The Lets Make It Awesome April NSD Thread

Nargleblast

Jelly_Biactol wrote: »

Oooh, I like a no-spend challenge (see my sig), where would I find this? Thanks:)

NinjaSavingKat's current thread is called April's Fool No More, and is on the DebtFree Wannabe forum. An interesting set of challenges there, but requiring a fair amount of determination to achieve them all. Good luck!

IF

Hiya my No Spendy chums :hello:
Could we ask you to highlight your number of NSDs in a colour and in bold so that Freeby, Spoon, Marmite, Cheryl and Sazzie can see them easily when they whizz through the posts - red would be best but they don't really mind as long as they can see the numbers easily.

Some helpful suggestions and ideas to follow below from our sponsor and godmother, BigMummaF :A

NO SPEND CHALLENGE.

1. Have a good, long think about what YOU want to include in your Spend & Excluded categories.
Some of us count everything from Direct Debits & school expenses, while others do not include things like essential Bills or emergency medical costs. If you plan what is or is not a Spend for you now, it will help you decide on a realistic Target.
2. It is NOT a race!
We all have very different demands on our time & bank balance, so please do not think you have to buy everything on 1st January & make it last till 31st December! A few of us have been following this Challenge for a long...long...LONG time so have developed plans & ploys to help us along the way
3. Most important of all, WE..DO..NOT..FAIL!
Sometimes we can't quite reach our Target, but that is fine Everyone knows how Life will try to trip us up, & that is when you will find us here to help you back on to your feet.

OK, an idea of how some of us do things.
1. What you will or will not include as a 'Spend'.
Some people are doing other challenges too, & don't include the money spent on those for this one.
Some will try to shop for other bits on the days their direct debits etc go out of their bank accounts; they're the real hard core of the bunch & have been l-o-n-g time Nsders so don't panic
Some won't count those annoying last minute demands from school & collections as you can't plan for them in advance, likewise emergency prescriptions or visits to the vet
Personally speaking & providing I don't buy anything else, I don't count parking for hospital appointments.(..but then I usually do my shopping because I'm already out :whistle:)
General thoughts on €bay sales is the buyer has paid P&P so no cost to you
2. It takes Time to reach mega-numbers!
The First suggestion is the first, because a bit of planning will work wonders on your road to your Target. Have a look at thefirst posts each month for a hefty list of other threads that may be of help. For example, there's a few giving ideas for packed lunches so you can avoid standing in the queue at the bakers for 45mins of your lunch hour! A good incentive to tweak your healthy eating & the pounds you save will show in your bank balance AND your waistline
It helps to have various 'money pots' for the different costs that happen like Scouts, dinner money, yoga, window cleaner etc etc. The idea is you "spend" all that money in one hit by..:think:..let's say **putting the week's bus fares into the pretty coffee jar, Jo's tumble tots SIZE=2]Weds mornings[/SIZE in the cracked teapot & Ben's £1 coin for the gym locker SIZE=2]Friday lunch[/SIZE in the pocket of the changing bag, on Tuesdays every week when you've got some change from doing the food shop, so an already spendy day. At least four 'spending days' condensed into one (**mine's jam jars for windows, milkman & a bit towards the bills!)
3. Any day the money stays in your pocket is a bonus!
If you look at it as a day you beat the system, you can't help but :j so don't fret it--ENJOY! If nothing else in here, we do manage find something to make us smile

We have virtual outings to wonderful places that never cost us a bean :rotfl:New York, Edinburgh & Brighton have been a couple & Spoon usually pilots the Tardis but you can use your own transport; my personal favourite has been a sit-on lawn mower borrowed from the cricket club The only thing to be aware of is Hubert the donkey who is partial to anything remotely edible but is not yet house-trained

And Remember;
there are no silly questions, so don't be afraid to ask us anything!

beanielou

Help please.
My phone seems to have 'lost' all the contact's.
To add to laptop being on a total go slow I could just cry

kerri_gt

beanielou wrote: »

Help please.
My phone seems to have 'lost' all the contact's.
To add to laptop being on a total go slow I could just cry

Here's some get faster hugs for you beanie x Its a long shot but does your phone / contract / provider back up any of your data for you in the cloud?

ModestyB

NSD 13 for yesterday. Not one today as we went to town. There was an international market on, DGS had a kangaroo burger and a springbok burger :eek::rotfl:. I treated myself to some coffee cream chocolate. DH had a share too.

beanielou

Thanks kerri but no

charleybear

i spent today
brought a new bag - i was fed up of trying to squish my PCV handbag in my incredibly small locker in work and a make up bag so i don't ruin my bag like my others. I had to buy busfare but my mum gave me money for that & I brought myself drinks as i was working 11am-7pm

Candlewick

Beanie

What phone do you have?

Have you tried syncing your phone / or importing your contacts connected to your e-mail a/c, you can do this either via wi-fi or through connecting via USB lead?

Sorry, not an expert but I have a Yaho* account and when I connect my phone they sync and then save to my iCloud a/c.

CW

beanielou

Cw~it is a samsung galexy youth(twas cheap!)
I know the numbers were on the sim card as I moved them all from my old phone using sim last year.

Candlewick

beanielou wrote: »

Cw~it is a samsung galexy youth(twas cheap!)
I know the numbers were on the sim card as I moved them all from my old phone using sim last year.

Were / are the contacts in your e-mail a/c? You should have tabs such as 'email' 'calender' 'contacts'?

I am not familiar with Galaxy but on the phone can you go to contacts, select import / export menu and select import from SIM?

CW