Weekly Spend Challenge W/C 22nd Jan 2012

EverTheOptimist

Evening all

Sunday - NSD :j
Monday - NSD :j
Tuesday - NSD :j
Wednesday - NOT A NSD :mad: Had to get some snacky bits for work and not quite enough in grocery budget so so took a bit from both. so £2.90 spent
Thursday - NSD from this budget :j- HOWEVER :eek::eek: £217 for MOT and service. From another budget. This i can cope with.

What i didnt like was the conversation that followed paying this bill......
Garage manager: 'your steering rack is likely to need replacing imminently.....'
Me: 'ball park figure...'
Manager: '£350.'
Me: 'WT....????'
Not out loud but bloody hell, just start getting my head around being MSE and get a kick in the teeth. Really going to try and tighten my belt.

Sorry for the rant.

On the upside made dinner out of leftovers - Courgette, carrot, onion and sweet potato rostis, with lots to freeze and treated myself to HM fairy cakes.

Hope everyone is well.

ETO
x

Sammy246

Yay...!! Can't believe I have got to Thursday and have had another NSD!!

4 days In a row on my first week and I actually haven't found it too bad either!!

Getting a bit low on the food front but going to scrape the cupboards until Sunday when I do the weekly shop...

Let's hope I can keep it up!!

wannabee_in_credit

I've spent a tenner today. My ds got sent home ill from nursery today and has been far too cuddly and snuggly for me to actually make anything for dinner. So OH and I have gone halves on takeaway and emergency cider.
Ah well, at least it's once a fortnight now instead of a couple of times a week.

pointypenguin

Evening all

After a promising start yesterday was spendy.

• £10.50 on dinner and drinks (at friend's house for burns night)
• £6 taxi home
• £3 on breakfast and coffee at work (bit rough this morning :eek:)
• £4 on a salad for lunch

Total £23.50 / £30


Might still make it as it is dress down (£1) and need to get my lunch.


Have a good Friday everyone.

Munchin

Hi all

Sun - £2.50 papers + groceries but that is out of my budget
Mon - NSD
Tues - £75 glasses + £3.20 parking + £2.30 soda at concert.
Wed - NSD
Thurs - £6 bowling & £2.20 on drinks and munchies

Total - £91.20/£100

scotmumof3

Hi everyone another NSD for me today can't believe it's 5 in a row unheard of before:D
sunday nsd
monday nsd
tuesday nsd
wednesday nsd
thursday nsd

kerri_dfw

I've spent £28 today on a kidnle for my OH, I really don't want it to come out of this weeks budget as I've been so good, so going to spread the cost across the month and deduct £8 from each weeks budget
If I remember rightly...
Sun: £16.99 pizza
Mon: NSD
Tues: NSD
Weds: NSD
Thurs: NSD
Predicted Fri: NSD
Predicted Sat: maybe coffee and cake
Additional: £5 towards e-reader (I knew it was coming but chose to pay off debts instead of setting aside)
So far: £21.99

ellebelle_x

Hi everyone Thought I'd check in on my week...

Monday - £3.50 swim
Tuesday - NSD, but made £15 selling a handbag on ebay! Yay! Banked straight into the savings
Wednesday - NSD
Thursday - 50p on chocolate between lectures, regretting it now but what is done is done!

Tomorrow...another swim then baking all afternoon with the boyf! Then fingers crossed for a very low spend weekend.

I think I've lost £1 though Off to hunt for it now, I'm hoping it'll reappear in my coat pocket or the bottom of my handbag.

£4 (hoping that it doesn't turn into £5) / £12

Hope everyone is well

freebyfifty

Good Morning

My week is still going to plan (if I ever had one ) and it looks like another purple week could be on the cards :j


Sunday - NSD
Monday - NSD
Tuesday - NSD
Wednesday - NSD
Thursday - NSD


£0/£5


Have a great Friday x x

elsiepac

Hi all

My goodness yesterday was a long day of eating and drinking. Write off!!!

My dad paid for lunch which was lovely, but then we met my mum for a drink as she'd finished work, so I bought the round £12. I also bought her a big bunch of flowers on the way to see her as she's been a little down £8. Then dad went off, we went home, but we bought munchies to watch a film with (and have a bottle and a half of wine between us, I so didn't need any more!!!), so I spent £8 on that. Plus milk, but that was from grocery budget.

So, blown the budget and spendy day yesterday. Will have to rejig everything. On the upside, when we go out on Monday for dad's birthday (going here, I can't wait!), mum is paying for mine and I'm driving, so that means there isn't anything I need to keep money aside for.

Sun 22 Jan: True NSD
Mon 23 Jan: AL, £6.51 Tesco, MOT from Car Fund budget, small fresh shop from Food budget
Tue 24 Jan: AL, True NSD
Wed 25 Jan: £7.39 2x 10 cigs and bottle water
Thu 26 Jan: AL, £28 on flowers, drinks and nibbles
Planned - Fri 27 Jan: AL, NSD

Total so far: £41.90 :eek:/£15.60

So much for my budget, but it was unplanned when I made the budget so I can't help it.

Ok, I have £6.07 "spends" left until I get paid Tuesday, so £1.50 a day. I have £3.77 "food" left which is fine as will only need milk 89p and some fresh veg which I'll get YS'd or on offer. And I have £20 for petrol which I'll have to put in today as running on fumes.

So, completely do-able, just a little tight!

Oh! And I have £10 still put aside to finish off dad's birthday present, but I have no idea what to get him! He has chocolate and a clock so far for his man shed in the garden. The easy option is to get 4 real ale bottles, but it's a bit boring. Any ideas? He's 62 and retired and doesn't read or watch films or anything so books, dvd's etc are pointless.

LC