The octosyllabic October NSD challenge

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Afternoon all :hello:

No NSD for me had to do a food shop.....I hate food shopping!!:eek:

beanielou

I hate hate hate hate food shopping with a passion.
Problem is if you do it online then you miss all the reductions.Gaaahhhh.
Tired & grummpy beanie.

TizerCat

another NSD for today Spoonie, am loving your updates very encouraging!! am at 12 NSD can't get to my target but will keep going. Have spent alot less on snacks etc this month from doing this it makes me think twice about poping across the road for a bar of chocolate or cheese scone :j

ashbash11

Today will take me to 10 as I managed to get one on the day I was hoping for a NSD, and today is number 10!

ashbash11

Can I increase my target to 11?

cw18

Spend day for me

D/Debit I expected to go yesterday went today - as did the one I was expecting to go today

But even without those it would have ended up as a spend day as I picked myself up a real bargain today - probably the best of the year :T

Bakery manager was cleaning out the fridge where they store yeast and cheese, and found an unopened 2kg bag of grated mature cheddar that was OOD (by a few days) so can't be used. The official line is that it has to be processed through the waste and discarded, so I caught a store manager

Me: On the basis of "you've nothing to lose by asking"....
Manager: Uh Oh! (he knows me so well )
Me: We've got a bag of cheese that's past it's date and due to be wasted. Is there any chance it could be processed as a staff sale instead?
Manager (with a slightly surprised look on his face): Why? Do you want it?
Me: (silent, but vigorous head nodding in process)
Manager to bakery manager: Find out the cost to us, then reduce it down - I'd rather get something for it than nothing.....

End result - 2kg grated mature cheddar for 75p :T

Just as well I've been making small 'holes' in my freezers, as I now need to split it into 100g bags (each of which will last me around a week) and get them squeezed in

No idea what the 'price to us' is, but I've been checking out some shop floor prices for my spreadsheet records

Mr M have a 200g bag of grated cheddar on 'better than half price' - cost £1, so £10 for 2kg
Cheapest at Mr T appears to be £5.69/kg - so £11.38 for 2kg
Cheapest at Mr A is a '2 for £3' on 250g bags - so £12 for 2kg

candyapple_2

Today is NSD number 14. I was meant to be popping out for shopping before work today but I spent most of the morning in bed feeling naff and sore thanks to TOTM

Hope everyone else is well and warm.

jintyb

beanielou wrote: »

Enjoy the SSEC jinty

Thanks Beanie:D
Had a wonderful day, it's great getting out with my Mum for the day, we always enjoy ourselves! The craft and hobby show was terrific -
A few nice spends - three lovely handpainted ceramic money boxes that look like cupcakes. £5 each which I thought was excellent. Two are for Christmas pressies and one is for me to replace the old mayo jar that I currently use for my coppers;) The girl who made them was lovely and a local lass just starting out on her first business venture. I like to support folks like that so I was very happy.

I also got some balls of fancy yarn to knit two scarves - £5 and a starter kit for card making which contains enough for 20 cards - £4.
For once I spent quite wisely and not on any old stuff which is my usual MO at these shows!

Have cast on the first of the scarves - the yarn is Sirdar Fizz which knits up sort of fluffy with ribbony bits. That's my weekend sorted!!:rotfl:

beanielou

Oooh jinty wool sounds fab~scarf will be so cool
Cupcakes sound fab too
Just seen an add for it & see its on til Sunday.

Keiss_21

Great deal on the cheese Cheryl!!