Jolly June's NSD Challenge!

wouldbeqaulitymoneysaver

10 NSD's pour moi? only 2 or 3 days to go.

chris81418

Hello everyone! :wave:

The clock has struck midnight - so that means I clocked up another NSD yesterday, also meaning I've reached my target of 19 NSDs - yay! :j

solventsoon wrote: »

Hi
If anyone's around, could you please press the spam button on the post above mine - nellytraders is the poster.

Many thanks
spoon x

All done!

Good night everyone! Sleep tight and don't let the bed bugs bite!

Keiss_21

cw18 wrote: »

I started with odd strands by my late 20's/early 30's, and it was properly noticeable by my mid 30's - so after 10 years I'm used to it

can't even walk past a Lush store without struggling to breath - hate in when they're actually in an enclosed shopping centre, as the smell seems to spread a lot further not too sure about red highlights either - have normally gone bronze/copper.

My DD gets the Schw@rkopf ones from HB, but I picked up a L'ore@l one from B'n'M (under £4) that comes with a highlighter brush. Much prefer my hair when it's done using foils and two colours to just one flat colour, so thought this could be a compromise.... just hope I get the hang of the highlights without dropping any clangers

Good luck with the home hair dying Cheryl...I have never had the nerve! I am off to the hairdressers this Friday to get more highlights, which is as far as I go colour-wise. I have only recently started having enough grey hairs that some people notice...pretty good I suppose, now I'm 50!!

As for Lush...I am with you on the strong scent...I start wheezing when I am within 20 metres of a shop!! :eek:

Spendy day today, but back onto the wagon Tuesday and Wednesday so I can reach my new target of 20 NSDs.

Have a good week folks, not sure when I will be on next, trying to cut back my time on the 'puter, so I can get lots of other things done .

jintyb

Morning all!

Made it #15 yesterday - target met!:j

Have a lovely day everyone!:)

beanielou

Well done Jinty :j

IF

Morning all :hello:

SF up to 16 NSD's thank you :A

slowlyfading wrote: »

Please can you to highlight your number of NSDs in a colour and in bold and preferrably LARGE so that I can see them easily when I whizz through the posts - any colour will do, though I am personally partial to PURPLE

Some helpful suggestions and ideas to follow below from our sponsor and godmother, BigMummaF :A

NO SPEND CHALLENGE.

1. Have a good, long think about what YOU want to include in your Spend & Excluded categories.
Some of us count everything from Direct Debits & school expenses, while others do not include things like essential Bills or emergency medical costs. If you plan what is or is not a Spend for you now, it will help you decide on a realistic Target.
2. It is NOT a race!
We all have very different demands on our time & bank balance, so please do not think you have to buy everything on 1st January & make it last till 31st December! A few of us have been following this Challenge for a long...long...LONG time so have developed plans & ploys to help us along the way
3. Most important of all, WE..DO..NOT..FAIL!
Sometimes we can't quite reach our Target, but that is fine Everyone knows how Life will try to trip us up, & that is when you will find us here to help you back on to your feet.

OK, an idea of how some of us do things.
1. What you will or will not include as a 'Spend'.
Some people are doing other Challenges too, & don't include the money spent on those for this one.
Some will try to shop for other bits on the days their direct debits etc go out of their bank accounts; they're the real hard core of the bunch & have been l-o-n-g time Nsders so don't panic
Some won't count those annoying last minute demands from school & collections as you can't plan for them in advance, likewise emergency prescriptions or visits to the vet
Personally speaking & providing I don't buy anything else, I don't count parking for hospital appointments.(..but then I usually do my shopping because I'm already out :whistle:)
General thoughts on €bay sales is the buyer has paid P&P so no cost to you
2. It takes Time to reach mega-numbers!
The First suggestion is the first, because a bit of planning will work wonders on your road to your Target. Have a look at Solvent's (aka Spoon:rotfl:) first posts each month for a hefty list of other Threads that may be of help. For example, there's a few giving ideas for packed lunches so you can avoid standing in the queue at the bakers for 45mins of your lunch hour! A good incentive to tweak your healthy eating & the pounds you save will show in your bank balance AND your waistline
It helps to have various 'money pots' for the different costs that happen like Scouts, dinner money, yoga, window cleaner etc etc. The idea is you "spend" all that money in one hit by..:think:..let's say **putting the week's bus fares into the pretty coffee jar, Jo's tumble tots SIZE=2]Weds mornings[/SIZE in the cracked teapot & Ben's £1 coin for the gym locker SIZE=2]Friday lunch[/SIZE in the pocket of the changing bag, on Tuesdays every week when you've got some change from doing the food shop, so an already spendy day. At least four 'spending days' condensed into one (**mine's jam jars for windows, milkman & a bit towards the bills!)
3. Any day the money stays in your pocket is a bonus!
If you look at it as a day you beat the system, you can't help but :j so don't fret it--ENJOY! If nothing else in here, we do manage find something to make us smile

We have virtual outings to wonderful places that never cost us a bean :rotfl:New York, Edinburgh & Brighton have been a couple & Spoon usually pilots the Tardis but you can use your own transport; my personal favourite has been a sit-on lawn mower borrowed from the cricket club The only thing to be aware of is Hubert the donkey who is partial to anything remotely edible but is not yet house-trained

And Remember;
there are no silly questions, so don't be afraid to ask us anything!

kerri_gt

urg123 wrote: »

Wow
I'm also on a challenge to not use my cards this month so it could be quite interesting!

Well done to all of you!

urg x x

How about putting them in an old ice cream tub or something similar and freezing them in water a-la Confessions of a Shopaholic style? Not sure how the chip might fare (although I can confirm that they go through the washing machine with no problem :rotfl:)...but it would certainly stop you spending

Trinny

Hi Op

2 more NSD's please. One for Sunday and another for today, as i have no need to spend.

Race to the finish as always for me this month, but with 2 days and 2 more to get, i should reach target this month.

BW

Trin

jaffacakegal

Well I looked through my book and racked my brain and finally decided that it seems as if Friday was NSD 14!

Hoping to hit target today, can't see any reason not to but you never know what might happen so won't declare yet

JCG x

elfen

NSD no 15 for me please.....one left to get....can I do it?