28th July 08 - Too much eating out, bad for hips, bad for the pocket

FRIDAY

KFC lunch: £4.49

Dinner (Goats cheese tart and wine): £23

2 drinks: £5.00

SATURDAY:

Gym shorts: £7.99 (in the sale)

Vest Top: £5.00

Lunch (pizza and Strawberry and mascapone tart): £13

Cinema ticket: £5.00 (Mama Mia, awful film, truly dreadful)

SUNDAY:

Drinks: £11.00

TOTAL WEEKEND SPEND: £68.49

Budget remaining: £18.56

22nd Jul 08

Taxi: £13.50

Round of Drinks £9.80

2 Coffees: £3.30

Steak Bake, Sausage Roll & Pasty: £2.78 

Total Spend: £29.38

Budget Remaining: £93.04

15th Jul 08 - The Cheapest Weeked Away In History

Had a real bargain weekend away, stayed at a friends new holiday cottage for free (in payment for helping decorate previously)

Pub Meal & Drink: £10.50

Sandwich & Snacks: £3.09

Toll Road: £2.50

Booze from supermarket: £8.00

Drinks: £0 (Everywhere shuts very early in the sleepy Welsh town so never got chance to get a round in. What a shame!)

McDonalds Big Mac Meal: £3.49

Total Spend: £27.58. Very Inpressed.

Budget Remaining: £122.42

11th Jul 08 - Back to Frugality

Ok, well we know that I went a little lazy back there, a bit too relaxed after the holiday, however I’m back to be frugal again now. Had a cheap, or should I say free, week so far. Going away for the weekend but its a free stay in a friend’s cottage so shouldn’t blow the budget.

Budget remaining: £150

7th July 08 - Been a bit lazy recently

So, having got back from holiday I’ve been rather lazy and not really kept track. So as penance I’m going to give myself a target of £150 until the end of July. Its going to be tough because its nearly 4 weeks but I could do with cutting down. We’ll see how it goes!

Budget remaining: £150

11th June 08

Perfume: £10

Beach Top & Shorts: £40 (Actually £60 but my mum has given me £20 towards them for my birthday)

Budget Remaining: £43.01

5th June 08 - You’re Not Saving Anything If You Don’t Need It

Not that I have heeded my own advice.

2 more bikinis £10.00. I definately DO NOT NEED any more bikinis but I innocently went into Asda to get some Tuna steaks and out I came with them, but at £5 each I couldn’t resist.

Budget remaining £93.01

2nd June 08

Ok, I’ll deal with the end of May first, I had £17.95 to last out the week.

FRIDAY:

£2.00 Charity Contribution

£14.00 Drinks

£6.50 Taxi

SATURDAY:

2 Bikinis: £29.98 (bargains considering one of them should have been £60)

Drinks: £6.00

TOTAL SPEND: £58.48

Overspent by £40.53, very poor show, I was doing so well earlier in the month.

JUNE:

Wasn’t too sure what to allocate for June because I’ll be on holiday for 2 weeks of it. However I do need to buy a few bits before I go, therefore I think I’ll aim for £150 (holiday spends don’t count in the budget, I’m on holiday after all)

Suitcase: £39.99 (Previous one was bought in 1998 for £27, used twice a year on average since=£1.50 cost per use. I think that’s pretty good going. This one has a seven year guarantee so we can definately count that as its minimum life span, if I’m still going away twice a year in the future, that willbe £2.87 cpu. )

Beach towel: £6.99

Total Spend: £46.99

Budget Remaining: £103.01

30th May 08 - Sponsor Money

Its been a cheap week overall, paid out £5.00 sponsor money to my boss, but it was well deserved because he ran 10k in 44mins 22secs despite his age

Budget Remaining £17.95

27th May 08

SATURDAY

Parking £2.00

Drinks: £9.00

SUNDAY

Entry to the zoo: £7.49. Used 2 for 1 voucher from Kellogs & took a packed lunch so minimise costs.

Toy from the Zoo gift shop for my niece: £3.00

Drinks: £10.95

Entry to bar: £2.00 with free vodka jelly, swiped an extra one each to get our money’s worth.

MONDAY:

2 Books for my holiday: £9.50 ( The Catcher in the Rye & A Spot Of Bother)

Total Spend: £43.94

Budget Remaining: £22.95