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

3Dogs

NSD number 4 Spoon as hubbie managed to get to mate's house (and back!) without needing more diesel :j though we will have to put some in first thing tomorrow morning on way to car boot

Did not manage to catch up with the thread last night so I MUST do it tonight :eek:

Edit: forgot to say - poo bags
They nearly spoiled my NSD plans as we had run out on Tuesday and had to scrabble around in the car to see if there was any in there (2!!) and then use carrier bags but we got through - will get more in the morning

butdoineedit?

pure_dead_dopey wrote: »

BDINI,

You made me howl with laughter and its was only around 8.00am, was feeling a bit overbrained from yesterday and you sure cheered me up, family think I am a mental gibbering headcase, rolling around laughing at the crack of dawn, thank you, must visit some time, sounds fascinating!!!

solventsoon wrote: »

I reckon BDINI's house should be our next outing - think we'd be right at home there

PDD & Spoon the more the merrier, you & the rest of the NSD gang are welcome any time. Just make sure you bring your pj's & your singing voices & i'll provide the cheap cider & the alleyway!! :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

CW18 - well done you :A it sounds like you really deserved the chocs, so hope you enjoy them!!!

& for the sensible bit of the post, i'd like to report NSD 2 today :j :j

slowlyfading

number 5 achieved today

katenut

Number 2 for me today please Spoon!! :)

Hmmm, drinking cider in pj's at BDINI's - thats my kind of night! Rubbish rubbish week at work, a good drunken sing-song would sort me out a treat. Sadly its an early night with a cup of tea ready for another day of carnage tomorrow. Goodnight all, will hopefully be back in a better mood tomorrow! xx

Dorastar

Was convinced I posted yesterday but maybe I was drinking too much last night lol! Had a nsd yesterday but then lunch looked too dull today so I had to go to the butty shop and was very naughty buying chips and gravy:j. So that makes 3 so far in May (am quite impressed by myself so far) Know I have spending to do tomorrow though.

niccatw

Stuck with the wedges, yummy yummy. Was lazy though and didn't have anything near as exciting as you did Tixy, just had fried eggs - my favourite "can't be bothered" meal .

I think it's safe to declare NSD 4 today - curled up watching channel 4's election coverage, not going anywhere, apart from perhaps slowly around the bend.

cw18

No NSD today.

Decided to pick up my 'essentials' (having done a vague meal plan for the next few days) on the way home from work. Choices of meal for tonight meant either getting frozen veg (with meat and mash - using some 'sprouting' spuds - that I had in) or mushrooms and salad stuff (to have with omelette using eggs, cheese and ham I had in). So seemed more sensible to buy the lot in one go.

Picked up mushrooms, lettuce, cucumber (already had toms), frozen peas, frozen sweetcorn, a couple of garlic baguettes, margarine, and Whoopsied mozerella (x2 - looks like h/m pizza at the weekend), breaded ham (x2) and brocolli quiche from work. Then over to A!di for milk (x2 due to date on it, otherwise I'd have picked up 3) - and also picked up some 'long life' pre-packed Ravioli (out of stuffed pasta, but have sauce in freezer and also some jars of sauce for serving over pasta) and a pack of 2 part baked baguettes (to have with omelette tonight as a treat).

Got home, made tea, looked at the remaining mushooms, and decided I had enough to either do Chicken Supreme tomorrow or make up some Spag Bol for use in the next week (and freezer).

So I went back down to work to get some more (while I was already on a 'spend day'), and ended up picking up mushrooms and potatoes plus the burgers I'd realised when I got home I'd forgotten earlier, followed by (all Whoopsied) almond croissants, small french stick (for DS tomorrow), honey & sunflower rolls (I love these warmed in micro, split and served with honey for breakfast), a piece of Brie, a salmon fillet in a Yellow Thai marinade (prepared to try for 49p instead of £1.69) and a multi-pack of 6 bags of s&v crisps.

So it was omelette and salad tonight, tomorow is almost certainly chicken supreme with rice (and veg), and in the next few days (from freezer and using what I bought today) we'll have roast chicken with jacket spuds and veg, spag bol, h/m pizza, fish in butter sauce with rice (and veg), and burgers with ravioli and pasta sauce.

So (other than milk!) I should be able to get away without any more food shopping until next Wed/Thur I don't need any toiletries or cleaning products either (I was eyeing up a shampoo/conditioner offer at work, but kept reminding myself I have enough shampoo for now and heaps of conditioner already), so as long as I can keep myself away from 'other' (CDs, DVDs, household bits-and-bobs, clothes, books etc), I should be able to rack up a few more NSDs in the next week :T

LadyfromVenice

3Dogs wrote: »

Edit: forgot to say - poo bags
They nearly spoiled my NSD plans as we had run out on Tuesday and had to scrabble around in the car to see if there was any in there (2!!) and then use carrier bags but we got through - will get more in the morning

Poo bags to you too...........and then I realised you meant you didn't have any :rotfl:.

Which reminds me, we took our dobey to the vets today for annual check-up (budgeted for so still an NSD). One dog decided he didn't like what the vet had done to him and did his business all over the floor........and it was a very big messy one. My DCs thought this hilarious until the smell wafted over to us and they started making gagging noises and covering their noses. Charming children:o.

Then when we were with the vet we asked for doggy-woggy's nails to be clipped as last time DH did it he cut too far down as he couldn't see the quick in her dark nails. Vet asked if we had done it before, DH said no but DS2 then said "Yes you did Daddy, there was lots of blood". DH couldn't find a hole big enough to crawl into :rotfl: .

solventsoon

LadyfromVenice wrote: »

Poo bags to you too...........and then I realised you meant you didn't have any :rotfl:.

Which reminds me, we took our dobey to the vets today for annual check-up (budgeted for so still an NSD). One dog decided he didn't like what the vet had done to him and did his business all over the floor........and it was a very big messy one. My DCs thought this hilarious until the smell wafted over to us and they started making gagging noises and covering their noses. Charming children:o.
My cat did that once when the vet was prodding him around a lot - he just sat down on her bench and did the hugest pooh you've ever seen - I didn't know where to put my face:o

Then when we were with the vet we asked for doggy-woggy's nails to be clipped as last time DH did it he cut too far down as he couldn't see the quick in her dark nails. Vet asked if we had done it before, DH said no but DS2 then said "Yes you did Daddy, there was lots of blood". DH couldn't find a hole big enough to crawl into :rotfl: .

Oh no, poor DH:rotfl:

solventsoon

Hi lovely NSD gang:A
More spreadsheet fans coming out of the woodwork today - maybe we should set up a spreadsheet appreciation society?
Looks like BDINIs place is the venue for our next outing (after Brighton, of course), cider and PJs - sounds good:j

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.
sara86pink: :wave:hi and welcome to the NSD challenge. Signing you up for 10 now, look forward to seeing your progress. Feel free to join in the general chat and insanity on here, we’re a friendly bunch:)

Welcome back to:
so here we are: :wave: hi and welcome back. Signing you up for 15 now.
:jWell done for the 2 so far, looking forward to seeing more updates - keep going!:)
Flickering Ember: :wave:hi and welcome back. Signing you up for 15 now.
:jWell done for the 1 so far - off the starting blocks now - keep going - and well done for selling stuff - great idea!:T

Well done to:
katholicos: sorry - I missed you on yesterday’s update - you snuck up on me:o:o
:jWell done for no 5 yesterday - you’re doing brilliantly and have every right to be chuffed with what you’ve done - keep going!!:)
chris81418: if you read all yesterday’s posts you must have been on here for a long time -hope you managed your 6am start;)
:jWell done for no 3 - another one doing brilliantly, look forward to more updates - keep going!!:)
jintyb: well done for no 2 :j- not surprised you’re chuffed - you’re doing brilliantly!
Fingers crossed for the MOT and service today - like the sound of your “mooching” morning. How’s the knitting going - have you finished the scarf?;)
missylaney: :j well done for no 1 - off the starting blocks now - keep going!
The secret to getting NSDs is definitely planning ahead - well done for getting organised:)
Tixy: well done for no 2 :j- you’re doing well there!
Oh dear to petrol today - and you’re right about cars - they all have to be male!!:(
Oooh.. an ewok - will suit you down to the ground!
Like the sound of your tea tonight - sounds yummy!;)
Keiss 21: :jwell done for no 3 - brilliant - keep going!
Glad you enjoyed your meal last night - I love Art Deco too. Hope the toe is OK today.;)
taka: :jwell done for no 2 - you’re doing well, keep going!:)
elfen: well done for no 4:j - you’re doing brilliantly, keep going!:)
pure dead dopey: nope, no prizes here for early declarations just a :T Well done for no 4:j - you’re doing brilliantly (with the help of your lovely aliens, of course!). What a lovely OH putting the liquid gold in your car last night!:)
boultdj: :jwell done for no 4 - another one doing brilliantly - keep going!!
I think Brighton can cope with us - they’re used to much worse than us I’m sure!;)
saorsie: well done for no 4:j (you’re right, you are on 4 now!). You’re doing brilliantly - keep going!:)
Still-in-debt: :jwell done for no 4 - you’re doing brilliantly - keep going!
Grrrr to the Doctors’ letter though - £30 for that is indeed a bloomin’ rip-off:mad:
Natty68: well done for no 3:j - you’re on a roll now, keep going! Fingers crossed for tomorrow as well:)
karenccs67: :j well done for no 2 - you’re doing great - keep going!:)
karmachilovething: another one on no 2 -:j well done, you’re doing brilliantly!
Great news about the iPhone contract!!:T
Surfbabe: wow - you are doing brilliantly, well done for no 4. :j You’re nearly halfway now - that’s fantastic! Oh dear to the next 3 days, but you can start afresh next week:)
cannp123165: :jwell done for 2 - you’re off the starting blocks now - brilliant! Keep going now!:)
LadyfromVenice: well done for no 5 :j- you’re doing great!
Hope grocery shop goes OK tomorrow and of course you didn’t offend anyone - just made me scratch my head a bit, that’s all;)
3Dogs: :jwell done for no 4 - you’re doing brilliantly!
At least you can now combine fuel purchase with your normal Friday spends - great news for you!:)
Hopefully you’ve managed to catch up with the nonsense on here now.
Ooh - poo bags - thought that was something from Winnie the Pooh until I read your post properly!:rotfl:
BDINI: :jyay to no 2 today - great news - well done!!
Right, next outing is to your alleyway, definitely. Dress is pjs so no need to think about costumes - sounds like a good one to me - get the songsheets ready!!;)
slowlyfading: fingers crossed for no 5 today.
Update - and you managed it,:j well done - keep going!:)
katenut: :jwell done for no 2 - you’re doing great.
Oh dear about this week - not what you need coming back from honeymoon:(
Dorastar: :jwell done for no 3 yesterday, don’t think I missed your post (hope not). You’re doing brilliantly and are right to be impressed by yourself!
Hope tomorrow’s spend isn’t too bad. Chips and gravy sounds good - think I could eat that now:)
nicca: I’m sure it’s your brilliant company causing people to buy you lunch. Hope you stuck to the potato wedges - think of your NSDs!!;)
Update: You did!! :jWell done for no 4 - you’re doing brilliantly!

And hello to everyone else:
rachelmk: bottle of wine to dull the pain seems like a good idea - enjoy!
Fingers crossed for tomorrow:)
Firewalker: LSD is good, sounds like you got a great deal with the coffee and pie bargain!:)
Nottoobadyet: like the sound of the holiday - good for you. When are you going? Snowdonia is lovely:T
thrifty fifty: arrgggghhhhh to the awful day. Tixy’s right though, if you’ve got loads of comps to enter in the Glamour mag you might be glad you bought it! Keeping my fingers crossed for you for next week:)
cw18: well done for meal planning - sounds good, have you got room for a lodger??;)
Hoping for lots more NSDs in the next few days

No NSD for me today, grocery shop, paper bill and credit card bill all had to be paid:eek::eek::eek::eek:

Off to do the update now, see you all tomorrow

spoon
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