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

mooomin

Daily check-ins 17/31
SFDs 11/15
LTWs 12/19
Exercise days 13/20
ISA savings £96.18/£50 :j
Food: £71.46/£150
Birthday fund: £30/£40 saved
Car fund: £75/£100 saved
Misc spends: £75/£175
Petrol: £25/£80

Morning all

Today isn't going to be a SFD as I'm going to meet a friend for brunch in a little while. We haven't done it for ages and I'm looking forward to a good catch-up.

I did most of my weekly shopping yesterday, spending a whopping £14.31 That included topping up toothpaste, cleaning stuff (including bin liners) and enough fruit to do us until midweek.

This morning I'm going to make a large pan of bolognese to do us this weekend and then inventory the freezer so I can do a proper meal plan. When I meet my friend I can then pick up any meat we need to restock what's low. I'll probably just buy more mince to be honest as we have three whole chickens in the freezer and not a lot of space

lotti379

*sneaks round the door sheepishly*

May I return please?

Have been really busy on a course this week requiring home work and revising and also interviewing (via skype, very odd experience!), so haven't had much capacity for anything else!

I have collected another 2 SFDs since monday though (12/15 )

Can't remember where I am on checking in! 11/31?? I'll look back and check!

Off for a jolly this evening, bit concerned about the b&b booking as I thought it was pay on booking but it hasn't gone from my account. Troubling as we do need somewhere to sleep tonight! Going to Windsor Castle tomorrow as OH gets free entry for himself + guests, and I've never been so I'm quite excited!

Off to wash the car now... such fun!

cottage_retreatist

sorry for being away!

I have spent no money from my account since last Saturday!!!!!!!!! whoop!!!

OH had 20 quid pocket money which he has only spent on tobacco, a card for our friends who gave birth, and a few choccy bars for me and I have to say *smugface* I am feeling pretty good about it!

Can't believe we have gone through the whole week eating from the cupboards!!!!

And what is amazing is we still have so much untouched food!!!

We still have a whole chicken and lots of fish fillets in freezer, and 2 packs of bacon! Think we might actually not need to do a shop this week - although we have no milk, eggs or cheese!

We have a 5.50 voucher for te8co from our points - not as good as yours NSK!!! (PS - love writing letters to companies!!) - so might try and just use that - problem is - no te8co stores near us, so we can only do a delivery hmmmm, will ponder that!

Cleaning day today them exercise later - first weigh in tomorrow! eek!!!!!!

Hope everyone has a lovely sunny day!

UPDATE - i did an online shop! Got 12 quid off using coupons and our money off voucher of 5.50! Yay!!!! It comes to 60 quid (haha!) but that includes a 16 quid bag of tabac for OH and cat litter and coffee on offer! We live off coffee and always get the D.Egberts!!! I am very happy about it!

xxxx

MagicCat

Happy Saturday Tributes!

Beautiful sunny day here...in-laws coming round later to watch the football, but will try to employ my jabberjay strategy again. No painting done yet as it seems a shame to waste the weather, so have been sorting the garden.

Fness - I'm sure we have a list in the office, will check for you on Monday about the crackers. Genius sliced is available, your GP will probably need the PIP code to add it to your prescription, white is 370-0432 and brown is 370-0440 .

Applemuncher - sounds like you got some bargains - I love finding books like that

Dolly84 - hope MOT was OK

I have done the grocery shop today, £55.09 which is more that I wanted really - needed to get food for inlaws coming, including some lovely strawberries for pudding - and MIL has just texted to say she is bringing something, so needn't have bothered. Grrrr.

Hope everyone is having a good weekend.

NSD 9/15
Groceries £93.92/£200
Birthdays £34.95/£60 (May is a bumper birthday month including my sister and my nan's 90th)
Petrol £51.13/80
Personal/toiletries etc £18.03/£10
Entertainment £6.50/£80 (includes going to nan's 90th party)
House - £32.25/£50 (paint for bathroom)

Fmess

Thanks MagicCat you're a star

Good luck with the inlaws!

apple_muncher

Hello lotti and c-r! Nice to see you again!

Fmess the Genius sandwich loaf - the one I think is THE best of the lot is 6 x535g loaves PIP 379-8568. There's a list on the coeliacuk website that you can print out. I also recommend the gnocchi PIP 351-1961 for 6x500g packs.

Another NSD and exercise session in the bag. I'm doing rather well so far ! But half term will put paid to my goodness, I expect :wave:.

Today I am grateful for a good book, for my exercise mat, for getting some work done, for dh starting to sort through books and cds (long may it continue!), and for earphones.

mothernerd

Another NSD (14/15). A little gardening, some exercise, a bit of a nod off and 2 loads of washing out. Exceeded my own expectations but I set the bar very low (thought it was preferable to do better than expected than think about everything that needed doing and get nowhere).

Chopped loads of raw veg and made a meal of hm wedges from leftover Easter potatoes and stuff from the freezer - and a £5 tessimo voucher arrived in the post (already planning an on-line shop/ delivery as have £15 off a £60 order but aim to make that the base for next month's food - has to be used by 1st June but may get it earlier to get a cheapo delivery slot).

SiannieLaz

Evening All,


SFD for me today, busy day at work.


No exercise either today I had planned an early night, going to bed straight after I got back from work (9.15pm) but had terrible reflux and was up until after midnight with it, so didn't get up at 5am to workout. I've run out of gaviscon so resorted to taking bicarbonate of soda - bleuuurrgghh. I was going to go to the doctor about it, but as I know its my hiatus hernia come back there seems little point. I can control it by diet, but after having no symptoms for so long, its proving difficult to get myself back in the right mindset again. And it is especially sensitive at the moment, last night was caused by eating a quarter portion of a ham and cucumber sandwich at work - cucumber is a killer. Anyhoo, my meal plan for the week is just plain stuff for me, so hopefully it will calm down in the next few days.


Enough moaning! scores so far:
SFD - 11/15
Groceries - £54.55/£80
Misc - £11.91/£40
Petrol - £15/£15
Exercise - 6/20
Daily check in - 17/31


Have a lovely sunday xxxx

Fmess

Evening all,

Spend day today as went to a local food market

Also think my DFD may have to go back a bit as OH and I have decided to get married in 2016 So starting next month I'm going to split my money between paying debt and saving.

Kenyakate

Oooooh what a very long day! It dragged and dragged and dragged because I was working side and it was hot and sunny outside also forgot lunch so went without

I decided on tea out with the sister and brother in law because it was so nice, I couldn't resist, so we switched the shopping to tomorrow......it was worth it though :cool:


Budget update


1. Food £38.73/£50
2. SFD 9/15
3. Petrol £44.36/£40
4. Birthday £6.99/£10- for friend
5. Social £27.60/£50....mainly for said friends birthday night out which was planned months ago
6 LTW 8/22
7. Part pay holiday £273.65/£300
8. Lose weight 1/4lb