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Out with the old, in with the new: the January NSD challenge

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  • empy
    empy Posts: 325 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    Hi all, happy new year. May I join you in this challenge? I'm terrible for visiting the coop a couple of times a day and spending at least £10.00 each visit and then wonder why I've no money left in the middle of the month and also having gained weight!
    I would like to aim for 10 NSD for Jan please.

    Many thanks

    empy
    OS Grocery Challenge
    August £250/ £103.44 left
  • Happy new year everyone

    Ohhh I had forgotten about that all in a row thingy, can you put me down for 5 in a row please

    Red
    OD 0.00/300 Car 200/7000 CC 0.00/82
    Emergency Fund 0.00/5000
    Other 0.00/30000
    NSD 2/10
    :eek: Skintos!
    I need to make some money from somewhere :o
  • puddings_2
    puddings_2 Posts: 1,889 Forumite
    Hi all!

    can i join please - i'd like to try for 10 days in Jan

    do you have rules or is it just a case of make it up as you see fit?
  • Hi all and most importantly happy new year. I would like to declaremy 1st nsd of january and of the new year. I have never brought into the new year new start theroy but this year i am having a new start trying to clear all my debts for a better life for all the family.
    #Sealed pot #085.
    1 debt versus 100 days £108.32/£300:j
    Debt Jan 2016 £6877.37. Aug £6155.56
    xmas saving £1 a day 274/366.
  • Nejlloyd
    Nejlloyd Posts: 37 Forumite
    Morning everyone & Happy New Year!!

    Can I join please?? I love a challenge!!

    Put me down for 20 NSD in January!!! :)

    Thanks x
  • elly2
    elly2 Posts: 556 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Morning all, and a happy new year to you all, can i join please i will be aiming for 12 nsd in january :D hopefully i will manage more which will be a bonus :D.
  • Morning everyone. This is my first month of trying this, so I will go for 12 NSDs please
    Mummy to 3 fabulous boys all under 4 :eek:
  • moneypenny2k
    moneypenny2k Posts: 1,124 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    niccatw wrote: »
    And I think I'll be brave and up my traget from my usual 14 to 15! :p Ok, so not the bravest thing I've ever done but if I can't do it in January when all I want to do is hibernate, it won't bode well for 2011!

    Spoony - you've been making the wrong types of resolutions all these years! As have I!!!

    This year I have a much more fun and sensible resolution: to spend more time with the people who make me laugh. :D


    Love the resolution Nic. My resolution is normally to not make any resolutions. That way you break it straight away and you don't need to beat yourself up about it :D

    By the way, can we appoint you official tea maker to the nsd crowd as the diysos people say you make great cuppas?
    janeawej wrote: »
    I'm here, after a last minute failure as I had to buy milk and a stamp today Im up for starting afresh tomorrow!

    No you didn't fail jane, you merely realigned your priorities. :D
    reb wrote: »
    I forgot all about this. I did it last year and the the dreaded fb took over.
    I have repented and returned.
    Yaaaay!
    I am going for at least 4 each week

    Welcome back reb :wave:


    I'm declaring today a nsd. I'm not going out till Tuesday I think, unless I decide my knee is well enough for a little run. I'm going to spend today putting together a playlist for my iphone so that I've got something to run to that I've not heard before. So longing to get back into my runs. Have really missed them.

    Have a great 1st Jan folks and treat those hangovers kindly. :beer:
  • janeawej
    janeawej Posts: 808 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    I will not mention the F word again! This month I shall go for 10 NSD's and I will succeed!
    Member 1145 Sealed Pot Challenge No4 ;)
    NSD challenge not to spend anything till 2011!:rotfl:
  • Keiss_21
    Keiss_21 Posts: 2,652 Forumite
    Happy New Year to everyone!!!

    Wow, page 4 and 2011 is only 12 hours old!!

    Think I will aim for a target of 17 NSDs Spoon, with 5 in a row as an aspiration...never managed that, ever!

    So declaring today as NSD no 1 for 2011...:j

    Hopefully tomorrow will be one too....not sure about the rest of the week though :(.

    Right, off to get some things sorted...new calendars up and written on...meant to get this done last week...hey hoh!!

    Resolutions: apart from the regular ones: lose weight, get fit, save money etc....I am going to add a new one: Finish off what I start!

    I am forever having "good ideas", get so far but never finish, or worse...don't even start them!! Then I feel guilty for being a failure. So this year, I will not be or feel a failure (or at least much fewer times!!). Wow, that seems a big huge really, wonder if I can manage it! I also have to marry this with: don't overdo things, as I have a tendency to do far too much, especially all at once!

    Oh boy.....perhaps I will just: Plan more and be better at it!!!

    That's pretty concise!

    Sorry about the ramble....just trying to get my head sorted!!

    Here's to a great year ahead.



    13 projects in 2013: 7/13
    Cross-stitch Club Member no 13
    Weight loss since 24/06/2012: 30lb
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