Just say NOvember!!! ( are you brave enough )...

abundant1972

What a challenge!!!

Ok - count me in!!! :T

My computer is on the blink but I will check in when I can. Also have my 40th Birthday this month so will include that now as a spend day!... I have been deliberating for ages what I should do for it and all the ideas I came up with were really expensive. I always think Brithdays are a good time to celebrate but also reflect on what you want in the year ahead - and being debt free is right up there... so yes - this seems like a great idea.

Question. I do have some cider in already that I bought this month (it was on offer!). Does that mean I can't touch any of that until December??? (I'm a guy) Yikes!!! Or can that count as things I have in my food cupboard? I won't buy anymore!!!

Food Budget alo £80.00

I also have a week off with a broken computer and boredom threatening to send me over the edge into spending... I have books - so maybe a restful week reading would be nice. All ideas welcome though!!!

Ok - enough excuses!!! Will go and post on the NSD board. OMG!

May the force be with us!!!

:eek:

NinjaSavingKat

Well well well.... WELCOME to you all!! This post will be used to add more contenders should they prove brave enough.. I should have done this closer to the top but better late than never.....

NinjaSavingKat

....3 days to go...

So now then... I am glad to meet you all and welcome to our only boy Abundant1972.....

Loopylou1 - well done for joining in, don't look so scared, this will be a lot of fun!!..Heffi1 I am super duper glad you could join us..( mwah ha ha ha ha...)..

And Siouxsie32 - ( my inspiration ).. welcome to you.. although I feel you might be the most hardened of us all?

Well I have been planning, listing and baking the day ( away after my nap off a night-shift of overtime ) in an effort to practise what I preach. I literally cleared out my cupboards, put everything on my kitchen table and made a list of what I have.

• Bread being baked in the bread machine as we speak ..( landlady never uses it )..
• 4 week old sprouting potatoes baked in chilli flakes and some crunchy bits I found festering in my cupboard.
• Cupcakes to amuse me during the week currently cooling off - only half to be iced as I haven't enough icing sugar.
• ...and leftover rice chilling in the fridge ( with cheese, mushroom soup for flavouring and an egg ) ready to be rolled in crushed cornflakes and fried.
• Mr Mint plant who died whilst I was away for a week has been trimmed and watered.. he will grow I just need to be patient.

So I shall be onto my spreadsheet very soon. Today I had to buy milk and eggs to prepare some bits as I realised I was using my landladies milk a little too often...( buy a few and freeze them by the way )... I still intend to hit 3 more days of October as NSD's...

Abundant1972 - you are allowed your cider. Its just the "going to the pub" that will cost a lot of money, nights out etc .. but as its in your cupboard you know what you can do on your week off... "drunk book reviews".. yes I shall encourage you to stay in, read your books, then sell them them back to Amazon's Trade-In .. I just did that and got myself £44. However what day is your birthday so we can check-in???:T.. A broken computer is very annoying and certainly would find it hard to survive.. do you have a local library as their first hour is usually free?.. We will put our heads together for "week off" ideas..

So I hope you all have spreadsheets on the go... incidentally how much is everyones food budget..?? This is where I might go mental by the way. I LOVE MY FOOD!!!...:)

WantToBeSE

Oh i desperately need to join this challenge.
OK..i'll go for it, add another one to the list

Arrgghhhh!!!!!!

I'll write down all my spends for the month, which will include food (£250 normally, so down to £230), Christmas presents (max £80), petrol (i am guessing at £40) and DDs (£380 is i think)...

i'll work it al out, and post either tonight or tomorrow. Will just pop over to the NSD thread and declare 25 days...OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

EDIT to say- FOOD BUDGET = £240.

NinjaSavingKat

WantToBeSE - THATS THE SPIRIT!!!! ...

WantToBeSE

Thanks Ninja, got to say i am slightly scared!
No reason to be though, i am confident we can all do this
Car insurance will be the biggie this month i think!

Heffi1

NinjaSavingKat wrote: »

....3 days to go...

So now then... I am glad to meet you all and welcome to our only boy Abundant1972.....

Loopylou1 - well done for joining in, don't look so scared, this will be a lot of fun!!..Heffi1 I am super duper glad you could join us..( mwah ha ha ha ha...)..

Uh Oh what have I done?

My food budget for the month is usually £300,but I intend to reduce this, the cupboards are full so apart from milk and bread and maybe a few more fresh veg I hope not to spend anywhere near that amount.

I have made dinner this evening, pork chops with roast veg and gravy yummy, I feel I should be more adventurous so look out for some odd recipes I shall try out over the coming month :rotfl:

And a very warm welcome to our only fella, so far, unless you are lurking out there and didn't want to be the first bloke on here, Abundant has done the decent thing and signed up.

WantToBeSE

Come on fellas, roll up, roll up, we wont bite!

Will be batch cooking i think, for the next few days. Already have started batch cooking, and had lasagna from my freezer tonight

Igamogam

WOWZERS - What a challenge.......I'm thinking.......... I'm thinking............will get back to you when I have read through the rules again, looked at the diary and consulted the rest of the household

sexyshark

sign me up