Attack April with An Alternative Approach; the NSD Challenge.

curlygirl1971

PS Thanks for the feedback re Charity donations

I think most of us feel the same then - we certainly don't begrudge it if it's what we can afford and it's something we feel is worthwhile. I think it must be especially difficult for those of you with School children - they always seem to be doing something sponsored! I did Race for Life last year (allthough ahem ...cough...cough....I actually walked it. Fast.) and felt so embarressed to mention it to people that I did a pathetic job of raising sponsorship!

So I don't mind being asked for something I feel strongly about and at the moment I don't give anything out of my salary direct. I even get phonecalls asking - which I find incredibly RUDE - so don't mind saying no then but I use 'Someone close to me has MS so any money I give to charity goes to that cause'. Which for a few years was true as that was all I could afford at the time. With regard to sponsoring people for the up and coming R 4 L's I guess I'll just say 'I'm sponsoring a few people so I'm sorry the donation isn't as big as I'd like'. Need to harden myself up to it and I guess not worry about it

solventsoon

curlygirl1971 wrote: »

PS Thanks for the feedback re Charity donations

I think most of us feel the same then - we certainly don't begrudge it if it's what we can afford and it's something we feel is worthwhile. I think it must be especially difficult for those of you with School children - they always seem to be doing something sponsored! I did Race for Life last year (allthough ahem ...cough...cough....I actually walked it. Fast.) and felt so embarressed to mention it to people that I did a pathetic job of raising sponsorship!

So I don't mind being asked for something I feel strongly about and at the moment I don't give anything out of my salary direct. I even get phonecalls asking - which I find incredibly RUDE - so don't mind saying no then but I use 'Someone close to me has MS so any money I give to charity goes to that cause'. Which for a few years was true as that was all I could afford at the time. With regard to sponsoring people for the up and coming R 4 L's I guess I'll just say 'I'm sponsoring a few people so I'm sorry the donation isn't as big as I'd like'. Need to harden myself up to it and I guess not worry about it

Think you're right there, curlygirl.... we all need to be able to say "no" without feeling guilty for doing so, and there's the problem....

Well done for doing the race for life - even for walking it you deserve a pat on the back:D

solventsoon

Hi lovely NSDers
Update no 2 for today - lots more NSDs rolling in..

Well done to :
katholicos: :jwell done for no 4 for you - you’re doing well. Look forward to seeing lots more rolling in now:)
littlekel: wow, doing brilliantly with no 8:j - well done, you’ll be well over target this month:)
HowlinWolf: :wave:hi, good to see you again. Well done for no 2, third of the way through now:j
butdoinnedit?: well done to you for no 5,:j fantastic news, and really pleased you’re sounding so positive, great to see.:j Brilliant news about your bank balance and the gift card - see, something’s going right for you finally.:j Oooh, is it your birthday next week - we’ll have to have cake a few drinks if so:):)... Fudge cake sounds yummy
Nottoobadyet: you’re well and truly on a roll now - well done, no 5:j.... and yay to the free lunch at work:)... Fingers crossed for another one tomorrow (NSD that is, not free lunch:rotfl:).. although a free lunch would be good as well, of course;)..
Keiss 21: yay... another one on a roll now, well done for no 6:j.... oh dear to yesterday and dentist:( but at least it was a low spend, not a mega one..... Hope work is still going OK and look forward to seeing you later in the week:)
Choc-addict: :wave:hi, nice to see you again... well done for no 2.:j Look forward to lots more updates now you’re up and running..
JES_F1: well done for no 5 - half way there now, brilliant!!!:j Seems like you had a good day working at home today as well!!:)
nicca: I can still smell the banana bread ...... well done for no 4 :j- you will get to 10 by the end of April if I have to keep on nagging you every day:rotfl:..
curlygirl: yay......... another NSD.. :j no 6 I think??... well done!!!! Today was much better thanks, just at the teeth-griding stage now;)...... Oooh, Glasgow... I thought shiny silver jacket with huge shoulder pads, pink knee high platform boots and something else, but can’t quite work out what just yet.... will that do?:rotfl:
kathy40uk: :wave:hi, good to see you again... well done for no 5,:j doing well now, keep going!!:)
3Dogs: yay.. no 9... :j you’re doing brilliantly now.... well done!!!! Well done to DH for resisting the milk, he’s really got the NSD spirit as well, so he can have one of these as well!!:j

And hello to everyone else:
anonymoose: good low spends today, well done, love the tactics for avoiding buying a drink this evening - hope it works OK:)
blueelephanttrunk: hope the driving lesson went well - how’s it going? Ahh... just seen LfV’s comments about car, insurance, petrol, etc, etc.... hmmmm... public transport??;)
skaps: glad you’re feeling better now, roll on the next NSD:)
Dorastar: oh dear, sounds like you’ve had one of those days today,:( hopefully tomorrow will be better for you. I did do a kind-of explanation of the snowball calculator, but BDINI did a much better one for you
LadyfromVenice: ahhh to DS2, what a little star...... great you still kept your NSD!:)

Some great posts today, keep 'em rolling in..

No NSD for me today, had to get a couple of things, so very low spend. Grocery shop tomorrow:mad::mad: but I have a list and I WILLLLLLL stick to it....

Off to update all the totals now - they're all looking good:T:T

See you all tomorrow
'night
spoon
x

niccatw

I was thinking of this...

curlygirl1971

OMG you are going to look well fit!

solventsoon

That's a great look, nicca:D

chris81418

Woop woop! After 4 spend days in a row, I finally managed a NSD yesterday, so I'm back on course with 8 out of 19 NSDs so far - thanks for updating the scores Spoon.

niccatw - loving the outift!

teenyweenyspender

Managed to secure another one of those NSD bad boys :j

NSD No. 9/ 20

cw18

Yesterday was another day when the Whoopsies got the better of me (my freezers are really groaning now!), and I added 12 breaded cod fillets to my food stocks (special offer - 4 pieces for £2 : Whoopsied to 99p/pack). That was as I left work just after 4pm, but I was a good girl and didn't take all 6 packs that were on the shelf - mainly 'cos I knew the freezers wouldn't cope - and didn't go back to see what the final reductions were just 'cos I'd already lost my NSD (which I'm prone to doing)

Hoping to keep today an NSD, as tomorrow won't be. Have a hospital appt (minor procedure under a local), which means I have to buy a bus ticket. DS will be sent out for milk (I'm out too early to get it, and am not going out for it afterwards, nor giving him any money for it on Saturday), so Saturday will be an NSD as I don't see me wanting to go anywhere with my eye patch on. Sunday is 'wobbly', as I will probably want to go out for a walk to see how my vision's coping - due to the fact the hospital have said to refrain from driving for 24 hours and I'm wanting to use the car on Monday morning (so I can visit my OH for the first time in 3 weeks!) Can't see Monday being an NSD though, as it's very rare for me to be off work when he's nothing planned during the day - so I'm guessing we'll possibly make the most of it and go out somewhere

Looks like I'm going to be struggling to get my 11 NSDs in this month - but I'm not giving in yet, even though my target for Jan thru April is 44 and I've already got 51.

honey

Hi everyone :wave:

I'm back! I bowed out in March for our house move, which went great, loving our new home! Anyway we went back online yesterday - woohoo!!

Solventsoon, can I join in and pledge 5 for the last two weeks of April please? I've had a brief look and have seen you're running the challenge this month thank you, how's it going? I'm going to have a read through and find out what you've all been up to.

honey x