Weekly Spend Challenge W/C 26th Aug 2012

EverTheOptimist

Welcome learning2budget. :wave:

As you may have read, pointy penguin is away this week, but normally she would update the first post with everyone's budgets, then we post as and when we please, until next week when pp will update the post with your spends. Red = bad. Green = good.

I def find posting on here makes me think about what I'm spending. I don't like being red.

Good luck with the challenge.

ms_night_ryder

Spent £4.79 today, will need to buy my zumba pass tomorrow and put a few pounds on my oyster for travel. £45.21 left for the week.

shezam

Totally mis-calculated yesterday, it's actually not as bad as i though. £16 in my purse £18 in the bank means I spent £22 yesterday.

Sun 26th - £22 groceries


£22.00/£56.00

EverTheOptimist

NSD yesterday, still have £10 for the week.

shezam

Sun 26th - £22 groceries
Mon 27th - NSD
Tue 28th - £3.20 - Credit card


£25.20/£56.00

Heffi1

I am going to join in this week, I usually come across it too late in the week and then can't remember what I have bought

So I am aiming to spend no more than £30 this week, as it is the first week I think I will start high and see if I can reduce it over the coming weeks.

Wish me luck and forbid me from buying still warm from the oven croissants in the morning on the way to work. If I do this I may even shift a few lbs too. :rotfl:

ETA: £1.50 - Asda Croissant this is the last time I will get them.

Baileys_Babe

Hi Pointy have a low spend week in the US.

Last week I spent £0

This week I have no plans and intend to spend as little as possible and defiantly on more than £5

shezam

Sun 26th - £22 groceries
Mon 27th - NSD
Tue 28th - £3.20 credit card, £1.80 Morrisons

£27.00/£56.00

abundant1972

Mid week update:

Pledged £50.00

Spent: - £24.00 Groceries
- £23.00 Take Away for me and bf

= £3.00 Spare

Then I fell off the wagon. Was going to try and hide it in another expense and justify that in my head but thought no - declare it!!! Own up!!!

Additional: - £32.61 DVDs
- £11.38 Game Pre-Order

Total: £90.99 / £50.00 (RED)

GRRR!!! I need to budget for things like this - not buy on a whim...

How does everyone else do this??? Do you have a pot to save for things... or just say this is how much you have - don't spend over... or save it and add to next weeks - THEN buy it?

All advice appreciated!

:mad:


Additional:

Decided to take the amount I am over off my remaining spends budget for the month leaving me less per week. That way none of my other budgeting suffers.

Learning2Budget

Wiped out yesterday. Trip to the beach ended in lunch out for us. So now zero pennies for rest of week which should be doable till i can open next weeks budget!!
£15/£15
L2B.x