Weekly Spend Challenge W/C 22nd September 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 - over budget
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 15th September 2013 challengers / pledges / totals

EverTheOptimist - £10 / £47.74
CasperTheFriendlyGhost - £5 / £2.65
Flyinggiraffe - £130 / £94.37
Splodgethefirst - £5 / £5
ShootForTheMoon - £5
MissE001-
Tinkermcjingles -
Exharris - £30
Munchin - £40 / £63.22
Chesterroo - £20
AbbylouE1 - £10
Shazzer22 - £40

W/C 22nd September 2013 challengers / pledges / totals

EverTheOptimist - £40
ShootForTheMoon - £20
CasperTheFriendlyGhost - £5
Splodgethefirst - £5
Munchin - £25
Flyinggiraffe - £20
Beanielou - £10
Just2Ashamed - £40
MrsGSR -

EverTheOptimist

Well after a big red week last week. I'm going to pledge £40 for this week.

Sun - NSD (small grocery shop - grocery budget)
Mon - out for tea £20
Tues - NSD. Baby yoga
Weds - NSD. Baby music group
Thurs - out for tea - £15
Fri - NSD baby swimming
Sat - should be NSD going to a wedding in Yorkshire

Total £40

All baby groups are already paid for.

beanielou

Havent done this for a wee while.
Anyway as my son has gone to Uni & my bestie has been 50 Then said DS has a birthday next week things are very very tight.
Put me down for £10 please ETO.

Munchin

Hi all

I'm afraid I was red last week - £63.22/£40. Ok plans for next week.

Sun - £1.50 paper
Mon - NSD
Tues - NSD
Wed - NSD
Thurs - £10 swimming
Fri - £10 take out

Please put me down for £25 this week.

flyinggiraffe_2

Thanks for the next thread.

I am going to pledge £20.00 for this coming week,

Tuesday: quiz
Wednesday: fat club
Saturday: treat day

splodgethefirst

Good afternoon!

Happy weekend all! Thanks ETO for the new thread. Am declaring last week a Green Week as I was £5/£5.

I have literally a fiver to my name until Thursday (payday yahoo!!!) so intend to make that my budget for this week. Was very MSE today and negociated my gym membership down a cheeky £15 a month saving a tenner. Very pleased am also 10p away to having found £5 in roadkill (to borrow a term from another thread but I forget the name of it!) this month!

Nearly there lads and lasses!

splodgethefirst

Had a bit of a roller-coaster day emotionally here. bought myself some discount crayons for 30p - reduced from £6 from Smiths.

currently 30p spent. need a brandy or something !

EverTheOptimist

splodgethefirst wrote: »

Had a bit of a roller-coaster day emotionally here. bought myself some discount crayons for 30p - reduced from £6 from Smiths.

currently 30p spent. need a brandy or something !

Hope you're ok splodgethefirst. Have a dodgy threesome hug. :grouphug:

EverTheOptimist

Well nothing spent today. From this budget anyway.

Spent on groceries, but was my weekly shop and stuck within that budget.

Have had a lovely day and little man's been a character, but has been a cheeky monkey this evening and wouldn't go to sleep. But has gone off now, hopefully he'll stay asleep til at least 3.

Just2Ashamed

*sneaks in*

Can I join please? I'd like to pledge £40 for the week - hoping that's not too optimistic :rotfl:

ShootForTheMoon

I'm in again!! Sorry I was rubbish updating last week - between work and my Birthday things were pretty manic!!

I'd like to keep spends low this week as it's coming up to payday - I've scraped together £15 from my jar for diesel for the car and I think that's it for this week!

So, can I pledge £20

Good luck everyone!!!! xxx