Weekly Spend Challenge W/C 27th 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 20th April challengers / pledges / totals

Mrs Cheshire - £3.30/£10
DD265 - £13.98/£19.87
EverTheOptimist -£20.00
Munchkin - £16.04/£30
LINKYPIE2009 - £30

W/C 27th April challengers / pledges / totals

DD265 - £20.89
Mrs Cheshire - £10
EverTheOptimist - £30
Busymumofthreeplusdog - £5
Munchin - £40

EverTheOptimist

Thanks for the new thread DD265.

I have overloaded myself with stuff over the last few weeks/ month or so, so going to have to take a step back from trying to achieve too much in not enough hours. I go back to work in 10 days after a years maternity and dreading it. But also worrying about how I'll get everything done around the house and spend time with baba.

Will try and keep up with posting here as it keeps me focused it I may be AWOL for a couple of weeks until things settle.

So this week

Sun- got to stay away from the shops NSD
Mon - exhaust broken, car going to garage NSD
Tues - baba blood test, lunch with friend, poss petrol, small grocery spend £15. £10. £10
Weds - baby group and meeting with my boss re my role when I go back.
Thurs - have asked a friend to meet, waiting for answer £15
Fri - hair appt :eek:
Sat - no plans.

Total - £30 for weekly spends, (with a £10 budget for petrol and the same for groceries.)

I often feel I'm cheating if I spend on petrol or groceries etc but haven't declared it.

Mrs_Cheshire

ETO I have seperate budgets for groceries and petrol to the budget which is non-essential spends which is what I declare here.

Busymumofthreeplusdog

Will be back with you all to soon - just awaiting airport pick up....:(

As we spent ahem a bit more than intended I will need to be excellent this wk, not just good.

Plans so far
Tues - work, NSD
WED- work, £1 for circuits
Thur-work NSD
FRI- run, then visit friend? Take some baking rather than buy smthing to take
Sat- no plans
Superfluous spending should therefore be less than £5.....

Munchin

Hi all

Bit late but I'm here now:D. I was green last week £16.04.

I would like to go for £40 this week thanks.

Sun - NSD
Mon - £3 lunch

Total - £3/£40

Mrs_Cheshire

Morning all,
Sun - NSD
Mon - NSD

Plans for the rest of the week
Tues- toddler group £1
Weds - Speech and language group (free) Friend coming to mine for lunch (grocery budget/from stores)
Thurs - NSD (free cake and coffee thanks to John Lewis for our anniversary)
Fri - NSD (son's 5th Birthday, making pizza and cake from stores)
Sat- trip out using one of their birthday presents

Mrs_Cheshire

For the first time I've gone over budget
Yesterday ended up going for coffee with a friend so spent £2.30 plus the £1 for toddler group
Today ended up going out for lunch instead of eating in as I needed to tidy the house so spent £11.28 so total for the week is £14.58.

Munchin

Hi all

Sun - NSD
Mon - £3 lunch
Tues - NSD
Wed - £12.50 Tesco & £4 nephew's class

Total - £19.59/£40

DD265

Thread updated to here

I have been quite good! Made a significant amount of money on eBay on Sunday so although I've spent a bit too I'm still in the minus spends. My PayPal account at the start of the week was the £20.89 and it's currently sat at £37.07 - would be a lot higher but as some DD's went out before I got paid I transferred the rest over to the bank!

I am totally torn tonight between having the tea that I planned to have and going out to get a takeaway. Staying in yields lower calorie intake (unless I do the thing where you eat everything because you don't have what you actually want, and then go to get what you actually want) and means no spend. Wish me luck :rotfl:

Munchin

Morning all:)

Sun - NSD
Mon - £3 lunch
Tues - NSD
Wed - £12.50 Tesco & £4 nephew's class
Thurs - NSD
Fri - ?

Total - £19.59/£40

Hi DD265 - I would just go for take away:D. I would think about it a lot and do the exactly the same as you and go for healthy option and then eat what I really wanted as well or nibble like mad. I now cut out the middle man and go for what I want:).

DD265

I was good and stayed in Munchin

New thread here - https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/65433207#Comment_65433207