Weekly Spend Challenge w/c 12 Feb 2012

WelshDreamer_2

A hi to all and thanks for a fab new weeks x
I havent a clue if what or when this week sorry girls x i know i spent in home bargains but most would come out of household kitty i know ive saved some £2 pound coins and £1 a day for challenge so i dont know what colour is havent a clue but im that 1 this week lol

On the plus side I opened a sealed tin id been saving since january in and banked over £300 so a fab savings month for me also paid £50 to have a tree chopped down in garden out of said savings so ive cut down immensely £350 !!!

Ive now started a new 1 for feb so my £1 a days a going in there and my £2 ive decided febs money is going to clear marisota and littlewoods catalogues jans went to pay off my turkey hol...

March will clear my argos card which is bnpl so no interest then we go from there anyway can I

Please can i go for £20 this week and I will keep a closer eye on this challenge x

pointypenguin

elsiepac wrote: »

Hi guys :hello:

Wow, what a lot of thanks for pp and me! It's an absolute pleasure of course, I love this thread _party_ and hearing about what everyone's up to, long may it continue! :dance:

Thanks everyone glad to know this challenge is helpful to other people as I know without it I would go off the spending rails.

Chris I hope I don't get lost in an internet black hole that sounds scary:eek:

I am going to try and keep posting on the thread as even if I don't have computer access I will still have access on my phone which is fine to do small updates. So LC can you put me down for £50? I really have no idea how this week will pan out but I suspect there maybe some takeways:cool:

abundant1972

EEEeek. Just did an extra shop on top of what I had in, so that I can make up dishes to take into work during the week... I had set myself a £10 limit this week and when I got to the cash point it was £9.99!!! LOL!

So i have 1p to see me through until Friday after work... Now - I musn't go mad and spend it all at once!

WelshDreamer_2

abundant1972 wrote: »

EEEeek. Just did an extra shop on top of what I had in, so that I can make up dishes to take into work during the week... I had set myself a £10 limit this week and when I got to the cash point it was £9.99!!! LOL!

So i have 1p to see me through until Friday after work... Now - I musn't go mad and spend it all at once!

Go on go wild treat yaself lol x

EverTheOptimist

Day 1 of week 5 - NSD. Great start. :j

Biggest spends of the week will be tomorrow as out for tea. Eat all you want chinese. Yum.

Shouldn't be too many spends after that. She says....

Good luck to everyone, particularly abundant1972.

elsiepac

Oh, goodness, abundant1972 you're not the only one! Whilst I do have more than a penny to last me the week I've had a spendy day for one that I was planning not to go out!

However, a good portion of it was into my presents budget as I wanted to get slightly more stuff than the now-empty pot allowed this month, so that was ok. On the upside, Mother's Day is completely bought and paid for, and Easter nearly is. But I was naughty and bought some Dairy Milk for £1 for ME ALL ME!!! VERY naughty! (cigs too...ho hum and bum...)

On the upside, when I got home last night, my We'll Eat Again recipe book had arrived! It's BRILL! I'm so please I bought it, some interesting and frugal recipes in there and mostly nutritious so I'm really pleased with that.

Sun 12 Feb: £3.40 Cigs, £4.38 Hobby Craft towards Presents budget and £1 CHOCOLATE yum yummy yum... total for day £8.78
Mon 13 Feb: Parking at OU (first tutorial of new course)
Tue 14 Feb: NSD for challenge (haircut from Hair budget)
Wed 15 Feb: NSD for challenge? Workshop in evening (small fresh shop from Week 3 Food budget)
Thu 16 Feb: NSD for challenge
Fri 17 Feb: No plans yet...

Total so far: £8.78 / £20

Not the best start...

LC

littleskintdragon

hi all this week I have £30 to spend, I have enough food to last me weeks so I'm also using this for any top up foods we need,I also have enough petrol to get me back and fore to work so unless I over use it i wont need to put it towards that .
This is my first time doing this so ill c how i go.

elsiepac

Welcome littleskintdragon (what a sweet username!!! ) and good luck for your first week! :beer:

LC

littleskintdragon

elsiepac wrote: »

Welcome littleskintdragon (what a sweet username!!! ) and good luck for your first week! :beer:

LC

thanks elsiepac

Barbeduk

Hello everyone, could I join in on this challenge please? I have been setting myself a £10 target over the last couple of weeks and have been under by £5 a week so very pleased! I had just been doing this on my own but it's much more fun to join a proper challenge.

This week as it is half term I have set myself a budget of £25 plus the £6 left in my purse from last week, so £31. I really hope I don't spend it all!