The Wholly Roman July NSD Challenge!

Nargleblast

Salvete, fellow citizens of the Ennessdium Forum! Grab your flagons of red wine, your dormouse kebabs and your stuffed vine leaves for a celebration of all things Roman in honour of the one and only Julius Caesar, after whom the month of July is named. There will be debates in the Senate, feasting and jollity (after all, who says we can't have Saturnalia celebrations in July?), sacrifices in the temples (careful, Hubert! kerri has dug out her Roman sword for the occasion) and games in the Coliseum (we can either go in the Tardis to the real Coliseum in Italy or alternatively, Igor can do up the Ennessdee Towers back garden...have you finished knitting all those decorative laurel leaves yet, Knitwitch?)

So, being an ever-optimistic Nargle, I would like to say a big Thank You to marmite for setting up the thread and can you put me down for a hopeful 15 NSDs please?

Knit_Witch

Got half a dozen to finish off Nargle and then we are done!

slowlyfading

Please put me down for 18 NSDs

kathy40uk

Hi to everyone in the NSD thread :j:j

I have been off the radar and badly losing all my NSDness . Have had major car problems, drop in salary and a broken fridge which has led to me shopping day to day and we all know where that leads :eek:

I have returned to this thread very much tail in between legs:o with a real will to get back on track

On a brighter note I have swapped to nights which means far less pressure (If I'm going to be underpaid I may as well have less grief!!) which means 4 on and 4 off so have been able to get to mum's once a month and am rarely having to pay for parking so things are on the up

I really need to do this but I am going away for a few days at the beginning of the month so please could you put me down for 10 for July

Thank you for the thread Marmite xx
Good luck with the new job Supersaver xx

Wow!! Fedupand skint-20-27 inspirational!!

Nargle :heartpuls:heartpuls

Hi there Slowly xx

Nice to meet you Knitwitch x

Back on the 1st

:j

supersaver1000

Hi Marmite you're right. I shouldn't give up. School hols soon though. I'm going to go for 8 please. :A start new job today :-)

Hi Kathy. Thanks and sorry to read you are havin a tough time. Hugs all round

marmiterulesok

kathy40uk wrote: »

Hi to everyone in the NSD thread :j:j

I have been off the radar and badly losing all my NSDness . Have had major car problems, drop in salary and a broken fridge which has led to me shopping day to day and we all know where that leads :eek:

I have returned to this thread very much tail in between legs:o with a real will to get back on track

On a brighter note I have swapped to nights which means far less pressure (If I'm going to be underpaid I may as well have less grief!!) which means 4 on and 4 off so have been able to get to mum's once a month and am rarely having to pay for parking so things are on the up

I really need to do this but I am going away for a few days at the beginning of the month so please could you put me down for 10 for July

Thank you for the thread Marmite xx
Good luck with the new job Supersaver xx

Wow!! Fedupand skint-20-27 inspirational!!

Nargle :heartpuls:heartpuls

Hi there Slowly xx

Nice to meet you Knitwitch x

Back on the 1st

:j

I remember you;welcome back!I'm sorry to learn that you've been having a tough time.I hope that things improve for you soon.


Hi kathy40uk!

supersaver1000 wrote: »

Hi Marmite you're right. I shouldn't give up. School hols soon though. I'm going to go for 8 please. :A start new job today :-)

Good,good,good!

Good luck for today!

ShirePiskie

Friends, Romans, NSDers... Lend me your... Nothing, because I'm a DFW!

Thank you for setting this up Marmite... I can only imagine the fun we'll have with this one!

Please could you put me down for 12 and a four-in-a-row?

t2rry

supersaver1000 wrote: »

start new job today :-)

good luck!!!!

StressedSteph

Hi


I desperately need to join this challenge. I have gotten into a terrible habit of nipping to the local store to get "bits" for dinner and coming out £30 poorer .


THIS MUST STOP!!!


If I get organised I know I can live off £60 pw food budget, but I keep forgetting to meal plan and get stuff defrosted in time.


July will be my frugal food month.


So........I have my YNAB budget with everything accounted for, so if it isn't in my budget it isn't happening.. FULL STOP


So 31 days in July. 4.5 weeks


I am going to allow myself 1 spending day per week, this will hopefully cover any kids school trips / expenses that I do not yet know about.


So I am going for 25 days - 6 in a row please.


As long as I stay away from the food shop I will be fine. I live in a very rural area and am at home all day so not much temptation comes my way. (except Amazon & Kindle :eek:)


Good Luck guys xx

marmiterulesok

ShirePiskie wrote: »

Friends, Romans, NSDers... Lend me your... Nothing, because I'm a DFW!

Thank you for setting this up Marmite... I can only imagine the fun we'll have with this one!

Thank you!It's going to be a good one,methinks.:D

Igor is already busy concocting the Roman themed menu for the month.That should keep him busy for a while,as he has to source a lot of the ingredients.He's also got his toga out of storage,and I've asked him not to forget to put on a pair of undies this time.We don't want a shock like the one we had on Hogmanay,when he was twirling around sans Y-fronts to the Dashing White Sargeant!!:eek::eek:

Hubert was muttering something about what's is wrong with donkey milk,it's just as good as asses milk....It was asses milk that Cleo bathed in,wasn't it?:o He's in a bit of a huff.I managed to placate
him by allowing him to slip on his pink and orange stripped negligee that he won in the raffle last year.Anyone out there with a sewing machine that could quickly run up a donkey-toga?He'd also love a pair of Gladiator sandals,as long as they have a heel!Anyone?

I do hope that Cleo will make an appearance....

Hi StressedSteph and welcome!:hello:

An ambitious start,I see!Good luck.

Let me see if there's a spare coffee cup lying around for you...:)