Weekly Spend Challenge W/C 28th April 2013

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  • Laconic
    Laconic Posts: 186 Forumite
    First Anniversary Combo Breaker Debt-free and Proud!
    Well, last week I met my spending target: 41.09/50 yay! :)

    This week is eye-watering. Leaving aside the direct debits which I can't affect one way or another (plus they're for rent and bills), the spending I *do* have control over this week is £350 which is to cover the following items:
    Groceries -- £30
    Hair -- £80
    Outings -- £60 (going to see a friend and her baby, also going to a birthday dinner for self and another friend)
    Train tickets -- £30 (from Manchester to London, what can I say, I'm optimistic I can beat the full ticket price!)
    Van hire -- £150 (to move self and three friends over three days in July. Booking early as it's peak time)

    My real goal is to see how much I can beat this amount by. :)
    LBM: June 2023. Amount owed: ~£10,000I've gone debt free before, I can do it again!
  • Laconic
    Laconic Posts: 186 Forumite
    First Anniversary Combo Breaker Debt-free and Proud!
    Got an early morning train: £17.15 with my railcard. A good start, I say.
    Was going to shop, but I reckon I can get half my meals for the week out of the food I have in my fridge/freezer first. £0.89 for milk today.

    Sun: £18.04
    LBM: June 2023. Amount owed: ~£10,000I've gone debt free before, I can do it again!
  • NSD for me today. Spent most of the day in, although popped to my parents for a quick visit.

    Hubby's back to work tonight for the week so should be a slightly cheaper week for me. :D
    SPC 14 Target £200 /
    Debt: £11850
  • 32b3in2013
    32b3in2013 Posts: 2,440 Forumite
    First Anniversary Name Dropper Combo Breaker First Post
    errr is it too early to declare that I have bust the budget this week? :(

    I spent
    £24 on a dress in M&S
    £5 in £land on stuff to help organise my finances
    £38 in next on a top which I gave to my Mum because I didn't like it after all and a watch
    £2.60 on a drink and some popcorn in Boots
    £3 on car parking

    So far £72.60/£50.00 :eek::eek:

    Oh, and I have not bought my lunches for work yet!!
    SPC9 #125 - £816.85
    SPC10 #125 - £851.81
    SPC 11 #7 - £968.46
    SPC 12 #7 - £2682.90
    SPC 13 #7 - £4829.85
    SPC 14 #7 - £4173.30
  • 32b3in2013 wrote: »
    errr is it too early to declare that I have bust the budget this week? :(

    I spent
    £24 on a dress in M&S
    £5 in £land on stuff to help organise my finances
    £38 in next on a top which I gave to my Mum because I didn't like it after all and a watch
    £2.60 on a drink and some popcorn in Boots
    £3 on car parking

    So far £72.60/£50.00 :eek::eek:

    Oh, and I have not bought my lunches for work yet!!

    Oooops. :D
    SPC 14 Target £200 /
    Debt: £11850
  • Baileys_Babe
    Baileys_Babe Posts: 5,579 Forumite
    Name Dropper First Anniversary First Post
    Oooops. :D

    That's what I was thinking.

    No money spent today.
    Fashion on a ration 2024 66/66 coupons remaining
    80 coupons rolled over 0/80 coupons spent - using for secondhand purchases

    One
     income, home educating family 
  • 32b3in2013
    32b3in2013 Posts: 2,440 Forumite
    First Anniversary Name Dropper Combo Breaker First Post
    That's what I was thinking.

    No money spent today.


    Me too :o:D
    SPC9 #125 - £816.85
    SPC10 #125 - £851.81
    SPC 11 #7 - £968.46
    SPC 12 #7 - £2682.90
    SPC 13 #7 - £4829.85
    SPC 14 #7 - £4173.30
  • NSD for me! Yipee!
    May Grocery Challenge - £34.58/£75
  • Hi everyone and thanks to ETO for the thread. I am going for a budget of £15 this week. I've already spent £5.28 on some tomatoes, milk and a magazine with a card which will get me 2 for 1 entry into gardens for a year - useful for when I have visitors, so that leave me 9.72 to play with.
  • Good going 32b3in2013!!!!
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