The Fantastically Festive December NSD Challenge

Saver-upper

Can't remember what colour I am using this month,so it is
NSD NUMBER 2!
My children had a couple of friends over for tea tonight.I had promised my 4yo I would make them cheesy pasta for tea.As I was starting to make it ,I realised I didn't really have enough margarine to make it as I normally would.
I thought long and hard about nipping out to buy marg,then thought of my NSD being spoiled due to bad planning(did a large grocery shop yesterday!).So I just added lots more flour and lots more cheese,and none of the 6 kids seemed to notice :rotfl:.
I hope everyone is keeping well,and taking care in this wild weather.

fedupandskint

NSD 5

here today after a very very windy long day at work today

MissE001

beanielou wrote: »

NSD no 4 today

What a fantastic start to the month beanie :T

jammy_dodger wrote: »

well I am not exactly off to a flying start
am still confident I should reach my target by the end of the month...she says
well done folks that are stashing em up
JD xx

I'm glad you're checkimg in with us jammy dodger:)

marmiterulesok wrote: »

Today is #4 and 3-in-a-row.

I hear that Britain is having some wild weather-I hope everyone is ok.

Another great start :j. And it's been a strange old day here weather-wise. Totally wild with wind and rain this morning where I am in Scotland and so calm this afternoon

MissE001

slowlyfading wrote: »

NSD 4 for me today

Fantastic slowlyfading

strandedinaber wrote: »

NSD 3 for me today And 2-in-a-row. Hurrah! Should take it up to 3 in a row tomorrow, but Saturday is going to be my spend day for this week. Then nothing 'til next Thursday when we go out for the work meal.

Sounds like you've got a good plan stranderinaber - well done :T

kerri_gt wrote: »

Not one here today, bought some thermal gloves for boot camp (proper running ones which I figure will be more effective than the woolie ones I currently wear). Store only had one pair of thermals, which were in the size i wanted, so took it as a sign.

I love it when you get a sign kerri

MissE001

flubberyzing wrote: »

Today makes 2!


I should have got one yesterday. I had a hospital appointment in the afternoon, and paid for parking (but I don't count hospital parking as a spend, as it's pretty much unavoidable), but then I went into the shop and spent £1 on chocolate, for absolutely no reason!
As soon as I walked out, I was like "why did I do that?!" Never mind. At least doing the NSD challenge makes me more aware of my episodes of pointless spending!




Found out today that I'm supposed to go and do a stint at the school Christmas fair on Saturday afternoon. I do get annoyed when it's just assumed teachers will give up a weekend day for something at school. We give enough hours to the job in our own time as it is. It's only for an hour, but what with pack up time at the end, and commuting, it's the better part of 2 hours, slap bang in the middle of my Saturday. Sucks!

:rotfl::rotfl:to the "why did I spend that?" comment - this thread is fantastic for that isn't it? And :mad: to being expected to give up part of your weekend - bet the kids and parents appreciate it though

Oh, and :j to the NSD

Saver-upper wrote: »

Can't remember what colour I am using this month,so it is
NSD NUMBER 2!
My children had a couple of friends over for tea tonight.I had promised my 4yo I would make them cheesy pasta for tea.As I was starting to make it ,I realised I didn't really have enough margarine to make it as I normally would.
I thought long and hard about nipping out to buy marg,then thought of my NSD being spoiled due to bad planning(did a large grocery shop yesterday!).So I just added lots more flour and lots more cheese,and none of the 6 kids seemed to notice :rotfl:.
I hope everyone is keeping well,and taking care in this wild weather.

Love the colours saver-upper Cheesy pasta for 6 children :eek:. Wow! Well done for getting the NSD

fedupandskint wrote: »

NSD 5

here today after a very very windy long day at work today

What a fantastic start you're having again fedupandskint 5 out of 5 :T

MissE001

NSD # 3 / 10 for me today :j

Front page is updated - ETO, hope you don't mind me doing a mini-update

And I'll update the in-a-rows as soon as the lovely sazzie has done the latest roll call :A

Keep 'em coming - hope everyone's staying safe in this weather :A

MissE001

This month

32

of us have signed up for the challenge and so far we've collected

60 NSDs

EverTheOptimist

MissE001 wrote: »

NSD # 3 / 10 for me today :j

Front page is updated - ETO, hope you don't mind me doing a mini-update

And I'll update the in-a-rows as soon as the lovely sazzie has done the latest roll call :A

Keep 'em coming - hope everyone's staying safe in this weather :A

MissE001 - Of course not. I was going to pop in tonight and do one but won't now. I shall do the washing up instead. Booooo. Does it help you if I still do the normal update tomorrow as in update from my last update or shall I just update where you left off this evening, I don't mind either way.

EverTheOptimist

Oooo and declaring NSD # 3. We haven't been anywhere. Well little man and I haven't, I sent hubby to the shops for milk.

strandedinaber

Does anyone else get twitchy when they've not spent in a while? Like, "I've not spent any money in a few days, I'm sure there's something I must urgently need!". It's very irritating. Hoping it goes away with more practice on gaining NSDs!