Weekly Spend Challenge W/C 8th July 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 1 July Challengers / Pledges /Total Spent
Pointypenguin £
elsiepac £20 / £RED AGAIN :-(
mandz1 £30 / £21.85
KissyKissyKaren41 £20
EverTheOptimist £35 / £20
ladymay £35 / £33.75
flyinggiraffe £30 / £26.69
emylou £50
Munchin £20
moohound £20
abundant1972 £25
Baileys Babe £5 / -£40

link to last week's challenge

W/C 8th July Challengers / Pledges /Total Spent
Pointypenguin £30
elsiepac £15
Baileys Babe £5
EverTheOptimist £35
mandz1 £25
flyinggiraffe £10
ladymay £40
Racheypie £20
KissyKissyKaren41 £20
moohound £20

pointypenguin

Morning all

I am hoping to get into the swing of budgeteering as I have been away from here for a few weeks. That said my budget is looking good so far this month probably as I have been going to the gym instead of the pub:p

I don't have much planned for this week so I am pledging £30 to cover any eventualities. I am going for a massage today (my non-food related reward for doing exercise) but this is budgeted for elsewhere.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend everyone.

EverTheOptimist

Thanks for the thread pp and nice to have you back.

Enjoy the massage, ooooh how i could do with one of them.

elsiepac

Hi everyone and lovely to see you back pp :j

Thanks for all the congrats everyone - just can't wait to get the paperwork through!

I will pledge £15 for this week please. I don't have anything on, except popping to my friends on Wednesday evening as it's her birthday on Friday but they're away to York Races so it'll be the last chance I get to give her her card and pressie. I will probably need to buy a bottle of wine out of that money too for film night with mum. IF I cave and buy cigs, they will come from that too, and that's when I will fail as they're so expensive. Need to try harder though to be fair!

Anyway, have a lovely Sunday all!

Sun 8 Jul:
Mon 9 Jul:
Tue 10 Jul:
Wed 11 Jul:
Thu 12 Jul:
Fri 13 Jul:

Total so far: £0 / £15

LC

mandz1

Thanks for the new thread PP

ladymay

Af'noon!

Aiming for a nsd today, and spending the day switching between the tennis and British grand prix while i wait for freecyclers to collect the bits and bobs i advertised last night. Had no idea how quickly people picked up on things on recycle!!

Racheypie

Hey Guys, I'm new =]

I'm going to pledge £20.

KissyKissyKaren41

Thanks for the thread PP, and wow fab new changes going on LC, well done everyone last week within budget I was green as a lot of my £20 went into savings jar.... £20 again for me this week please x

moohound

will go for £20 again this week please

Today £3.60 two coffees + £1.10 vending machine, this is unavoidable on Sundays.

total £4.70 so far

flyinggiraffe_2

Hey all - so far I've had 2 NSDs

pointypenguin

Evening all

First post has been updated let me know if I have missed anything.

Welcome to Racheypie let us know how you get on over the week.

I have a couple of spends to report:

• Sunday £2.50 on a sandwich for lunch
• Monday £1.50 on milk and a bottle of water

Total £4 / £30 so far