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Weekly Spend Challenge W/C 24th March 2013

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  • shinner
    shinner Posts: 670 Forumite
    Seventh Anniversary Combo Breaker
    Hi can i join please Sunday is my shopping so not going to include my grocery shop. I would like to pledge £15. Stopping smoking tomorrow done a decent shop today would love lots of NSD this week.
    sealed pot challenge 099
    2013 £365 in total
    2014 ???? Target £400
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    OH debt [STRIKE]3800[/STRIKE]2780
    Bank of Mum [STRIKE]£2750[/STRIKE] 2000
  • DD265
    DD265 Posts: 2,241 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Homepage Hero
    I spent £6.14 at Tesco earlier; some soup for lunch, some bread to have with it plus bread for the freezer at work, some peanut M&Ms and drinks for the cinema which my OH paid for.

    Sunday - £6.14

    I am hoping for NSDs most of the week, but I will need to go to Tesco again at some point. Need to buy the chocolate to make OH's easter egg and given I didn't buy groceries for the horse today, he'll probably need something as well.
  • bt1
    bt1 Posts: 443 Forumite
    Eighth Anniversary Combo Breaker
    Ok, i was doing so well last week - but slipped into the red right at the end!

    Friday - someone was leaving work, went out for lunch £10, then drinks after work got a bit messy! lol. There were lots of free drinks on offer so I only spent £15, then £7 on some dodgy food place after. Then went out for a fry up the next morning £12.18 to help cure the hangover!!

    So final total for last week was:
    £46.26/£30.00 :eek:

    Plan:

    Sunday - NSD

    Monday - NSD
    Tuesday - free cinema tickets so will need snacks £5
    Wednesday - College £1 for drink
    Thursday - Payday lunch £10, College £1 for drink
    Friday - NSD
    Saturday - Dentist £17.50

    So going for £35 this week!
  • Hi everyone

    NSD for me today! :D

    Weather is so horrid I didn't leave the house lol and resisted the temptation to spend any money online.

    Have a good evening everyone!

    Cheers
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  • MissE001
    MissE001 Posts: 797 Forumite
    Eighth Anniversary Combo Breaker
    Thanks for the new post ETO!

    Think I may not have pledged in time last week but ended up green - just! £57.39/£60 - so £2.61 transferred to my virtual pot :A

    Payday on Thursday....and night out after work....

    So planned spends:
    Monday - work travel
    Tue - NSD - hopefully
    Wed - coffee while waiting for DD
    Thu - night out :cool:
    Fri/Sat/Sun - ??

    Also need to buy easter eggs at some point this week.

    Will you put me down for £60 again this week. Hoping to stay under budget.

    Good luck with this week's challenge everyone :T
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  • Baileys_Babe
    Baileys_Babe Posts: 6,497 Forumite
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    Hello

    Please could you put me down for £5 this week.

    I will report back later with how much I spent last week, I've kept all the receipts I now just need to add them up :o

    ETO thank you for the new thread :A
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  • shinner
    shinner Posts: 670 Forumite
    Seventh Anniversary Combo Breaker
    Well nsd today but got to work and realised i should of pledged £20.
    Book people collecting tomorrow and books for ds £9 for his birthday,also easter lunch so that is another £2.30. So wont have much left lol.
    sealed pot challenge 099
    2013 £365 in total
    2014 ???? Target £400
    debt 1 [STRIKE]6753[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]6386[/STRIKE] 0000 debt 2 [STRIKE]4973[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]4731[/STRIKE] 0000 debt 3 [STRIKE]3673[/STRIKE] 0000 debt 4 [STRIKE]2400[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]2239[/STRIKE] 0000
    OH debt [STRIKE]3800[/STRIKE]2780
    Bank of Mum [STRIKE]£2750[/STRIKE] 2000
  • Evening everyone

    I have updated your budget shinner.

    Sun - £16.26
    Mon - £1.20 car parking, £32.22 petrol :eek:

    £49.68 / £40

    Have cancelled tea for tomorrow as I just cannot afford it, which is unlike me as I would normally take money from a little I have saved, but conscious ill need all extra pennies for maternity leave.

    I am also trying to get to payday with a little saved, so far £70 has been moved to a separate account. :D
    SPC 18 Target £200 /
  • shinner
    shinner Posts: 670 Forumite
    Seventh Anniversary Combo Breaker
    Thankyou, I'm very determined to keep within my budget. :j
    sealed pot challenge 099
    2013 £365 in total
    2014 ???? Target £400
    debt 1 [STRIKE]6753[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]6386[/STRIKE] 0000 debt 2 [STRIKE]4973[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]4731[/STRIKE] 0000 debt 3 [STRIKE]3673[/STRIKE] 0000 debt 4 [STRIKE]2400[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]2239[/STRIKE] 0000
    OH debt [STRIKE]3800[/STRIKE]2780
    Bank of Mum [STRIKE]£2750[/STRIKE] 2000
  • Munchin
    Munchin Posts: 2,816 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Debt-free and Proud!
    Hi all,

    Sun - NSD
    Mon - NSD ish (spent £3 on lunch but claiming it back:))

    Total - £30/£0
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