How much have/will you spend today Sunday 11/2 & the new Sun to Fri challenge :)

Chase

Thanks for the advice, Moozie. I have started a spending diary, difficult to get oh on board though so I just list £10 to oh. We tend to shop online at Tescos for the points (went to Eurodisney last year on clubcard points) but codes drying up so may have to do Lidl etc. Have shopped there before and they are cheaper, just not the range of Tescos. Will think about a budget without food or petrol, probably £80 to start with and I'll see how we go with that.

Thanks also emzig123, I do use Tesco for fuel as I'm collecting points. Hoping for a holiday in October with points mainly. Would love to try the home cooking thing and will look into doing that, time is the problem there but I'm sure it would be worhtwhile.

Think today is first part of my SOA on the challenge so better get on with that.

Thanks again
Chase

immoral_angeluk

Haven't done one the past couple of weeks due to the bab's arrival.. but now we're settling into a funny kind of normality I'm going to set our target at £30.

The_Boss

Last week

Transport : Budgeted £30 : Actual = £19
Lunch : £9 - Actual = £24.60
Social : £15 for friday, £35 if eating out is included : Actual = £27 (we did eat out).
Playing football : £5 needed to cover subs : Actual = £0 - game postponed.
Sister's birthday : £35 : Actual £22
Unbudgeted : £28 last sunday on an afternoon down the pub plus pizza


So things didnt exactly go swimmingly. £120.60 spent as opposed to £114 budgeted. This was mainly due to two things - a pub lunch on Thursday because someone was leaving. I had no idea about this. And also ended up spending a lot of last sunday out with my friends. I am fine with this since this would have been spent last night, but I decided on a night in.

GirlRacer_2

Having a NSD today, lunch with mum and just put some cakes in the oven.

Have got £20 in my purse right now and that's all I'm allowing myself this week. Shouldn't be too difficult. Hopefully!

beanielou

I was £10 for last week & was slightly over at £11
£10 for this week coming not to include lunch for my Mum's birthday.
Good luck everyone!

beanielou

And another NSD today.Had four last week.Needs must!

MinnieSpender

moozie wrote:

I am continuing the lazy weekend by logging on from our bed, with coffee and toast by my side Bliss!

I tell you, I'm coming back as a cow...

Spends today:

Observer £1.80 (seduced by the amusing headline "Cameron admits: I was dope at Eton" - then re-read it once home to reveal "Cameron admits: I used dope at Eton". Can't help feeling it's a ploy to make him look interesting...)

Jam donuts with fresh cream (for breakfast) 99p

Weekly challenge - £10 left in purse until payday (Thursday) so that's what I'm sticking with.

Have a good week, all!

deliciosa

Hi lovely moozie!

I spent a fantastic £1.08 all weekend and am not spending more today - have a lot of food at home. £1.08, wow, that, for me, IS a wow....

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janiegs

I usually budget from Wednesday to Tuesday as Wednesday is my grocery shopping day, but I like a challenge...so here goes.

I allow £60 per week as spending money/grocery money for me and my 2 year old (OH works away so gets fed elsewhere). Today is a NSD yay! Hope it's ok to add this challenge to my signature? Thanks for the extra (much needed) encouragement.

LookingAhead

For those of you who can't remember what you pledged, this is the link to last week's challenge:

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=367669