Weekly Spend Challenge W/C 6th May 2012

pointypenguin

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 29th Apr Challengers / Pledges /Total Spent
Pointypenguin £40 / £24
elsiepac £30 / £450 + !!!
abundant1972 £25 / £22.30
ladymay £15 / £14.03
Munchin £40
Baileys Babe £5 / £0
EverTheOptimist £24 / £23.78
chris81418 £50
magni £20 / £18.70
hedgesparrow £10 / £18.71
Decluttering £10
Candy0107 £10 / £9.95
RhiBi £40
YORKSHIRELASS £25 / £32.33
KissyKissyKaren41 £10

link to last week's thread

W/C 6th May Challengers / Pledges /Total Spent
Pointypenguin £20 / £16
elsiepac £
abundant1972 £25 / £23.95
EverTheOptimist £20 / £2.49
ladymay £40
Baileys Babe £5
Munchin £40 / £14.50
Magni £40 / £30.10
hedgesparrow £30
KissyKissyKaren41 £15 / £15
Decluttering £10
YORKSHIRELASS £25
wannabee_in_credit £50
Candy0107 £10
katy_ann £5

pointypenguin

Afternoon budgeteers

LC thanks for running the thread last week. I am coming in as green for last week and I am pledging £20 for next week after a rather spendy saturday. I don't plan to leave the house today so hopefully no spends today. I am working tomorrow but that was my choice as I wanted to add an extra day to my holiday allowance and hopefully I will finish early.

I have updated the pledges from last week's thread. Let me know if there are any more updates and I will update the first post.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend everyone.

magni

Thanks for starting this off PP:D

I'm going to pledge £40 for this week as I am off work and will do my best to keep it low but need to be realistic.

I'm off to Mr T shortly for some bank holiday beer:beer: so that'll be a few quid gone already:o

hedgesparrow

Can I aim for £30 this week? This includes Saturday - I am going away for the weekend with friends and want to keep it on budget. Fingers crossed this week is better, though I learnt a lot about the flaws of my budget last week!

KissyKissyKaren41

I've been here there and everywhere for weeks but can I please go down for £15.00 this week please anything left is straight into xmas fund !!!

Have a good week all x

Decluttering

Could you put me down for £10 again this week please? Thank you

NSD today, hopefully the rest of the week will bring the same!

YORKSHIRELASS

I am aiming for £25 again this week.

We are going to get some paint today for the stairs - this is already budgeted for separately so I am not included it in my general spends. However I must resist the temptation not to buy anything else while I am out!!

wannabee_in_credit

Hi
I've been really lax with the mse stuff the past few weeks and desperately need to get back on the wagon. Can you please put me down for £50 this week? I'm hoping it'll be much less but I already spent yesterday buiying a family lunch for the four of us to spend some much needed time together.
Thanks

Candy0107

Hi,

Thanks for starting this weeks challenge, can you put me down for £10 again this week ???? I'm not planning on going out anywhere this week so the only spends should be on coffee at college and while I am studying.

Any money remaining will go into into my AAT fund.

Good luck everyone

Candy xxx

magni

I spent £22 yesterday on the 3 boxes of beer at tesco offer:eek:

katy_ann

Sorry Im a bit late, can I go for £5 this week? Thanks