The Solvent September NSD Challenge

butdoineedit?

:j WELCOME TO THE SEPTEMBER NSD CHALLENGE :j

Every day’s an adventure on the NSD thread, it’s just time we admitted it finally.
We share tales of how we’ve managed to avoid buying Whoopsies, shop-made sandwiches, chocolate and any other must-have purchases in an attempt to gain as many NSDs (and prizes) as possible. That’s without even mentioning the many virtual outings we go on (we visited Nottinghill Carnival in August). You too can join in with our adventures and conquer your own challenges and win lots of prizes.


Some interesting dates for September:
22nd September – The Autumn Equinox
4th September – Blackpool illuminations start
12th September – last night of the proms
All great opportunities for an outing, provided Hubert behaves himself!! :rotfl:

For anyone who hasn’t joined us before, we are a happy (and some might say mildly insane) bunch doing battle with those retailers - and there’s plenty of temptation all around us. We are seriously committed to saving money, but nobody said it can't be done with a smile on your face - so we organise riotous nights out and gatecrash any function going - all without leaving the comfort of our own imaginations or armchairs!

On a slightly more serious note, we are here to help each other avoid spending for the number of days we feel we can manage to try to take back some control over our hard-earned money. What you class as a "spend'" is entirely your choice; some people will try to shop on the days DD/SO etc are paid, whilst others will not include essentials such as rent. Have a look for a post from our sponsor (and godmother of this thread) BigMummaF, this contains some guidelines and ideas for starting you off on the challenge.

It’s amazing how inventive you get when you’re determined NOT to spend - from weird menu ingredients to surprising DIY solutions - but you know what? 99% of the time those wacky ideas work.


The link to our August thread is below so you can see what a friendly group we are. New recruits are joining up all the time - everyone is welcome so please don’t be shy, come and join us, the more the merrier.

August NSD Challenge

Good luck everyone, our lucky mascot is joining us again for August


Here are some threads to help keep us on the straight and narrow, if you know of others, please post. Many of the lunch box ideas are aimed toward children and are great ideas now that it’s holiday time and everyone’s out and about.

March Grocery Challenge, with lots of recipe ideas.
Tinned Food Recipes.
Leftovers? Don’t Throw It..
Exciting Sandwich Fillings on a Budget.
Lunch for Work.
Laptop Lunchbox Ideas.
Packed Lunches.
Cheap Healthy Snacks
Cheap Snack Ideas to Stop Buying Crisps.
Homemade Snack Ideas…contains further links for ideas.
Sprouting Seeds to Eat.
Really Quick & Alternative Snacks.
Easy Homemade Biscuits.
Muesli & Cereal Bar Recipes.
Weetabix Cake.
HM Popcorn.
Smoothie Recipes.
Yoghurt Without a Yoghurt Maker.
Ham Economics.
Low Carb Kids Lunches...contains advice for diabetics.
Kids Lunch Box Ideas.
Back to School Lunches.
Healthy Kids Snacks.
HM Lollies.
Ice Lolly Ideas
Cheap Healthy Playground Snacks.
Homemade Fudge.
OS HM Sweets.
Forgotten Puddings.
Making chocolates or sweets

butdoineedit?

Well watching the wind howling & the rain threatening today there is no doubt Autumn is on it's way, so i've picked prizes to reflect that...

Target met Target 2 met Target 3 met Target 4 met Target exceeded


Thanks to all the regulars and newbies who have joined up already. Hoping lots more of you will come along for the ride catching NSDs

Actress - 7 1
AlyBaly - 10 4
andrinaperry - 15

beadgirl87 - 12 8
beanielou - 14 14 Target increased to 17 - 17 19
bellkat - 12
Betsie2010 - 8 8
BigMummaF - 18 9
bottleofred - 12 12 19
boultdj - 12 10
bowlofsoup - 9 6
Butti - 8 6

chris81418 - 19 19 Target increased to 21 21 22
CountingPennies - 10 3
cuddlymarm - 17 17 19
cw18 - 12

debbiedeejay - 12 9
debtfree future - 10 1
debtfreeeju - 15
debtfreewannabe321 - 10 10 Target increased to 15 15
Disenchanted - 12 8
donna dynamo - 10 10 Target increased to 12 - 11

Ed from beds - 15 15
elfen - 16 14

fedupandskint - 18 12
Frodobaggins - 16 16
FrugalLiving - 20 12

greenanne - 10 10 13

honey - 12 10

ifwisheswerehorses... - 17 17
Igamogam - 15 15
itsapuzzle - 15 2
iwanttogoonholiday - 10 7

jaffacakegal - 18 18 19
jenjade - 16 10
jenny.b - 15 11
jintyb - 7 11 9

karen is trying - 15
kathy40uk - 15 6
Keiss 21 - 18 18
kerri gt - 14 12
kersplatt - 15

Learning2Budget - 12 9
Lewby - 10 9
LittleMissHappy - 12 12
Lily_The_Legend - 15 13
Lula-Hula - 16 14
lynnette78 - 10 10

marmiterulesok - 10 10 Target increased to 12 12
ModestyB - 10 10 Target increased to 15 13
money_honey - 10 7
mrsdwhite - 14 2
MrsNotAPenny - 15 2
ms_night_ryder - 12 5
muffin man 7 - 10 10 Target increased to 15 15 18
muffins22 - 15 2
mysk_girl - 8 8 10

Nargleblast - 15 14
Natty68 - 15 6
Nitha - 6

pinkfluffybabe - 20 20 22/B]
Pips Mum - 10 6
plzhelpmesave! - 10 1
positivelypurple - 15 3
princess_shopoholic - 4 3
purpleruby - 15

QueenB. - 10 5

Rachel021967 - 12 3
rainbowneeks - 15 11
rising from the ashes - 15 15 16
robedha - 14 2
Rock_Cakes - 10
RonniesMummy - 7 1
runnerbean17 - 15 15 17

samorgo - 10
savingholmes - 10 1
Saving the family silver - 8 8 9
sazi1990 - 15
shezam - 8 5
SillyBlondie - 15 15 Target increased to 18 18 20
skader - 10
Skaps - 17 17
slowlyfading - 15 15 17
solventsoon - 20 20 Target increased to 23 23 24
sparklysaver - 10 3
SpendSpendSpend - 15 15 16
squeeeek - 15 8
Squidge123 - 10 7
suzitiger - 15

taka - 10
The Dragon - 10 10 Target increased to 15 - 13
Tixy - 12 12 Target increased to 15 13
TizerCat - 15 1
toottifrootti - 20 20
TwelveStopsThenHome - 5 5 6
twirly09 - 12

webitha - 15 14

zaksmum73 - 10

butdoineedit?

This is for anyone who wants to set themselves a target for a number of NSDs in a row. We had some impressive numbers on this over the past few months so if anyone would like to have a go at this, I'll add you here

Actress - 3 in a row

chris81418 - 6 in a row - Target met

Frodobaggins - 4 in a row Target met

Igamogam - 4 in a row

itsapuzzle - 4 in a row

Learning2Budget - 4 in a row

lynnette78 - 3 in a row

marmiterulesok - 4 in a row - Target met

muffin man 7 - 5 in a row

runnerbean17 - 5 in a row

suzitiger - 3 in a row

Nargleblast

Put me down for 15 in September, Bdini - did not quite make it in August but I am a glutton for punishment! Now, certainly we should gatecrash the last Proms night with our Union flags and party poppers, and I am sure some of our happy crew can think of some way to celebrate the autumn equinox.

robedha_2

I'm going to attempt 14 again for September. Nearly there with August, now I'm getting into the swing of things it should be easier.

mrsdwhite

Please put me down for 14 NSD in September BDINI....I easily made my first target of 10 in August and then my 2nd target of 13. Though as a newbie I don't really know what to expect month on month just yet. Thanks.

beanielou

Put me down for
14 too please
Ta BUNDI for starting the thread :j

Nitha

Hi, I'm going to try this over September. I want 6 NSDs. We're well stocked on food at the moment and DS1 has just come out of night nappies. Question - does spending DS2's birthday money count as spend or can I still say no spend (he's just turned one so I get to spend it for him on his clothes!)?

Nargleblast

Make your own rules, Nitha! Whatever counts for you is what matters. I would think if someone gave you money as a gift and you spent it then it's as if they gave you the thing you bought, so I certainly would not count that as a spend.

cw18

Sign me up for my normal 12 please - though I already have a sneaky suspicion I may find it hard to reach

I want to try and start getting stuff in ready for the winter - things like a second pair of running shoes (meaning they have chance to dry out between use), some grips to hook round/under them to allow me to continue training even if it snows, and a proper snow shovel (having struggled to clear the drive using a normal garden spade the last few years). Also torches/batteries etc to sort out, and most of this is stuff I'd go out an pick up at a weekend, which means it won't co-incide with a D/Debit.......

But of course, once I've got (and paid for) the snow shovel and the grips for my shoes I just know we'll not see enough of the white stuff this year for me to actually need them

Nargleblast

So we'll have you to thank, CW, when we are having our ice creams and barbecues in December then?