Weekly Spend Challenge w/c 15th Jan 2012

ellebelle_x

Hi I've never done this before but I need to start actually budgeting my week instead of just saying I will, and I think this will give me a good push in the right direction

I am going to aim for £25 this week! I have two catch-up lunches with friends I haven't seen in a long time planned, hoping I can keep those down to £5 each! And then there are 2 swim sessions (£7) and the train into work (rounded up to £8). Anything left over I am going to put into my sealed pot

freebyfifty

Good Morning

Hoping for a spend free week this week Don't even have to put my £1 in the tea fund as I bought the milk which was a £1
I wonder if I can make it to Friday without spending anything??????

Sunday - NSD (for this challenge, I did buy some pizzas for the DD's but that's out of the food budget)


Have a great Monday x x

elsiepac

Morning all

1 hour down, 12 to go! Urgh! Ah well, the end is in sight now!

Sun 15 Jan: £6.50 on cakes for office on Tuesday (plus small food shop from food budget)
Planned - Mon 16 Jan: Work 7am-8pm, NSD
Planned - Tue 17 Jan: My Birthday! (28...ugh!), Work 7.30am -6.30pm, NSD
Planned - Wed 18 Jan: AL, NSD for challenge (poss small top up shop for fresh stuff)
Planned - Thu 19 Jan: AL, NSD for challenge
Planned - Fri 20 Jan: Work 7am-8pm (2 meetings plus appraisal, dreading Friday!), Starbucks £3 (will be needed!!!)

Total so far £6.50/£20

Welcome to the challenge ellebelle_x - are you sure you've set your budget correctly? As I make it £10 total for the lunches, £14 total for the swimming, plus £8 for train, which comes to £32... sorry if I've misread that!!
Good luck freebyfifty!

LC

Pinkpenguin

Morning all

Please can you put me down for £40.

Sun 15/01 - NSD (Went to gym for 1 hour and free jacuzzi after!)
Mon 16/01 - £15 Food Shop (I have been buying food weekly so need to get some bits for the week and also need to get my fussy cat some food)
Tues 17/01 - NSD
Weds 18/01 - £5 - meeting a friend for a drink, will drive so can make my excuses only to have one!
Thurs 19/01 - NSD
Fri 20/01 - NSD
Sat 21/01 - £20 - Planned night-out with my two bestest friends (much needed due to feeling very down in the dumps this month). Will walk into town instead of getting taxi and share a bottle of wine to save cost)
Sun 22/01 - NSD

I hope I can keep to this and maybe even save some money for next week. I'm going to go to my local Mr T's after work to see if I can pick up some whoopsies in there rather than have to drive to Morr*sons.

Good luck saving everyone :money:

PP xx

ellebelle_x

elsiepac wrote: »

Welcome to the challenge ellebelle_x - are you sure you've set your budget correctly? As I make it £10 total for the lunches, £14 total for the swimming, plus £8 for train, which comes to £32... sorry if I've misread that!!

The £7 is for both swims! Sorry, should have put that, they are £3.50 each Already £3.50 up because I was a wimp today and didn't want to walk to the pool in the cold, haha

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This is actually quite helpful, I am on a new budgeting journey this year, and it really helps committing to this and sharing my experiences... thanks for setting up this challenge!

I am pleased to report that I spent £1.30 out of my £10 budget so far...

I've just walked through the door and scoffed my face full of chocolate - as it's 'free'. I HATE VENDING MACHINES £60 PER TREAT >:-(((

pointypenguin

*squeezes in the door*
Gosh, it is rather crowded in here this week which can only be a good thing:D

Welcome to all the newbies and returners:beer:
It has been freezing here but dry so I am not complaining.

Spends today (anything under 50p goes in saving pots):

• £1 on milk & apple
• £1 chocolate dessert
• £1 on toothpaste
• £2 on soup and cheese/crackers for lunch

Total £5 / £20


Not got much else planned for the week maybe the cinema on Wednesday night but I have a cinema card so only the cost of anything I buy there.


Roll on Tuesday, I am going to go to the gym before work tomorrow so better get myself to bed. Night all.

freebyfifty

Good Morning, it's a bit chilly this morning I hate driving to work in this weather

Happy to report a true NSD yesterday


Sunday - NSD (for this challenge, I did buy some pizzas for the DD's but that's out of the food budget)
Monday - NSD


£11/£0


I have no spending plans today either but I am not counting my chickens, who knows what life is going to throw at me today. I had such a rotten day at work yesterday, I'm surprised I didn't spend a fortune on chocolate :eek:

EverTheOptimist

Morning all

So far so good.

Sunday: out for lunch - hoping hubby with pay - He did pay. :j
Mon: work, then food shopping (seperate budget) - NSD - Food shopping £49 :eek: but NS out of my weekly budget.
Tues: work - NSD
Weds: work then out for an evening spa, courtesy of work. so should be a NSD
Thurs: work - NSD
Fri: - work - NSD

Have a good tuesday.

ETO
x

Baileys_Babe

Sunday NSD
Monday NSD

I'm attending a meeting later on, I don't anticipate any spends but you never know