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NSK: MAY the Odds Be Ever In Your Favour!!!

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  • MagicCat
    MagicCat Posts: 390 Forumite
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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 Norwich
  • Kenyakate
    Kenyakate Posts: 36 Forumite
    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 girls
    I have enough money to last me the rest of my life unless I buy something -
    Jackie Mason
    :j:rotfl::j
  • ilovetea
    ilovetea Posts: 1,272 Forumite
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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 xx
    Make £2024 in 2024 £1161.08
    Declutter 2024 things in 2024 1522/2024.
    NSD's in August 11/20
  • Mountaingirl
    Mountaingirl Posts: 156 Forumite
    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 saving
  • Munchin
    Munchin Posts: 2,816 Forumite
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    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 :D - so I managed an SFD:).
  • 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 secret :) Mountain, sorry your feeling a bit anxious - I hope whatever is unsettling passes. We're here. Sleep well tributes x
  • mooomin
    mooomin Posts: 13,703 Forumite
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    Another SFD in the bag :D 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.
  • XSpender
    XSpender Posts: 3,811 Forumite
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    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 - £99.75
  • Siouxsie32
    Siouxsie32 Posts: 1,987 Forumite
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    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 :D). It was also a really late night by the time I got home so I skipped yoga in favour of a long lie :o. 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 SFD :D After 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: 1/20
  • lotti379
    lotti379 Posts: 787 Forumite
    V quick check in, more tomorrow!

    SFD today, on 3/15!
    3/31 check ins :D
    “Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.”

    NSD Challenge: August 2017 2/15
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