The octosyllabic October NSD challenge

solventsoon

:jWELCOME TO THE OCTOBER NSD CHALLENGE:j


October, the month of mist and mellow fruitfulness.... or so some say. It’s proved to be very popular in the musical world, having been used and abused by anyone from U2 to Shostakovich, A-ha to Amy Winehouse and it was also the name of a beer popular in the nineteenth centry (that’s a special mention for Swanny:D).

We’re now going to add another reason to celebrate October - the NSD challenge. This is the start of a very expensive time for most of us, with that celebrated festival “Winterval” (I refuse to mention the “C” word in October) at the end of the year, so come and join our happy (and some might say mildly insane) bunch in our monthly battle with the retailers conspiring to tempt us to part with our hard-earned cash.

We are seriously committed to saving money, but nobody said it can't be done with a smile on your face - so we organise riotous nights out and gatecrash any function going - all without leaving the comfort of our own imaginations or armchairs!


On a slightly more serious note, we are here to help each other avoid spending for the number of days we feel we can manage to try to take back some control over our hard-earned money. What you class as a "spend'" is entirely your choice; some people will try to shop on the days DD/SO etc are paid, whilst others will not include essentials such as rent.

It’s amazing how inventive you get when you’re determined NOT to spend - from weird menu ingredients to surprising DIY solutions-- but you know what? 99% of the time those wacky ideas work.


Have a look at our September thread (link below) to see what a friendly group we are. New recruits are joining up all the time - everyone is welcome so please don’t be shy, come and join us, the more the merrier:D.


Good luck everyone, we have a lucky mascot this month to help us all along



Occasions to celebrate in October
12th - Freethought day - we're off to New York to celebrate this
16th - World Food Day
21st - Apple Day - a pirate festival
27th - Indendence day in St Vincent and the Grenadines (that has to be our celebration day)
28th - Ochi Day (No Day) in Greece (I’m intrigued by that one, any ideas anyone?)
31st - Hallowe'en (lots of ghosties and ghouls to scare away the retailers:D)


Here are some threads to help keep us on the straight and narrow, if you know of others, please post. Many of the lunch box ideas are aimed toward children and are great ideas now that everyone’s back to work and/or school.

March Grocery Challenge, with lots of recipe ideas.
Tinned Food Recipes.
Leftovers? Don’t Throw It..
Exciting Sandwich Fillings on a Budget.
Lunch for Work.
Laptop Lunchbox Ideas.
Packed Lunches.
Cheap Healthy Snacks
Cheap Snack Ideas to Stop Buying Crisps.
Homemade Snack Ideas…contains further links for ideas.
Sprouting Seeds to Eat.
Really Quick & Alternative Snacks.
Easy Homemade Biscuits.
Muesli & Cereal Bar Recipes.
Weetabix Cake.
HM Popcorn.
Smoothie Recipes.
Yoghurt Without a Yoghurt Maker.
Ham Economics.
Low Carb Kids Lunches...contains advice for diabetics.
Kids Lunch Box Ideas.
Back to School Lunches.
Healthy Kids Snacks.
HM Lollies.
Ice Lolly Ideas
Cheap Healthy Playground Snacks.
Homemade Fudge.
OS HM Sweets.
Forgotten Puddings.
Making chocolates or sweets

Link to last month's challenge is below so any newcomers can see what we get up to (hmmmmm... on second thoughts, that might put you off...)

solventsoon

Thanks to all the regulars and newbies who have joined up already, hoping lots more of you will join up - it's definitely a case of the more the merrier on here:D:D

target met = target no 2 met = target no 3 met =
target exceeded =
help, I'm struggling =


3Dogs - 17 17 target increased 20
AllieBallie - 13 13
Amethyst68 - 12
ashbash11 - 10 10 target increased 11 12
BabyJayne - 10 6
beanielou - 12 12 target increased 15 15
bex2002 - 15 14
BigMumma - 17 17target exceeded 21
BlimusOreilly - 10 10 target increased 13 13 target exceeded 14
boultdj - 15 15
brodie1 - 20
brokemedic - 15 6
butdoineedit? - 16 16
candyapple - 15 15 target exceeded 16
cannp123165 - 15 1
cashbackqueen - 10 8
Changingme - 20 20 target exceeded 21
chris81418 - 19 19 target increased 22 22
chrisfreelander54 - 16 6
confused76 - 8 8 target increased 13 13 target exceeded 15
cookiedough38
cw18 - 17 17 target exceeded 18
d3mon4ngel - 10 10 target increased 15
determined new ms - 10 9
Diana Prince - 5 5 target increased 7 7 target increased again 8 8 target exceeded 9
dmb - 12 10
donna dynamo - 12 9
elf06 - 10 10 target increased 15 15target exceeded 17
elfen - 14 14 target exceeded 15
Everhopeful09 - 10 3
fenna - 12 2
Firewalker - 15 1
Flickering Ember - 10
franby64 - 7 6
greent - 10 10
guisantes - 10
honey - 10 10 target exceeded 12
hoobydoobydoo - 10 4
ifwishes - 14 14 target increased 16 16
ilovetea - 15 4
JAMIEDODGER - 12 12 target exceeded 16
Janeryan - 5
jedi82 - 9 7
JES_F1 - 10 6
jintyb - 17 17 target increased 20 20 target exceeded 22
And a special prize awarded to jintyb who managed to get 6 NSDs in a row
karenccs67 - 15 5
karmachilovething - 10 9
katenut - 16 16
katholicos - 14 14 target exceeded 22
kathy40uk - 17 11
Keiss 21 - 17 17 target increased 18
kerri gt - 12 12 target increased 15 15target increased again 17 17 target exceeded 19
kezlou - 10 10 target increased 20 20
LadyfromVenice - 18 14
littlepinkstars44 - 10 10
mandz1 - 10 2
meersy22 - 16 3
micron - 20 11
miss empty piggy - 16 13
muffin man 7 - 15 15 target increased 18 18
Nargleblast - 13 9
Natty68 - 18 10
niccatw - 12 12 target exceeded 14
noynoy - 20
nzseries1 - 16 6
OneStepATaTime - 5 1
Perfect Peaches - 20 16
positivelypurple - 8 1
pure dead dopey - 15 9
Rachel021967 - 5 3
regan.lottie - 12 9
saltnvinegar - 20
savingcaz - 15 15
sewprettymoo - 15 3
sistercas - 12 6
skaps - 18 5
skintbint - 12
slowlyfading - 17 17
sofababe - 12 9
solventsoon - 20 20 target increased 23 25target exceeded 24
Soma - 15 8
Sunnylooloo - 18 18target exceeded 19
Surfbabe - 10 10
swanfan02 - 12 12 target increased 13 13 target exceeded 14
tashmartin - 18 4
teenyweenyspender - 18 18 target exceeded 21
Tete en l’Air - 20 10
thiscanbedone - 10
thrifty fifty - 10 5
Tixy - 12 12 target increased 14 14
TizerCat - 18 13
tjp70 - 6 6 target exceeded 7
toottifrootti - 20 1
Trinny - 14 11
twistedhazel - 14 14 target exceeded 19
urg123 - 8 8
verynewmoneysaver - 10
villagelife - 12 7
yay-me - 10 3

solventsoon

Welcome to the newbies joining up this month - great to have you on board:D
elf06
muffin man 7
skintbint

And welcome back to the first of our regulars joining up again:D
nzseries 1
brokemedic
nargle
kezlou
Surfbabe
toottifrootti
elfen
katholicos
niccatw
and not forgetting 3Dogs

cw18

I'm in - but I'm not sure how many for yet !!!

Brain is a bit addled after my 8.5hr shift at work - even more so at the thought of repeating it tomorrow :eek:

Off to bed now, so will sort out my target in the morning Tomorrow is a D/Debit day, so won't be an NSD anyway

niccatw

For being our superhero Spoon!

Thank you for all your fantastically hard work, kindness, motivation, support and prizes! We love you! :A

3Dogs

Many thanks to you Spoony for all the hard work you put into running this thread and supporting us all :j :j

but could you just change my target to 17 not 12 please - I did go back to check what I'd put and it's a good job I did as I had recorded today's as MSD not NSD so I've changed that now

solventsoon

3Dogs wrote: »

Many thanks to you Spoony for all the hard work you put into running this thread and supporting us all :j :j

but could you just change my target to 17 not 12 please - I did go back to check what I'd put and it's a good job I did as I had recorded today's as MSD not NSD so I've changed that now

Ahh.. thanks, 3Dogs..

oops, that was a typo:o, I had written down 17 - all corrected now:D

solventsoon

niccatw wrote: »

For being our superhero Spoon!

Thank you for all your fantastically hard work, kindness, motivation, support and prizes! We love you! :A

Awwww...... thanks nicca :o:o:o:o:o

swanfan02

Hey Spoon :kisses3:

Can u put me down for 12 NSD's, for this month thanks.

And of course a big thank you for all your hard work. :A

kathy40uk

:hello:


Woooooooo new month :jHi all

28th - Ochi Day (No Day) in Greece (I’m intrigued by that one, any ideas anyone?)

<<<Thinks that must be a google translation thingy and they missed out the word 'spend' Which would make it very apt

A great big



to Spoony for keeping us all going for another month


I am going to be brave and up my total to 17 'cos I really need to get back in control this month



Right best be off to bed, best of luck for the 1st everyone

:hello:

JAMIEDODGER

Hi all, just managed to get 12/12 finally for sept, can you put me down for 12 again for Oct please:)