The octosyllabic October NSD challenge

solventsoon

Hi lovely NSD gang:A
Wow... you lot are keeping me busy today - 5 pages already. Going to do a very quick roundup and welcome today otherwise I’ll be here ‘til 5 in the morning. I will try to get everyone in but if I miss you out it’s an oversight and you have permission to poke me in the ribs

A very warm welcome to all our newbies signing up this month, new people are always welcome to join, we’re a a very friendly, if slightly insane, bunch and a surreal sense of humour definitely helps. We are, however, very serious in our aim to cut down on our spending and are happy to give advice/tips/hints so please ask if you’re not sure about anything. Everyone seems to have more success if they post regularly on here and join in the chat - not sure why, but it seems to work, so please feel free to join in:D

So welcome and good luck to:
thiscanbedone: :hello:hi and welcome, good to have you on board. Signing you up for 10 now, good luck
saltnvinegar: :hello:hi and welcome, good to have you on board. Signing you up for 20 now, good luck
Tete en l’Air: :hello: hi and welcome, good to have you on board. Signing you up for 20 now, good luck. Anyone is welcome here, you don’t have to be a DFW, if you want to cut down on your spends, you’re in the right place definitely
greent::hello: hi and welcome, good to have you on board. Signing you up for 10 now, good luck
brodie1: :hello:hi and welcome, good to have you on board. Signing you up for 20 now, good luck. You sound very organised, I’m sure you can do it
TizerCat: :hello:hi and welcome, good to have you on board. Signing you up for 18 now, good luck - having no money does tend to focus the mind on this challenge, I’m sure you can do it
sistercas: :hello: hi and welcome, good to have you on board. Signing you up for 12 now, good luck - I’m sure you can do it
sewprettymoo: :hello: hi and welcome, good to have you on board. Signing you up for 15 now, good luck
guisantes: :hello:hi and welcome, good to have you on board. Signing you up for 10 now, good luck - I’m sure you can do it, you sound very organised
littlepinkstars44: :hello: hi and welcome, good to have you on board. Signing you up for 10 now, good luck
hoobydoobydoo: :hello: hi again and welcome, good to have you on board. Signing you up for 10 now, good luck - I’m sure you can do it, you sound very organised. There are loads of great ideas on the front page for lunches, etc, have a look around

Part 2 to follow ....

solventsoon

And welcome back to all the regulars and those returning to the NSD fold, good luck for this month:

Swanny: :hello:signing you up for 12 - and well done for being brave and increasing your target
kathy40uk::hello: signing you up for 17 - and well done again for being brave. Think you’re right about Ochi Day - I’ll change it to no spend day and we can borrow it
JAMIEDODGER::hello: signing you up for 12 - well done for September
meersy22: :hello: good to see you again, signing you up for 16
boultdj::hello: signing you up for 15, good luck
Amethyst68: :hello: and signing you up for 12, good luck
jedi82::hello: and you for 9.... aww thanks, much appreciated. Are you going somewhere nice for half term?
donna dynamo: :hello: signing you up for 12 (popular number), well done for September. I hate that “c” word being mentioned so early in the year, it should be banned in shops until at least the end of November (sorry everyone, rant over)
BDINI: :hello: signing you up for 16 - don’t worry, we’ll keep you on track
Well done for getting everything done today
cw18: :hello:signing you up for 17 - I love reading your calculations, Cheryl, you are sooooo organised it puts me to shame
jintyb: :hello: signing you up for 17, well done for being brave. Sorry about the problem with the bank, hope it sorts itself out.. and it did, phew....
Flickering Ember: :hello: signing you up for 10, good luck with your busy month
franby64: :hello:hi and welcome back, signing you up for 7 - good luck, you’ll be fine
sofababe: :hello: signing you up for 12, good luck
Looloo: :hello:signing you up for 18, good luck and well done for being brave - go for it!
d3mon4ngel: :hello:hi and welcome back, signing you up for 10 - good luck. Re the weather, nope, been raining all day..
twistedhazel: :hello: signing you up for 14, good luck and well done for September
teenyweenyspender: :hello:signing you up for 18 again, good luck. I know - October - where’s the year gone?
Keiss 21: :hello:signing you up for 17, good luck. Hope the new mattress is good and that you had a good day - busy as usual for you, just take care and don’t overdo it
kerri gt: :hello: signing you up for 12, good luck.. oh dear, where’s Daisy disappeared to again
honey: :hello:signing you up for 10, good luck, you can do it, I know you can, just keep posting
chris81418: :hello:signing you up for 19, good luck, you can do it
fenna: :hello: signing you up for 12, good luck, you can do it. You’re right, lots of us have increased targets this month, definitely everyone’s saving for you-know-what. Awwww.. thanks
ilovetea::hello: signing you up for 15, good luck, you can do it. Sounds as though you had a busy month last month, good to see you back again and well done for saving for all the spends - that’s brilliant!
beanielou: :hello: signing you up for 12, good luck, you can do it... no probs, happy to do this. Have a lovely time away, see you when you get back
BabyJayne: :hello: signing you up for 10, good luck, you can do it
Tixy: :hello: signing you up for 12, good luck, you can do it - don’t forget to keep up with the thread though...
noynoy: :hello: signing you up for 20, good luck, you can do it. Sorry you’re feeling poorly, but good news about the @von money - well done!
Everhopeful09: :hello: hi and welcome back.. signing you up for 10, good luck, you can do it
BigMumma: :hello:signing you up for 12, good luck, you can do it. Glad the polyester sheep hasn’t shrunk in the rain though you’ll probably get one heck of a shock from her when she dries out - lovin’ the Friday wiggle
karenccs67: :hello: signing you up for 15, good luck, you can do it. Well done for getting your first present yesterday
LfV: :hello: signing you up for 18, good luck, you can do it. Are we going to get songs again this month? Oooh, those skeletons are spooky - can’t see them at all
verynewmoneysaver: :hello: signing you up for 10, good luck, you can do it. Well done for getting to target in September and glad we’re keeping you on the straight and narrow
conf::hello: of course you can join in again.. signing you up for 8. Good luck, and well done for increasing your target
slowlyfading: :hello:signing you up for 17, good luck, you can do it. Hope you enjoyed the indian meal tonight
pure dead dopey: :hello: signing you up for 15, good luck, you can do it. Hope you have a good week away (or is it work?)
savingcaz: :hello: signing you up for 15, good luck, you can do it, well done for being brave
BlimusOreilly: :hello: signing you up for 10, good luck, you can do it, you had a great month in September

And part 3

solventsoon

And well done for no 1 today - great start to the month for you:


:jhoney: well done for resisting the chocolate and biscuits today, told you you could do it. Yay to no 1 for you, hope you had a lovely day
:jelfen: well done, great start to the month
:jboultdj: well done, great start to the month.... oooohhhh..... chocolate.... cakes.... we need to get celebrating
:jnicca: well done, great start for you, keep going now
:jsavingcaz: well done, great start for you, keep going now
:jbeanielou: well done, great start to the month. Thanks for all the good wishes
:jkerri gt: well done, great start for you, keep going now... eeekkkkk poor sheepy
:jkatenut: well done, great start for you, keep going now... ahh.. lovely dad
:jkathy40uk: well done, great start for you, keep going now. Great news about the course, that’s brilliant. Glad you’re looking after froglet and sheepie unlike some of our other prize winners last month
:jd3mon4ngel: well done, great start for you, keep going now
:jmuffin man 7: well done, great start for you, keep going now

And hello to:
elf06: fingers crossed for today for you. Re what we include, we all have our own rules depending on the areas we want/need to target. For me, my DDs are all under control, my purse/debit card is a different matter altogether so I count a spend day as any time I either spend cash or use my debit card - that stops me popping into a shop for “just a couple of things” and coming out having spent £20 at least..... Have a think about where you need to cut down/monitor your spending and work on that/those area(s). Start small and work up would be my tip - good luck
katenut: good luck for today though I think you probably deserve an after work drink with the hours you’ve been working. Hope you enjoyed the wiggle
PerfectPeaches: hi, I’ve already signed you up for 20, good luck with your change of lifestyle, it must be very exciting. Look forward to seeing your NSD progress
Nargle: eek to DS who keeps growing - you’re feeding him to well, clearly. Good luck for tomorrow


And I’ve made my first NSD for October today as well, so a very happy spoon.:j

I'm going to update the front page tomorrow, will add everybody then and add the first NSDs for October at the same time, hope this is OK

‘night everyone
spoon
x

determined_new_ms

Hello! I was overly amibitious in Sept, as I had a lot on so only managed 6/10 In October I will resolve to have 10 NSDs (I find it shocking that in 30 days I only managed not to spend money on 6 days....)

jintyb

Good morning everyone!
A big welcome to all our newbies!:T I think this challenge works well with the Grocery Challenge,doing both really helps me:)

Love the piggybank, Tixy, great idea to have him as our mascot, Spoon!;)
Should get #1 today, hairdresser coming to attend to OH's do, other than that we're staying put, as OH is planning on making a veggie curry for scoffing while watching Strictly and I need to get my ironing done.
Im setting myself a mini challenge of trying for 6 NSD's in a row this week (needs must, as I'm a bit skint this week, always the same the first week of the month!)
Kerri - any chance of the recipe for the apple & blackberry cake? That sounds yummy!

LFV & Keiss nice to see you back:A

Have a lovely day everyone:)

elf06

cw18 wrote: »

Guessing that might be something to do with someone posting the link to Septembers thread when elf06 mentioned she wanted to work on her NSDs

*** wanders away trying to look as if she's no idea who that person might have actually been ***



Welcome aboard to all the newbies

Great to see so many people returning for another month as well

:D:D [STRIKE]You've[/STRIKE] Somebody has deff started something Cheryl!!!

Well sadly yesterday wasnt a NSD becaue I remembered I needed milk so decided to get a few other bits that were needed (but not immediately) to save me nipping in another day. Hopefully today will be but I have decided not to announce these things too early on in the day incase of disaster
I wont be including my DD's in my challenge and wont include my Sunday Zumba session either as these are both accounted for but EVERYTHING else will be!! I do have budgets for everything but want to get the days I shop lowered so decision made :T.

Looking forward to today as my parents have been away for 2 weeks and arrived home yesterday. DS and I didnt go see them as they had been up since 7.30 thursday morning travelling back. We are, however, going up to see them today and they have offered to take us out for an early dinner

Hope everyone has a loverly day oh and seeing as I missed it yesterday (seriously - how fast does this thread move:rotfl:)....................WIGGLE WIGGLE

cw18

elf06 wrote: »

(seriously - how fast does this thread move:rotfl:)

Just wait until we have one of our outings - then you'll see how fast this thread really moves :rotfl:

teenyweenyspender

NSD No.2/18 today :j

yay-me

hi, there I think this challenge sounds right up my street but I have my brother turning 40, my sister in law turning 30, my stepsister's birthday and my stepbrothers other half all having birthdays in October, plus my little boy is one on 5th November so think I may well struggle...any way looking at my calender think I can probably manage to try for 10 please

thank you x

mandz1

can i join in. i want to start off with 10 NSDs to begin with. really need to reign my spending in.