NSK; The August Fairwell

luckystarr

HI everyone

Good luck with the application loveadove and Congratulations on the sale Applemuncher

I have had two spendy days .. but hoping tomorrow will be a SFD as i am working and my employer will be paying for my Parking out of the kitty they have given me

Been Very busy today,so trying to get some down time before work tomorrow.

Today I am grateful for Good Friends and my circle of support

Will check in tomorrow .have a nice evening all

Fmess

Today I am grateful for: a great bodycombat instructor, rain to water the plants, the puppy enjoying meeting new dogs and people, my new shoes arriving early (and not fitting so I can send them back and get a refund!), a bid on one of my eB4y items and OH being off for the next 4 days

Oh and very grateful for realising that 2 of the 4 birthdays and 1 of the 2 hen does, are after August payday so don't have to come out if this budget

apple_muncher

Today I am grateful for getting in a walk by myself - head clearing time, for the aldee chill counter functioning again, for dh putting up dd's bed, for good books to read with dd, for fun making pizzas with dd.

CEW

Hi All

As promised checking in with my budgets for August:

Groceries - £33.44/£100 - Really determined to keep within budget this month. Have produced a flexible meal plan for the month and had my did my main monthly shop on the 31st July as my budget starts on 28th

Contingency - £0/£50 - This is higher than the £20 you suggested NSK but my local Sainsbury's is closing for a week soon and I want to go in on the last day to see if I can stock up on any discounted meat and veg :money:

Pets - £22.66/£50 - This is high again this month as we may need straw for the chicks. I also have 2 additional dogs at the moment as my sister has asked me to dog sit so the food bill will increase a little

Personal - £3/£30 - This covers anything not included in the grocery budget. Soft drinks, chocolate, ice cream, hair dye etc. Hoping not to use it all but don't want to get despondent by setting it too low.

No social budget as we have agreed that anything we do will be free this month. Walks by the river or around local beauty spots with a picnic or a disposable BBQ if we feel like it (we have a pack of 4 in the shed from a couple of years back)

I also have no petrol budget as OH is covering this from his fuel expenses for charity work. We don't use the car much so they should cover the petrol.

SFD - 2/12 - Hoping for more but will start with this.

My DFD, for this I am going to borrow Mothernerd's choice which is when I sell my house. This will hopefully be mid 2015 after I have completed the renovations. If all goes to plan I will be both Debt Free and Mortgage Free.

eBay - 0/50 - I know I can find 50 items but I may not sell them all on eBay. I want to do a car boot and try to sell some more books on one of the specialist book sites. I will aim to sell at least 20 of the items I find :eek:

PIO - 0/1 - Not sure what I can do for this as I already help a numbers of neighbours with medical problems etc but I will try to find something new to do, possibly something for a stranger.

Loveadove good luck with the job application and job hunt. To say I love a list is an understatement. My OH hates them unless it's a shopping list :rotfl:

Stewby I wish I could claim that the grass was greener on my side but with 4 free ranging chickens and 5 (sometimes 7) dogs my grass is definitely not green :rotfl::rotfl:

Sorry for the epic post but the first one setting out my targets always seems to turn into an essay. I promise to try to be more brief in future posts.

Chez x

rising_from_the_ashes

Wow Kat - can't believe it's been just under 2 years .... well done!

I will pop in and visit your blog - wishing you very happy travels



Wish I'd seen this a couple of days earlier as .... having totally fallen off the MSE bandwagen for far too long - I need a good hard shock to return me to frugal ways

PheoniX

Hullo gang :wave:

Am pooped again tonight after a long shift, was about to go to bed without eating but I'm sure my stomach wouldve had something to say about that in a couple of hours so I made a quick snack!

SFD number 1 achieved yay!

Gonna push out the zeds now but will be back tomorrow.. Laters folks

:wave:

L_D

Evening everyone,

Not a spend free day today as I had to get petrol and go food shopping. I did get a metafit class in this morning, it was outdoors in the rain but it wasn't too bad once we got going. I've got a couple of things to put on eBay so far, the plan is to do that tomorrow.

I'm still thinking about my legacy and PIO deed. I though I might give blood but there's not exactly an opportunity to ask someone to pass it on is there?


SFD 0/12
Exercise 2/16
Food £31.91/£100
Petrol £25/£50
eBay 0/20
Weight lost 0/4lbs

Hope everyone is having a good Saturday.

Siouxsie32

Evening everyone, just sneaking in with a quick report...well, not a report as such. It's past midnight and I've just climbed into bed but gotta check in before I go to sleep

Not a SFD for me today, and too busy with work to squeeze in a yoga class. More work tomorrow (and definitely a yoga class at night!!) but I'll update all my totals then.

Goodnight

homemademama

My first NSD today, hopefully tomorrow too.

Can housework count as exercise? I did lots yesterday at a good pace too. I was a bit out of breath and gross and sweaty.

I'm on the look out for a good deed to do, love that idea! I'm always doing stuff for family but they aren't likely to pass it on. Mostly because they only know each other!

I am going to start donating to the local food bank though as well as keep an eye out for something else.

Caeraugirl

L_D wrote: »

I'm still thinking about my legacy and PIO deed. I though I might give blood but there's not exactly an opportunity to ask someone to pass it on is there?

Hi L_D,

I have a friend who is passionate about the Blood Donation Service following her own life experiences, and she set herself the challenge of recruiting as many new donors as she could via a FB page. Perhaps your PIO could be getting some new donors for them? Not quite PIO in the literal sense, but an idea if you can't think of anything else...........

CG x