Weekly Spend Challenge w/c 29th April 12

elsiepac

Hello everyone. Welcome to the Weekly Spend Challenge. This challenge is open to anybody, no matter what financial place they are in.

On this thread please post an amount of money you wish to stay below within the week (Sunday to end of working day on Friday). This can be pennies or thousands it depends on the individual. Then next Saturday report back and pledge for the following week. The challenge runs from Sunday to Friday so we don't include Saturdays but feel free to change the rules to suit you and include Saturdays or start on a different day.

Feel free to update this thread with daily spends if that keeps you on track. We colour code the results as below:

Green - within budget
Red - overbudget
Purple - zero spend
Orange - made money over the week

This is a little bit of fun but for many it highlights the fact that maybe that magazine/chocolate bar isn't needed. Hopefully your spending habits can be changed forever.

Moozie was the founder of this challenge and here is a quote taken from her:

Originally Posted by Moozie:
"Good afternoon lovely DFWs 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 anything else. Have a great week everyone and keep it low!!! Moozie x"

Good luck everyone.

W/C 22nd Apr Challengers / Pledges /Total Spent
Pointypenguin £40
elsiepac £55 / lost track
abundant1972 £30 / £23.26
ladymay £40 / £59.72
Munchin £40 / £30.34
Baileys Babe £5 / £0
EverTheOptimist £20 / £27.16
chris81418 £75 / £58

link to last week's challenge

W/C 29th Apr Challengers / Pledges /Total Spent
Pointypenguin £40
elsiepac £30 / £450 + !!!
abundant1972 £25 / £22.30
ladymay £15
Munchin £40
Baileys Babe £5
EverTheOptimist £24
chris81418 £50
magni £20 / £18.70
hedgesparrow £10
Decluttering £10
Candy0107 £10 / £9.95
RhiBi £40
YORKSHIRELASS £25 / £32.33
KissyKissyKaren41 £10

Baileys_Babe

Hi LC :wave:

Thanks to LC and pointypenguine for running this thread.

LC I'm very intrigued by your mysterious plan

elsiepac

Haha, I see your curiosity has been peaked Bailey's Babe! I've been working on the financial side of it some more this morning and it massively doesn't work out annoyingly... this is why I'm not sharing details yet! It needs a lot of work done! But it's frustrating me now as I can't make the figures work, no matter how I play with the scenarios! :mad:

That's all I'm syaing for now!!! :rotfl:

LC

hedgesparrow

I've been away for so long. And it shows! Please put me down for £10 personal spending this week including saturday.

EverTheOptimist

Afternoon, ir is it evening now.

I spent £4 on a box of chocs for my boss, cos she did me a favour - non work. (partly why i set my budget at £24)

I went to watch hubby, sister and her partner run the Milton Keynes Marathon this morning, spectating in this dreadful weather wasnt fun so i guess the run was even worse. but i spent a couple of hours in Maccie D's. bought an egg mcmuffin and a coffee for £3 something, cant remember exactly and paid on my card so will check when it goes through.

So approx £16 left for the week.

Thanks for the thread LC. I am also intrigued by your plan.

Decluttering

I don't think I've ever participated in this challenge, could you put me down for £10 this week? Thanks

pointypenguin

Evening all

LC thanks for the new thread. I was very red last week (somewhere in the region of £55/£40). Glad to hear you are feeling a bit more positive.

I have had a fab weekend so far. I went walking round one of the islands yesterday and has friends over for lunch today.

Can you put me down for £40 again this week? Nothing planned but in case of any eventualities.

Enjoy what is left of your weekend.

Pinkpenguin

Hi,

Please can you put me down for the grand old sum of £10

Thanks

PP xx

Candy0107

Hi, I am determined to do the this week, please can you put me down for £10? (personal spends rather than bills)

Thanks
Candy

ladymay

Morning,

So last week went appallingly :mad:

£59.72/£40

I'm going to take my food shopping budget out and pledge £15 for personal spending this week. Need to be more careful!!!

RhiBi

I've fallen off the wagon on this one, so am now firmly jumping back on! Can you put be down for a total spend of £40 for the week please!