Weekly Spend Challenge W/C 3rd February 2013

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 27th January 2013 Challengers / Pledges / Total Spent

EverTheOptimist - £120 / £88.83
Lottie1987 - £70 / £41.43
Abundant1972 - £60 / £44.97
Zaleska3 - £100 / £103.75
Clairey em - £15 / £2.63
MissE001 - £100 / £90.40
DD265 - £15 / £13.15
Munchin - £30 / £50.47
Missmoneysave - £35 / £7.16
Rising from the ashes - £45 / GREEN
nurse-money - £45
sparkyt2 -£40
bt1 - £30 / £14.88
flyinggiraffe - £20 / £9.80
365days - £35 / £37.80
Oopsadaisydoddle - £15
Kevvlar - £27.80 / RED
Verityemilia - £30 / £24.53
Skint_catt - £20 / £13.41
Babes21 - £20 / £19.71
Baileys Babe - £5 / £0
Casperthefriendlyghost - £10 / £0.50

W/C 3rd February 2013 Challengers / Pledges / Total Spent

EverTheOptimist - £75
Abundant1972 - £40
Clairey em - £15
MissE001 - £75
Zaleska3 - £150
Skint_Catt - £20
365days - £80
Bt1 - £20
Flyinggiraffe - £20
DD265 - £15
Rising from the ashes - £45
Casperthefriendlyghost - £10
Verityemilia - £30
Munchin - £30
Beth3735 - £40
Babes21 - £30
Baileys Babe - £5
frizz2 - £30
Missmoneysave - £35
jakdalad - £10
rebekahR - £9
Kevvlar - £25

EverTheOptimist

Right so a spend on groceries this morning, then nothing else spent as we've been painting the nursery, now waiting to put up the furniture.

My plans for the week

Sunday - out for lunch, paid for by joint account - £0
Monday - Petrol - £25. Bunny sawdust - £10
Tuesday - Hubby goes back to Afghan. :(
Weds - Groceries and bunny veg - £20
Thurs - NSD
Fri - NSD
Sat - Groceries - £10

& Misc - £10

Total = £75 - Fingers crossed (with £25 of this carried over from last weeks budget)

Skint_Catt

Hi all, I'll pledge £20 again this week, though it might be tight as I'm catching up with a few friends at some point. :T

365days

I'm back in again please. Budget for the week is £80 for food, fags and fuel!

zaleska3

Thanks for the new thread ETO :beer:.
Upped the budget this week but fingers crossed i'll come in way under!

bt1

Thanks for starting ETO!

Going for £20 this week

Easily made last weeks budget so want a challenge :-P

flyinggiraffe_2

Thanks for the thread ETO and hope you enjoy the rest of your time with hubby before he goes back.

Going to pledge £20.00 again this week. The plan is:

Sunday: some baking bits for cake for work mates
Monday - Saturday: hopefully NSDs


Have my eye on some khaki jeggings at sain5bury5 but telling myself I don't really need them. Have some of clothes budget left to buy them if I want to though.

abundant1972

Thanks for the thread again!!!

Had a productive day...

Went shopping and did the 'PoundLand', '99p Shop' and 'Lidl' circuit... Never been to any before... First 2 were great - lots of bargains... I didn't think Lidl was that much cheaper to be honest.

I just stuck to things I would normally buy so was all good

Saturday is a funny day - because on the challenge it's a free day... I think I might have to include what I spend in with Sunday's budget, as it's the only day I can reliably do a proper shop. Hope that's ok.

Spends so far: £24.37

I also reclaimed a parking ticket from the cinema from December for £3.00! Better in my money box than theirs!!!

Planning a spend free day tomorrow!!!

:T

Verityemilia

Im back this week


Target £30

MissE001

Thanks for the new thread ETO - can I change my target. Need to include tomorrow's haircut so target for week is £75 now :cool:

Casperthefriendlyghost

Hi everyone!

Thanks ETO for starting us off again this week. I managed to have mostly NSDs last week but had to spend 50p buying a new lighter lol so that's a spend of £0.50 for the week! Nearly purple lol! I'm pledging £10.00 again for this week and hoping for a NSD filled week lol! Thanks for the motivation and encouragement folks! I also wanted to say thanks for all the well wishes, I'm on the mend, slowly but surely does it. It's frustrating but at least it's all going in the right direction. Have a great week everyone!

Cheers
Casper
xx