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The Awesome Amazing August NSD Challenge

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  • fedupandskint
    fedupandskint Posts: 10,358 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Yeah for me! Stuck to the birthday budget and came in £5 under so it is another NSD as a result as the day out birthday budget paid for coffee, parking, flowers, entrance fees and lunch - great planning worked well for budgeting. Great result!

    NSD 23
    final unsecured debt to repay currently £8333
    Proud to be Dealing With my Debt
    DFW Nerd 1154 Long Haul 155
  • Well done fedupandskint!

    scuff have a great Holiday.Seems fine to me,your nsd logic!

    red I hope that it does get easier!;)

    #17 for me today.Almost there...:)

    Have a fab weekend everyone.
  • Suziebabe
    Suziebabe Posts: 294 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Debt-free and Proud! Combo Breaker
    Managed to get day #5 for me hoorah! And didn't even need to use the 'I paid yesterday' card as I made lunch at home for us all before we went out, so I'm hoping to get another NSD over the weekend.
    LBM Dec 2013, Total Debt £31,992.06 Debt Free Date June 2022
  • Candlewick
    Candlewick Posts: 284 Forumite
    edited 23 August 2013 at 9:03PM
    Evening :wave:

    It's been a very busy week both workwise and socially in the Candlewick flat and am pleased it's all over and a long and hopefully relaxing weekend beckons :)

    I am now booking in meetings at work for late October / early November :eek: and I am increasingly hearing the 'C' word :eek:

    Yesterday, unfortunately, was a spend day due to unexpected work related expenses (again!).

    I desperately needed some new make-up as I was using the dregs of my foundation and lipstick (very MSE for me) and seeing as B*ots had 10 points per £1 if you spent £15 it seemed as good a time as any to buy what I needed (also had double points coupon :)). As it was a spend day I stopped off in S*insbury's on my way home to get some mushrooms, a bottle of wine (25% off) and butter (2 for £5) and also had a double points voucher. So, whilst a spendy day, it felt like it was in my favour (who am I kidding? :p ). I am now expecting the whole weekend to be spend free.

    Housework for me tomorrow especially if the weather is not going to be that great here. I still have a few days to reach my target!
    NSD Challenge 2015: Jan 20 / 20 (2 x 5 in-a-row) / Feb 5 / 12 (4 in-a-row) :D

    Lesson learnt from 2012: I cannot be trusted to credit card stooze!

    Barclaycard at 2 / 02 / 2015 [STRIKE]£4,600[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]£4540[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]£4250[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]£4000[/STRIKE] £3250 need to pay it off by 08 / 2015 before mortgage completion
  • kerri_gt
    kerri_gt Posts: 11,202 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Xmas Saver!
    K

    Can't decide if I'm better with the karrimor trainers I got yesterday, or asics trainers I spied today! Need to use them for zumba and running and cycling and workout dvds....


    EDIT:
    ...which I did :o
    But will be getting a refund of the karrimors (tomorrow) which will cancel that spend out. That ok still!?

    I reckon that works out ok. I have adidas trainers - actually went to a proper running shop to try some on, made a real difference having them fitted properly.
    Must be why I can't bake then ;) "chuck em" things work really well BUT sometimes it's frustrating if something's been really good & you can't remember quite what went in it :o

    It's even worse when you then get a request to make more of what you turned out, and can't quite remember what went in it :eek:

    NSD #7 today - really don't think I'll make target this month. However did get another 'C' prezzie sorted yesterday :T

    Day off today but ended up taking a friend to the airport, journey wasn't too bad going but total nightmare on the way back due to M25 + BH traffic. Oh well, good deed done for the weekend :A
    Feb 2015 NSD Challenge 8/12
    JAN NSD 11/16


  • Number 10 and 11 here for me for yesterday and today!
    Tink
  • :) Hi

    Have managed NSD #8, 9 & 10 this week.
    Very 220.41/Next 505.81/Barclaycard 0% 6734.64/FD Loan 2259.49 /Tesco CC 81.41/Halifax CC 100

    LBM June Grand Total - £9901.76 :embarasse July £9425.26
  • freebyfifty
    freebyfifty Posts: 3,189 Forumite
    There are

    49

    of us taking part in the August NSD Challenge

    and so far we have collecred

    389 NSDs

    :T:T:T:T:T
    Free by Fifty
    Debt of the Moment -
    August NSD Challenge 14/15
  • freebyfifty
    freebyfifty Posts: 3,189 Forumite
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    Free by Fifty
    Debt of the Moment -
    August NSD Challenge 14/15
  • IF
    IF Posts: 34,349 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    edited 24 August 2013 at 8:40AM
    Morning all :hello:

    Declaring my 14th NSD


    Thank you freeby, spoon and Sazzie
    IF

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    "If wishes were horses, then beggars would ride"
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