Weekly Spend Challenge W/C 26th Aug 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 19th Aug Challengers / Pledges /Total Spent
Pointypenguin £20
Elsiepac £
Munchin £20 / £17.14
wannabee_in_credit £50
EverTheOptimist £50
Baileys Babe £5
abundant1972 £15 / +£85
flyinggiraffe £0
shezam £50
ms_knight_ryder £60 / £59.91

link to last week's challenge

W/C 26th Aug Challengers / Pledges /Total Spent
abundant1972 £50
floella80 £40
ms_knight_ryder £50

pointypenguin

Evening all

I have set up the thread for the new week but as I am off to US for work tomorrow so I won't be joining you (most of my spends will be on expenses so should be a low spend week for me:D)

This also means I will have little or no internet access so I am not going to be able to update the first post and I am back next Sunday so night so will start the next thread then.

Enjoy your week everyone and the regulars can you please make any newbies feel welcome and explain why the first post isn't being updated? :beer:

mcjordi

ooh ill join this..

im saying £20 this week..

want a couple of nsd's trying to save up

EverTheOptimist

Thanks for the thread pp. hope you have a great week. We'll keep an eye on the thread for you.

Am setting £20 for this week, payday on thurs if I get desperate.

Lottie1987

Am fairly new to posting (been a long time lurker ) but would like to join in the challenge.

Am aiming for £200 this week (hopefully will be a lot lot less ) as I am going away on Tuesday to Llandudno for a few days (hotel and train have already been prebooked and paid for so that is a couple of expenses out of the way)

Best of luck to everyone taking part in the challenge

mcjordi

£2 spend today.. got some cheap trainers from bootsale

shezam

Hello, pledging $56 this week, payday on friday though but hopefully won't go much over that! x

shezam

oh dear!
Usually manage a NSD on a Sunday but not today. One trip to Morrisons later and i'm $29.42 down :O
Hopefully grab a few NSD's this week though.

$29.42/$50.00

EverTheOptimist

shezam wrote: »

oh dear!
Usually manage a NSD on a Sunday but not today. One trip to Morrisons later and i'm $29.42 down :O
Hopefully grab a few NSD's this week though.

$29.42/$50.00

I did the same, :eek: although i spent mine yesterday but out of this weeks budget. Spent £10 ish, leaving me with £10 for the week. Am definitely going to get back on track in Sept.

mcjordi

agghh spent another £8 today :eek:

leaves me £10 for the rest of the week.. doable...

Learning2Budget

Hello could i join this week please. Was gonna pledge 15 but spent £4.80 entertaining my family so i have £10:20 left. Hopefully by writing it on here i can reduce spends.
L2B.x