Weekly Spend Challenge W/C 2nd March 2014

Busymumofthreeplusdog

My week looks like this

Sunday - trip north for dad's big bday - £50 fuel(over and above norm weekly spends)
Monday - NSD
Tuesday - NSD
Wednesday- team building lunch thingy £3.00 circuits class £1.00
Thursday - NSD
Friday- not sure yet £5.00 possible
Saturday- NSD

Will aim for less than £60 to give me leeway.


Good luck everyone!

DD265

EverTheOptimist wrote: »

Welcome along solong

Good luck with the challenge. I used to do the £35 per week/ £5 per day. And it was great for helping me to not spend as I didn't like to break into my £5. Now I can't afford to set that amount.

I can't either - but at the same time if I did I'd just spend the money on rubbish anyway!

Sunday - NSD

elfy1807

Hi.

I'd like to join this challenge please.

For a couple of months now I've been limiting myself to £10 a week.
I've been a bit slack just recently, so I need to get back onto it.
This week will be short - I'm going to go from today til thursday for £10.

Then my new week will start Friday.
I get paid every 4 weeks on a Friday, so I find Friday-Thursday the best way to work.
Hope nobody minds that that's the way I do it.

So...
Today - Worked - NSD
Tomorrow - Working - NSD
Wednesday - Working... however I need to buy my mum's birthday present for next Tuesday, so it won't be a NSD as such, however won't be out of my weekly £10
Thursday - Seeing Grandparents for lunch, Zumba class £5.80

Friday - Payday and new £10.

As I said, I'm not too bad, but not really been keeping track recently.
At the end of my week I empty my purse into my (not sealed) sealed pot and start afresh with a new £10.

Weekends are the hardest as it's when I see my boyfriend and although we try not to spend money (I've convinced him to stick to a £10 "pleasure" budget as I call it - he's also put himself on a £15 food budget too - very proud of him just even trying to give it a go) sometimes we just get a bit excited when we go out - and we're both big fans of car boots.

But yeah... £10 a week please. Short week this week and starting properly again on Friday.

Thanks

Munchin

Hi all,

Sun - £1.20 paper
Mon - NSD:D

Total - £1.20/£20

Busymumofthreeplusdog

NSD logged for today!
:j

Sedge123

Spent 33p today on postage, probably going to be working most of the week so hopeful that will keep the spends down. ��

cookie02

So far, all on track:
Sun - NSD - lunch at parents' - taking homemade cake - confirmed NSD
Mon - NSD - confirmed NSD

Hello elfy1807, most of my big spend days are spends either for or with other people. I also seem to get carried away and lose my ability to budget properly (or at all :eek:) when I'm buying presents or going out with friends!

I've tried to do more NSDs to balance things out and being on here with everyone has made me much more aware of how much I fritter away (thank you!). Work is unwittingly helping me as I work weird hours right now so that means I'm often working with family and friends are going out.

Good luck and good luck solong as well .

EverTheOptimist

Hi all

First post updated to here.

My week so far.

Sun - mil visiting and then visiting my parents NSD - NSD :j
Mon- Seeing a friend and her baba for a walk and lunch - £10, and then going to a camera club (set up by a friend) £2 subs (for the room) Petrol spend but budgeted elsewhere - didn't see friend as baba teething and suffering. £4 spent last night on subs and parking.
Tues - no plans - NSD - oooops 50p spent on choccie bar as I was thinking I'd had a NSD yesterday. But in my defence I'm also giving it up for lent so was my last treat.
Weds - Baby group - NSD (possible breed and milk top up - grocery budget)
Thurs - Seeing a friend and her baba for coffee, possibly a soft play type thing for the babas - £10
Fri - Baby group - NSD
Sat - hair appt (budgeted) otherwise NSD

£3 contingency

Total - £4.50/ £25

Busymumofthreeplusdog

Grrrrr! No NDS for me today. Got conned into buying fizzy juice& sweets for the kids cos they are giving them up tomorrow for lent lol! £4.95 later!

Had made cheap veggie tea of lentil curry then hubby lets the kids put salami on the top. *sigh* I'm not sure he is getting this cost cutting idea.......


£54.95/£60 so far...... It's not looking good.

Munchin

Hi all,

Sun - £1.20 paper
Mon - NSD
Tues - NSD
Wed - ?

Total - £1.20/£20