September - The NSD Challenge

Lelc

9-10

2nd nsd of the month for me today. I'm shall also be trying hard for an nsd tomorrow. It helps having a supply of chocolate to hand - well it helps moneywise but not weight wise.

ilovetea

9-10

A third one for me,but I'll have to go out tomorrow unless I have milkless
tea:eek: . Might stock up on fruit and veg while I'm there.
This is the only time 3/10 has sounded good!

ilovetea x

rb6ac

11-12

:eek: Failed today as paid internet bill, bought petrol and b/day presents for OH

The_Dragon

13-14

Another NSD for me today making 3 out of a possible/hopeful 14! I'm not sure about tomorrow - I think we need to get a gift card for Dr Dragon's BIL and possibly contact lens stuff for Dr Dragon. If we can wait until Saturday (eye care stuff being the deciding factor!) then yes a NSD is possible.

SarahNeedle1872

9-10

Failed today - got up late and took no food to work..... and ended up spending £4!:mad: :eek:

toottifrootti

I stayed at home today and tried to do housework - so second NSD for me today :j

TF xx

BridgetJones_2

5-6

£3 spent today on sending ebay items which isn't bad considering I went to look at some kittens with a friend. A few weeks ago I would have reserved one for £80 without giving it a second thought!

Another NSD is planned for tomorrow though.

mizmir

9-10

Managed another today. Not sure about tomorrow - may well have parking to pay for.

piglet6

5-6

Having just achieved the July challenge (5) and spectacularly failed the August one (3 out of 6), I had said to myself that I wouldn't do September...but I've changed my mind and would like to set 5 days again as a target.

I've worked out that even though I failed in August, the main two reasons were:

1. Buying fresh milk. We tend to get through 8 pints every 3 days (Mr P is a tea addict!), so I tend to buy a 4pt carton on 2 out of every 3 days - which greatly reduces the amount of potential NSDs available to me (although on occasion, if the milk has a long date, I have bought 8pts at one time to try and avoid this problem!).
2. Buying yellow sticker foods. I walk home past an M&S Simply Food and a Sainbury's Local, both of whom have some pretty good reduced bargains at the end of the day. Being a MSE-er, I pop in for a look, and if something is reduced to a good price, and can be frozen for future use, I pick it up there and then.

I have no intention of stopping either of these practices, as I can't stop buying milk, and it seems daft to not take advantage of a bargain (quite often 75% off) for the sake of being able to call it a NSD. However, quite often these are my only spends, so I am going to try and count "proper" NSDs, but also keep an eye on "milk only" days and "yellow-sticker only" days. I won't count these 2 types of days in this challenge, but I think it will give me encouragement - I know for a fact that even though I failed last month's challenge, I still spent lots less than normal, as several of my days were just "milk spends" or "yellow sticker spends" on the way home from work.

I hope this is acceptable to people on this challenge. I may well officially fail again this month, but at least I will have a record of why...

Piglet

puss14

20+

So far 3 nsd. 17 to go weeeeeeeeee:j
Good luck everyone:A