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The Marvellous May NSD Challenge

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  • Deb4
    Deb4 Posts: 253 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    # 11 NSD for today

    Make £2022 in 2022 #69 £2247.73/£2022
    Make £2023 in 2023 #4 £395.92 /£2023
    Declutter 2023 in 2023 35/2023
  • Nargleblast
    Nargleblast Posts: 10,763 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Debt-free and Proud!
    Bdini - well done on the lottery win, nice if there were a few more noughts on the end but any win is a good one! I put £3 a week on the lottery - now I know that over a year that amounts to £156, but honestly, do you really think I am going to methodically put £3 in a jar every week and not touch it for a year? Are you kidding? I am not that self-disciplined! That £3 would just get squandered on incidentals, so I might as well put it on the lottery - as they say, you have to be in it to win it!

    Oh, and have now clocked up number 8 NSD!!!!
    We keep a-plodding on......
    One life - your life - live it!
  • kerri_gt
    kerri_gt Posts: 11,202 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Xmas Saver!
    Evening all! wow! looks like summer has started - it was SUNNY here today! had better get my summer gear out, only 6 more days until autumn now :rotfl:

    Well my home made pasta (with the egg yolk left from yesterday) didn't quite work tonight, but I did clock up NSD #11 - did ask a friend to pick me up a lemon in town which she did but took some banana cake in payment - so when life throws you lemons, I made apple and blackberry trake bake tonight :D only had 2 eggs so not enough to have another bash at the pasta. Will have to try and get some more tomorrow for that.

    Hope you're all managing to enjoy a bit of the sunshine xx
    Feb 2015 NSD Challenge 8/12
    JAN NSD 11/16


  • Karb
    Karb Posts: 853 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    NSD #10 today :j

    In fact I'm in profit as I found 5p while I was out
    Debt free since December 2015. It can be done


  • Heres todays round up :D


    freeby - well done for NSD 17 :j:j:j while you were busy doing the housework I was raving it up at a 95th birthday party ;) Rock and roll, baby!!! Hee hee hee...

    L2B - well done for NSD 8 :j:j:j keep em coming ;)

    Igamogam - well done for NSD 10 :j:j:j annd target met :beer: Good luck getting some extras ;)

    rising - well done for NSD14 :j:j:j :eek: fraudulent transactions :eek: Glad you got it sorted though! x

    sf - well done for NSD11 :j:j:j great going, keep it up :)

    OodNood - well done for NSD 14 :j:j:j fingers crossed the petrol will keep you going :)

    Deb4 - well done for NSD 11 :j:j:j great going, keep it up :)

    Nargle - well done for NSD 8 :j:j:j loved your little ditty last week, it really made me :rotfl:

    kerri gt - well done for NSD 11 :j:j:j food sounds lush, feeling sorry for you having boot camp on sunny days ;) I went for a run today and that was bad enough!

    Karb - well done for NSD 10 :j:j:j and extra :j:j:j:j:j for being in profit - you go!!!!

    Well, I'm so sorry my lovely NSD friends but I have been studying so hard that I haven't had time to post - I have been lurking though, and keeping up with everything :) The next few weeks are really hectic for me, but then things should get back to normal (relatively speaking in this house!) x

    I got NSD's 9 & 10 over the week end, none today though as I got a few bits from N*xt and am thinking I might have a look at the Tatco club card exchange thingy that is on at the moment for a few housey things.



    This is, obviously, displacement activity as I should be studying for my exam but we all love a bit of retail therapy in place of important things needing doing now, don't we?!?!?
    Be the change you want to see in the world - Gandhi
    OU - DD100 (P :)), DSE141 (D :j), DSE212 (P :)), ED209 (02/12), DXR222 (07/12) SD226 (02/13)
  • bottleofred
    bottleofred Posts: 2,902 Forumite
    Good evening folks from a still lovely blue skyed NI:eek:

    A lovely warm day in NI today, although I didn't get to see that much of it as I very busy with work:)
    Declaring NSD14 for today please:beer:
    Tomorrow will definitely not be an NSD though, as I'm going to a wine tasting for Italian wines:):D

    Kerri, did you let the pasta rest after it all came together, as I wouldn't have given it enough resting time before, but do now.

    I hope everyone is well and enjoying the sunshine:)
    If you've nothing decent to say, perhaps you shouldn't say anything.

    £2 savings jar £300:D
    Total credit card debts £1250:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad: - Will I ever learn!!
  • kerri_gt
    kerri_gt Posts: 11,202 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Xmas Saver!
    Kerri, did you let the pasta rest after it all came together, as I wouldn't have given it enough resting time before, but do now.

    :)

    Red, had my pasta dough come together I had the clingfilm ready to wrap it for 20mins... unfortunately it didn't get that far :( on the upside, my apple and blackberry traybake is nom-licious :D
    Feb 2015 NSD Challenge 8/12
    JAN NSD 11/16


  • Frodobaggins
    Frodobaggins Posts: 969 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Combo Breaker
    Would of been a NSD but bought icecreams. Think we all go a bit mad when we see a bit of sun.:p
    DFW Nerd 1394.
    Total Debt Paid £38109.29/ £40259.24.
  • suzitiger
    suzitiger Posts: 947 Forumite
    Sunshine??? Must have missed me in Newcastle :(
    So pleased to see everyone doing amazingly well as usual. I have another 3 NSDs to add so i believe thats #4 in total. Phew, doing my best here but need to get my butt in gear at being more organised with spends :)
    Don't turn a slip up into a give up:D
    *NSD Challenge Nov 0/10* *£10 a day challenge Nov £0/£300*
    No buying unnecessary toiletries challenge-in it for the long haul
    :D

  • freebyfifty
    freebyfifty Posts: 3,189 Forumite
    Good Morning :)

    No NSD for me yesterday :( I bought some curtains I've had my eye on for ages and yesterday they had 50% off stickers on them - well, how could I resist??????

    Hoping for one today though :)


    Have a sunny Tuesday x x
    Free by Fifty
    Debt of the Moment -
    August NSD Challenge 14/15
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