The October Awakening!

littleskintdragon

Hello everyone,
Nsd here,will update my sig.
Visited my nan today (free lunch!) and picked up a prescription for me and baby dragon. Prescriptions free in wales so thankfully didnt have to fork out!

hollieinbloom

Evening all! rotten cold has knocked me a bit and I've been on the sofa most of the day. Had to venture out to take DD to and from school but managed a NSD which I'm glad of. Got to do some shopping tomorrow and try go to the laundrette and get stuff dry if the weather is ok. I won't bother if it's raining as we have to walk there and back....No point in drying clothes if they will get soggy again! :rotfl:

Planning a few stews this week so just need a few veggies and some lunch items for the week. DD keeps making a mess with yoghurt at school so need to think of something to replace it.

Made a dent in christmas presents and got some wrapped already so DD doesn't find them whilst she's snooping through my stuff. Why are 4 year olds so nosey?

Hope everyone has a great weekend! lets hope its not too chilly! xx

beckyboo1980_2

fyggy wrote: »

Wow! You've had quite a month and come out good guns the other side though! You should be very proud! :T:T
Re the challenge and NSDs, how about you start afresh from now and as it's a third into the month aim for say 13 SFDs or less? Just a thought

That's a really good idea. Need to keep things tight as have very limited money until the end of the month - 13 SFDs sounds like a really good plan.
Need to fill up cars with fuel tomorrow but that is budgeted for so can still count as a SFD as long as no other spends sneak up on us!!!

beckyboo1980_2

LoveaDove wrote: »

beckyboo - Must have been hard parting with your beetle! I'm guessing you became pretty good with fixing up some of the mechanics after a while? I Love Vws!!

Do you know - I've been so lucky with my Beetle. No major problems in the time I've had it - definitely in mourning for my Beetle!!!

nanell

IVe not posted for a bit because of stupid tempremental Internet, and I just hate trying to type on iPhone! But I have been reading you all, sticking to rules and keeping budget.

I am on 9 SFDs!! I've just been so tired from new job, I've bad no energy to spend any money after that!! I realised I missed the cut off for my overtime and expenses, so won't get those until end of November pay now, grrrr!

I can't get anymore overtime until end of November, which means this won't pay until January. This leaves me ~£400 short for my target of 31/12/13. I have sorted some things to eBay, but I'm sure this will total less than £100. So back to the drawing board with that!

Anyway, enough droning! Everyone else seems to have the same angst too, but I can deflinately see solidarity is helping us all, so chin up everyone!!

Maisie_M

SFDs: 6/20
Food budget: £23.58/£280
Donation: £0/£3
Planned outings: 0/1 Meal out for birthday with OH (paid on voucher already)
Takeaway £0/£20 - Chinese to celebrate birthday with children,
Take lunch to work: 9/20
Beauty spends £2.67/£10

Shopping day today but too tired tonight so will up the totals for that tomorrow. Another take lunch to work day today.

clippy_girl

another bad day bought junk from the shop and no exercise. should have been a sfd as did supermarket shop last night to save doing it today. only spent £8.32 :j

will defo be better tomorrow although it wont be a sfd as need to get the cat a new stick toy as his other is broken and its cheapest at a place on the way to town. also bought the new bridget jones book from amazon. £9 with free delivery so will binge read next weekend and then stick on ebay!

will also pay in the cash i got for selling stuff at work so it can go towards debt. will lend myself £10 of it until payday next fri as i used all my weekly spend money on the dressing table.

re comps i am starting to enter them again on mse. have won the odd item like dvd, book and internet router. would like an ipad mini

looking forward to getting paid next fri as should hopefully have about £500 extra in pay

SFD 3/20
Toiletries- £0/10
Food- £20.76/80
Food bank- £0/3
Lunches- 8/23
Extra earnt- £87/100
Social events- £35.30/75
Gym visits- 1/20

TiptoesDB

Checking in Gang!

My friend is visiting as of yesterday and we budgeted £30 for the 4 days she is here. Yesterday was still a NSD, wow - and today was £40 for the weekly shop, about a fiver more than usual. We are doing very well! She bought me tea and cake today so tomorrow I will need to buy whatever treats we have... we are planning a walk at the seaside, ice cream and fish and chips. Sunday might be a walk in the hills with a picnic - which should be pretty cheap too... and we are having a lovely time. The best things in life are free!

Also sorting out my parents' 40th wedding anniversary presents for next weekend, which will be a spendy weekend again. Stolen a load of family photos from their albums from the past 40 years to copy into a lovely 'this is your life' book for them. Does anyone know where it's cheap to get photos copied? I have about 50 to copy...

have a lovely Friday night peeps x

Fmess

SFD no. 6 achieved

Superdopsa

Evening all. Checking in with SFD number 6. Tomorrow is a planned spend day - will check in tomorrow after I have been shopping with my new totals.

Have a nice Saturday everyone!