Weekly Spend Challenge W/C 21st 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 14th October 2012 Challengers / Pledges / Total Spent

EverTheOptimist - £10 / £24.69
abundant1972 - £25 / £25
flyinggiraffe - £60 / £86.25
Lottie1987 - £70 / £74.17
mcjordi - £15
oopsadaisydoddle - £10 / RED
citizenkitten - £36 / £34.49
optimistic-mummy - £50
southernbelle - £5
wannabee_in_credit - £15 / £14.02
Baileys Babe - £5
Olliegami - £20
Victoria2322 - £2.50

W/C 21st October 2012 Challengers / Pledges / Total Spent

EverTheOptimist - £15
citizenkitten - £170
abundant1972 - £25
wannabee_in_credit - £15
Lottie1987 - £70
Brallaqueen - £30
MsPink - £100
666paw - £20
NinjaSavingKat - £80
Baileys Babe - £20
Olliegami - £20
flyinggiraffe - £50
missyv30 - £30
Munchin - £40
cumbrianmum - £26
WantToBeSE - £10
pozza_73 - £100

EverTheOptimist

Setting a budget of £15 as that is all i have left of my £100 monthly budget, so got to stay below. But not too much planned.

Have updated to here, hopefully i have transferred all the info correctly, let me know if not.

Good luck everyone.

Brallaqueen

Perfect timing. I'd like to pledge £30.00, to incl all food, petrol, going out and cat-related expenditure. Is that ok?

EverTheOptimist

Welcome Brallaqueen. :wave:

You can pledge whatever will work for you, and to cover whatever you want it to.

The only thing i'd say is be realistic and make sure whatever you set can be achieved but its an amount you dont want to go over.

Good luck.

MsPink

I'd like to join

I have an expensive week - budget £100

666paw

Evening all

I would like to join in please. Could you put me down for £20

Thanks

666

EverTheOptimist

Welcome MsPink and 666paw. :wave:

Good luck with the challenge.

citizenkitten

got me all right as rain there ETO, thanks and look forward to this week.

included now a spend of £2.40 today, some sugar and a card for my neice

£108.40/170

NinjaSavingKat

Hello I need to join in here.. this is one of my most expensive weeks so far. Moneyset aside for 1 event will now be stretched to 3.. My limit is £80. ( a 30th Birthday party, a leaving do for a beloved colleague and an adjoining leaving breakfast at a ridiculously expensive inner London cafe )..

This limit may also have to include £14 of petrol - however I have menus for each event and have planned ahead. Will also be eating a lot at home before each one so I don't turn up there starving and order more than I should...:T

Baileys_Babe

ETO thanks for running the challenge.

Last week I was purple
This week I would like to pledge to spend no more than £20

Have a lovely week everyone.

wannabee_in_credit

Well I've already been out and spent 79p today in Mr Ald!. I had nothing suitable to put the sausages into for the sandwiches that he's demanded now he's feeling a bit better. Which I find unbelievable considering we did a £100+shop yesterday.
That should be it for today. I've made our Christmas pudding which needs to steam for 7 hours so going out anywhere is a bit of a no no, but I'll update my siggy later.
eta: Thanks ETO for running the thread again.