Weekly Spend Challenge W/C 25th May 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 18th May challengers / pledges / totals

DD265 - Orange/£5.57
Busymumofthreeplusdog - £25
chiefsfanuk - £23/£3
Mrs Cheshire - £14

W/C 25th May challengers / pledges / totals

DD265 - £25.92

DD265

Pay day on Tuesday! I'm giving myself the contents of my purse and my usual allowance this week.

Just a heads up that I go on holiday next Sunday so won't be around to participate or run the thread - I'd say I'm sorry but I'm really not :rotfl:

Busymumofthreeplusdog

This week should be ok

Sun -NSD
Mon - NSD
Tues - NSD
Wed - Circuits £1 or free if cycle ride
Thurs - bank appoint to see if we can remortgage
Fri - prep 4 Sat
Sat - girls lunch at my house so all from grocery budget, all home made from bread, soup, puddings so shouldn't cost the earth...

EverTheOptimist

Evening everyone :wave:

Hope everyone's well.

Well I have been AWOL for a bit as things have just been so hectic since returning to work, I literally don't sit down til about 9pm, so I chill for a bit then bed. Hope you don't mind me coming back. It's been odd not running the thread or posting daily, I will try to be more organise with my time.

But this also means my finances have gone a bit awry. :eek:

So going to try and get back into it now so I can start a fresh from payday on Friday.

Plans this week

Sun - NSD
Mon - work
Tues - work
Weds - nothing planned as yet
Thurs - going to soft play and poss lunch with little man and my sister - £15
Fri - work
Sat - nail appt (budgeted) car park should be free!!! £5 just in case

Total
£20

keza

Hi there I would really like to join in as I need to take stock on where my money goes. I spend little and often!
so today I had to get hairspray £1.49 and milk/sandwich filler £2. my weeks budget is £20 this week please

t2rry

I know it's already Tuesday but hoping to join also, need to keep better track of the pennies.

Pay day on Friday so my budget is a whopping £0 this week please

Mrs_Cheshire

Hi all declaring £10/£14 for last week and can I be put down for £14 for this week

Sun- NSD ended up taking the little one to the out of hours gp
Mon - £4.80 car parking at a nature reserve
Tues- £1.55 hot milk & syrup with a friend
Weds- £2 soft play entry
Thurs -
Fri-

t2rry

To get up to date my week is going:

Sunday - NSD - spent the day recovering, didn't leave the house!
Monday - NSD - delivered invitations by hand, saving stamp costs!
Tuesday - NSD - worked very late and brought cup a soup for lunch
Wednesday - NSD expected - will be working late & brought lunch
Thursday - NSD expected
Friday - NSD expected UNTIL after work, when I'm going to see a friend for drinks Does that still count as a NSD?

EverTheOptimist

Evening everyone

Plans this week

Sun - NSD :j
Mon - work - NSD :j
Tues - work - NSD :j
Weds - nothing planned as yet - went shopping but grocery budget. NSD for this budget. :j
Thurs - going to soft play and poss lunch with little man and my sister - £15 - had a drink and cake and paid for soft play - £5 spent.
Fri - work
Sat - nail appt (budgeted) car park should be free!!! £5 just in case

Total
£5 / £20

Busymumofthreeplusdog

Lol, just realised a didn't actually pledge this wk

However NSDs as predicted, cycle run instead of circuits but succumbed to tea & Traybake in town today. Under £5 though.

Might have to go back into tow tomorrow though DH didn't read the shopping list properly? Grrrrr

DD265

I totally lost track this week - too much running around pre-holiday!

We fly tomorrow so I won't be taking part next week or doing the thread, but I'll see you the week after