Weekly Spend Challenge W/C 6th April 2014

EverTheOptimist

Hello everyone. Welcome to the Weekly Spend Challenge. This challenge is open to anybody, no matter what financial place they are in. Everyone is welcome here.

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

link to last weeks thread

W/C 30th March 2014 challengers / pledges / totals

EverTheOptimist - £15 / £9.11
Frugaldances - £6
Munchin - £50 / £32.60
DD265 - £15 / £13.64
Iwantsomemoney - £10
Mrs Cheshire - £10 / £5.72
Busymumofthreeplusdog - £25 / £7.38

W/C 6th April challengers / pledges / totals

EverTheOptimist -£20 & £10
Munchin - £40
Busymumofthreeplusdog - £60
DD265 - £16.36
Mrs Cheshire - £15

DD265

Hi ETO!

I finished last week green on £13.64/£15 and pledging £16.36 for this week - £15 plus leftovers :rotfl:

Starting this week in cracking style:

Sunday - NSD, made £50 through ebay sales!

Admittedly not taking into account fees and postage but hey ho.

Mrs_Cheshire

Pledging £15 this week!

EverTheOptimist

Morning everyone

First post updated. Welcome back. :wave:

My plans for the week

Sun - NSD :j:j
Mon - printing few photos in B00ts - £10
Tues - nail appt (budgeted), meeting at work
Weds - baby group. NSD
Thurs - going away for couple of days, not from this budget.
Fri - coming home
Sat - paper

Setting budget of £20, the +£10 is to cover any small grocery top ups needed.

So far
£0 / £20
£0 / £10

Munchin

Evening all

Sun - £1.65 (diluting juice & choc)
Mon - NSD:)
Tues ?

Total - £1.65/£40

EverTheOptimist

So far

Sun - NSD :j:j
Mon - printing few photos in B00ts - £10 - £8.40:j:j
Tues - nail appt (budgeted), meeting at work
Weds - baby group. NSD
Thurs - going away for couple of days, not from this budget.
Fri - coming home
Sat - paper

Setting budget of £20, the +£10 is to cover any small grocery top ups needed.

So far
£8.40/ £20
£0 / £10

Busymumofthreeplusdog

Gave into the need for rubbish food today! Bought crisps & choc in work, totalling 75p

Bought milk after work from grocery budget

DD265

Hi everybody!

NSD today for me - I left my purse at home unintentionally! I do need to go to the supermarket tomorrow though as the horse is in need of his weekly shop, I'm also low on a few toiletries.

It's OH's birthday on Wednesday but I'd bought all his presents in February and wrapped them tonight (with paper snaffled from Mum!) so I'm good to go there, card done too. We went out at the weekend so not anticipating any more spends related to that.

I can't really think of anything else that will crop up this week!

EverTheOptimist

So far

Sun - NSD :j:j
Mon - printing few photos in B00ts - £10 - £8.40:j:j
Tues - nail appt (budgeted), meeting at work - went into town after having nails done, ooops. £14.39 spent. :eek:
Weds - baby group. NSD
Thurs - going away for couple of days, not from this budget.
Fri - coming home
Sat - paper

So far

£15/ £20
£7.79/ £10

Busymumofthreeplusdog

Naughty me again, another £1 spent on snacks at work! Not good.....

DD265

I do find the best way to not spend money is to avoid anywhere that takes money - unfortunately it's not easy to avoid work when you have bills to pay!

Sunday - NSD
Monday - NSD
Tuesday - £9.24

Not bad so far!