Madness, "May"hem & MoneySaving: Welcome to the NSD Challenge

solventsoon

Hi lovely NSD gang :A
Great start to the month for lots of you - good to see so many NSDs rolling in so early. Some brilliant posts today - we seem to have diverted along the Star Wars path today - great ideas for costumes for our next night out. Have we decided on Brighton - guess that might be the only place ready to cope with us on our Star Wars costumes:rotfl:

Welcome to the newbies joining us. We’re a friendly bunch on here, have a lot of laughs and occasional bouts of insanity, but we’re all committed to getting as many NSDs as possible, so keep posting and we’ll give you lots of encouragement.
Wildchild: :wave:hi and welcome, of course you can join us - as you might have realised by now, we are a slightly insane, but very friendly bunch, feel free to join in with the general chat as well as posting your updates. Signing you up for 22 now, look forward to seeing you back here.:)
complimentschemistry: :wave:hi and welcome to the NSD challenge, good to have you on board. Signing you up for 10 now, look forward to seeing your progress (PS: see comment above, we are mildly insane so feel free to join in the general chat as well as updating your totals):)

Welcome back to:
mandy8532: :wave:hi and welcome back - signing you up for 14 this month. Look forward to your updates.:)
Well done for no 1 already - great start to the month
webitha: :wave:hi and welcome back, good to see you again. Signing you up for 15 this month.:)
:jWell done for the 2 so far - brilliant start.
Oooh motor bike rally sounds fun.... Guessing that “thing 1” is one of your kids??;)
Oh and well done for no 3:j - great start to the month - keep going!:)
Firewalker: :wave:hi, :(oh dear to April, but May will be much more positive - keep posting and we’ll give you lots of encouragement. Signing you up for 10 now and well done for no 1 already:j - great start to the month.:)

Well done to:
thrifty fifty: well done for no 2:j - you’re doing brilliantly. Hope you find your switch card though... ahh I can see you haven’t, hope it turns up soon:)
BigMumma: well done for no 3 :j- fantastic. :eek:to running out of fruit and veg though - that’s a pain
Like the idea of the ‘70s theme for the night out - loved Bowie as well - but we seem to have been taken over now by Star Wars;)
gettingthereslowly: well done for no 1 :j- great start to the month, keep going!:)
taka: :eek:to forgetting brother’s GF birthday and even more :eek:to emergency dentist appointment - hope it isn’t too painful.
:jWell done for no 1 yesterday - brilliant start to the month, keep going!:)
willbedebtfree: :jyay and well done for 2 NSDs - brilliant. Liking the positive attitude, keep it up and you’ll get your NSD week - we’re behind you all the way!:)
TheBees: well done to you for no 2:j - brilliant - keep going!;)
Changingme: :j well done for no 2 - great start to the month. Liking the organisation - that’s the way to get lots of NSDs - brilliant!:)
pure dead dopey: yay - no 2 :j- brilliant, those aliens are clearly working well.;) Hmmmm.. your aliens will fit in very well with our Star Wars theme - are they coming along to our night out or did we frighten them off last time?;)
boultdj: :jwell done for no 3 - fantastic start to the month - keep going!
Hmmm costumes for Star Wars - Princess Leia had a long white dress - maybe that would do - as long as you can do the helmet plaits you should be fine with that.
As for Chewbacca:eek:
BDINI: yay, well done for no 1,:j off the starting blocks now, keep going!
Just be careful what you do with that lightsabre - don’t want you giving BigMumma a short back and sides:eek:
Surfbabe: :jwell done for no 2 - keep going!:)
Wildchild: yay - no 3:j - brilliant start to the month - keep updating!:)
BlimusOreilly: :jand another one on no 3 - well done - great start to the month for you as well!:)
slowlyfading: hi, another one on no 3:j - well done, great start to the month for you also!:)
JES_F1: great start to the month for you as well -:j 2 NSDs is brilliant - well done! Keeping my fingers crossed for lots more for you:)
cw18: yay - well done for no 3 :j- that’s brilliant - and well done for resting the bargains today. Hope you got the bread sorted and made - ooooohhhh.. waking up to freshly baked bread is my idea of heaven;)
curlygirl: yay - :jwell done for no 1 - off the starting blocks now - brilliant!!:)
That youtube clip is great!;)
Dorastar: well done for 2 NSDs:j - brilliant and congratulations on becoming an auntie again - great news!:j
LadyfromVenice: :jyay - well done for no 3 - brilliant! Keep going!
Hmm... Darth Maul - getting a bit worried about you now;)
Nottoobadyet: well done for no 2:j - brilliant - fingers crossed for lots more during the week.
We seem to have started something with Star Wars;)
katholicos: :jwell done for no 4 - brilliant start to the month, keep going!:)
nicca: well done for no 3:j and for sorting clutter out :j- you’re getting so organised it’s becoming a bit worrying - can see Tixy and I are going to have to get moving quick!;)
3Dogs: don’t turn your back on this thread or you’ll miss two pages - we like to have a chat on here;) Well done for no 2:j - brilliant start for a newbie and fingers crossed for the rest of the week:)

And hello to everyone else:
jintyb: :wave:hi - missed you over the last couple of days, glad you’re OK. Oh well, at least the past two days were low spends - much better than a huge blowout
Got to organise Brighton but we need to make it when BDINI can come along - she definitely needs a crazy night out! Ooh yes, and don’t forget the haggis pakoras - need to get my fix again!;)
Nargle: :)will keep you to your promise of a NSD later in the week. I already have a kipper rotting away nicely (your previous request) and am sure I can arrange for you to be shoved into a deep freeze as well should that prove necessary;)
elfen: fingers crossed for another NSD for you tomorrow:)
Tixy: arrggh to having to buy liquid gold and ruining an NSD.... note to self: must be more organised;)
rachelmk: low spend day no too bad, could have been a lot worse. Hurrah to pay day tomorrow and fingers crossed for another NSD too:)
Baileys Babe: yay:j well done for catching up with the thread - got some more catching up to do now, though, I think.... we seem to have drifted into Star Wars territory;)
Keiss 21: arrggh to spending day today.:( Hope your toe is getting less painful.
Hope you have a lovely evening tomorrow - 31 years needs to be celebrated - well done!:)
debtbegone: :(oh dear to bubblewrap today, hopefully it will last you a while though and a low spend so not too bad:)

Phew.. that feels like War and Peace;) Will keep you busy tomorrow morning, jinty:)
I managed another one today as well - no 4 for me now :j

Off to do the updates now, see you all tomorrow for more chat and frivolity

'night all
spoon
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niccatw

Spoon, you give us lots of encouragement when we manage a NSD, but then your achievements are glossed over at the end... so I just wanted to say, woo hoo! 4 NSDs - well done. And also
For helping us all stay on the straight and narrow but not reining in our insanity .

(Not sure why my smiley's are so big...need to figure out how to make them a reasonable size some other time!)

teenyweenyspender

Coo-ee :wave:

NSD No. 3/20 :dance:
No such luck today with fuel fill up & visit to chiropractor.

Good luck everyone!

positivelypurple

We're now 5 days into May and I have yet to manage a NSD :mad: It's been crazy around here with one thing and another. I'm hoping that the weekend will help as have no plans one day and a party the next. It's very frustrating after doing so well last month.

I'm spending today and tomorrow on social things. Think I will get all my spending done for birthdays etc tomorrow and then should have a bit more success in the NSD dept.

cw18

solventsoon wrote: »

cw18: yay - well done for no 3 :j- that’s brilliant - and well done for resting the bargains today. Hope you got the bread sorted and made - ooooohhhh.. waking up to freshly baked bread is my idea of heaven;)

I don't wake up to the smell - haven't got the hang of the timer on the machine yet

Put the machine on (using a granary mix I got from App Foods) and set it running last night. Was due to finish around 10:40 (knew I should have put it on when I got in from work), and at 10:30-ish DS came out of his room and asked if I was making bread - and when would it be ready.

So by 10:50 about a third of the loaf had disappeared (looks like I'll have to make another this morning as I'm hopefully out tonight! I knew there was a reason I don't make my own bread very often ) - and I now need to add margarine to the shopping list for when I next reluctantly open my purse in the shops

Natty68

I've only managed 1 NSD so far, but am hoping that today will be one too. Have to go into town to change library books so am resisting walking around the town. Shall park in the 20min bays so that I am not tempted..:D

Well done to all those that have got their NSD's

jintyb

jintyb: :wave:hi - missed you over the last couple of days, glad you’re OK. Oh well, at least the past two days were low spends - much better than a huge blowout
Got to organise Brighton but we need to make it when BDINI can come along - she definitely needs a crazy night out! Ooh yes, and don’t forget the haggis pakoras - need to get my fix again!;)

Thanks for the wave! Morning everyone - I can report my first NSD of the month - go me! :jToday will be another - Ive a book to post but Ive been paid for the postage so doesnt count! Im a bit doubtful abou reaching target this month with me going on hols, but will give it my best shot!
Will check back later - must go and get ready for work.

Have a lovely day all!:)

chris81418

Just checking in to declare that yesterday was NSD number 2 for me - I trust that "May the fourth (be with you)" was a good Stars Wars day for everyone :rotfl:

Nottoobadyet

Aw, sort of sad that Star Wars day is over. Oh Darth Mauly-poo, come back...

Hoping today will be an NSD - have lunch ready to take to work, don't see any other opportunity to spend really!

Positive

Can I declare my first ever NSD target. I'm going for 10....although haven't managed 1 yet so far....:rotfl: