The octosyllabic October NSD challenge

cw18

jintyb wrote: »

I have a NSD dilemma for you this morning:
I have been saving on Asda cards for the past year and I put the money away on my usual grocery spend days. I will be using them later in the month for Christmas purchases - do these days count as spend days or not?

As long as you ONLY use the money on the cards (ie. don't need to use cash/card to cover anything you go over by), then NO they don't count as spend days....

The money has already moved from your bank to Mr A's, so you don't have it available to spend anywhere else

elf06

Morning all just a quick update while we're still in October

I am struggling with my inner self about whether to declare yesterday as a NSD or not. I DID spend £2.75 (on bread and a new baking tray and papers for mum which she then gave the money back for) BUT a friend gave me £20 that was owed to me so I didnt actually lose any money of my own..........urgh its a tought one. I think I'll say it was a spendy day

Today WILL be a NSD (taking me to a final total of 17NSD for October) as the only thing I plan on doing is my gym which, apart from not being included in my challenge (I dont include this as its already budgeted for and I dont include my DD days as they all go out within 3 days and are also budgeted for), my friend that I go with is owing me todays class back

Hope everyone is well - looking forward to next months challenge

jintyb

cw18 wrote: »

As long as you ONLY use the money on the cards (ie. don't need to use cash/card to cover anything you go over by), then NO they don't count as spend days....

The money has already moved from your bank to Mr A's, so you don't have it available to spend anywhere else

Thanks C, I kinda thought that but I just needed someone to verify it! :T
I'd better not go over - I really dont want to spend more than my budget!
I'm trying very hard not to get caught in the "it's Christmas therefore I must have at least three trolley loads of stuff I wont need/use " mentality that the SM's try to brainwash you into!:mad:

cw18

I'm not planning on buying ANYTHING extra in the way of groceries for the festive season.....

DD has suggested I should spend the day with her and my GDs, but they [strike]can[/strike] get very hyper so I prefer to see them on 26th.
My Dad's birthday is 28th, so I'll have to bob up that way at some point around then - but I'm still waiting to find out when the store is actually closed (suspect just the w/end, so it'll be 26th I go up as 28th is one of my full days).

I'm actually quite looking forward to spending the day on my own - it'll be the first time ever though, so I guess the novelty could wear off in a few years Current plans are to walk the dog and iron uniforms for the following week at work (normally done on a Sunday, but not if I'm out all day). I may well have roast turkey, but only 'cos I have some pre-cooked and sliced in my freezers - in fact the once concession to it being the festive season may be fresh instead of frozen veg as I don't like frozen sprouts, and much prefer fresh brocolli and cauli

Then - as long as the weather isn't too bad - I plan on heading out for a run.....
This is the thing I'm most looking forward to, as I suspect that if I time it right there'll be very little traffic on the roads (which almost means a bike ride might be a better choice for the day, and if it's a 'little moist' outside I don't mind being on a bike as much as on foot - guess I'll just wait and see how I feel/what the weather's like on the day )

The one thing I plan to do differently is turn my laptop off for a while and watch some of my Christmas Films (DVDs) over the Friday night/Saturday

chris81418

Good morning everyone!

Woo hoo!! I managed to avoid spending yesterday so another NSD to add to my total; unfortunately, later today I'm doing a big shop for food and other odds n sods that we've run out of, so that's my lot of NSDs for this month; however, it does mean that due to yesterday's NSD, I reached my revised target - so I'm declaring at 22 NSDs for October!! :money:

BigMummaF wrote: »

This thread didn't come up in my e-mail reminder AGAIN

I've had the same problem for the last few days, but got my first reminder in ages this morning - hopefully the gremlins will stay away from the November thread!

Spoon - I'd like to pledge my lucky 19 NSDs for November - thank you as always for all your hard work! :T

Have a wicked Halloween everyone, don't forget the clocks went back 1 hour in the early hours of this morning, and see you all on the November thread!

twistedhazel

Managed no. 18 yesterday and am completely confident (jinx alert!) that today will be no. 19 so that's my total for October. Can't quite believe it! Going to try for 20 in November!!!

Tete_en_l'Air

Hi Guys, am sloping in to confess I only made it to 10/20 days went off the rails at the end a bit there - I blame four birthdays in November!

On holiday til 6th Nov now so not sure how many to aim for next month - maybe 10?

donna_dynamo

Hi all will manage a nsd today that makes 9 for this month i have failed my first target but never mind another month another goal. We went on holiday for half term and this is where the majority of spends have came from at least when i fall off the wagon i do it spectacularly. Anyway the heating got fixed so we are now warm and toasty and the hot water is very hot so can't really compain.

thrifty_fifty

Hi everyone

Hope you're having a good weekend. number 5 out of ten for me, on the last day. However half way to my target is better than nothing atall. Hoping for more next month, but it gets tricky as we approach Christmas. Got a few birthdays coming up too.

IF

solventsoon wrote: »

All prepared, Nargle, skeletons, witches, pumpkins and ghosts all safely installed, dopey's aliens are already inspecting the suits of armour, a space has been cleared for us to breakdance with our skeletons - have I missed anything?:D

No think you are prepared Spoony :dance:

My skeleton has changed.......quite spooky think he's waiting for the witching hour :eek::eek: