NST: January 2017

misstara

f0xh0les wrote: »

with it being a Bank Holiday, none of the Bills have gone out on dd so they will disappear tomorrow so that will not be a NSD either.

f0xh0les - I count usual bills that come out of my bank account on dd as a NSD as long as I've not spent anything else that day.

Florence J - hope your finger is ok.

Today was a NSD 2/18. I walked to work and then ran home so pleased with that. I made a wee £5 payment to the debt.

3 things I've grateful for today
- double time at work again
- OH cooking yummy steak pie for tea
- for not slipping on the ice while walking to work this morning

1LuckyLady

No Spend days 2/15 hubby wanted to take the kids to mcd's and get some milk & bread whilst out - I talked him out of it so that we could bag a nsd
Donate to a charity Added a set of cookie cutters to the charity shop bag I have hung in the hallway
Pay to your debt or savings first Always
Post as often as you can I'm here!

January's rules:
Food- ! I too have lots of food in and will do full stock take once the kids back at school next week All meals from stores today,
ys bread for toast for breakfast & a lonely crumpet
Lunch was leftover Sunday lunch - and the veggies that were left have been made into soup, half into the freezer and half into the fridge to have tomorrow
Tea, cocktail sausage rolls out of the freezer bought for xmas and not used, had with baked beans from stores. I'm just finishing off the last of the irish cream too

Post 3 things that you are grateful for
* I'm grateful for another lovely lie in this morning for hubbys last day of holidays
** I'm grateful for yesterdays left overs for a nice easy healthy lunch
*** I'm grateful for a cuddles on the sofa with the kids this afternoon
Work towards end of 2017 goal (weight loss)- I gave the kids the last gooey chocolate cake to share rather then save it for myself after they'd gone to bed.
Organise some cheap (free if possible) things to do with family or friends. Another day at home watching movies with kids, also read with them and played/listened to music all for free

mothernerd

NSD #2. Did 3 circuits of the car park in the dark this morning. I have made bacon soup and chilli this morning, put all the remaining sprouts in the soup. One of each in the fridge and the rest in the freezer now. Ate quite a lot of the chilli (one scoop to test it, put more in to take back upstairs with me, then went back twice for more).

Lots of using up. I am now out of onions and only 2 tins of tomatoes in the house but still have a few options. Lots of odds and ends went in the chilli. DS3 came down for the pizza Beloved had made for them (she gave me a slice of hers, DS3 kept saying it was bad for me), so asked him to get the remaining tins down from the top cupboard as ther is loads of space on the understairs shelves now.

Abundant thank you so much for the link, I am very zen and living in the moment just now (was going to say we must be twins but no way am I going back to the gym). Since I did the last shop on the Thursday before Christmas I have considered myself to be 'on holiday'. I am feeling great most of the time because I allowed myself to sleep as much as I wanted/ needed and then have done very little (lots of sewing and reading). I am not stressing or feeling guilty about anything.

It helps that the Town hall was closed all last week and the library only opened for 3 days, so no-one bustling about. Crafts recommences this week but I didn't re-book my counselling appointment so only have to be out briefly on Wednesday and Thursday, easing myself back into things. Stress and lack of guilt might not survive exposure to mum though.

Today I am grateful for seeing Mr Blackbird (scouting for where to put this year's nest) this morning, for having yummy food and for enjoying cooking and taking time over it (did potter out to the bins but wasn't trying to do umpteen other things at the same time).

YetAgain!

Spend day today, weekly shop, toddler wet herself and hubby left changing bag at home so new trousers as well!!! Car filled ready for work tomorrow, lunches made so all ready for NSD no 1!!! :-)
Grateful for electricity (plunged into darkness when fuse went today), my lovely doggies and crisp mornings :-)

barnez

No spends today. Was supposed to be going to football, but really wanted to get some things done at home, and not spend anything. Then someone wanted to use my season tickets and gave me £40 for them. Winner!
Today I am grateful for the time to make lots of healthy soup for the freezer, my kids doing the washing up and my hot water bottle for my cold feet.
I made a very small payment towards my credit card. Baby steps

Fmess

Evening all,

Still not got round to posting my goals, whoops.

SFD number 1 here today. I did spend but only from the renovations budget. Spent what seemed like half the day queue to get to ik3a but persevered and got the storage unit. It's lovely and I consider it very MSE as I had my eye on a lovely hand crafted one from a different place but it would have been 6 times the price.

Got my 11,000 steps and helped out my parents by doing their food shopping as they both have been ill and need to stay indoors.

Night all

32b3in2013

Evening

I haven't managed a NSD day yet. Yesterday my friend asked me to pick up something on the way to lunch, today I bought some toiletries and some new slimming world food. Maybe tomorrow will be my chance as I will be at work eating SW food

Today (and yesterday) I am grateful for:
Random texts from friends offering dinner ( and lunch yesterday)

My frend's elderly father. He is a mine of information and obscure facts. I dropped him home last night so my friend could have a drink and he did a running commentary of the history of the local area between his daughters house and his house. He is 93

Clothes hangers. They make the wardrobe much tidier!!

I'll be back again tomorrow.

32b3

Fmess

Forgot to say yesterday I was grateful for finding an electric screwdriver so I could assemble by storage unit, my lovely family and the company of my pets, who keep me from feeling lonely.

x_raphael_xx

Didn't get a chance to post yesterday.

25 NSDs - 02/25 - Yesterday was a NSD as the butchers was shut. Today is the first day of my week off. I have plans to stay in my pjs and play Skyrim all day. So should achive NSD no. 2 as I won't be leaving the house.
Donate to a charity. Will be donating old quilts/towels to local cats & dogs home.
Pay to your debt or savings first. Awaiting fridays wages. Should get my payslip today with my xmas bonuses, so budget it poised.

January's rules:
Food budget. Aiming for £120
Things I am grateful for [STRIKE]today[/STRIKE] yesterday:
1) Tills balanced to the penny in work, which meant I could get away on time!
2) Holiday started at 5pm!
3) Delicious pork roast - we even managed to get a decent crackly.
Things I am grateful for today:
1) Tills balanced to the penny in work, which meant I could get away on time!
2) Discovered I have paid my Uncle £100 deposit towards our annual get together when I could have paid just £50. I mis-read his email and thought it was £50 each, rather than £50 per couple. So I have less balance to pay at the end of this month.
3) Videogames

2017 aims:
1) Lose Weight - 58 lbs to go.
2) House hunting. Step one - Save!

Cheap/free family & friends events.
Granma came round for tea last night. Amazing pork roast, but I was annoyed as she always spends her time playing on her phone looking at facebook. Facebook is her only way of keeping in touch with the family, but I wish she would put it down for a couple of hours during visits. Even when we go to hers for tea, she ends up on the phone.
Rant over

f0xh0les - I don't count any bills as spend days, rent & electric etc has to be paid! I use my NSD's to reign in any unnecessary spending. I do count groceries as it's not a set amount and could easily go above budget if not paying attention.

dolly84

Hi all.

DD is back to school today, I am taking her and picking her up for the next couple of weeks rather than the bus, not all the schools are back yet so the roads were quiet. DS is back to school tomorrow.

I have some leftover chilli from yesterday so I am going to par boil some sliced potatoes to go on the top then sprinkle on some cheese and bake it in the oven then serve with a salad.

Need to visit mum today (mothernerd like you I will be feeling very guilty after that). Will walk the dog and hopefully run later.