NST - January. Bobs post bauble debt busting challenge

stewby

Oh... forgot to say. Whilst raking through our cupboards, I found an out-of-date tub of bicarbonate of soda.
Both OH and I said "we can use it for cleaning!!" at the same time.
:rotfl:

Unfortunately, neither of us know what to use it for or how to use it?? Any suggestions?? Please don't say kitchen cupboards.


Hugs to you all.

Bobarella

Jeanangeo - well done on your fantastic run of NSD'S. You are right about how addictive it can be saving instead of spending.

Fmess - you are doing ever so well too.

CCL - it sounds as though you are witnessing the bad side of the NHS right now. I do hope your OH can get the follow up care he deserves.

Mothernerd - well done for posting under difficult circumstances. I can just imagine you in the library with the countdown on, so annoying.

Dolly - fantastic getting so much for your car so cheaply. And your spendy day wasn't huge either was it. I am so pleased for you finding a £20. Happy days!

FunBrum - your doing so well for your first challenge. Enjoy your pizza

Stewby -I'd say it counts yes also you can use bicarb to clean taps, loos, sinks, anything where an abrasive scrub will clean away grime really.

Anyone who feels they aren't doing well on days just think, if you even didn't spend on one day you would normally have done you are a winner!

NSD 6 here. We are currently eating up mystery defrosted box dinner 1. This one contained a lentil and sausage stew. It's rather good. Have served it with a small portion of a YS chicken I roasted earlier. The rest of the chicken is portioned up in the fridge and the carcass is in the stock pot.

I'm hoping to get out for a womble tommorow as it's shopping day. But annoyingly it's rained all afternoon which means wet reciepts....annoying.

Have a good night.

Bob

FunBrum

Apple munched.....Thank you. I'm rubbish at percentages, but when you put it like that...:D

Dolly84....You are so kind and thank you:T

Stewby.....Thank you also! On the bi-carb front. Pop over to OS money saving, they have bags of ideas to use up bi-carb;)

Bob....cheers for all your encouragement. This challenge has made me take charge of my spending and saving habits, and you all have made if fun!:beer:

Crazy_cat_lady....Good news about your husband coming home

Calling14

Must have been cleaning out kitchen cupboards day Stewby. Are we in the same cupboard found some old bicarbonate as well. No idea What to use it for.

Happy mode today got £160 from BT via Quidco confirmed so will hit my bank in next 5 days. Need to work our whether to throw it all at cc1 or put some in Efund.

No spending for me today, lentil soup and blackberry/apple crumble made.

Small walk 1.61 miles. Don't want to aggravate small heath problem. Drs next Friday.

Washing out on line, finished off drying on rads later.

Mothernerd glad the house went through ok as you have so much to deal with. Hope your mum and her partner get lots of help.

Funbrum 5% of your debt sounds good to me.

DawnW

Managed another NSD, bringing me to 5 so far :j
I suppose it helps that it pours with rain all the time, so it is easy to avoid going out unless absolutely necessary

CEW

Quick post tonight to claim my NSD :j need to check back to see how many I have achieved so far this month.

Had a very lazy day as OH went out to watch football so I spent all afternoon cuddled up on the sofa with the dogs watching back to back films. Sometimes you just need a little me time to just veg out.

Will need to spend tomorrow as need parrot food so will check what else may be needed in the next few days to try to secure a few more NSD's.

Chez x

Eager_Elephant

Today was another NSD taking me up to 5:T


Been a busy bee today, trying to catch up with some of the washing plus doing housework.
I have made a lemon cheesecake from bits we got at Xmas but never got round to making and also made apple sauce ready for our pork tomorrow.(Pork from our own pigs last year, hopefully this year I can make apple sauce from apples from our own trees plus with the allotment hopefully producing I might be able to do a whole roast dinner with stuff that we have grown/reared)


Still nothing for free and not made charity donation - must start a list of things which are needed and then I can buy them on a spend day - hopefully Tuesday will be my next spend day.

XSpender

Spend day for me today but I did get my haircut for almost half price using loyalty points DS needed wellies for some outdoor activities he is doing at school next week so £8 spent on them in Primarni as well as doing the rest of the weekly shop.

Oh and we have put an offer in on a house that came on the market this morning. We are besides ourselves with excitement but may not hear until next week. In a complete contrast to the house we looked at yesterday this is a little smaller but completely done, and done well so apart from curtains and some interior doors we wouldn't need to spend anything Its cheaper than the dooer upper too and well within budget It is also within spitting distance of the primary school I wanted DS to go to but we are currently no where near the catchment area so he goes elsewhere.


I can't stop looking at the photos on line and at curtains, blinds, furniture :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Food budget is being squeezed but if our offer is accepted we will be on serious 'eat everything so we don't have to move it' mode. I am at least, for the first time ever, keeping my freezer stock list up to date.

Hall and living room have been scrubbed and the kitchen decluttered as our house is going on the market on Friday

Pay day seems an awful long time away when I have put us on such a tight budget this month

Justforme

Evening all a miserable grey day here I swear it hasn't got light all day, had soaking going shopping but hubby had been nowhere bar work for weeks so felt obliged, very little spent apart from a free sainsbury voucher via BT, picked up some uniform a larger slow cooker and a pizza for supper so no take away needed, got price matched on some pods for our coffee maker a voucher for £2.15 so bought some lush chicken mugs of course the mugs weren't needed but were def wanted lol can't remember checking in last night but yesterday was also a NSD 6/21.

Fmess

Night all,

Spendy day as predicted but got everything done and paid for in one day. Yesterday I got two freebies - half a ton of paint and a chocolate Santa. I've painted most of the inside of the conservatory today, just hoping the bottom of the tin will be enough to finish the edges tomorrow.

Mothernerd - congratulations on the house sale and well done on being a trooper and still logging on to update!

Xspender - congratulations on the house

Hugs to all