Weekly Spend Challenge W/C 14th October 2012

EverTheOptimist

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 7th October 2012 Challengers / Pledges / Total Spent

EverTheOptimist - £35 / £31.23
abundant1972 - £25 / £19.65
mcjordi - £16 / £16
brokemedic - £15
Lottie1987 - £70 / £48.49
Oopsadaisydoddle - £35 / £33.59
flyinggiraffe - £30 / £9.25
Learning2Budget - £5
optimistic-mummy - £180
Munchin - £10
JayC1987 - £9
Baileys Babe - £5

W/C 14th October 2012 Challengers / Pledges / Total Spent

EverTheOptimist - £10
abundant1972 - £25
flyinggiraffe - £60
Lottie1987 - £70
mcjordi - £15
oopsadaisydoddle - £10
citizenkitten - £36
optimistic-mummy - £50
southernbelle - £5
wannabee_in_credit - £15
Baileys Babe - £5
Olliegami - £20
victoria2322 - £2.50

citizenkitten

okay dont know if it is quite in the spirit of things buti would like to join and pledge to:

£3 if no dress buying (i have a christening coming up and nothing suitable for cold fun occasions, hoping to adapt something but working serious hours atm)

£36 if dress buying

optimistic-mummy

i'm in again this week please. would like to pledge £50 to include everything except debt repayments x

southernbelle

Can I join please? I'd like to budget £5 as I have nothing to buy this week so £5 will just be there for emergencies like the work brew fund etc

EverTheOptimist

Afternoon all

First post updated to here. Let me know if i have missed anything.

I am going for £10 this week as i don't have much going on.

Welcome along everyone.

Citizenkitten - i've out you down for the £36
southernbelle - i have added you too.

Have a good week.

oopsadaisydoddle

Hi everyone!

Thanks ETO for doing the new thread again.

I'm going to pledge £10 this week. We always have takeaway on Friday evenings so I'll count this separately. The £10 is for other spends...bills and groceries are already accounted for.

I'm going to eBay some things tonight too!

Good luck for the new week everyone.x

wannabee_in_credit

Hello,
I am so far off the wagon that I think I need to try and find a new wagon to get onto. This thread has helped me SO much in the past.
I have been out on a bargain family lunch today and spent £11.36 (between four of us so not bad). I now have £6 left in my purse which absolutely has to last me the rest of the week (and ideally the week after as well).
So, if I can come back I'd like to pledge to spend no more than £15 this week - I've already spent £11.36
Let's see if I can actually get myself onto something other than throwing money down the drain.
Thanks

flyinggiraffe_2

Evening all!

Well my shopping trip for work shoes wasn't successful I did have a lush lunch out with friends though, so worth the bus fare into the city,

£21.25/£60

Baileys_Babe

Last week was very busy & purple

This week I pledge to spend no more than £5

ETO thanks once again for the challenge.

Lottie1987

Morning!!

Thanks ETO for doing the thread and also for putting my pledge up there (forgot to add it on to my final tally Saturday).

Yesterday was slightly over, had come back from Manchester in the morning and stopped by Mr T's to get some rice for chicken curry which we never had, and washing up liquid. But OH wanted things for his butty box (crisps, Nutrigrains, sandwich meat).

£10.51/£10.00

Have a good day everyone

Olliegami

Hey everyone~ I'm new to the thread, but it looks like a really amazing idea!

I need to actually plan a budget for groceries, but I'm going to include those into this as I've already bought everything I (should) need for the week, aside from veg!

So I'm pledging £20 for this first week!