The Awesome Amazing August NSD Challenge

lovefullshelves

NSD #14 on thurs, NDS #15 on friday and today was NSD #16 I believe that 6 in a row so far and I'm not planning on any spending thats not in a baggy with its name on till the end of the month:D

cardi80

Evening all!

Today is NSD # 9. I had to exchange something today and even managed to avoid going into the one next door full of lovely clothes! Tomorrow will not be the same.

Hope everyone is having a lovely bank holiday weekend!

beanielou

Should I buy a novelty USB or an ordinary one?

kerri_gt

beanielou wrote: »

Should I buy a novelty USB or an ordinary one?

i'd go with just an ordinary one Beanie, in fact I'd perhaps get a couple of smaller sized ones (say 4GB) rather than one large one. They get used / swapped / lost so easily it would be worse for DS to lose / misplace one that had everything on than as opposed to 'some stuff' . Perhaps get different coloured ones if poss so DS can have one for X / Y / Z and not get them mixed up (don't want to be putting photos of the Freshers week up instead of a study presentation :eek::rotfl:)

Jelly_Biactol

beanielou wrote: »

Thank you kerri.
He will be in halls & catering for himself :eek: :rotfl:

I can recommend this series of recipe books for students
http://noshbooks.com/
I have the veggie one, even though it's, ooh, a couple of decades (and the rest ) since I was a student, my nephew and niece bought it for me for Christmas, and it's got lots of lovely - and simple - recipes, using basic cooking equipment and ingredients. There's no measuring or weighing involved, everything is done with a cup. I'll try and post a piccie of the recommended cooking equipment and store cupboard essentials from the book.

Jelly_Biactol

beanielou wrote: »

I shall turn into mad cat woman :eek:

Ooh, hope not :rotfl:

beanielou

Jelly_Biactol wrote: »

Ooh, hope not :rotfl:

:rotfl::rotfl::eek::rotfl::rotfl:

Jelly_Biactol

Jelly_Biactol wrote: »

I'll try and post a piccie of the recommended cooking equipment and store cupboard essentials from the book.

beanielou

Thank you all for your help.
I am just a tad hyper!!
Apologies for taking over the thread.

Adds wooden spoon to list.

Jelly_Biactol

beanielou wrote: »

Adds wooden spoon to list.

Most of the supermarkets do Value/Basic starter kits, eg from Mr T
http://www.tesco.com/direct/tesco-value-20-piece-non-stick-starter-set/207-3291.prd
Or once you've got your cooking utensils list sorted out, maybe ask around friends and family? They may have stuff they no longer use that they're willing to donate.
A hand blender is good, can turn anything into soup:)
I actually had a food processor, a really basic model, but ended up using it a lot, and only recently 'retired' it (or, sold it on fleabay) when I got a better one.