The awesomely August NSD challenge

solventsoon

crisispoint914 wrote: »

Thanks guys, unfortunately it will be broken today as I have an 'old mother hubbard' situation going on. So I will have to get a few things bread etc. I thought I was doing well having cut my shopping bills down from approx £130pw to £80 but having read forum threads I need to cut about another £30 off it *big sigh* but I am determined that I can do that, ds will have to get used to the new regime. How can you 'fill up' a 16 yr old cheaply he seems to continually be looking for food!!!!

Hi crisispoint914 and welcome to the NSD thread. Well done for your 4 NSDs, you should feel very proud of yourself. Why not come and join us for the September challenge and see how many you can get?

Re filling up a 16-year old, Keiss 21 has two large and growing sons, as does cw18, they can probably offer you some advice, not sure if they've been around today but they're here most days, have a look through their posts on here.

Hope this helps and look forward to seeing you here again
spoon
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solventsoon

jintyb wrote: »

Hi to everyone else

In the middle of a NSD, eating my packed lunch ATM.
Trying to recover from my BIG spends yesterday! Our day with inlaws was ok, came home though under pressure to have some kind of "do" for OH's 50th next month. OH is not fussed, he thinks it's just another day . We are off work for his birthday,so we were just planning to go out for a nice lunch ourselves.We cant really afford or have the space to do anything lavish. Bearing in mind that none of his rellies usually bother even sending a card, I dont see why we should cough up to do something we dont really want to do.
I'd appreciate any thoughts - am I being a total meanie?:o

Have a lovely day everyone:)

Hi jintyb
No, you're not being a total meanie at all. It's your OH's birthday and why put him through a big celebration (and yourselves through the big expense) if that's not what he wants. A nice lunch out sounds lovely - it's something special for you both and something you want to do. Maybe have an afternoon tea time do for his relatives if they're really hinting at something, sandwiches and home made cakes (or something like that)?

Hope that helps
spoon x

cw18

solventsoon wrote: »

Re filling up a 16-year old, Keiss 21 has two large and growing sons, as does cw18, they can probably offer you some advice, not sure if they've been around today but they're here most days, have a look through their posts on here.

I have one son at home....

He's just turned 19, and is actually pretty tolerant about what's put in front of him (as long as it includes meat, isn't fish unless it's grilled or steamed salmon or boil in the bag fish in butter sauce, has little in the way of visible veg, more of the meals are based around pasta/rice than potatoes, includes gravy if not a sauce based meal, and fills the plate) - just as long as there's (cheap) ice-cream in the freezer for snacks/supper and milk in the fridge for him to drink - thanks heavens for the 50p offer on 1% milk in Mr M this month

One of his favourite meals is sausages (Mr T frozen value ones being his preference) with stuffed pasta (only ever bought in Whoopsie or if on offer, so not unusual to have a small freezer drawer full of this when opportunity to buy strikes) and pasta sauce (currently working our way through 14kg of the stuff I bought from App F00ds a couple of months ago)

In fact, I'd go as far as to say that the ONLY way I manage to keep to a low grocery budget (£1.70 per person per day) is because I get so much of my shopping as Whoopsies. To date this year I've spent £756.50 (this is just food and drink - no toiletries or cleaning items, nor pet food), of which £274.51 has been spent on Whoopsies with a 'real' value of £1189.40 !!!!!

solventsoon

cw18 wrote: »

I have one son at home....

Sorry Cheryl, mistype - I'm half asleep ....
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solventsoon

Hi lovely NSD gang :A

Lots more NSDs rolling in again today and I think the first two targets have been reached so we have two somersaulting pandas proudly on parade today.

This is going to be a very quick roundup tonight - sorry but I’ve just done a 13 hour day at work and, quite frankly, am kernackered and need my bed.. Hopefully back to normal form tomorrow. :o

Targets made:
LuckyBiscuit: :jwell done, 15 NSDs done and dusted - that’s brilliant. :jSomersaulting panda is now yours, look after him
kerri gt: :jwell done, 8 NSDs done and dusted for you, woohoo indeed! :j And a big drum roll for resisting the dress.:T Panda is somersaulting his way to you now

Welcome to:
crisispoint914: :hello:welcome to the NSD thread, well done for your 4 NSDs, you should feel proud. Come and join us next month officially and see how many you can get - we’re a friendly (if slightly insane) bunch, surreal sense of humour is a definite boost on here
losingpatience: :hello: hi, of course you can join us, everyone’s welcome here. Signing you up for 7 now - you can report back as often as you want, but posting every day (or most days) seems to work well for most of us) - we’re friendly and harmless most of the time
:jUpdate: well done for no 1, great start, keep going

Well done to:
:jchris81418: well done for 11, definitely on a roll
:jgettingthereslowly: well done for no 5 - good luck with your job applications, fingers crossed for you
:jTrinny: well done for no 10 - one more left now
:jelfen: well done for no 13 - you’re doing brilliantly!
:jCraigLoans: well done for no 8 - liking the roll!
:jifwishes: well done for no 10 - 2 more to get now
Ahhh - thank you, I love that smiley
:jskaps: well done for no 3 - definitely on a roll now
redcoltraine: well done for no 5, no “only” about 17, you’re doing brilliantly, keep going
:jboultdj: well done for no 10 - only 5 more
:jLa escocesa: well done for no 5, halfway is great
:jpure dead dopey: well done for nos 8 and 9, missing you too
:jbeanielou: well done for no 6 - over halfway now
Re lunch money, think a lot count it as one day per week, ie, money allocated at the beginning of the week - hope that helps
:jdmb: well done for no 5, halfway is great
:jcandyapple: well done for no 10, double figures woohoo
:jkatenut: well done for no 8, over halfway is brilliant.
I love the smell of freshly dried washing - you’re not alone
:jBabyJayne: well done for no 4, keep going
:jmrsinvisible: well done for no 9, fingers crossed for no 10 tomorrow
:jAngyles: well done for no 7, nearly halfway
:j3Dogs: we missed you, and you missed the ballooning night. Well done for nos 9, 10 and 11 - double figures now!
Next outing, will think about that at the weekend and let you all know
:jkathy40uk: well done for no 8 today. Glad you had some time with a friend this evening, hope you’re feeling a bit better. ((((hugs)))) as always, take care
:jcw18: well done for no 9 - loving the whoopsies

And hello to:
Everyone else::hello::hello::hello: good luck for hoped-for NSDs today, commiserations if you have to spend, hugs if you need them, well done for lower spends that you thought, thanks for the song LfV, and just a plain hello if you need one of them.

Minor spendy day for me today, had to pop out and get a couple of things I needed, no 14 tomorrow though as I have another long day ahead of me:(....

Off to do the usual update now, see you all tomorrow (and promise I’ll be a bit chattier).

‘night all
spoon
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cw18

solventsoon wrote: »

Sorry Cheryl, mistype - I'm half asleep ....
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's OK - I do have an older DS (21), but he's in Germany with the Army. He'd have been more of a problem for feeding on a budget, as he also complains about the size of meat portions :eek:

chris81418

Good morning everyone!

Managed to rack up another NSD yesterday, taking me up to 12 NSDs! Unfortunately, this roll will come to an end soon as the cupboards are looking bare; however, with 2 weeks left to go this month, and 7 more NSDs required, I'm some what prematurely expecting to exceed my target this month ... fingers crossed!

Welcome to the thread losingpatience - good luck collecting NSDs and have a good day everyone!

webitha

sorry i didnt declare that yesterday was no 14 nsd yeah baby
one more and im there
ninja training was really really good last night worked on knees and i slept like a baby

jintyb

QUOTE=beanielou;35797981]jinty~If your OH doesent want a fuss then dont.
At the end of the day its his birthday & noone elses so as I see it the decision is up to him.

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kerri_gt wrote: »

jinty - I agree, if your OH doesn't want a fuss then do what he wants. For my OH's 40th he didn't want a big 'do' so I booked us a weekend at a hotel with a spa nearby - it was lovely and I got some pampering out of it too so it was win win all round :).

solventsoon wrote: »

Hi jintyb
No, you're not being a total meanie at all. It's your OH's birthday and why put him through a big celebration (and yourselves through the big expense) if that's not what he wants. A nice lunch out sounds lovely - it's something special for you both and something you want to do. Maybe have an afternoon tea time do for his relatives if they're really hinting at something, sandwiches and home made cakes (or something like that)?

Hope that helps
spoon x

Thanks to you all and Big Mumma for all the advice and for helping me not to feel like a total meanie!
Had a good chat with OH last night re birthday - he was feeling the same pressure as me but he also feels that he doesnt want to give in to it!
He's been living in Edinburgh with me for the last five years and his rellies have visited us ONCE in all that time! It's always us making the effort to see them ( they're in Glasgow) We have decided to stick to our guns and not do the "big bash" and we are going to a lovely bistro nearby for lunch on his birthday. He wants to invite my Mum and Dad cos he said he'd like to to treat them as they have done a lot for us over the years. I thought that was lovely of him!:) Feel a lot better now as I was starting to panic about the money and that's not what it should be about!
Managed NSD # 9 yesterday, really pleased. Should be another today, I'm going to tax the car today, but that doesnt count as I've got the money saved in Credit Union - for the first time ever I've got the cash saved! GO ME!!!:T

Have a great day everyone:)

boultdj

An early post to say spend day usal shopping day see what delight's I can get off the market and pick up my free can of rum n' coke:D that I got off the freebie's board there vodka as well if any one like's that so I'm of to find the shopping bag's why doe's he move thing's from the rucksac and put them in 1 of the draw's???