2018 challenges

Traveller_93
Traveller_93 Forumite Posts: 16
I've been Money Tipped!
Forumite
edited 29 November 2017 at 12:34PM in Debt-free wannabe challenges
I'm thinking of challenges in 2018, and have come up with the following:

Save £10 per week for Christmas 2018, starting 22/12/17.

Use cash where possible for purchases so I can put change into my SPC pot. I am going to aim for all food shopping to be paid for in cash, and keep receipts.

Tomorrow I am going to get some paper and write down the above.

That's all for now!

[purplesignup][/purplesignup]
SPC 11# 588
:xmassmileSaving £10 per week for Christmas 2018£40/£500:xmassmile
«1

Comments

  • Zippy113_2
    Zippy113_2 Forumite Posts: 3 Newbie
    I like the save £10 a week challenge for Christmas idea. I definitely need to get a better grip of my spending and saving!
  • Traveller_93
    Traveller_93 Forumite Posts: 16
    I've been Money Tipped!
    Forumite
    Hi zippy,

    Glad I'm not the only one who needs to take charge of their money - i feel like money, or lack of it, rules my life and it needs to change!

    T93
    SPC 11# 588
    :xmassmileSaving £10 per week for Christmas 2018£40/£500:xmassmile
  • BadBookkeeper
    BadBookkeeper Forumite Posts: 674
    Sixth Anniversary 500 Posts Name Dropper
    Forumite
    Interested!
    Lightbulb moment - 17/08/2017 £17,033.  Current CC debt £2900 DFD 30/8/24 9 months to go…. 41 weeks 

  • I'm interested in a Christmas 2018 savings club!!

    Dxxx
  • Traveller_93
    Traveller_93 Forumite Posts: 16
    I've been Money Tipped!
    Forumite
    Hi to you all!

    I have to say I'm quite surprised by how many other's are liking my Xmas savings idea! :-) .

    Do you think I should start a new thread or keep it on this one?
    T93 x
    SPC 11# 588
    :xmassmileSaving £10 per week for Christmas 2018£40/£500:xmassmile
  • DebtFreeDuo
    DebtFreeDuo Forumite Posts: 1,021
    1,000 Posts Third Anniversary Combo Breaker
    Forumite
    Could you rename this thread? Unsure if its possible but would save starting a fresh one.
    Change the way you see things and the things you see will change
  • Traveller_93
    Traveller_93 Forumite Posts: 16
    I've been Money Tipped!
    Forumite
    I have tried it won't let me grr!

    T93
    SPC 11# 588
    :xmassmileSaving £10 per week for Christmas 2018£40/£500:xmassmile
  • dollypeeps
    dollypeeps Forumite Posts: 226
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Forumite
    We've done this for many years and once you've done it you'll never look back.
    It's so much easier.
    We do ours from October to October and it's wonderful knowing that the money is there.

    Done the same with food shopping too.
    Each week I cash £50-60 and do my weekly shop on a Friday. Also have £10 in my purse for any incidentals like milk bread or rolls etc and once it's gone that's it!! Very often I find I'm left with £5 from my 'purse'money and then each Thursday evening I empty my purse, small coins in a jar and notes and £1 coins in a separate tin. It soon adds up.

    Good,luck
    Grocery spends £193.44/ £70 per week or £303 per month
  • dollypeeps
    dollypeeps Forumite Posts: 226
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Forumite
    ^ oops need update my signature ^
    Grocery spends £193.44/ £70 per week or £303 per month
  • try_harder
    try_harder Forumite Posts: 1,506
    Eighth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Forumite
    Sounds great, i would love to join in too .
This discussion has been closed.
Meet your Ambassadors

Categories

  • All Categories
  • 340.1K Banking & Borrowing
  • 249.1K Reduce Debt & Boost Income
  • 448.3K Spending & Discounts
  • 231.9K Work, Benefits & Business
  • 603K Mortgages, Homes & Bills
  • 171.6K Life & Family
  • 245.1K Travel & Transport
  • 1.5M Hobbies & Leisure
  • 15.8K Discuss & Feedback
  • 15.1K Coronavirus Support Boards