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Weekly Spend Challenge W/C 28th April 2013
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Well, last week I met my spending target: 41.09/50 yay!
This week is eye-watering. Leaving aside the direct debits which I can't affect one way or another (plus they're for rent and bills), the spending I *do* have control over this week is £350 which is to cover the following items:
Groceries -- £30
Hair -- £80
Outings -- £60 (going to see a friend and her baby, also going to a birthday dinner for self and another friend)
Train tickets -- £30 (from Manchester to London, what can I say, I'm optimistic I can beat the full ticket price!)
Van hire -- £150 (to move self and three friends over three days in July. Booking early as it's peak time)
My real goal is to see how much I can beat this amount by. LBM: June 2023. Amount owed: ~£10,000I've gone debt free before, I can do it again!0 -
Got an early morning train: £17.15 with my railcard. A good start, I say.
Was going to shop, but I reckon I can get half my meals for the week out of the food I have in my fridge/freezer first. £0.89 for milk today.
Sun: £18.04LBM: June 2023. Amount owed: ~£10,000I've gone debt free before, I can do it again!0 -
NSD for me today. Spent most of the day in, although popped to my parents for a quick visit.
Hubby's back to work tonight for the week so should be a slightly cheaper week for me.
SPC 18 Target £200 /0 -
errr is it too early to declare that I have bust the budget this week?
I spent
£24 on a dress in M&S
£5 in £land on stuff to help organise my finances
£38 in next on a top which I gave to my Mum because I didn't like it after all and a watch
£2.60 on a drink and some popcorn in Boots
£3 on car parking
So far £72.60/£50.00 :eek::eek:
Oh, and I have not bought my lunches for work yet!!SPC9 #125 - £816.85
SPC10 #125 - £851.81
SPC 11 #7 - £968.46
SPC 12 #7 - £2682.90
SPC 13 #7 - £4829.85
SPC 17 #7 - £7313.630 -
32b3in2013 wrote: »errr is it too early to declare that I have bust the budget this week?
I spent
£24 on a dress in M&S
£5 in £land on stuff to help organise my finances
£38 in next on a top which I gave to my Mum because I didn't like it after all and a watch
£2.60 on a drink and some popcorn in Boots
£3 on car parking
So far £72.60/£50.00 :eek::eek:
Oh, and I have not bought my lunches for work yet!!
Oooops. SPC 18 Target £200 /0 -
Fashion on a ration 2025 0/66 coupons spent
79.5 coupons rolled over 4/75.5 coupons spent - using for secondhand purchases
One income, home educating family0 -
SPC9 #125 - £816.85
SPC10 #125 - £851.81
SPC 11 #7 - £968.46
SPC 12 #7 - £2682.90
SPC 13 #7 - £4829.85
SPC 17 #7 - £7313.630 -
NSD for me! Yipee!May Grocery Challenge - £34.58/£75
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Hi everyone and thanks to ETO for the thread. I am going for a budget of £15 this week. I've already spent £5.28 on some tomatoes, milk and a magazine with a card which will get me 2 for 1 entry into gardens for a year - useful for when I have visitors, so that leave me 9.72 to play with.0
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Good going 32b3in2013!!!!0
:D 
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