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

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  • slowlyfading
    slowlyfading Posts: 13,429 Forumite
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    number 4 for me :)
    Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
    Personal Finance Blogger + YouTuber / In pursuit of FIRE
  • taka
    taka Posts: 3,483 Forumite
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    Gahhhh my post just disappeared - *note to self do not highlight anything then press backspace while writing a post - the whole post disappears :mad:*

    Yesterday was a spendy day due to emergency present buying so I bought the spuds I needed too. Only £9.65 left in food budget for the month! :eek:

    Sadly my tooth does have an abcess so I'll be spending £99 odd to have another root canal treatment once I've finished my antibiotics. Gahhhh - oh well that is why I have money set aside for dental treatment in my budget I suppose. Thankfully pretty much no pain unless I poke my gum! :rotfl: (Touch wood! :eek:)

    I'm hoping today will be a NSD but the critical "risk of spending" period is on my way home from work and I haven't left work yet! :p
    Mortgage free as of 12/08/20!
    MFiT-5 no 45
    You can't fly with one foot on the ground!
  • pure_dead_dopey
    pure_dead_dopey Posts: 2,215 Forumite
    Another one for me to-day thank you Spoon, was at a reeeeaaallly booooorrrrring IT course all day, I swear I slept through the middle bit and it never made any difference, who can get excited by spreadsheets??????????

    Anyway, course supplied lunch and I drove home on some fumes, so OH will have to put liquid gold in later, success. Moths are having babies in my purse...............

    Love the Star Wars, might be a storm trooper.................
    More than Two Years in

    Doing it the Niddy way:j:j:j

  • cw18
    cw18 Posts: 8,630 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Declaring today as NSD #4 :T

    Managed to get out of work without any Whoopsies or general 'almost in dire need of' groceries (but was bought some chocolates by an appreciative customer, so I did bring some munchies home - taking them up to OH's tonight, so I doubt they'll last long :D )

    Off to OH's tonight, so won't be spending anything later on (no chance of a last minute Whoopsie hunt) - hence I can declare now instead of after the store closes at 8pm rolleyes.gif

    Going to try and hold off buying any veg/margarine etc tomorrow - but that depends on the milk situation :eek: Not sure DS will stretch the last 3 pints out until Friday when I'm not here to monitor his kitchen visits tonight :o (He's got through 9 pints since last Friday morning!!!!)
    Cheryl
  • kathy40uk
    kathy40uk Posts: 874 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Combo Breaker
    oooops forgot to sign up :eek:


    Number 1 today, will go for 15 again though :)

    DFD Need to August 2027 :(

    NSD March 15/20
    NSD April 17/15
    NSD May 13/15

  • thrifty_fifty
    thrifty_fifty Posts: 1,298 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    Hi,

    This isn't a straightforward one, but I want to be on the NSD straight and narrow. Today I did buy chocolate and crisps and a sandwich because I had a really horrible day at work and wanted comforting yummy food, but I did get a free loaf of bread with my newspaper that can be used for breakfasts next week instead of buying any. Can I claim number three with that?


    Plllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaasssssssssssssseeeee?:D


    M&S £2878.22/ Natwest £3526/ Loan £405/ [STRIKE]Sofa £0[/STRIKE]/ [STRIKE]Ring £0[/STRIKE]/
    Savings £12.04
    NSD 3/10 :cool:
    Total £6915.88







  • jet77
    jet77 Posts: 1,586 Forumite
    Hi,

    I'm pleased to announce 3/15 NSD so far this month woooooo hooooooo

    Starting as I mean to go on.

    Hope everyone has had a good day.

    Luv J x
    JUST DO IT ONE BRICK AT A TIME
    PROUD TO BE DEALING WITH MY DEBTS
    Weekly Budget: groceries£50/petrol£50/Unnecesary£15
    DEBT PAID = 58% (£4,212/£8216):T
  • Wildchild_2
    Wildchild_2 Posts: 147 Forumite
    Number 4 today - but tomorrow I really have to do some grocery shopping :( But I'm going for NSDs on sat and sunday!!!

    I will not spend, I will not spend, I will NOT spend !!!!
    [STRIKE]CC 1: £102[/STRIKE] / C[STRIKE]C 2: £349[/STRIKE] / [STRIKE]CC 3: £1000[/STRIKE]
    CC 4: £1000 / CC 5: [STRIKE]£150 [/STRIKE] / CC 6: [STRIKE]£500[/STRIKE]
    CC 7: [STRIKE]£500 [/STRIKE]/ [STRIKE]CC 8: £1183[/STRIKE]/ [STRIKE]CC 9: £1639[/STRIKE]

    Total debt: [STRIKE]£6,423[/STRIKE] :mad: £[STRIKE]6,128[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]£5,978 [/STRIKE][STRIKE]£4,099[/STRIKE][STRIKE]£3,639[/STRIKE]
  • butdoineedit?
    butdoineedit? Posts: 1,181 Forumite
    jintyb[/FONT][/B]: :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!;)

    Aww spoon thank u for arranging the entertainment diary around me, how special do i feel now??? :kisses3:

    Very low spend for me today, had to get milk for work (can claim that back tho) & ordered some books off greenmetropolis for my hols, but they came from my selling balance, so not much money from my purse :j

    Am popping out to check on the old bloke round the corner who's not long out of hospital, so will pick him up some bread & milk (wouldn't dream of making him pay me back, but am sure he'll buy me a pint when he's back on his feet!! :beer:) but thats it for tonight & no rubbish or comfort spends so am quite proud of myself :T

    Katenut - welcome back, glad the wedding was so fab, am not sure about the slippery nipple cos i think i stuck to the screaming orgasms... & very tasty they were too!!!!! :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
    February NSD challenge 5/15
  • Surfbabe
    Surfbabe Posts: 2,284 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Can't believe I've managed another NSD today
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