Weekly Spend Challenge w/c 17 June 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 10 June Challengers / Pledges /Total Spent
Pointypenguin £some Yen
elsiepac £25 / £61.38
mandz1 £25 / £22.96
EverTheOptimist £25 / £25
flyinggiraffe £20 / £13.86
Flat Eric £321
sistafromanothermista £15
magni £20 / £1.49
ladymay £20 / £16.21
badger_ £30 / £19.63
Baileys Babe £5 / £0

link to last week's challenge

W/C 17 June Challengers / Pledges /Total Spent
Pointypenguin £20
elsiepac £20
EverTheOptimist £20 / £19.78
Flat Eric £20 / £?
Fae £15
Jazee £0
Baileys Babe £5
flyinggiraffe £30 / £20
badger_ £35
ladymay £100
lindsaygalaxy £20
magni £20 / £33.14
YORKSHIRELASS £20
mandz1 £25 / £37.59
emylou £20

EverTheOptimist

Thanks for the thread LC.

And welcome back pp, hope you had an amazing time.

We are going out for the day today, although the spends will be coming from the joint account as it is a day out for both of us, my £20 for this week are for the little things i might 'accidently' buy. Hoping they are few and far between though.

Enjoy the rest of the weekend.

Flat_Eric

No total to report for last week yet because I haven't crunched the numbers and added everything up so will be back with that if I can be bothered.

Meanwhile, this week I'm simply going to budget for my miscellaneous spends and I am allowing £25 for this.

Fae

I'd like to join this one if I may I would like to allow £15 for this week.

Fae

Jazee

I would like to join this this week to keep me on the straight and narrow. My target on extra spends (not budgeted) is £0 as I don't have anything spare this week or next. Roll on pay day on 29th!

elsiepac

Hi all

I've bought all the stuff for the roast for Fathers Day, total of £9.13.

No other spends planned for today - I'm off out now so won't be on here to update until tonight.

Have a lovely day all!

Sun 17 Jun: Fathers Day meal stuff £9.13
Mon 18 Jun:
Tue 19 Jun:
Wed 20 Jun:
Thu 21 Jun:
Fri 22 Jun:

Total so far: £9.13/£20

LC

Baileys_Babe

Last week I spent £0.

This week I intend to spend no more than £5 on budgeted things.

flyinggiraffe_2

Thanks for staring the thread LC

I'm going to pledge £30 this weeks as I've got a friends birthday on Friday and there will probably become drinks consumed

pointypenguin

Thanks for the thread LC :T:T

China was really good, I ate exciting things, saw exciting things and nearly got run over everytime I tried to cross the road! Then I had 2 weeks in Portugal which were fab and sunny. Sadly it is back to raining Glasgow

Have I missed anything exciting in the last few weeks?

Can you please put me down for £20 this week as I don't have anything planned? I am trying to get back into the gym as I am training for ben nevis in July and don't want to die. I did some walking today but only about 5 miles and it was flat but I am easying into it;)

Have a good week everyone.

badger_

Thanks for starting the thread!! I'm in again please

This week I'm going to go for £35 as I'm going to the Lincolnshire show this week (if the weather is alright!!)

lindsaygalaxy

Hello everyone. Please can I join in Im trying to stop wasting money as we are saving for a house deposit.

I pledge £20.