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

cw18

LadyfromVenice wrote: »

CW18: Just downloaded your spreadsheet. Took one look at it, put my knickers on my head, stuck two pencils up my nose and said 'wibble'

It's really not thaaaaaaat bad once you get your annual budget figures sorted and input

My own personal version is a lot more complicated....... it tracks all my staff discounts, value of vouchers, and pennies received in change as well (which all go into my sealed pots) :eek:

Mine also monitors what percentage of my grocery spend has been spent on Whoopsies, and how that compares to last year in terms of spend, percentage of total grocery spends, and total 'real' value of groceries. I'm planning to adapt it further next year to monitor Whoopsie/special offer spends against what I'd buy as an alternative (eg. B1G2F R@gu sauces against 3xMr T Value, or Whoopsied 'posh' Kievs against Mr T value frozen ones)

Seriously though, what a great spreadsheet :T:T:T:T

Thanks

Had a quick go at putting in some figures and scared the life out of myself, do I really spend that much each month? (unfortunately the answer was a resounding YES).

That was me in the last quarter of 2008, when I started to develop it

niccatw

LfV, I couldn't get the spreadsheet to work, I don't know what I was (or was not) doing. I think it smelled my fear!!!

Today wasn't an NSD - but I did get another lunch bought for me . Think I've stretched the birthday thing as far as is possible now though! I bought some bits and pieces I needed in Bo*ts. But the check-out girl was lovely and told me if there was anything else at all I needed, if I spent another couple of pounds, I could get the voucher to get money off my moisturiser. So she kept hold of my stuff while I went in hunt for extra conditioner as it will always get used!

Then I bought myself a book of sewing type projects - warning my friend that, if she got a falling to pieces cow door stop for her birthday, she was to recognise it as a fabulously constructed cow door stop and use it accordingly Hmmm, i guess that means I need to admit my sins on the No buying books challenge...

I also won my bid on a dress-makers dummy eventually (had my eye on them for months) :T:T:T
I'm thinking I should order a few things I need online just now just to get the spending out of the way today and concentrate on NSDs next week!

Keiss - it's lovely to hear you talk of your friend. I always find it really helps me. I was a carer for a lady who had had a stroke and she was a wonderful character - swore like a trooper if she heard an ounce of impatience in your voice (threw a cup of tea at me once! I was very tired that day and she knew it!) and if I didn't "drive" her wheelchair properly and hit a pot-hole, she'd shout out "Miss, she's hitting/killing me". A bit embarrassing, but I definitely learned to "drive" the chair most carefully! She was fab! And I talk to my Grandad constantly as I'm go about my daily tasks. He gets the blame for more now than he ever did when he was around and causing havoc (i.e. playing tricks on grandkids, that only a grandad can get away with!)

It is a very difficult time and only you know how best to work through it in your way and your time, but I suspect your therapist is right - get out into the garden and never feel worried about talking about or to your friend. Take care xxx

Keiss_21

Thank you so much for that niccatw, lovely memories.

I must admit, I talk to Mum every day (she died over 5 years ago now)...I have a picture of her in my bedroom. Dad and my 2 sisters have the same piccie, so she gets lots of conversations every day!! It took me a while to start talking to her, but now I do it daily, perhaps I will do the same with my friend.

Definitely off to bed now....night night

solventsoon

Hi Keiss
Your friend sounds lovely and it seems as though she made the most of, and enjoyed, her life right until the end. Hope you manage to talk to her family tomorrow and that it helps.
Good to hear you talking about her and you’ll probably find that, given time, you start talking to her - all part of the healing process I guess.

Feel free to talk about her on here - we’re all good listeners I think.

Take care and thinking about you
xx

solventsoon

Hi lovely NSD gang :A
Hope everyone has enjoyed their weekend - lots more NSDs rolling in today.

Welcome back to:
determined new ms: :wave:hi and welcome back - never too late to join! Signing you up for 6 now and look forward to seeing your progress:)
gabriella90: :wave: hi and welcome back. Signing you up for 15 now and look forward to your updates:)

Well done to:
thrifty fifty: well done for no 5:j - half way there now, that’s brilliant!
Good for you for resisting the shoes. I like your food theory as well and yes, there are lots of grapes in wine so that must make it healthy!!:)
anonymoose: :jwell done for no 4, you’re doing brilliantly, keep going!
chris81418: well done for no 6:j - you’re doing really well now, definitely on a roll!
Hope the food shop wasn’t too painful;)
Baileys Babe: hi, hope DD is on the mend now - sounds awful!:(
Well done for no 6 :j- you’re doing brilliantly! Hope you managed to remove all the bitumen and get some fresh air as well - the bluebells are lovely this year:)
Nargle: hope your chickens are well and truly counted - oh and they are;).... well done for no 4:j - nearly half way now!
Keiss 21: saying well done for no 5 seems a bit inappropriate really in view of the circumstances, but wanted to acknowledge it:T
elfen: :jwell done for no 4, hope you like the jeans:)
manic cow: well done for no 2 :j- you’re doing great. Fingers crossed for another one today:)
Buffythedebtslayer: :j well done for no 4 - nearly half way now - keep going!:)
boultdj: well done for no 6 :j- you’re doing brilliantly. You’re right, everyone does seem to be doing well this month, I’m sure we can all keep going:)...
pure dead dopey: :jwell done for no 5 - you’re doing really well this month!
Oh dear to the cleaning - men just don’t seem to see things that need doing:(..... I’m sure you could enrol the aliens;)....
BDINI: well done for no 4:j - nearly half way there now - brilliant! The sofa is definitely much more appealing than the shops nowadays;)..
rachelmk: :j well done for no 2 - well and truly off the starting blocks now. Fingers crossed for lots more this week:)
gien: well done for no 4 :j- another one nearly half way now - brilliant! The key to getting NSDs is definitely being organised and lumping spends together into one day - takes a bit of practice sometimes... you’ll get there!:)

And hello to everyone else:
slowlyfading: hope the shopping went OK and wasn’t too painful;)
LadyfromVenice: fine to take family shopping with you, just leave them in the car in future:eek:....... I used to go with OH until I realised it was costing me twice as much as he thinks he doesn’t like the cheaper brands:eek:...
cw18: wow... that’s a lot of cheese:eek:.. and lots more bargains as well!!
No problem about putting the link to your spreadsheet on this thread, if you don’t mind, that is... would probably be useful for lots of us (even the spreadsheet-phobics like myself):)
katenut: well done for a small spend day.... sounds as though you had a lovely day out in the fresh air as well:)
nicca: we have to excuse you not getting many NSDs at the moment as you’ve been out and about so much celebrating your birthday! Well done on the vouchers from B**ts today. The sewing projects book sounds interesting - trust we’re going to see some pictures soon - and well done for getting the dressmakers dummy, hopefully pictures of some lovely clothes soon as well;)..
Love the sound of your lady - she sounds like a real character!;)

Oooh, and I’ve got another one today taking me to no 8:j..

Off to do my front page update now, so see you all tomorrow.
‘night all
spoon
xx

debtbegone

Today brought me up to number 3. Will try harder this week, especially since the Birthday's I had to buy for have been bought for!

jintyb

Good morning everyone!
Just catching up with you all as I had a really busy day yesterday. The upside was that I notched up another NSD so that's 3!! Planning for today to be another - fingers crossed!

Keiss - so sorry to hear of your friend's passing, she sounded fab and you were obviously a good pal to her too! Please take the time you need to come to terms with her death in what ever way is good for you. Be kind to yourself! Sending you love and hugs!:A

Have a lovely day everyone:)

thrifty_fifty

Hugs keiss- its good to have special people in our lives, and so sad when they are no longer with us xx

Today I will try and remain focused for NSD number 6, but I can't promise there won't be a chocolatey snack attack. It's monday, and I didn't get much sleep last night, which in my book = comfort food.

May the NSD force be with you all.

xx

anonymoose_3

Morning everyone :hello:

Keiss so sorry to hear about your friend, she sounds like a wonderful lady

Please put me down for no 5 today
x

webitha

well i went on a bike rally and managed to spend nowt nada zilch zip :j:j
i took all my own beer and food, and got HIM to buy me a new tankard :beer::beer:
so im upto 5 NSD

hopefully today will be another one as i really need to get my house under control