Weekly Spend Challenge w/c 27 May 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 20 May Challengers / Pledges /Total Spent
Pointypenguin £
elsiepac £20 / £40.80
EverTheOptimist £25 / £35
abundant1972 £35 / £33.65
magni £20 / £8.07
hedgesparrow £20 / £3.25
wannabee_in_credit £10
flyinggiraffe £20 / £15.79
Geminimum £15
ladymay £25 / £34.15
mandz1 £20 / £29.83
Baileys Babe £5 / £7
blueskiesarehere £20
Munchin £40 / £50+
Candy0107 £8
YORKSHIRELASS £25
nicnacnoo £10 / £10.21

link to last week's challenge

W/C 27 May Challengers / Pledges /Total Spent
Pointypenguin £some Yen
elsiepac £70
EverTheOptimist £25 / £7.40
abundant1972 £25
magni £20 / £21.41
mandz1 £20
hedgesparrow £20
ladymay £20
sistafromanothermista £10
Munchin £30 / £44.49
flyinggiraffe £20
Baileys Babe £5
nicnacnoo £20

EverTheOptimist

Thanks for the thread LC.

I have revised my initial amount for next week as i have just planned to see a friend for tea on Tuesday, so will up my spends to £25 just to make sure.

Have a lovely day.

hedgesparrow

Sorry, only just found the thread for last week, I was stupidly searching for 21st May! I came in green at £3.25 of my £20.

Can I pledge £20 again this week please?

ladymay

Going to try for £20 this week. All socialising this week involves going to people's houses, so fingers crossed!

sistafromanothermista

I'll join, put me down for £10 spends

Munchin

Morning all

Please put me down for £30 this week as I'm skint until payday on Wed:p. I was a big fat RED last week as I spent just over £50

ladymay

£34.15/£25 for last week :mad: so annoyed with myself, but ho hum. So far I'm only out on Saturday, but have some baking to do for the Jubilee, which will come out of this budget. Should be able to stick to £20, just need to find some willpower from somewhere - anyone got any spare going?

Munchin

Ok spends today -

Sun - £5.20 (papers, car freshener + biscuits)

Total = £5.20/£30

flyinggiraffe_2

Going to pledge £20 again this week.

Hope everyone has enjoyed the sun

Baileys_Babe

Hope everybody has been enjoying the lovely weather this week.

Earlier in the week whilst litter picking the local nature reserve I found £5 , later in the day treated myself & the children to ice creams costing £3.

Pledged £5
found £5
spent £3
total £7 :T

This week I would like to pledge to spend no more than £5

nicnacnoo

i'll pledge £20 this week, although i dont actually have that til Tuesday and hoping to make it last til Sunday