Weekly Spend Challenge W/C 1st December 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 24th November 2013 challengers / pledges / totals

EverTheOptimist - £70 / GREEN
Splodgethefirst - £10
Munchin - £40 / £48.34
Bearacus - £80 - £123.47
Flyinggiraffe - £13.46
Sedge123 - £40 / £24.14
Casperthefriendlyghost - £5
Mooomin - £21
Smokies - £40
DellyC - £20
Jonesy88 - £10 / £18
Mrs Cheshire - £15 / £13.30

W/C 1st December 2013 challengers / pledges / totals

EverTheOptimist - £15
Mooomin - £54
Sedge123 - £25
Mrs Cheshire - £2
Munchin - £40
Bearacus - £80
Jonesy88 - £10
Cabriolean - £20

EverTheOptimist

Evening everyone

Sorry for the delay.

Well I was green but completely lost track of spends.

Plans for this week

Sun - NSD
Mon - grocery shopping (hubby's coming home :j:j)
Tues - taking hubby for a curry for his birthday today.
Weds - might go Xmas shopping and take little man to see Father Christmas. £10
Thurs - NSD
Fri - NSD
Sat - NSD

Ok so that is definitely not how the week will pan out as hubby is coming home on Monday for three days, and I always spend lots when he home.

The activities on mon/tues/weds are budgeted elsewhere, other than visit to Santa.

Down to SMP from this month so setting £15

mooomin

Can I go for £54 please?

I'm in London for work for the next three days, so won't be counting legitimate work expenses but will count things like beer I'm going out after work tomorrow with a friend I haven't seen for ages, so I imagine a couple of beers might happen

I'll end up buying some food while I'm there anyway, that won't be claimable, but I'm really hoping I can keep under this budget and roll some over to the following week.

Sedge123

Ah thank ETO hope you've had a lovely if a little busy weekend?

Last week was green for me £40/£24.14 so I was feeling very pleased with myself.

I'm pledging £25 this week. Started off with a NSD today. X

Munchin

Morning all

Thanks ETO for starting the thread. I'm going to go for £40 this week as I have a lunch out.

Sun - NSD
Mon - ?

Total- £0/£40

bearacus

Morning everyone,
I will pledge £80 this week and see if I can actually stick to it.

Bearacus x

Mrs_Cheshire

Thanks ETO for putting my amount already.

Jonesy88

Thanks for the thread ETO - hope your weekend was lovely and not too hectic.

Last week was a red week for me: £18/£10 - mainly due to buying Christmassy bits as i've used up all my festive budget (all presents have now been bought now though so not too bad).

Can i have my usual £10 please?

Sunday: NSD
Monday: £4 spent (on breakfast for me and OH)

Mrs_Cheshire

Both days so far have been NSD's for me.

Sedge123

And another NSD today for me. That's two in a row so good going so far!

bearacus

Evening everyone,

Mon- diet coke/husbands lunch box food/husband cigarettes -£11.97

£11.97

Bearacus xx