher, 100 botanics points. total spend £5 and got 120 points

no7 sun lotion £12
no7 shimmering sun lotion £11.50
no7 age renew foundation £13.50
no7 gift box thing free with foundation
botanics waffle £1.50
botanics stretch mark corrector £4.99

again got second suncare item for free on bogof, got first suncare item for free for 342, got box set thingy free for coundation, got botanics cream free on offer, used 200 no7 points voucher, 100 botanics points voucher, 75 spend £10 points voucher and £5 no7 voucher.
total spend £10.50 and 419 points
in total your looking at £60 worth of savings plus nearly £6 worth of points!

was gonna try the 6 4 1 thing but there wasn't 6 suncare things i need, to be honest i don't strictly 'need' the items i did buy, but if i do get away in october then they'll be handy.

went into somerfields to get the lasagne sheets and they were £1 odds so i took a walk by morrisons and got them for 49p and tomato puree for 22p.

total spend today, £17.46, leaving me £2.54 of my budget....erm is it too late to up that? :rotfl:

LookingAhead

If you do it now lj...I'll look away

Tinkerbell21_2

Hello all,

My budget last week was £25.00p and I spent £16.53p so am pleased with that. I am going to stick with £25.00 for my spending budget next week. Today I spent £3.21p on a few bits from tesco.

Tinkerbell X

The_Boss

Spent today : nothing.

My budget up until next sunday is £70. Of that, £25 will be spent getting to/from work. £35 budget for going out for a friends birthday. That leaves a tenner for lunch and drinks. I expect to be under this since I am eating Crunchy Nut Cornflakes for lunch, and I bought two 750g boxes last week and have only had two bowls since. They will last me all this week and next hopefully.