Midsummer NSDness - the June NSD Challenge

beanielou

No 7 here today.

fedupandskint

Number 10 for me today - on phone so no bold or colour today. Back to normal tomorrow!

liltdiddylilt

Hi all

Hope you've had a nice day. Work was pants started badly, continued in that vein. Also kept thinking it was Friday today. What a buzzkill everytime I realised!

NSD #9 for me today. I did my tesco shop online but it won't be taken out of the bank or confirmed until tomorrow so I am claiming this 3 days to find with 17 remaining. I may just well smash this target in my first month trying!!!

IF

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!

kerri_gt

beanielou wrote: »

Hate hate hate well fired rolls :eek: :rotfl:

OMG, you're the first person I've come across who doesn't like them - please feel free to send down a steady supply my way

freebyfifty wrote: »

Glad you had a good time in Scotland Kerri :beer: Don't ya just love a weel fired roll :rotfl:

Yes I do freeby - thought the world was going mad when I saw beanie's post :rotfl:

liltdiddylilt -sorry to hear you had a carp day, hope tomorrow is better xx

Still not a NSD in sight, lunch out at work today, had a meal deal code but not as cheap as it would have been as one person dropped out, however was very lovely anyway Also picked up a few bits in L!dl tonight, including 16 tins of beans as they were on offer and i haven't seen them for £1 for ages anywhere :eek::eek::eek: pfffft :rotfl::rotfl:

Will try and clock at least one tomorrow, this month is getting away from me and need to pull my finger out.

freebyfifty

Good Evening

I have updated the front page :j

Now I am off to the land of nod. It is way past my bed time


Night Night

freebyfifty

There are

44

of us taking part in the June NSD Challenge

and so far we have collected

205 NSDs

:T:T:T:T:T

purple.sarah

Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday were NSDs for me so I'm on 8 NSDs, 5 in a row. I'm going for 7 in a row this week.

Motoko_2

Morning everyone,

Yesterday was NSD number 4

Happy Friday:j

ModestyB

Got NSD 10 yesterday. Fingers crossed for today.