Weekly Spend Challenge W/C 6th January 2013

EverTheOptimist · 5 January 2013 at 3:02PM

Hello everyone. Welcome to the Weekly Spend Challenge. This challenge is open to anybody, no matter what financial place they are in.

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 - overbudget
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

W/C 30th December 2012 Challengers / Pledges / Total Spent

EverTheOptimist - £110 / £105.38
Munchin - £40 / £14.39
mumlady1 - £15
rising from the ashes - £35 / £29.34
mandz1 - £50 / £22.03
Lottie1987 - £70 / £65.68
hereigoagain22 - £60
Casperthefriendlyghost - £10 / £2.68
E2006 - £120 / £119
Helgathehairy - £20
CommitedToChange - £5 / £7.60
fyinggiraffe - £30 / £46,24
abundant1972 - £40 / £239.53
bansleylass83 - £100
Baileys Babe - £5 / £0
chris81418 - £50 / £49.99
zaleska3 - £50 / £58

W/C 6th January 2013 Challengers / Pledges / Total Spent

EverTheOptimist - £115 / £123.03
Munchin - £30 / £30.49
rising from the ashes - £90 / RED
mandz1 - £30 / £16.72
Lottie1987 - £70 / £45.12
Casperthefriendlyghost - £10
E2006 - £190 / £186.91
fyinggiraffe - £35 / £21.75
abundant1972 - £20 / £195.69
Baileys Babe - £5
chris81418 - £100
zaleska3 - £100 / £78.98
CommitedToChange - £130
RonniesMummy - £15
Lynne192 -
clairey em - £50 / £43.86
oopsadaisydoddle - £15 / £10.25
Ihatethemoneypit - £35
missmoneysave - £35

EverTheOptimist · 5 January 2013 at 3:08PM

Hey all

Well my plan for this week is £115

Sunday - Cinema - £10, Grocery shopping - £?, Petrol - £25
Monday - Meal out - £20
Tuesday - Spa evening - paid for by work, but got to put £15 towards it.
Wednesday - NSD
Thursday - NSD
Friday - NSD
Saturday - Newspaper and maybe small misc spend - £?

It's in black and white therefore it has to happen just like this.

rising_from_the_ashes · 5 January 2013 at 3:22PM

Thanks for the new thread ETO .... mmmm quite liking your thinking for laying everything out - may try that later!:)

ETA - here's the budget so far:

Groceries £20.74 / £40 (£32.50 + £7.50 from last week)
Hair £0/£40 (new hairdresser & not sure of cost ... hasn't been cut since errrr March?)
Misc £0 / £10
Total £20.74 / £90

CommitedToChange · 5 January 2013 at 6:20PM

Afternoon all

Well I failed last week - here's hoping I do better this week :rotfl:

Sunday - Allotment fees £45, Electric £40
Monday - Petrol £40
Tuesday - NSD
Wednesday - Cat food and yeast £4.50
Thursday - NSD
Friday - NSD
Saturday - NSD

Ha ha so here's hoping to a spend-tastic £130 for the week - ouch that seems high :eek: but all on essentials.

:beer:

flyinggiraffe_2 · 5 January 2013 at 6:50PM

Good evening

As always, thank you ETO for starting the thread.
Am going to have a go at something different this week (basically steal ETOs list of things for the week!) I also never budget for Saturdays at the moment, and this is where I go wrong.

Sunday: maximum £10 - I want some boxes to go on a shelf and keep my makeup tidier than it is at the moment.
Monday - Friday: work and bus paid for so NSDs
Saturday: lunch with the girls. £2.20 bus and max £20 lunch/booze.

Rounded up to a pledge of £35 for the week please

RonniesMummy · 5 January 2013 at 8:31PM

I want to join in this week please!
Thinking a weekly total of £15 (car already full of petrol, on a diet so meals already planned and food bought!)

Sunday - NSD
Monday - NSD
Tuesday - Top up of fruit and lunch stuff £10
Wednesday - NSD
Thursday -NSD
Friday - Fruit, Bread etc £5
Saturday Hopefully another NSD!

Wow I hope I can actually do this!

lynne192 · 5 January 2013 at 11:19PM

can i join please?

clairey_em · 5 January 2013 at 11:31PM

I would like to join this week too please

We have a budget of £50, I'll break it down and edit this post once I've worked out what needs we have for each day of the week.

For me alone I plan to spend very little but dh may need to get some bits for the boys, although not much. We shouldn't need to spend as much as £50 but that's the absolute max.

Thank you! Xx

oopsadaisydoddle · 5 January 2013 at 11:56PM

Hi all,

I haven't been on here for a while but i think I might like to join again. Can you put me down for £15 this week. This is basically just for 'spends' but had my hair cut today which ate into our pocket money so trying to hang tight for the rest of the week.

I did a meal plan and have been shopping so hopefully that will eliminate the 'need' for takeaways! Am also planning on doing a big batch of homemade veg and mixed bean soup for lunches at work so that should save me going to the machine for junk food.

I hope everyone is well and had a lovely Christmas and New Year.x

Casperthefriendlyghost · 6 January 2013 at 12:16AM

Hi!

Thanks EverTheOptimist for starting us off again. Hope everyone has a great week!

Cheers
Casper
xx

Baileys_Babe · 6 January 2013 at 12:53AM

Thanks as always ETO for running this thread and also a big thank you to all who contribute

Last week was purple :j
This week I pledge to spend no more than £5

Weekly Spend Challenge W/C 6th January 2013

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