Weekly Spend Challenge W/C 20th April 2014

DD265

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 13th April challengers / pledges / totals

EverTheOptimist - Red/£20 & £20
Busymumofthreeplusdog - £50
Mrs Cheshire - £17.50/£22.80
DD265 - £17.25/£22.12

W/C 20th April challengers / pledges / totals

Mrs Cheshire - £2.30/£10
DD265 - £22.13/£19.87
EverTheOptimist -£20.00
Munchkin - £5.60/£30
LINKYPIE2009 - £30

Busymumofthreeplusdog

Hi guys, I'm away from Monday for wk, not sure about internet connection in our hotel so will bow out for a couple of wks.

Good luck everyone!

EverTheOptimist

Evening guys.

My plans for he week

Sun - Family meal for Easter
Mon - no plans other than prep the house for new carpet arriving on tues.
Tues - carpet coming
Weds - taking baba to a little farm - £10
Thurs - nail appt (budgeted elsewhere)
Fri - taking baba to swimming group
Sat - £5

£5 misc

Total - £20

Thanks for sorting the thread DD265.

Munchin

Hi all

Happy Easter :easter_os

I lost track recently as we went away for a few days so I wasn't sure about my spends. Anyhow back on the wagon and I would like to go for £30 this week - thank you.

DD265

Thread updated to here

Going to be a no spend day today - it helps that nowhere is open :rotfl:

Mrs_Cheshire

Happy Easter :easter_ba

Just done our easter hunt in the garden, glad we did it early as it's clouded over now. The kids are watching a Thomas dvd my parents got the youngest for Easter and I'm slow cooking lamb for dinner!

NSD for us today

LINKYPIE2009

Hi all,

Would like to join this.....my goal for this week is £30.

Linkypie x

DD265

Mrs Cheshire when I'm a mom I want to be like you - your kids sound like they've had the best holiday and from what I've seen it hasn't cost the earth!

Welcome to the thread Linkypie

Mrs_Cheshire

DD265 wrote: »

Mrs Cheshire when I'm a mom I want to be like you - your kids sound like they've had the best holiday and from what I've seen it hasn't cost the earth!

Thank you so much, that means so much!
I'm lucky that they are quite happy getting a toy from a charity shop as much as from a regular toy shop. Also living in such a big city there are always free activities or very cheap things to do with them.

EverTheOptimist

So far.

Sun - Family meal for Easter - NSD :j
Mon - no plans other than prep the house for new carpet arriving on tues.
Tues - carpet coming
Weds - taking baba to a little farm - £10
Thurs - nail appt (budgeted elsewhere)
Fri - taking baba to swimming group
Sat - £5

£5 misc

Total - £0 / £20

Munchin

Morning all,

Sun - NSD (family meal & tons of left overs )

Total - £x/£30