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How much have/will you spend today Sunday 25/2 and the new Sun to Fri challenge!

Good morning lovely DFWs :)

Hope you are having a great weekend! I've been having a blast :D Had a fab day out with friends yesterday, ate lots of nice food and drunk lots of nice wine :beer: Off to the flicks later today but we have free tickets so I will only be spending money on sweeties from the corner shop ;)

Have just had home made bread for breakie and as I am ready to face the world, I thought I'd see how we are doing with the challenge!

So, let's have some updates from last week then and new budgets please! Here's the list:

Challenger Amount Actual

Moozie 25 44.49 naughty cow! :o
ciara2712 7
GirlRacer 10
sammiboo 50
janiegs 60
lynsayjane 20 :rotfl:
Tinkerbell21 30
LookingAhead 150
oakdale_minx 10
bellsbells 20
Barebear 55
Lewby 40
flowerofscotland 20
immoral_angeluk 35
Gemmzie 40
SarahNeedle1872 50
slowlyfading 20
MinnieSpender 10
beanielou 10
lily288 15
savvykaz 80
Casperthefriendlyghost 10
dizzy lizzie 25-50 54.71
clarab 30
angelite 30
sans 90
babes21 60
Zeddy 20
hypno06 5
scaredy cat 40
katecheshire 15
bobble_hat 30
livinginhope 8
astroelle 20
vixtress 45
Mrs(no)Money 20

Clearly I need to look more carefully at my weekly budget and spending as I have not done well in two weeks running :( I will budget £30 for this week and see how we go!

Now for anyone looking in, please feel free to join - the more the merrier! Basically, decide on the amount you want to spend up to from Sunday until the end of the working day on Friday then pledge it here and off we go! The challenge is about incidental spending and not for stuff that should be budgeted elsewhere such as bills, groceries, debt repayment etc but you decide what to include at the end - this is about changing your habits and improving your recording of your spends more than anythng else.

The reason the challenge is up to Friday is that I like to give myself a day off the counting and let my hair down a bit


Have a great week everyone and keep it low!!!

Moozie x
Leason learnt :beer:
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  • moozie wrote:

    Challenger Amount Actual

    Moozie 25 44.49 naughty cow! :o
    ciara2712 7
    GirlRacer 10
    sammiboo 50
    janiegs 60
    lynsayjane 20 :rotfl:
    Tinkerbell21 30
    LookingAhead 150
    oakdale_minx 10
    bellsbells 20
    Barebear 55
    Lewby 40
    flowerofscotland 20
    immoral_angeluk 35 £26
    Gemmzie 40
    SarahNeedle1872 50
    slowlyfading 20
    MinnieSpender 10
    beanielou 10
    lily288 15
    savvykaz 80
    Casperthefriendlyghost 10
    dizzy lizzie 25-50 54.71
    clarab 30
    angelite 30
    sans 90
    babes21 60
    Zeddy 20
    hypno06 5
    scaredy cat 40
    katecheshire 15
    bobble_hat 30
    livinginhope 8
    astroelle 20
    vixtress 45
    Mrs(no)Money 20

    Well I actually managed to throw away my spending list! I know up to thursday we were on £21 and DH normally spends about £5 a day so at a rough guesstimate I'm going to say £26.
    Same target for next week :D
    Total 'Failed Business' Debt £29,043
    Que sera, sera. <3
  • morning everyone - i have spent £34.71 (!! - that odd 71p makes all the difference!) and had set £40 with a hope of £35 - and this was with having lunch with my sis - she was feeling bit fed up so we got a supermarket take away and i made cake!

    this week i have to pay £5 towards a gift and £5 for some cards but not much else going on so am still setting a budget of £15 hmmm thinking might be unrealistic so will def say £20!
  • Sea78
    Sea78 Posts: 6,185 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Debt-free and Proud!
    Hi

    I'll join this week please :)
    I'd like to aim for a max of £20 (I think this will cover anything else! not budgeted for).

    Sea xx
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  • slowlyfading
    slowlyfading Posts: 13,429 Forumite
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    I said I'd spent £20 but I somehow spent £70!!! So I'm very naughty :( This week I'll aim for £20 again and this time I'll try and stick to it!
    Nicola x
    Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
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  • Good Morning all,

    Last week I budgeted £30.00p and spent £23.13p :D

    This week I will budget £20.00p.

    Tinkerbell21 x


    :j
  • lauren_1
    lauren_1 Posts: 2,067 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    I need to go to tesco's but will put a max of £10, need fruit and veg
  • patentgirl
    patentgirl Posts: 1,041 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Mortgage-free Glee!
    hi everyone
    sounds good can I try too this week I will try and mange on £20
    Frugal challenge 2025
    Feb  Grocery Challenge £250

  • Morning all!
    I budgeted £7 and spent £5.74. Have given up money for lent (CAFCGirls challenge) so budget for this week will have to be £0! this should be interesting!
  • sans_2
    sans_2 Posts: 1,382 Forumite
    Morning all. I budgeted £90 and spent £6.10. :-)

    I think I will set a budget of £50 this week.

    Don't intend on buying anything today so hopefully nothing will crop up.
    Tesco points: 101 (£21.50, £19.50, £7.50, £21 & £5)
    Boots points: £0.28
    Pigsback points: 715 (4 xBoots£10 & 1 xPizzaHut£10, 2 x £10 clothing vouchers)
    Mutual points: 3417 (redeemed 8250)
    Rpoints:redeemed 28925 points)Cashbag:£8.91(£20)
  • Beth86
    Beth86 Posts: 428 Forumite
    I'm budgeting for £10.00 if you don't mind me joining in.

    Does this exclude your shopping bill?
    Beth86
    also Beth.194 but I've lost my password.
    September GC - Budget £250 Spent [STRIKE]£56.33 £62.69 £64.91[/STRIKE] £69.11 (72% left)
    NSD's so far: 2!
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