Before work yesterday I added £100 to my challenge.

My new total is £237.13.

It's day three and I have money to add. my driving instructor didn't have change last week so I owed himless this week. So I came back from my lesson with £5. I know this should go towards next weeks lesson but I'm just going to save it.

Old total: £132.13
Added £5
New total: £137.13

I saved £1.40 today when a friend of my mum's gave me a lift home from work. I only had £1.50 in my purse so I added that.

Old total:£130.63
Added:£1.50
New total: £132.13

Tomorrow my uncle is giving me a lift home so I will add the money that I save.

I found £2 in my bag.

Previous total: £128.63
Added: £2
New total: £130.63

I have to save up £1901.37 by April. How am I going to do it? I really really need to budget. I'm stressed now! It'll be a miracle if I do manage to save this.

I'm off work today so I've started wrapping Christmas presents and writing cards.

I added some money to my challenge so my new total is £128.63. Still got a long way to go.

My new total is £126.98. It should be way more by now. I don't know what my problem is. I hope I get this other job, especially if overtime at work stops after Christmas. This other job will make saving so much easier than it is. It doesn't help that I've dramatically increased the amount I spend every month learning to drive.

I can't remember how much I spent on a night out last week, it's really bad. I was drunk...

I need to get my act together.

I'm opening up a savings account tomorrow for my challenge money. I'm meeting my boyfriend after he finishes work so I will go to the building society before I meet him. My money has been in my room for ages so it's about time I put it into a savings account.

On Friday I am going to phone to try and get another driving instructor. I don't have any money until Friday otherwise I would phone before then.

My boyfriend owes me money. When he repays me it's going straight into my challenge account, along with all of the other money I have to add.

I haven't started Christmas shopping yet. Although I have been looking at gifts online to see if they are cheaper.

Well my challenge total is increasing very slowly, but the important thing is that I'm adding more to it. I have £3.20 to add to it. This is savings from shopping and money from walking my dog.

Previous total: £90.90
Added: £3.20
New total: £94.10

As far as my spending is concerned I have paid some bills and spent money getting to work. Taking my lunch to work all weekend. I have to help my mum buy a fence for our garden, hopefully it won't be too much.

A while ago I decided to quit a habit and add the money that I saved to my challenge money - I haven't done that yet.

I came back with money from my holiday which I said I would add to my challenge money - I haven't done that yet.

I decided to open a savings account for my challenge money - I haven't done that yet.

This month I am going to do all of these things.

I saved £3 today so I added that to my challenge.

New total: £90.90

I just walked my dog so I have £1 to add.

Old total: £86.90
Added £1.00
New total: £87.90

I bought some things today and made some savings. I will add that once I total how much I have saved.

I walked my dog twice today so I have £2 to add to my challenge.

Previous total: £84.90
Added £2.00
New total: £86.90

Also, for the past two days I haven't spent anything

Well it's taken me ages but I finally counted my challenge money. I have £84.90! I was hoping for more than that but I still have a lot more saving to do.

I've got my shift covered at work today so today will be spent packing and making lists.

Today is also the first No Spend Day of this month.

I walked my dog so I have £1 to add to my challenge. I really need to count how much I have.

I walked my dog twice today so I added £2 to my challenge money.

I think this is my first no spend day this month, which is really bad.

I've been job hunting daily, every day I find vacancies I never noticed before. I might have to work two jobs so i can pay back my graduate endowment.

So how's my challenge? Not going very well.I have £1 to add to it today for walking my dog.

My graduation pictures arrived last week. I'm going to try and put mine on the computer. I'm really bad at it.

I walked my dog twice and I saved 50p last week shopping so I added £2.50 to my challenge.

Old total: £62.90
Added £2.50
New total: £65.40

I have £1.40 to add to my challenge, I didn't get the bus home last night.

Previous total: £61.50
Added £1.40
New total: £62.90

My boyfriend's mum picked up beach towels for me from my work. She gave me my change, £1, when I went over last night.

Yesterday I walked back from my local shopping centre, so I saved £1.40.

Previous total: £59.10
Added £2.40
New total: £61.50

I have £1.50 to add to my challenge; I got a lift instead of the bus on Sunday.

£57.60
Added £1.50

New total: £59.10

I went shopping today, spent £40 when I had only planned on spending £20. I think I have everything in for my holiday now. Saved £4 and I walked my dog. I added £5 to my challenge.

New total: £57.60

I walked my dog again before I started work today. I have £1 more to add.

New total: £52.60

Payday tomorrow!

I added £1 for walking my dog.

New total: £51.60

I walked my dog twice so I added £2

New total: £50.60

I walked my dog today and I had some other savings to add to my challenge.

Old Total: £44.30
Added £4.30
New Total: £48.60

I've decided that I need all of the help I can get when it comes to saving money for this challenge. So what am I going to do? I was looking at savemoneygames.com and I noticed that there's a game called Quit a Habit. It can be any habit, as long as it saves you money. It doesn't have to be a bad habit. I've decided to stop buying magazines. I usually buy Cosmopolitan every month (£3.20 a month). This is £38.40 a year, which isn't much, but it is something.

I told my boyfriend I was serious about trying to save the money for next year. He thinks I should take out a loan for some of it; he also volunteered to take spending money for me on holiday. I told him I can do it. My mum offered to help me with spending money too. I can do it; they just have to realise that I can. I haven't gotten off to a good start but I'm sure it will get better?

I added £8.70 today.

New total: £35.60 + £8.70 = £44.30

For some reason a while ago I registered with slim-fast and they sent me a free sample (chocolate bar). My mum liked it. This morning I got two coupons for a free smoothie (£1.19) and a free bar (59p). When I use these coupons I'm going to put the money towards my challenge.

I've also decided that if I buy reduced items that I don't need I will put that towards my challenge too.

I'm going to make a list of all my savings over these two weeks e.g. £1 for walking my dog and any savings I make on bus fare. I'll add this to my challenge when I've got money (although July is going to be an expensive month).