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NSK: MAY the Odds Be Ever In Your Favour!!!
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Hello all,
Hope you've had a nice Sunday.
OH and I try to have a MSE day out somewhere on the first Sunday of the month, so have been to Well to have a wander and hear evensong in the Cathedral, it was beautiful. Not a NSD, as had to pay parking, but took drinks and snacks, so kept cost down as much as possible.
Reasons to be grateful:
1. Beautiful drive down to Wells
2. Lovely sunshine
3. Bank holiday tomorrow!
NSD 1/15
Groceries £37.84/£200
Birthdays £11.95/£60 (May is a bumper birthday month including my sister and my nan's 90th)
Petrol £25.04/80
Personal/toiletries etc £8.05/£10
Entertainment £6.50/£80 (includes going to nan's 90th party)
House - £0/£50 (paint for bathroom)Mortgage December 2023: TBC
Credit card debt (extension cost) Dec 2023: £9786
Fashion on the Ration 2024: 0/66 coupons
He said not 'Thou shalt not be tempested, thou shalt not be travailed, thou shalt not be dis-eased'; but he said, 'Thou shalt not be overcome.' Julian of Norwich0 -
Evening all!
Quickly from me as I'm making popcorn to watch with my film....... A NSD for me, and a fun day with the nephew.
Early night as working in the morning
Happy Bank Holiday guys and girlsI have enough money to last me the rest of my life unless I buy something -:j:rotfl::j
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Happy Bank Holiday weekend.
All this talk of nice weather and going in the garden!!! It's been raining nearly all day here and yesterday was really cold!!
Never mind,could be worse.
Here I am, 3 days late.
Decided that this month will be similar to April.
20 NSD,so for managed 4
5 LTW (only work all day on a Friday.Took tuna salad this week
£100 for everything + £20 "me" money.
£200 extra money fro e-b*y etc. £2 from gfk survey
Loose weight (8lbs).Ate healthily so far
De-clutter.7 new things listed on eb*y
Not a bad start.
Hope everybody is keeping well.
Will try and post more often. No excuses!ilovetea xxMake £2024 in 2024 £1161.08
Declutter 2024 things in 2024 1522/2024.
NSD's in August 11/200 -
Checking in to report another SFD so 2/15 so far.
I spent most of the day in the garden planting vegetables - tomorrow I can use the lawnmower (there's a no noise rule here on Sundays) so I need to cut the lawn and do a bit of strumming).
Feeling very anxious at the moment, it's very uncomfortable indeed. I'm not too sure how to deal with it to be honest. First thing today is to get a good night's sleep before the week ahead.Seriously money saving0 -
Hi all
I didn't update earlier as I wasn't sure what the day was going to bring. I managed to sneak some shopping onto OHs basket which he paid for- so I managed an SFD:).
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Pleased this weekend to have: baked bread (its in oven now, yum), baked some scones (ditto), made cauli&broccoli cheese using lots of YS - 2 big portions ready for the freezer plus tea tonight), and made yesterdays lentil soup x2 for the freezer too.
Pleased also not to have gone into office tonight (often I end up there doing extra hours when DD is not with me - for no compensation - I am a bit crazy!) but instead to have felt comfy enough to potter around at home doing this baking, listening to the radio and catching up on casualty via iplayer! My guilty tv secretMountain, sorry your feeling a bit anxious - I hope whatever is unsettling passes. We're here. Sleep well tributes x
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Another SFD in the bag
I've also got £80 in my Paypal account that I didn't have this morning thanks to a good day of listing things on Facebook. Not bad for a "lazy" Sunday.
Back to work tomorrow though, bah.0 -
Hi all
I seem to have lost the post I typed earlier so just a quickie from me.
Managed a dog walk today and have found a longer route for next week as I want to increase the length of my walk.
Struggling to get a SFD, was hoping for one today but needed a new air stone and some different food for the new but poorly fish and will need some bits for lunches tomorrow.Save £10,500 - £2673.77 - 25.5%
Pay off £7000 - £1743 - 19.4%
Make £2021 extra income - £99.750 -
Evening everyone, just sneaking in with a Sunday night update. Yesterday was a spend day as planned. The car park cost £8 (not the £7 advertised on their website...so I emailed them and asked for my £1 back
). It was also a really late night by the time I got home so I skipped yoga in favour of a long lie
. I managed a trip to the supermarket where I spent what seems like a lot, but I bought some Acai powder for smoothies and acai-bowls which cost £19.99. I stocked up on loads of veg and fruit so I'll have enough food to see me through til next weekend.
Today on the other hand was SFDAfter yoga, I FINALLY defrosted my freezer!!! If you've been following Kat's challenges for a while, you'll know this has been on my to do list for ages!!! I finally got round to it today so that should help lower my food bill as I can batch cook again !!
So far in May...
SFD: 3/15
Food budget: £33.82/£150
Misc: £27.99/£100 (hopefully I'll get my £1 back for the station car park and this figure will be reduced by a whole pound!)
Exercise: 1/200 -
V quick check in, more tomorrow!
SFD today, on 3/15!
3/31 check ins“Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.”
NSD Challenge: August 2017 2/150
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