A ginormous jump into 2012 with the January NSD challenge

mooomin

Ok ladies (and lurking gents)...

Last night as part of my Reductions Megahaul I picked up some puff pastry which was a mere 15p. I've never done anything with pastry in my life....what can I use it for??!

pinkfluffybabe

Having a wee day in today, so an early declare of NSD No 3

oldtractor

Its a spend day for me today,the car had to have its MOT. SO I am also going to buy the seeds I seeds for my allotment and any food shopping required for the next week.

kerri_gt

flying_fresian wrote: »

Ok ladies (and lurking gents)...

Last night as part of my Reductions Megahaul I picked up some puff pastry which was a mere 15p. I've never done anything with pastry in my life....what can I use it for??!

Home made sausage rolls perhaps, or pasty type things? Or how about some home made pies with the puff pastry as the pie top?

here's a sausage roll recipie to get you started

http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/pork-recipes/sausage-rolls

have a good of puff pastry receipies and see what takes your fancy

beanielou

Errr flying, not sure on pastry but you could maybe make pigs in blankets?
Sausages wrapped in pastry.

I do the challange to stop me spending money on carp like chocolatee and silly bits and pieces that I do not need and cannot afford either.
I dont count grocery spends unless I go over budget or buy totally unneccesssary [STRIKE]crap[/STRIKE] things.

BigMummaF

lotti379 wrote: »

....it'll be quite sociable, :eek: *Fairly bad but passable J.McInarow impression ahaed*You can-naaad be sear-ree-ar/s!!!!! unless you're keen on mns of course....and I am feeling a bit flobbery at the moment! (I'm not very good at self-motivation, I have discovered lately :rotfl: ) *coff-coff* Sorry; musta swallowed a crumb :whistle:

So I have a request, ladies and gentlemen... If you spot me saying things such as "I couldn't be bothered to go to the gym/pool today" or "I spent so much time doing so-and-so (e.g organising photos, cleaning the sideboard with a toothbrush, you know the kind of procrastination tasks...) I ran out of time to go to the gym" please, for heaven's sake, get the kippers out!....

I've got 'Obese: a Year to Save My Life' on in the background in an attempt to kick-start that ole devil called Motivation so I'm grabbing Lotti's hand firm, standing shoulder-to-shoulder & hoping there's no need to don oilskins & sou'westers for a long, l-o-n-g time.
Anyways; that's for another thread....

flying_fresian wrote: »

....puff pastry....what can I use it for??!

This sounds very hypocritical given the bit up there^^^ but I made some cheese & bacon twists for The Offspring this crimbo. I offer for your consideration, both a savoury & a sweet recipe.

Four ingredients, a rolling pin (or empty bottle cuz I couldn't find mutha's rp ), baking sheet & sharp knife.
1/ Lightly roll out pastry if it isn't already done for you, to about 1cm thick.
2/ Cover with mustard; lots or little depending on how you like it, but remember that it does give a better taste to cheese. Then you use less cheese & save a few calories AND pennies :money:
3/ Trim the rind & most of the fat from streaky bacon rashers & lay on top of the mustard, leaving a teeny gap between them.
4/ Sprinkle over grated cheese.
5/ Slice between the rashers, lift either end of one 'strip' & twist before placing on a baking tray. Leave a space between the strips to allow for the pastry rising a bit & bake till they look like the ones you'd buy in 8regs

1/ Roll out but not by much. Cut into rectangles of a size of your choosing.
2/ Place on baking sheet & cook till lightly brown.
3/ Cool. Sandwich two together with jam & whipped cream, & top with glace icing.

HTH, or else put meat & veg, sliced apple, gooseberries, sausagemeat, wotteffa! in an ovenproof dish & flop the pastry on top, bang it in the oven & you've got a pie for dinner

As for official business, I did indeedy keep my nsd on Tuesday & found another to keep it company yesterday so I can say 2 nsds so far.

Redouble

Not sure whethe today's an NSD or not. My husband is away (forces) at the moment, and asked me to send him some stuff. I had £5 in my purse as my 'free' money (I always keep a little bit of change in there for emergency bottle of water out with kids or if we just fancy a packet of sweets when out for example)

My heart is saying I have spent money, but I could hardly not spend the money if you know what I mean, it wasn't spent on a whim...
What would you guys class it as?

(I don't want the NSD police to come and get me.... )

jintyb

Redouble wrote: »

Not sure whethe today's an NSD or not. My husband is away (forces) at the moment, and asked me to send him some stuff. I had £5 in my purse as my 'free' money (I always keep a little bit of change in there for emergency bottle of water out with kids or if we just fancy a packet of sweets when out for example)

My heart is saying I have spent money, but I could hardly not spend the money if you know what I mean, it wasn't spent on a whim...
What would you guys class it as?

(I don't want the NSD police to come and get me.... )

Personally I wouldnt count it as it was an essential spend - like you say, it was unavoidable and not frittered away on rubbish -HTH!

jintyb

Just popped in to say I lost a pound at weigh in this morning - I am over the moon as the last two weeks have been really tough trying to stay on the straight and narrow. I have 3lb to go to goal so on track!

Had my hair done, walked the doglet and now I have an appointment with the sofa and the telly - see ya! ( This looks worryingly like me!LOL!)

BigMummaF

Redouble wrote: »

Not sure whethe today's an NSD or not. My husband is away (forces) at the moment, and asked me to send him some stuff. I had £5 in my purse as my 'free' money (I always keep a little bit of change in there for emergency bottle of water out with kids or if we just fancy a packet of sweets when out for example)

My heart is saying I have spent money, but I could hardly not spend the money if you know what I mean, it wasn't spent on a whim...
What would you guys class it as?

(I don't want the NSD police to come and get me.... )

It has to be your decision as to what YOUR rules are about your spends. Others have said about fares to work, money given to you as a gift & all sorts of things, but really & truly the only answer is the same for all of us.
I'll try to explain how I work out my rules; it's taken a long time to decide on them & how it fits in with MY circumstances, & it will probably be the same for us all.
My exclusions are:-
Emergency vet & human medical prescriptions.
Hospital car park for appointments.
Unavoidable travel costs for essentials appointments.
Money gifted to me.
Any utility bills.

Think that's it...& don't worry! Tis supposed to be a FUN way to help control your coins after all. Good Luck!