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Bridge the gap with the February NSD challenge

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  • Hello everyone lilylass here (had to change my username as discovered DF uses the boards:eek: - much as I adore him, don't really want him knowing the extent of my OD)!

    Anyway, hope everyone's OK - No 3 for me today (but not all that great as forgot I had no potatoes so stuck for tea)!
    Grocery Challenge £211/£455 (01/01-31/03)
    2016 Sell: £125/£250
    £1,000 Emergency Fund Challenge #78 £3.96 / £1,000
    Vet Fund: £410.93 / £1,000
    Debt free & determined to stay that way!
  • dmb_2
    dmb_2 Posts: 330 Forumite
    No 2 NSD for me please.
    DeeBee
  • #4 for me.

    Trying to figure out how many miles you can get out of a car when the fuel guage reads empty!
  • Hi all nsd number 5 today. Managed to spend money yesterday at the freezer shop, but i topped up the freezer with a few bits.
    #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.
  • jintyb
    jintyb Posts: 1,763 Forumite
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    beanielou wrote: »
    NSD no 7 today & no 4 of 5 in a row.

    Have coloured my hair at home for the first time ever using the new John Frieda foam which I thought was fab & so easy to use.
    The colour is interesting shall we say.A reddy brown.
    Cant get used to it when I look in the mirror & DS thinks its dire!!!Thanks for that vote of confidence then!!!


    Beanie - we all think you're beautiful!;)


    you will always be rich enough to be generous.
  • cw18
    cw18 Posts: 8,630 Forumite
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    edited 8 February 2011 at 10:59PM
    well, today should have been an NSD - and would have been had I not nipped back down to work (for non-spending reasons)

    whilst there I couldn't resist checking the Whoopsies :o

    saw some WW creme fraiche down to 9p, but decided I could do without it (I like it with vegetable soup, and have some soup in the house).
    next I spotted a stunning 'deluxe bouquet', but stopped myself from picking it up in order to retain an NSD.
    then I came across some 'superlife' bread down to 19p (short on bread), but convinced myself I could put my bread maker on tomorrow morning instead.
    lastly I checked the butchers section, and decided I couldn't resist the piece of sirloin steak down from £2.78 to 99p - especially as I still have the Diane Sauce in my freezer which was supposed to go with the steak I used on Saturday ;)

    So I went back and picked up the bread, a couple of pots of the creme fraiche, and finally the flowers......

    I'm not a "flowers person", but these are lovely and quite fragrant too (and reduced from £20 to £5). It's a mix of various cream/off-white flowers, and my house is terracotta and magnolia in almost all areas so they look FAB in my living room :D
    Only 'problem' was that I had to improvise for a vase, as I haven't seen my big one in years...... so I dug a 4pt milk container out of my recycling bin, cut around it just below the top of the handle, and they're now residing in that :)
    Cheryl
  • jintyb
    jintyb Posts: 1,763 Forumite
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    Squeezed an NSD today - #5 !

    Had to pay some money over that I owed for my share of pal's birthday gift, but I knew about it so it was a planned spend.
    Tomorrow wont be as I'm going for a pie n pint ( well, a soda) with a couple of the girls. We have a great pub near the office which does mega pies;)
    Thursday should be as I'm donning the grubby mac and dark glasses to do a Mystery Shop:cool:
    I feel the NSD's are a bit of a struggle this month, I have a bit of a " let's live for today" head on ATM.
    I'll get myself in check I promise, cos I dont want to be slapped on the napper ( head) with the kippers.:rotfl:

    Have a lovely evening all:)


    you will always be rich enough to be generous.
  • NSD 4 for me today.
    DFW Nerd 941 Proud to be dealing with my debt
    August GC £0/£300

  • kdenty
    kdenty Posts: 250 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Mortgage-free Glee! Combo Breaker
    Another NSD for me so that takes my total up to 6 and I have also managed my first 5 in a row :) tomorrow is the weekly grocery shop so it stops at 5.

    For Spoon...
    6 in total 5 in a row:j

    Tomorrow will be a busy spendy day. Getting hair cut (1st time in ages I cut my own fringe but can't do the back and it's starting to look in need of it). Got my pilates class (£8 per week) and food shopping (with a list I made online using the online grocery shopping so I can work out the cheapest deals). Then I go in & stick to the list. Sometimes I go for online order and delivery but I figure if I go and buy I have saved £4.50 and sometimes buy a little treat :)
  • NSD day number 5 for me:j
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