Weekly Spend Challenge w/c 26th Feb 12

TeamNicholson

Morning all, just a quick update for the week!

Sunday - NSD :j
Monday - NSD :j
Tuesday - NSD :j
Wednesday - NSD :j

Unfortunately today I will have to part with some cash, how much remains to be seen!

WelshDreamer_2

Morning all gorgeous day in Wales and st Davids day fab!!!

nsd -tues as planned
wednesday was a spendy say as planned, i spent £18 in boots but only counting half that in this challenge as ive stocked the toiletries stash up immensely at least enough for 3 months with toothpaste, shampoos and conditioner and sure also hubby tgel and sons vosene, i had a £5 off £20 spend and used up all my points and grabbed them while on shampoos 3 for 2 and toothpastes x so £9.00... so now £11.09/£20.00....

elsiepac

Hi guys

Lovely day again today!

Predicted a spendy day yesterday and I was right - don't even want to think about how much I spent overall (groceries, petrol, clothes, toiletries, presents etc etc)

But my total from this pot was £48.05 which means I'm over again. To be fair, £8.50 of that was on sun cream for South Africa (29 days to go!), which I got on BOGOF and me and my friend are having one each, as it should have been £17. Also four quid on a very expensive smoothie... but OH MY GOODNESS it was DELICIOUS!!! And it was my breakfast and lunch so better than buying rubbishy food to eat (I forgot to eat before I went out, got to the mall and was STARVING!).

So I'm red yet again. Off to my friends house for a few hours this afternoon then a quiet evening at home. Well, they all are really!

Oh and I've spoken to the Dr this morning and I'm going back to work on Wednesday on half days and we'll review it after a week. I feel happier now the end is in sight! I'm getting really lazy just sitting at home all day. I won't lie, I needed the time off, but I do need to get back to work.

Sun 26 Feb: Various £8.64
Mon 27 Feb: NSD for challenge
Tue 28 Feb: NSD
Wed 29 Feb: £48.05 various
Thu 1 Mar: Nothing planned
Fri 2 Mar: Nothing planned

Total so Far: £56.69 / £45

LC

EverTheOptimist

Evening all

Spent £6.98 yesterday on cinema ticket, cheap popcorn and bottle of water that i took with me. Not paying those over inflated prices anymore.

Potted a £1 in my sealed pot, so currently have £4.02 left, need to pay car parking on Saturday when i pop in to town. So should make it this week. :j

LC - good news about getting back to work and its good to break in slowly. good that your Dr is on side and looking at whats best for you.

freebyfifty and TeamNicholson - congrats on the NSD's.

And well done scotmum on the low spends.

pp - hope you enjoyed the films. I went to The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, and it was very good. hope to get your thoughts on The Artist.

scotmumof3

Hi everyone NSD for me today
sunday nsd
monday nsd
tuesday £2
wednesday nsd
thursday nsd

LC glad you are getting back to work you must be relieved

freebyfifty

Good Morning

LC - I'm glad you're glad that you are going back to work Take one day at a time and don't push yourself too hard too soon

Another NSD for me yesterday, if I can stay out of my purse today I'll be able to declare another purple week :j

Sunday - NSD
Monday - NSD
Tuesday - NSD
Wednesday - NSD (for this challenge)
Thursday - NSD

£0/£5

Have a great Friday x x

elsiepac

Thanks for the good wishes everyone. I never thought I'd be happy to go back to work, but I'm so fed up of being at home, and I can't see how it's helping, and I'm terrified if it went on much longer I REALLY would struggle to get back to a routine. So yes, I am pleased. Will try and be productive on my last few days off, but I haven't been so far in the last few weeks - I'm not sleeping well and can't concentrate, so we'll see how that pans out!

NSD from this challenge yesterday, did have some spends from grocery.

Today I'm just going down to get the new sick note/phased return note from the Dr's. I need to buy some very cheap wrapping paper to do pass the parcel but nothing else. I hope I can be strong as have had a massively spendy week. (Although NOTHING in comparison to what I used to be like!)

This evening I'm just going to mooch at home. I have A1d! chocolate to keep me company which I shouldn't have too much of...famous last words! I can't really drink alcohol on these new tablets which may save me some money longer term, depending on how long I'm on them. downside is the wedding, although I am allowed to have one glass of wine VERY occasionally. Quite frankly I'm too scared after reading about these tablets, they seem really hardcore!!!

Anywho, have a lovely day all. Well done on your low spends!

PS - After the spa day that went quite wrong, we are now all going to be getting a full refund. So I will be £52.50 better off than expected this month! Yay! Won't count it till I have it though!

LC

Sun 26 Feb: Various £8.64
Mon 27 Feb: NSD for challenge
Tue 28 Feb: NSD
Wed 29 Feb: £48.05 various
Thu 1 Mar: NSD for challenge
Fri 2 Mar: Nothing planned

Total so Far: £56.69 / £45

LC

TeamNicholson

Good afternoon everyone, its a bit premature I know but have no other spends today so I am declaring my total for the week! Does the challenge run Sunday to friday meaning saturdays are excluded or have I picked this up wrong?

Total for week £5.60/£10

.One rail ticket @ 3.60
.Entry to toddler group @ 2.00 :T

WelshDreamer_2

Just a little spend today 35p on choc for a treat for my little un and 60p bus fare home £12.04/£20.00 much better this week and have actually made another overpayment of £200 off bills finally getting somewhere again x

Teamnicholson most do sunday to friday but some count everyday its a challenge you can do whats best for you, im going to count saturday too for a while til my bills are paid lol xx

EverTheOptimist

NSD for me yesterday and today. Small spend planned for tomorrow on car parking. Oooo and a paper actually.

TeamNicholson - i have also started to include Saturdays otherwise i just spend on Saturdays and tell myself it is ok as it isnt included. Doh.

Have a good weekend all. I've got a quiet one as hubby is away again this weekend. So I am trying to decide whether to do a small grocery shop so i can do some batch cooking to keep me occupied. This will come from my grocery budget.