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

cw18

solventsoon wrote: »

Now there's a thought - we could have a communal NSD cow and share the milk around - I'm sure cw18 would appreciate that as well :D

I'd certainly appreciate a weekly loan of the cow until mid-September

(is it wrong of me to be looking forward to him moving out for Uni - pity my parents who get stuck with the 'milk monster' from then )

solventsoon

jintyb wrote: »

Hey there, good morning from a blustery Edinburgh!
Well, I'm chuffed today - car passed MOT without needing any work done! I took it to a new garage and had also booked it in for a service. You could have knocked me over with a feather when the guy phoned and said " I've had a quick look - you're car doesnt need servicing just now, bring it back in 6 mths. I'll just check your oil levels etc" Which he did and DIDNT CHARGE ME!!!!!!!!!!!!! How about that then? Fabulous!:j
Plus today we got a tax rebate which we have been waiting for for about 6 weeks, hooray!:j
Spoon - thanks for pepping me up this last week or so :A- I've been struggling a bit, but MUCH better now! The knitting is going really well - finished the scarf and another couple of hats, so out of 2 100g balls I got 7 hats for tots and a scarf, not bad for £2 spend! I'm now onto a sleeveless cardi for myself - have nearly finished the back. Its in chunky wool, so knits up quickly. Really enjoying my new hobby!:)

Today will be a spend day - am off to get some groceries for taking on hols next Friday also need to fuel up car.

Have a lovely day all :j

Hi jinty
Brilliant news about the car and what a lovely man for not charging you - hang onto him, there aren't many like that around nowadays:j, and yay to the tax rebate as well:j

It's a pleasure - really pleased you've perked up again now:A.
Glad the knitting is going well, your new cardi sounds great, hope you get it finished soon. Great idea to start on something with chunky wool to give you some encouragement - I remember knitting a top and cardigan in 4-ply (before I got some sense;)) - the 6 inches of rib at the bottom took me forever, never mind the rest of it.

Hope the spends today weren't too painful.

spoon
x

solventsoon

cw18 wrote: »

I'd certainly appreciate a weekly loan of the cow until mid-September

(is it wrong of me to be looking forward to him moving out for Uni - pity my parents who get stuck with the 'milk monster' from then )

Absence makes the heart grow fonder - isn't that appropriate?:D

solventsoon

Hi lovely NSD gang :A
Quieter day today - guess we’re all election-ed out and it is Friday. Hope everyone has a great weekend with lots of NSDs

Well done to:
micron: I keep saying to everyone - don’t turn your back on his thread or you’ll never catch up!! Happy reading over the weekend.:)
:jWell done for no 5 - you are doing brilliantly - keep busy so you can’t spend!;)
katenut: what a lovely start to the day - bird poo everywhere:eek:.... And grrrrr to the bank charges as well - I don’t think it’s Friday 13th today. Last week much seem such a long way off now:(.....
Well done for no 3 today:j - something’s gone right for you anyway, hope you enjoyed the homebrew and 6 hours overtime tomorrow is brilliant!;)
Hope you have a lovely evening tomorrow:)
anonymoose: well done for no 3 :j- you’re doing great - keep going!!:)
BigMumma: :jwell done for no 5 - yay!!!!
Sorry, didn’t mean to make you cry at the bikers running off at the sight of us in our Star Wars costumes:o - I’m sure we could just mingle with them and they’d never notice;)
willbedebtfree: hi.. I hope you’re not literally chained to your desk - not sure that’s quite legal nowadays;)
Well done for no 3 :j- you’re doing brilliantly. As you’re so organised with your shopping, hoping for some more over the weekend:)
verynewmoneysaver: well done for no 2:j - you’re up and running now - keep going!:)
Keiss 21: yay no 4 :j- brilliant - that’s great news!
Hope your friend was OK today?
I know - stayed up until 2.30 myself - wondering now why I bothered, practically falling asleep typing this.:(
Hope you enjoy the Malvern Show - saw a bit of it on Gardeners’ World tonight - looks good.:) Hope your toe isn’t too painful tomorrow.
gien: well done for no 3 :j- brilliant - keep going!
You’re not the only one feeling a bit tired today - think lots of us are!:(
Nargle: well done for no 3:j - brilliant!
Bargain on the Pringles front and love Mr Oliver’s fish pie - I’ve made it a couple of times.:)
Hope tomorrow’s spending isn’t too painful
cw18: :j well done for no 5 today - you are doing brilliantly this month!:)
chris81418: another one on no 5:j - brilliant - well done!
BDINI: :jwell done for getting no 3 under exceptional circumstances.
Sending you lots of positive thoughts for tomorrow’s shopping trip:)
Dorastar: well done for no 4 :j- brilliant! You’re right, some days are much easier than others!
Happy shopping tomorrow - hope you get lots of lovely pressies and bargains:)
nicca: hope you have a lovely evening and well done for no 5 :j- half way there now - fantastic!:j
cannp123165: well done for no 3:j - brilliant - keep going!:)
LadyfromVenice: :j well done for no 6 - you’re doing brilliantly - keep going!
I’ve found a solution to the milk problem - we have an MSE cow to share! :rotfl:
Hope the grocery shopping isn’t too painful tomorrow;)

And hello to everyone else:
thrifty fifty: great idea to buy the emergency chocolate supplies in bulk. Unfortunately it wouldn’t work for me as I would eat the whole lot in one go and then be rather ill:o, hope you have much more success.
Love the shopping list - you’ve got some real bargains there! And the nettle beer sounds interesting - any samples going?
slowlyfading: hope you enjoyed your meal out - sounds good!:)
Flickering Ember: minimal spend day is much better than a mega-spend day - so well done for that - and good for you for selling some books on GreenMet

Well I've managed another one today, mainly due to being in a zombie-like state from staying up too late listening to the election results (no idea why I bothered now:(), so I'm now on no 6:j:j

Off to do the usual update now, see you all tomorrow.

'night all
spoon
x

positivelypurple

Finally! Reporting in with NSD 1 :j I was out working until 11pm last night and heading out again now. Hopefully, I will get another today.

thrifty_fifty

Morning!

Crikey, a lot has happened on here, tales of cows and cat splat face packs, ooh la la

Solvent-beer tastes like a weird herbal drink at the mo, so I'm not sure whether this might be another one filed under 'brewing mishaps'. We tried to make elderflower champagne last year, but there were so many trees with white flowers on, we got the wrong one and it turns out we used rowan flower instead. Not nice I can tell thee :eek:

After all the healthy eating I'm planning to do this weekend, I'll probably take one look at that pack of wagon wheels sitting in my drawer and smash my face through the packet to get at all of them, in a Jack Torrence, shining style 'Heeeere's Thrifty'

Well as you're all cracking on with your NSDs and I'm being left to eat dust, I'm clawing my way back with NSD number 4 today. I shall remain strong

Bye for now

xx

pure_dead_dopey

Morning its sunny in Scotland!!!! very chilly though.
Didn't make it yesterday as i had to pay for a wee Ebay purchase and a wee takeaway last night, but it was a special offer so not to bad, sometimes at the end of the week cooking just defeats me, I just can't think!!! and the aliens can't help, they actually fancy the cat poo..........
Must do the shopping to-day as the cupboard is bare, no bread and no veg so no option.
But will come in under budget I'm getting quite good at it and no one has actually noticed any changes!!!! have a wee craving for icecream, saw a new Italian stand in one of the big shopping centres here last week, it looked fantastic, you know all the different kinds all piled in wee pyramids like they do in Italy and I thought, yeeeesssss I'll have one of those and it was £2 PER SCOOP!!!!, I backed off and didn't find it difficult cos I think that is a ridiculous price for ONE SMALL SCOOP, so will buy Mr A's largest tub and have 10 scoops for around £1!!!! Have a good day all.

butdoineedit?

Morning all :wave:
Normal service is resumed & the smile is back!!!

Have made list & will stick to it!! Am going to try buying my fruit & veg off the market today, think it may be cheaper than the supermarket. My treat will be something fresh to cook for lunch tomorrow, but nothing else, fingers crossed i can do it!!!

Tixy

Good Morning from a grey miserable 'middle'.
Yesterday was a LSD for me as I had to buy a loaf of bread, and whilst in the supermarket also picked up 2 packs of bones for the dog. Today, is saturday so I'd be very suprised if I manage to spend nothing, even though I have no idea what I'm doing today.
I've just realised that even though I have only signed for 10days this is going to be quite a bit harder than I thought.

Nicca

(not as exciting as the ones I've left you on the tz thread but I thought you might like to share a spinning cake with us NSDers!)

meersy22

Morning all. I'm up to 3 NSD's so far and just another 9 to find.