Jolly June's NSD Challenge!

mrso2b

Woop woop! No spend weekend here!! Went to my mums yesterday (grabbed a handful of teabags on the way out to save buying anymore for a while - it's amazing what you'll do when skint!) then came home and painted the woodwork in the kitchen and the French doors.

Then today we went to the shops and did a top up shop but that's out of the grocery budget.

So 4 NSD's for me so far this month.

Watching desperate housewives with a glass of wine (leftover from what a friend brought round on Friday night!) and then off to sort lunch for tomorrow - ooh also did some batch cooking for the week.

niccatw

NSD 4 today. Spent the day gutting the flat and traipsing back and forward to the dump. Nearly gave in to takeaway but made a chick-pea curry instead. Now about to collapse in a heap and hopefully manage to drink my cuppa and read some of my book before I nod off!

slowlyfading

Evening gang

Lula-Hula – well done on number 3 :j :j :j
muffin man 7 – well done on number 1 :j :j :j
jintyb - well done on number 2 :j :j :j
Purpletea65 – well done on number 2 :j :j :j
cazza83 – well done on number 1 :j :j :j
PaP – well done on number 3 :j :j :j
LittleMissHappy – well done on numbers 2 and 3 :j :j :j
kezlou – well done on number 4 :j :j :j and four in a row
The Dragon - well done on number 4 :j :j :j and four in a row
bottleofred – well done on number 2 :j :j :j
suzie wong – well done on number 1 :j :j :j
wouldbequalitymoneysaver – well done on number 1 :j :j :j
Nargleblast – well done on number 2 :j :j :j
Wannabe01 – well done on number 1 :j :j :j
Trinny – well done on number 1 :j :j :j
marmiterulesok – well done on number 5 :j :j :j and to 5 in row!
bellkat – well done on number 2 :j :j :j
miss_t – well done on number 4 :j :j :j and for 3 in a row! Will put you up to the 4 in a row challenge
elfen – well done on number 2 :j :j :j
kerri gt – well done on number 3 :j :j :j
GeorgiaFTB – well done on number 1 :j :j :j
fedupandskint – well done on number 2 :j :j :j
mrso2b – well done on number 4 :j :j :j and a no spend weekend
niccatw – well done on number 4 :j :j :j

It’s number 3 for me today I need an early night as it’s back to work tomorrow for me, so I’ll update the front page tomorrow x

IF

Evening all :hello:

SF got my 3rd NSD today, thank you x :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!

solventsoon

Rock_Cakes wrote: »

Morning lovely NSDers

Good news from the landlord, he said yes and doesn't want any extra money at the moment. Though if I don't find something by the end of my contract then he will, which is fair enough. :dance: :j

So I will have wonderful weekend with my friends with the knowledge I will be coming back soon.

Have a great weekend all.
xx

That's brilliant news, Rock_Cakes, I'm so pleased for you:j:j:j What a turnaround in the last week, eh, it just goes to show that we never know what's around the corner.

(((hugs)))
spoon xx

solventsoon

butdoineedit? wrote: »

Phew, i'm back!!!!!

That was some job, i thought i'd never get out of there, especially when Nicca ran off & Hubert chased the reinforcements up the road :eek:

All done now, but Nargle you are really going to have to sort out Hubert's diet, i'm not quite sure what he has been eating, but it's really not good for him!! :eek:

Think i will be scrubbing myself for quite a while now, ha ha!!

Quote:
Originally Posted by Nargleblast
Nice to see you again, Bdini, but just stand a bit further over there, would you?

Now - suggestions for an economical way to feed an incontinent donkey?

butdoineedit? wrote: »

*Backs away a couple of miles & shouts...* Would it be cruel to suggest starvation Nargle??? There would be less "accidents" :rotfl:

Nargleblast wrote: »

That,....or a rather large cork.....

Glad you managed to get out again, BDINI, I was a bit worried about you.

The Tardis smells much better now though I'm not keen on the air fresheners you've put everywhere - could you have gone for one perfume perhaps, I'm feeling a bit queasy!!:D

Nargle, a cork is definitely not a good idea, the pressure will build up and he'll explode, then we'll be mopping up bits of donkey as well:eek:.

Low fibre diet from now on and definitely no more of Keiss' chocolate and beetroot brownies - and keep him away from Igor's cooking:eek:

solventsoon

Nargleblast wrote: »

Do you remember during one of our outings when someone brought along a crate of chocolate beetroot brownies, and Hubert scoffed the lot? We kept finding little pink parcels everywhere for days after that.

It's indelibly inscribed on my memory, Nargle, he managed to get one on the Tardis' gear stick - that was not a pleasant experience:eek:

solventsoon

muffin_man_7 wrote: »

REPORTING SATURDAY AS MY 1ST NSD FOR JUNE

ebayqueen and spoon:A thanks for your kindness pleased to say daughter fine, she had gone to bed with a headache and still had it in the early hours it sounds like she had a migraine hopefully she will be more considerate next time my head is thumping she helped do shopping on friday afternoon and shes been cleaning the pool today i found the join on the base needed repairing only had it 2 months thank heavens for the glue gun i new it would come in handy with a bit of help from son-in-law it's now sealed and part filled ready for today,and she made a good job of it too.:T

I thought my luck was changing when i found a fiver,and some silver and copper over the last few days, then went and lost a tenner :eek: but the good news is i've also lost another 4lb as well:j
and as they say thing seem to happen in three's well it did to me i decided to cut hedge never been allowed to used hedge cutter before( ex was ocd re garden) anyhow turned it on and went straight through the cable so got a pair of scissors to fix cable went to cut damaged bit off and as i cut cable BANG blew the fuse and nearly electrocuted meself :eek: i'd forgot to switch socket off scared my son who kept asking if i'm ok and bless him he was so worried i might fix it wrong he did it for me and tested it too ......then left me to cut hedge while he went to his brothers typical eh :rotfl:oh well i managed halfway cable extention not long enough and i'm only little ,well in height lol.
Not sure if i should finish hedge, cut grass or just get all the washing done while the sun is about got a backlog with all the rain we had might go and put next load in now and then can peg it out soon as it's light i won't go out back at night cos of foxes and rats :eek: the downside of living by a railway line
sorry for long post just really wanted to say even virtual hugs help when your a bit down thanks

Hi mm7
:eek:to your experiences with the hedge cutter. Please be careful, electricity is so dangerous!!

Glad your daughter is feeling a bit better, that's good news anyway.

Virtual hugs available any time if they help, we're here for you if you need a rant, a moan or just a hug.

Take care
((((((hugs))))))
spoon xx

solventsoon

Hi lovely gang:A

Sorry for all the posts, just catching up with the weekend's shenanigans (and plenty of that going on:D).

It sounds as though everyone's had a productive weekend one way or another and loads of NSDs being grabbed as well.


Reporting in with no 4 for me, sf, I've been very good this weekend and haven't spent at all (where's my halo:D)..... I'm sorely tempted by a couple of online bargains though, hoping the itch will go away if I ignore it for long enough!!

'night everyone
spoon xx

wouldbeqaulitymoneysaver

I was heading in the NSD direction by baking my first Rice Bread for a long long time because I had run out of bread, but whilst online I perused the MIT OCW French Courses for Beginners and reckoned that they treat the Learner as intelligent rather than stupid and so splashed out on 3 books and also another Maths App!!
I will catch my No 2 NSD on Tuesday/ Wednesday so easily done along with the Weekend NSD opportunities unless I have to spend.
I am also trying to cut back so I can get feet done (very overdue and claw like) and get to Scotland hopefully for a nice long holiday.
Cheers and best to everyone regardless of whether I would do it like you or not as the case may be.:beer::money: