Weekly Spend Challenge W/C 18th November 2012

flyinggiraffe_2 · 18 November 2012 at 12:30PM

Good morning!

I have just put my Xmas cake in the oven and I can smell the brandy already! WooooT!

I'm working away 3 days this week, and taking m & d out for lunch on Friday, so I'm going to pledge £50. 00 this week.

Hope everyone has a good week

8hoovesarebetterthannone · 18 November 2012 at 2:35PM

Hey! Can you put me down for 165 which I know seems a lot but I have lots of travelling this week.

Thanks!

startingtogetoutofdebt · 18 November 2012 at 3:05PM

Spend so far this week (day one) but this includes groceries (not much required as house is brimming with food)

£25 Petrol (hopefully enough to get me to work and home all week)
£14.32 Groceries.

What this means for me - no trashy celeb magazines on Tuesday and no morning danish pastry - probably both a good thing really.

Here's to a week of careful driving and home baking!

Munchin · 18 November 2012 at 4:53PM

Hi all,

I've started spending already but I'm not leaving the house for the rest of the day/night:) -

Sun - £5 (charity)

Total - £5.00/£50

EverTheOptimist · 18 November 2012 at 11:14PM

First post updated to here.

Well Sunday is normally a NSD, however i have been worried about my lack of calcium and i really don't like plain milk so bought some chocolate milk and a couple of other bits.

£4.35 spent and £2 owed to my mum. I actually owed £12 but the £10 was from another budget.

so £13.65 left for the week.

Good luck everyone and have a good week.

Casperthefriendlyghost · 18 November 2012 at 11:27PM

Good evening everyone

NSD for me today ;o) Let's hope the rest of the week goes as well.

Cheers
Casper
xx

mum2one · 19 November 2012 at 12:17AM

rising_from_the_ashes wrote: »

Morning everyone thanks to ETO for the new thread :T and welcome to startingtogetoutofdebt and DaveK I get where you're coming from with the long walk .... I like things like that to clear my head / focus on things to do - 3 mile walk am & 4 to 6 mile walk pm but I do have a dog so that's why I do it!;)

little rant coming so please feel free to ignore ..... but I do feel better having now got it off my chest!!!!

I've been doing mine in stages (HNC then HND) as a) more affordable and b) getting a qualification along the way .... but have now hit a stumbling block:

If I go full time for the last 2 years - I get it paid but being single & having a mortgage etc, I can't afford to do this
If I go part time for the last 2 years - I get nothing :mad:
If I do it online (Scottish Uni) - I'd get part funding but none of the Scottish Unis do the course online :mad:
If I do it online (English Uni) - I get no funding & it's nearly £5k:eek:

*sigh* ...... not sure whether to even bother TBH - £5k is such a hugely ridiculous amount of money to pay at my age

P's me off TBH as if I got benefits of any kind (ie if I had kids), I'd get it all paid for & money for laptop, books etc ...... any particular reason why single people don't deserve the opportunity to better themselves the same way that those with kids can?

Sorry ..... sore subject

Best of luck to everyone this week

Sorry but was that dig aimed at me?

shezam · 19 November 2012 at 8:53AM

Morning everyone.

Sunday 17th - £17.10 Groceries.

rising_from_the_ashes · 19 November 2012 at 8:54AM

mum2one wrote: »

Sorry but was that dig aimed at me?

Seriously? :huh:

It was not a "dig" at anyone - apart from the stupid system :mad:

How on earth could it be a dig at you when I have no idea how you or anyone else funds their degrees - if you get it paid for, then brilliant (but if you do, why shouldn't everyone?), if not, then I sympathise as I know how hard it is trying to find the money to do it.

It gets a little frustrating trying to find money to try to better yourself / your prospects when others seem to just get it thrown at them / the rules governing getting the money are impossible to meet - that's all I was saying

I was just trying to highlight how unfair the system is .... it should be that anyone who wants to improve themselves can - not whether you get a certain benefit etc.:mad:

mandz1 · 19 November 2012 at 2:49PM

£8 spent so far this week

Weekly Spend Challenge W/C 18th November 2012

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