Another new day to add to July: The No Spend Day

cw18

Oh - actually came on to declare today as NSD #6 :T :T

This is a record for me as it's 6 NSDs in a row
I've managed 6 straight NSDs before, but that was before I started counting D/Debits etc as a spend. My previous record for Total NSDs is 5 (back in February)

The best I managed in 2009 was 4 days - and that was excluding D/Debits etc, so it's an all time record for me :T



Tomorrow won't be an NSD for me though

Milk might stretch until Friday, but I'm going to have to pick it up tomorrow as I don't expect to be around on Friday (tomorrow afternoon is GD1s sports day, and then I'm almost certainly 'stopping off at OHs' on my way home - so could even be Saturday before I'm home ). Also want to pick up a sports headset for my iP0d from L!dl (go on sale tomorrow morning), and need some frozen sliced mushrooms while I'm already spending - wanted them twice this week, and realised I'd forgotten them in last Thursday's shop :eek: So I used the last few whole button mushrooms I had in the freezer on Monday and did without today

katholicos

Today could have been an NSD, but bohoo, i bought some ant traps and mints from aldi :-(

And before that i'd gone Home Bargains and B & M and not spent anything because my kind mum paid for my bits and pieces.

ARGH!!!

Hopefully i will get back on track tomorrow!

Firewalker

Hi lovely NSD gang. I have two NSDs to report - yesterday and today we have not spend anything.

Firewalker

IF

:hello:Hello all and hope your well x

Well Spoony I have my 3rd NSD today and so pleased......it really does change your thinking!!
Good luck everybody were all doing brilliantly lol x

Best wishes
If...x

moneypenny2k

Sunnylooloo wrote: »

Ah moneypenny I wish I knew you were going to Ikea I need some meatball sauce! Can't buy it anywhere else!

x

Ah but then it wouldn't be a nsd... I'm such a good friend I thought it best not to offer...

Nargleblast wrote: »

Sit down. Put down anything sharp, breakable, or containing hot liquid. take a deep breath.


YES!!!! The Nargle has done it! NSD number one is in the bag!

Oh well done Nargle, thanks for update thrilling or otherwise lol

Herbaholic wrote: »

YAY well done Nargle here's to the next one :beer:

Well I managed it, today was NSD 8, didn't think I'd do it so quickly :eek: but was also determined to make it through until our hols on what we'd budgetted for food this month, which meant no extra spending! I'd like to extend my total to 12 Spoon if that's okay? Not sure I'll get anymore though if I make that target but I'll try.

Ohhh and I told everyone how well DH did with his final year exams a few weeks ago... Well he came home today and the three years have all been totalled up and not only has he been awarded his Foundation Degree but he got a distinction, and he's all signed up to go on for the full degree starting in September all paid for by his works, I'm sooooo proud of him :A just had to share.

Herby x

Of course you are Herbie, Well done Mr Herbie. Behind every successful man...

kathy40uk

Hi all NSD'ers :hello:

moneypenny2k wrote: »

Not a nsd for me, Took my lodger up to Wood Green this morning

:eek: You've put the lodger in kennels? :eek: I know you said it would take some getting used to having him there but that seems a bit drastic :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:


CW you still exhaust me even when you have a day when you say your energy has been stolen lol

Hope things get better doineedit :grouphug:

Well, back at work so managed to clock up number 5 ,

Wasn't quite as bad going back in as I thought but I'm sure that will change LOL, managed to get some rubbish to the tip before I went in too which made me feel a bit better too

I am going to check leccy etc tomorrow and work out when I need some and tie it in with petrol if I can. I am enjoying this trying to be organised hope I can keep it up. i can't believe what a difference posting on here every day has made, thanks all xxx. So if you have just joined us do sign in every day

May be able to get a bit more bindweed done too as I'm not having to do the night shift on Monday, annoying 'cos of the money but a bit of a relief too

See you all tomorrow :hello:

moneypenny2k

mrsinvisible wrote: »

This is NSD 4 for me even tho I got a new combi microwave today, it was courtesy of the extended warranty so cost £0 and the petrol was paid from a friend who got taken to regional hospital yrsterday and even yhe coffee and butty in mr a's was courtesy of a mr a card with £5 on as a result of their failure to deliver my birthday flowers on time. Am I on a roll or am I on a roll!!!!!!!!!!!

:T:T:T:T:T

Angyles wrote: »

NDS # 3 for me

Managed to stop myself from buying chips today despite a craving.

:T:T:T:T:T So good for the waistline too

cw18 wrote: »

When I saw that earlier, I nearly posted to say someone else had stolen it today

Started by oversleeping by more than 2 hours !!!

Made it to my voluntary work only a few minutes late (just as well I did the shopping for it last night )

Came home and cleared access to a few radiators, my central heating control panel and the boiler

Then I sat and did nothing, and nothing, and more nothing !!!!!

Engineer finally arrived at 4:45pm to do the annual service/check - and was gone by 5:15pm, when I sat back down for more nothing-ness......



Until 5:45pm - at which point I think whoever had stolen my 'get up go' must have returned it.



A friend mentioned to me last night that there's a local running club (her DH found it, but decided he's not "addicted enough to running" to join), so I found their website last night and spent some time reading it this afternoon (while I was busy doing nothing).

Decided the best session for me (for now) is probably a Tuesday evening (and possibly Thursday evening - and Saturday morning if I'm not at OH's), but wanted to speak to someone first - and as Wednesday is the only night they meet at their official base (the other sessions all need a car to get out to them) I decided to bob over and see them tonight.

Used the map site to find a 1.5km run (plus warm-up/cool-down) to get over there - unlikely to get chance to run tomorrow, definitely won't on Friday, and highly unlikely on Saturday) - and set off giving myself heaps more time than I thought I'd need


Just as well I allowed extra time though, 'cos I missed a turning on a path which meant I then missed the next path through the next estate over - and ended up doing just short of 3.5km (which took me 25 mins)

There weren't many folks there when I arrived (only a minute or two late for meet-up time, which is 15 mins before start time), but I recognised the membership secretary from his photo on the website so went over to speak to him

I ended up being talked into staying around to 'watch' todays session (Wednesday night is stamina), but that meant having to join them on the 1km warm-up run to get to the site they were using

(at this point it's probably worth mentioning that the longest 'single' run I've ever done is 2.5km which was on Monday, and the furthest I've ever run in one day is 3.34km which was yesterday but split as 1.75, 0.34 and 1.25)

Turned out the '18 hills hard up jog down' listed on the site means they jog down a hill and then run back up it 18 times - though the point they run back up to varies according to ability. And of course I was 'encouraged' to give it a try

Managed the first 3, then sat out the next 8 - though I did 3 shorter 'there and backs' on a flatter section while they were busy with the hill - then I did the next, and alternates after that. On the last one - which was number 7 for me - everyone runs back to the highest point (no stopping at your normal marker and walking the rest). So I reckon that was another 3.3km (0.6km for my 'short' bits, and 2.7km for the hill work) - meaning I've done a total of not much under 8km today..... just as well I wasn't planning to run again until Sunday, and am now desperately hoping GD1 doesn't try roping me into the 'parents race' at her sports day tomorrow afternoon


But - typically - they waited until we'd finished to inform me that todays session (which it sounds like they repeat every 3 or 4 weeks) is the toughest one they do - hence only 11 or 12 others there I actually quite enjoyed it though, and have a feeling I may set aside one morning/evening a week to head out and try it on my own

One of the lady members realised (as we got back to HQ) that I was planning to walk home, so she offered me a lift part way which meant I didn't have any uphills to contend with - the offer was very gratefully accepted



I've been told there's normally a turn-out of 30-40 on a Tuesday night, with over 90 members in total. Membership is only £20/year, which includes use of the track at a 'fairly local' sports centre on a Monday night, and you can do 2 or 3 sessions before deciding whether to join (though if one of those is a Monday you have to pay £2.50 towards the hire of the track)

I'm tired reading this cheryl. Mind you I was a runner till I broke my kneecap 2 months ago. Used to do 5k three times a week. Lucky if I can walk 2k at the mo grrrr Be careful, make sure you look after yourself. Follow advice and you'll be fine. I envy you your running, how odd is that :eek::eek::eek:

cw18

moneypenny2k wrote: »

I envy you your running, how odd is that :eek::eek::eek:

For a fair number of months in 2003 I was doing at least 3km a morning on a treadmill (5 days a week), as well as either bike or rowing and some weights every morning.

Hadn't realised until this last week just how much I regret having given it up (DH got 'difficult' about my being up at 4:30am), so I don't thinks it's odd to envy it - especially as it's still only recently you were forced to stop

I used to be out of the house around 5:30am, walk 1.5 miles for a bus (they didn't start on our route until later), get to the gym around 6:50-7am, go for a shower (and to get into work clothes) about 7:30-7:35, and be clocked in and at my desk for 8am :eek:

3Dogs

moneypenny2k wrote: »

Of course you are Herbie, Well done Mr Herbie. Behind every successful man........

............ there's an astonished woman :rotfl: :rotfl:

Checking in with NSD Number 3 today Spoon - nearly went to auction this morning as hubbie wanted to go but managed to sleep in accidentally so that protected my NSD - sneaky or what???

Have to pop out tomorrow to post eBay parcel but paid for by buyer so not my money

solventsoon

Quote:
Originally Posted by karenccs67
I found out that 1 receipe was in Julys issue, and the 2nd is in Augusts issue thats out now. They didnt tell me they were going to publish so Ive missed out on Julys copy.

Herbaholic wrote: »

Karen, try contacting the magazine and explaining what's happened, they may send you a complimentary copy or a scan of the pages with the recipes on save buying them, there again someone on here may have the mag and would scan it for you?, save buying a back issue. Hope you get a copy somehow, its nice to look back and see stuff like that

Herby x

Great idea, Herby, or maybe try your local library, Karen? Someone else suggested the website I think, or maybe your local college gets the magazine for their students?

Hope you get to see a copy.
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