Weekly Spend Challenge W/C 7 September 2014

beach-holiday

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

b-h

W/C 7th September 2014 challengers/ pledges/ totals

Mrsroxylush - £30.00
SOMam - £20.00
splodgethefirst - £10.00
minicazzybee - £10.00
Cherry Burton - £10.00
beach-holiday - £20.00 / £22.38
mooomin - £30.00

Mrsroxylush

My budget for the week is £30! Will report in during the week! Hopefully lots of nsd for us this week! X

SOMam

My budget this week is £20 again (tempted to drop it to £10 but guaranteed I will spend more for some reason so sticking with £20)

Good luck all!

Mam x

splodgethefirst

Hi Beach Holiday

I hope you don't mind me joining your challenge!

I am pledging £10 this week to keep me on track to stop me buying lots of junk food around work.

Thanks!

Splodge

minicazzybee

Hi Beach Holiday!

Please can I be included in this? Definitely need to start keeping better tabs on all the tiny spends that crop up during the week.

My budget will be £10. Thanks

Cherry_Burton

Hi everyone,

I'd very much like to join please. I am pledging £10 (plus bus fare to work/school which are fixed and I can't do much about) to stop me buying lunches at work and other the rubbish I manage to waste money on. I'm also doing the no spend days challenge so I hope the two will support each other.


CB

beach-holiday

Hi everyone, and welcome to all newbies and oldies(!) alike

First post has been updated with pledges - good luck, hope everyone has a frugal week with no unwanted surprises!

My budget this week is £20.00

b-h

mooomin

£30 for me again this week. My spends were derailed last week by buying flights to Dublin to visit a friend, but for £44 return I didn't want to miss out.

Current spend is £10/£30 as I went out for dinner last night.

splodgethefirst

Good evening!

I bought supplies for the drawer/cupboard today. £3 in the c00p but it was lush

Splodge

beach-holiday

Good morning fellow challengers

My spends for yesterday were - £6.00 on a new top in the sales and £6.90 on coffee with a friend = £12.90. That's a big hit in one go, leaving me with £7.10 to last the rest of the week.

I'm meeting up with another friend for a coffee later in the week, so there's a very good chance of an overspend this week

b-h

mooomin

£2.70 yesterday on a new diary and some picture hooks.

£12.70/£30