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Weekly Spend Challenge W/C 27th Nov 2011

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  • saorsie
    saorsie Posts: 1,905 Forumite
    That's awesome LC ~ well done :T :T

    -s-
    Frugal living challenge 2012 live on £8500 ~ £7725.87 remaining
    Make £5/day in 2012 ~ £482.24/£1830 ~ 22.52%
    Proud Member of PAD since January 2010 ~ Total paid to date £11386.64
    Savings Pot for 2012 ~ £772.60/£3000 ~ 23.38%
    Lose 19lbs / Save £2k by 30/04/12 *5/19lbs* £158.72/£2000
  • laisbojar83
    laisbojar83 Posts: 234 Forumite
    elsiepac wrote: »

    Oh and I forgot to say...tomorrow my last payment goes out to paying off my DMP once and for all... £420.87. Have confirmed with the 3 remaining creditors, with CCCS and my bank, so come the end of December when CCCS pay them, I will be debt free! Woo hoo! :T

    LC

    Thats great LC! Really well done. What a fantastic way to start the new year I say. :beer::T
  • laisbojar83
    laisbojar83 Posts: 234 Forumite
    Morning everyone,

    I hope you all had a good wednesday.

    Mine was a complete disaster as you can see from my signature :mad:.

    Where to begin.. lol..

    Basically I spent £9.00 to see Santa in town and the kids wanted a photo as well, how could I say no? Santa!

    My husband needed £10.00 for his work xmas drinks (never mentioned anything to me until yesterday morning, typical man:rotfl:).

    Then the dreaded food shopping.. I had budgeted £60.00 but actually spent £ 75.00:eek:. Should have been £65.00 but we ended buying our xmas turkey. Trying to make me feel a bit better.

    To top it all off, we had takeaway yesterday.. another £20.00. It was the only one we had in the whole month and because it was payday I just thought we deserved it. I feel terrible now seeing on paper the amount of money spent.

    And I paid for £30.00 towards our gas and electric billl. That is a must for me as I dont want a massive bill later on.

    I think thats all :o, phew.

    Have a lovely day everyone.

    L x

    P.S.: dont forget to open the first box on your advent calendars ;)
  • freebyfifty
    freebyfifty Posts: 3,189 Forumite
    elsiepac wrote: »
    Oh and I forgot to say...tomorrow my last payment goes out to paying off my DMP once and for all... £420.87. Have confirmed with the 3 remaining creditors, with CCCS and my bank, so come the end of December when CCCS pay them, I will be debt free! Woo hoo! :T

    LC


    Well done LC, that's just fantastic :j
    Free by Fifty
    Debt of the Moment -
    August NSD Challenge 14/15
  • freebyfifty
    freebyfifty Posts: 3,189 Forumite
    Good Morning everyonw.

    So far my week looks like this.......

    Sunday - NSD :)
    Monday - £3.32 posting ebay parcels :(
    Tuesday - NSD :)
    Wednesday - NSD :)


    But I have to post ebay parcels today (again) :( If I didn't have to post parcels I'd be spending nothing but I suppose I'm speculating to accumulate (IYSWIM) :)

    Have a great day x
    Free by Fifty
    Debt of the Moment -
    August NSD Challenge 14/15
  • chris81418
    chris81418 Posts: 910 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    elsiepac wrote: »
    Oh and I forgot to say...tomorrow my last payment goes out to paying off my DMP once and for all... £420.87. Have confirmed with the 3 remaining creditors, with CCCS and my bank, so come the end of December when CCCS pay them, I will be debt free! Woo hoo! :T

    LC

    Congratulations LC! :T
    :money: Proud to [STRIKE]be dealing with[/STRIKE] have dealt with my debts! :money:
    DFW Nerd #1256, WSC £?/£? for w/c 03/03/2013, NSD ?/19 for 03/2013, Long Hauler #196

    highest debts: 01/06/2006 £69,023.92 _pale_
    debt free date: 31/12/2012 £0!:D
  • saorsie
    saorsie Posts: 1,905 Forumite
    Ooooooh spendy, spendy spend :o

    Sunday NSD

    Monday £1.10 on an emergency bag of chicken corn + 2 pairs of fleece lined tights from M &* using a 10% off code and qu*dco £17.10
    I reckon I'm on     £18.20/£40

    Tuesday Yummy fish and chips for OH and I for supper costing £7.50 tally now stands at £25.70/£40

    Wednesday £5.49 on bottle of wine to take to friend who was cooking supper ~ yummy :o Also spent £20 on some beautiful pre-loved curtains that I just knew he would love, fortunately he did so that is his christmas present sorted :)

    Thursday £30 on haircut and blow dried :eek: I know, I know, but I haven't had it cut for about 4 months and it was looking very tatty :o

    So thinking that puts me on £81.19 / £40 so that's a big fat red ~ better earn some more pennies quickly this week to off set that

    -s-
    Frugal living challenge 2012 live on £8500 ~ £7725.87 remaining
    Make £5/day in 2012 ~ £482.24/£1830 ~ 22.52%
    Proud Member of PAD since January 2010 ~ Total paid to date £11386.64
    Savings Pot for 2012 ~ £772.60/£3000 ~ 23.38%
    Lose 19lbs / Save £2k by 30/04/12 *5/19lbs* £158.72/£2000
  • Munchin
    Munchin Posts: 2,816 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Debt-free and Proud!
    Evening everyone

    Spends so far this week -

    Sun - £2.50 papers
    Mon - NSD
    Tues - NSD
    Wed- £4 = £2 on work lottery & £2 on Avon.
    Thurs - £3.07 bikkies, milk & paper + £3.49 on veg oil

    Total £13.06/£40

    I went to Mr Ts and bought wine and Xmas bits but this is out of the Xmas budget which has all but evaporated.:o
  • suzitiger
    suzitiger Posts: 947 Forumite
    Hello, just popping in to say I have just taken a peek at this thread and it sounds like a good 'un for me so i have subscribed and I will be joining you. :j I love MSE, look forward to chatting to you all :)
    Don't turn a slip up into a give up:D
    *NSD Challenge Nov 0/10* *£10 a day challenge Nov £0/£300*
    No buying unnecessary toiletries challenge-in it for the long haul     :D
  • Frogletina
    Frogletina Posts: 3,914 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Sunday - £1.19 bread rolls 2.50 J2o

    Monday - NSD

    Tuesday - £1.40 coffee morning £25.56 Sainsbury's

    Wednesday - £2.65 sandwich (must make my own emergency supply, but saved £0.55 reading paper in cafe)

    Thursday - £8.35 Costa (for 3) £0.55 newspaper £1 book (charity shop)
    2.99 food

    £46.19 so far - leaves 3.81 for tomorrow
    Not Rachmaninov
    But Nyman
    The heart asks for pleasure first
    SPC 8 £1567.31 SPC 9 £1014.64 SPC 10 # £1164.13 SPC 11 £1598.15 SPC 12 # £994.67 SPC 13 £962.54 SPC 14 £1154.79 SPC15 £715.38 SPC16 £1071.81⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Declutter thread - ⭐⭐🏅
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