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Weekly Spend Challenge W/C 16th June 2013

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  • EverTheOptimist
    EverTheOptimist Posts: 2,695 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Getting much better at organising my budget.

    Whereas I'm getting much worse. :D

    Absolutely smashed my budget again this week, after posting i was green. Lol.

    It's the groceries that are getting me. It's a nightmare. And the odd treat for our little man. :D

    Very red again this week. :eek:

    New plan. I always seem to have one. :D

    I have a monthly budget for misc spends, groceries, petrol, nails, haircut which I move into a separate account, and take out a weekly amount for each of these things, but it leaves me very little for any extras, I have a savings account which has money for when my maternity pay stops but I keep dipping into it.

    So new plan, keep moving my monthly budget across to my account, but somewhere try to eek out x amount to spend guilt free on the little man, birthdays etc. Here comes a day or two of trying to rejig my budgets.
    SPC 18 Target £200 /
  • EverTheOptimist
    EverTheOptimist Posts: 2,695 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    New thread Here
    SPC 18 Target £200 /
  • MissE001
    MissE001 Posts: 797 Forumite
    Eighth Anniversary Combo Breaker
    Well, managed to finish the week green :j :j

    £36.17 / £40

    Didn't spend anything at the 40th last night and drove home on petrol fumes to avoid going into the red!

    Defintitely need to spend today though - I'm off to this week's thread to update :T
    SPC Member #112 :A Save £2k in 2014 # 160 :money:
  • WantToBeSE
    WantToBeSE Posts: 7,729 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped! Debt-free and Proud!
    Yay!! £0 pledged, and £0 spent :)
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