#freeweek Fail

I failed the #freeweek challenge :-(

I got as far as Friday without spending anything (other than some lose change that I found, which I used to buy a loaf of bread, some milk and a basic ready meal). However on Friday night the call of the pub was too strong and before I knew it I had spent ~£10 this was quickly followed by ~£50 in the wonderful place which is Pappa Sanchos. This meant I went over my weekly budget by ~£5. Damn.

On the plus side, this week has encouraged me to bring food into work and that is something I plan to keep on doing (so when the expensive Friday night out comes, I wont have wasted my budget on food beforehand). Also I suppose it would be a good idea to think of a cheaper way of spending my Friday nights, the food is usually the killer so going to a cheaper place to eat (or simply restraining myself from ordering starters and extras and a big giant steak) would be a good idea. Now I am going out for a nice meal with Jay next Saturday (Valentines day) so I will have to make an extra big effort not to spend my whole budget on Friday night.

In non-financial news, the Halo Wars demo is now available to download on Xbox Live, it is sweetilicous. Initially I was a quite skeptical about how they could pull of a strategy game on a console, but you know what? They have nailed it (at least they have if the demo is anything to go by). So if you are a Halo fan make sure you go get this demo.

Anyways, I need to go to the shop as we have pretty much ran out of food in the house (oh no!), but before I go I should mention the fact that last week the UK has had more snow than in the last 20 years[citation needed]. Swansea had some, not an awful lot, but there was snow (and with it a snow-half-day wooo!). Shame that it meant I didn’t get to give blood. I Will try again on the 18th and as always I encourage all of my readers to do the same.