Weekly Spend Challenge W/C 2nd February 2014

Mrs_Cheshire

Sun - NSD
Mon - £5.30 coffee with friend
Tues - £3.30 coffee with friend and mums and tots
Weds - NSD
Thurs - £1.40 coffee with friend
Fri - NSD

£10/£10 spent

roxy7699

Budget is £50 shopping, £20 petrol and £10 misc = £80 total.

Sunday - petrol bought £20.
Monday - NSD
Tuesday - NSD resisted greggs, went into sainsburys was 10p short for a doughnut so went home.
Wednesday - NSD - I did my online shop but will count it tomorrow when it comes out and I know the figure.
Thursday - Shop came in at £51.05 but I have space in my misc area
Fri - NSD so far.

beth2242

Today I went to uni and spent £1.22 on a tea and a bag of crisps. Then went to shop on way home and bought milk and YS chicken. I took out £5 to put in a card for DD friends birthday so am over my budget, the total is now £107.98/£100
Yes I'm over budget but I not going to beat myself up about it. I have thought carefully about a lot of things I have been tempted to buy and refrained because of my budget so I know that I've done a lot better than I usually would have done! OH has even suggested a takeaway tomorrow and I've said no unless he's paying and I've said I'll cook something nice as we have friends coming over!


Need to start planning my budget for next week as I have a lot on!

EverTheOptimist

So far

Sun - NSD :j:j
Mon - NSD :j:j
Tues - meeting with work re my return from maternity. :( also NSD although may need chocolate. - meeting wasn't too bad, though won't know answer to my request for reduced hours until next week. £1.70 spent on postage for new driving licence.
Weds - baby group and out for lunch. (will google the menu and see what I can have that's cheap and cheerful) ETA - £8 - NSD :j:j (friend cancelled)
Thurs - meeting a couple of friends and their babies for lunch - (again will google the menu) ETA - £10, also need to pay parking I guess £3 ish max. - well due to yesterday being cancelled I spent a little more today. £12.90 lunch, £4 car park = £16.90
Fri - baby group so NSD - NSD :j
Sat - NSD

£18.60/ £25

Munchin

Morning all:D

Sun - £14.96 groceries
Mon - 55p crisps
Tues - NSD
Wed - NSD
Thurs - £8 (coffee & cake with sis)
Fri - £12.68 - takeaway & wine

Total - £36.91/£30

Oh dear red this week

DD265

beth2242 wrote: »

Yes I'm over budget but I not going to beat myself up about it. I have thought carefully about a lot of things I have been tempted to buy and refrained because of my budget so I know that I've done a lot better than I usually would have done!

That's why I find this thread so great! Instead of falling off the band wagon and going "what's the point, I'll just buy everything I want now given I've messed up anyway" you think "OK, that was last week, we're starting a new week now. Maybe I just need to be a bit more flexible with my budget".

It also makes you think about whether you really need something - I avoided going out to buy chocolate yesterday because of this!

So far this week I've spent £9.93 and only £3.08 of that was my spending, the rest was eBay fees. I will update with my totals later when Saturday is over.

EverTheOptimist

Afternoon everyone

New thread Here

I'm declaring as green, I'm about to go grocery shopping but not from this budget. .

See you on the new thread