How much money do you allocate for yourself each week?

Burlesque_Babe

I don't allocate anything, but probably spend on average £10 a week on non-budgeted shopping list food/haircut etc.

spud30

No regular allowance here either - again probably around £10 each week on 'stuff'

ltm07

OH & i generally have £20 a week each,she smokes & i don't,so her money is more or less spoken for. We pay £650 a month towards our debts & if we do overtime we split the extra money 50/50 between our debts & ourselves. That way we find that the more overtime we do,the more cash we get to ourselves & the more we cash we get to pay off our debts. OH has done well to cut down from 20 a day to 10 a day,as she knows that she cannot afford to spend over £20 on ciggies every week.

Shineyhappy

I dont actually have a budget. I put 10-15 pounds worth of petrol in my car when it needs it, but I dont spend more than about 40 pounds a month on that.

I cut my own hair- its really curly so no one can tell the difference and I think I have spent maybe 50 pounds on clothes in the last 15 months. I try to have as many NSDs as possible to minimise the spending but if there is something I really need to do, like meet a friend for lunch and I havent seen them in ages then I can justify that.

Basically I am too disorganised to have an allowance

Crown

I budget for items I buy all the time like weekely magazine at £1.99 and the collection at a meeting I attend so I do not count this as part of my money.

I normally give myself £10 a week in cash and do not carry any other money or credit cards. I normally stick to this buy only having coffee once or twice a week or planning when Im going to go out for dinner. If I dont spend the entire amount one week I allow myself to roll it over and last weekend I went out for a meal with some friends and was able to stay within my budget

Its amazing how you adapt when you do not have credit cards in your wallet and only withdraw the money from the machine once a week. Long may it continue :beer:

tsharp

A £10er will do me for a week, monday to friday, not including fuel or wkends. But usually after household bills and debt repayment after payday i have the equivalent of £50-£80 a week left over. That's not to say I have a weekly budget of £50-£80 if you see what i mean, i just divide the remainder after bills etc by four to see if i am likely to struggle this month.

The_Bish

I try to stick to £15/week, that includes 2 nights out, (3 drinks max between both nights) and lunches for work, whether i buy, or make a packed lunch. normally stick to it now I've had a spend diary for the past 2 months.

One of the best trhings I did was the spend diary, it makes me think twice, and sometimes 3 times before I spend anything.

skintas_2

all this week i have nothing till i get paid friday cos, my oh decided to goin on a drinking binge so ihave to sit in all week with the kids,......... great!!!!!!!!!

spud30

skintas wrote: »

all this week i have nothing till i get paid friday cos, my oh decided to goin on a drinking binge so ihave to sit in all week with the kids,......... great!!!!!!!!!

:eek: I'd make sure he never got the chance to do that again if he were mine.

HairyHandofDartmoor

Me and OH have £50 per week between us. Sometimes we go over, sometimes under (depending on how good we feel). This covers birthday pressies, and any other expenses we don't pay every month.