NST: Standing Firm in November

short_bird

First NSD :j
Grateful for:

• colleagues prepared to cover for me
• A weekend that's suddenly become far more interesting :cool:
• The upper body strength to turn my own mattress :rotfl:

There's a start on gathering the 80 items.in the next few minutes.


Have a great evening, all!

apple_muncher

NSD 4 acquired. I was going to have to break it but dh offered to get milk, so I let him Water was drunk and I have kept off both sugar and grains.

Samiszel, you are in! Have you been keeping a record of spends, etc thus far? Sounds like you have been super busy.

Stewby - well done on cooking a lovely meal (oops - hope it was you...!)

Today I am grateful for my lovely dh leaving super early to move the car for me as I forgot to do it last night, for getting in a lunchtime walk, for being able to use the spare room as a spare room, for a phone call from the nearby brownie group, for autumn colours.

Missdaniil

Evening all!

NSD #3 today, very proud as I actually had lots of running around the city and plenty opportunities to spend but resisted.

Today I'm grateful for:
- hearing back from several companies about scheduling interviews
- the Internet - incredible that it's younger than me. Can't imagine life without it.
- Delicious homemade chocolate brownie that made the day even sweeter.

dizzyblnd

Nsd #2 yesterday and nsd #3 today. Yay!

luckystarr

Hello Everyone

Hope everyone is OK and hugs to all that need them.

Have a lovely time away Thrifty

Managed a SFD and LTW so happy with that.

Been a busy one at work as I was put in a different classroom but I enjoyed the experience.

Today I am grateful for the following three things

1. reading a good book
2. Having a home cooked meal waiting for me when I arrived home
3. having a nice warm bed

Night all xx

498louise

Another NSD and LTW day banked for me.

Grateful for
1) My husband's work schedule calming down
2) My son has settled in to school much better this term
3) My MIL who sent my DH a birthday box from the US which included some yummy biscuitsbiscuits which he shared.

mothernerd

Justforme my sons when they reached a certain age would threaten to shout 'child abuse' when we were in town. DS2 went on a school trip to the city one year (think he was 11yo). In between visits to 2 places of interest they stopped at a large square to eat their packed lunch. There were some street entertainers who tried to engage with them and were nearly reduced to tears as the little monsters shouted "Stranger danger" at them.

Welcome back Samizel.

Happy salami hunting thrifty and enjoy your child free time.

Don't seem to have done much today but I have crossed something facebook related off my 'learn how to' list.

I have started my emergency fund with £50. DS2 and DS3 each gave me some money they owed and I have gone through my figures for the next two months and think I have/will have enough to cover the standing orders and extra items by the time they need paying. The monay isn't in a separate account but I think this is how you start. Moving away from having to move stuff around to have the money in just in time before the standing order is due out to a position where the money is in place for the month's expenditure and then getting in front, gradually increasing until you have those few months covered (3-6 months income is a desirable first step and after the past two years I know how much that is needed).

Not done my donation yet, feel guilty every time I go in the library and see the food bank box as I used to make a point of taking something for the box each time I went.

I have turned an old sheet into rags as the rag bag was getting low.

I needed stamps (have a few which are hiding but would need to buy more sometime) so have done some shopping I will need over the next few days. Went in a shop I rarely go in (must be improving as 'wandering round the shops' is getting easier) and made several purchases at lower prices or equal to the best price seen so far. I have been missing my morning yoghurt (YS Thomas tank engine fromage frais isn't the same) as everywhere seems to be selling at 2 packs (12 yoghurts) for £5 and I won't pay that. This shop had the single yoghurts YS'd to 15p (ood tomorrow but will just give thema a shake before opening). When I got home I found this was half normal price so much lower than elsewhere (up to 68p normally).

My walk was a bit walk and then have a little sit down but did stop at two places with trees and observed local eccentrics and had a chat with an ex- neighbour (lived next to the 'up for sale' house but moved about 5 1/2 years ago). He thinks the sold sticker is now on the sign (I still need to complain about the green bin not being emptied).

I scored a roadkill pumpkin. Confession time, I have been eating from bins (off them not out of). Last week I nipped down a side street/back alley. There was a sandwich (in date and unopened, I even checked for needle marks) on the lid of one of the bins. There was no-one about that it could have belonged to, so I brought it home.

I went the same way today (half hoping the sandwich fairy had been again) and there was a whole uncut pumpkin on the floor behind one of the bins. The bar or one of the shops must have been using it as decoration (or a prize?)and thrown it out after the celebration. So it came home with me. Will search for recipes after (think it makes a good curried soup). Hugh F-W has nothing on me.

Today I am grateful for having food ready made (the lamb stew is heavenly and I love the way it warms me from the inside, even makes my back hurt less), for fun people watching (there are people a lot madder than me) and for learning new things (finally living up to me words to live by for 2015).

crazy_cat_lady

Hey everyone
Another nsd in the bag :j I'm doing well this month for sure in terms of already being skint :rotfl:
Good job I have everything I need in the short term.
Another full teaching day, plus a meeting with the school H&S officer about yesterday's fire alarm 'drama'. I was summoned because I hadn't arrived at my point after 10 mins - she was completely unaware as to why that had happened. Needless to say I sense some new procedures arriving soon...
Things I am grateful for today:
The arrival of my £30 cashback from my last energy switch.
Getting through my massive stack of work and not being too far behind with everything.
Not being stuck in Egypt, or waiting to go there on holiday...
Thrifty - enjoy Germany.

Fmess

Have a lovely break thrifty

Yay to the start date tog

I can tell you are back to form mothernerd, loving the posts, I have missed them

Today was SFD number 4 I might spend tomorrow as feel the need for chocolate! But should really resist

Work is still crazy and I've just done a few more hours this evening. I think the dark nights make it worse and the new evil headmaster.

Today I am grateful for
1. My batch cooking on Monday
2. No fireworks whilst I walked the dogs
3. Good winter tv

short_bird

First 12 items identified of the 80: 7 to the bin and 5 books to the charity shop when I have a couple more bags of stuff to go there.