The Unneccesary Challenge

Purpleroses

offtopic - i do slimming world plan and i find it works really well. even when i dont get to exercise as much i still lose weight dont know how but im not complaining!

anyhoo, didnt spend anything today. took dog to beach now making more stuff. lovely day. off to make lunch ohh Aly McBeal is on.....

ooohhh anyone else see this thread mentioned in Martins newletter!

brassiclint

no, i didn't see it mentioned? what did it say? do you have a link?

SF ... good luck tomorrow. try and keep calm and think that soon enough it'll be over. i can tell that you'll do the very best that you can and no one can expect more than that, can they? Stay positive and smile, even if you don't feel like it .. apparently smiling tricks your brain into thinking you're really happy xx

brassiclint

ps. spent 99p of my budget on a raspberry jelly from M&S ... it was very nice, very low in fat so completely worth it!

Purpleroses

it was down at the bottom of the email no link but i'll paste what it said....


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wasnt the giving up money for lent challenged mentioned in a newletter too....

ShirleyPark_2

ciara2712 wrote: »

wasnt the giving up money for lent challenged mentioned in a newletter too....

Yeap.

I've just read the email and came on here to say "this thread's got a mention" and you beat me to it.

Spent 40p today ! Last of the big spenders me.

Also got given a £20 e-voucher for HMV from the person who's little boy I took photos of on monday night which was really sweet of her, especially as I took them to try to build up my portfolio. If you want a nose, they're here

Debty_Betty_2

No spend for me today x

Kaz2904

No spend day for me today. DH has been out and bought a bike set for £10 that I need to find the money for from somewhere. I'm cross with my self because I have spent the food budget for the whole month and I'm only a week and a half in. I've got enough food to last me until the end of the month but it's frustrating that I have no spare cash. I've still got around £30 on the tesco gift card but that is for bread/milk emergencies only as I have already spent way too much!
It's my own fault for trying to limit myself so much this month and for trying to grab the clubcard points when they were available!
I will still try to be frugal this month though and learn from my mistakes. I need to try and limit the damage before it goes out of control so that I can get back on track with my spending. Part of me feels that it will be easier when I am not using the gift card anymore for shopping because then I can choose where I want to spend my cash. I can also do my shopping online without having to worry about getting the cash together to cover it as it will be cash in my pot. Why oh why do tesco not let you use the gift card for online grocery shopping?
OK, rant over.
Good luck for tomorrow slowlyfading!

CAFCGirl

oooooooooooh I'm very happy we got a mention, even with all the flirting and waffling

No spend for me today.
My boss even bought me lunch so was very happy on that one.

Although will confess to really having cravings for real rubbish food like biscuits and crisps!!!
Have nothing like that in, which I guess is a good thing............

Was even looking for recipe for baked goodies without the need for eggs or milk, as dont have those either lol

God I'm useless!

Purpleroses

you could try making flapjacks that doesnt need eggs or milk
oh or melt some chocolate and add cornflakes thats always good

ehh ok im out of ideas

Penny2myName

With No holiday this month, think I can finally join this one. My motivation being, what I don't spend, can go towards the cost of a corset I am after (£100:eek: ) for when i go away in Oct.