NST Super September Scrimping challenge

Kerry_Woman

Day 21
Managed another SFD - 13/18
Brought lunch into work.
Walked 20 minutes.
Read my book and had some quiet time before work. Very busy day in work, but the time went by so quickly.
Grateful for:
Journey home was better - less time compared to earlier this week.
Seeing the changing colour of the leaves on the trees.

vintagebrighton

Check in 21/30 and what a beautiful sunny day it's been

Not a NSD as planned. My appointment took soooo long. I left the house at 10.30 and didn't get back till 6. I succumbed to a coffee for £2 and a bottle of water for £1. Not too bad given the circumstances.

I'm now all set for 3 ops in a row. Not that I'm glad about it, I'll be glad to get them over with!

Anyway, tomorrow should be a NSD as we won't do the shopping now till Saturday - we don't need anything.

Still at 11 NSD

Beauty spends - budget busted 40/10

Exercise - miles of walking

Me time - train journeys, lovely scenery

Heating - still off for at least another 7 days

On target with shopping money :T

Have a lovely evening scrimpers

VB x

thriftylass

vintagebrighton all the best for your ops and speedy troublefree recoveries

greent

SFDs - still 11/18 - not one today! As well as food shopping I also bought DD a pair of jeans from N*xt @ £26 + had to pay for DS2's school trip to the panto (@£19!)

Extra monies/ debt repayment - None.

Food - running total £304.26/ £450 - spent £37.43 in Tesc0 today, including some stuff for DD to go back to uni with

Eating up/ using up stuff - Made fridge cake (again ) to use up some more of the Kr@ve cereal brought back from DD's flat (2 more batches should see it gone!) Also used up the remains of 2 bottles of choc sauce/ syrup in at as I have decided ice cream is off the house-menu until Xmas!

Lunches taken - 3 packed lunches for boys today. DD and I had soup & rolls at home

Social life - None today

Exercise - 2/3 Day at home today - so have only managed 7.5k steps so far - will need to move somewhat to get to 10k target!.

Beauty - £4.73/ £10 - bought a deodorant for me as I am half way through mine and my preferred one was on offer @ £2

Time for self - Hmmm....

Heating off - yep. Rainy but mild here.

Gratitudes:
* lots of hotel/ airline freebies from my mum - shampoos, conditioners, shower gels, razors, shaving foam, colgate toothpaste & lots more :T Will pass some unwanted bits on to a combination of foodbank and shoebox appeal
* Finally getting DD's NS&I online login sorted after a letter and 3 phone calls! (still have DS1's to sort)
* DS2 having a good swimming lesson tonight
* still having the benefit of DD's heated airer (until Saturday!) to get clothes dry in the rainy weather
* OH getting back from work early and coming to see DS2 swim

apple_muncher

Vintage - 3 ops! Yikes. Hope they go smoothly.

dizzyblnd

Yesterday was nsd#9 but today I had to spend. This month is a bit of a fail on nsd and food budget but I will continue to track it.

bizzie

Not read any posts today just putting update to meet the midnight cut off and will back track to catch up.
Check in 21/30
Still at NSD 13/18

Fmess

Quick check in. Yesterday was a spendy day but only on a beauty treatment essential as I'm going swimming tomorrow. I'm off tonight to centre parcs for the weekend for my sister's birthday and I can't wait. Apart from two 1 night stays with friends, I haven't been away since Easter and that was with the family, so it'll be nice to get away with my sisters and a load of the birthday girls friends. Mostly paid for, except a meal out on Saturday and I'm guessing lunches on Saturday and Sunday. I'm taking breakfast and alcohol from home.

The plumber didn't turn up yesterday but the builder is returning from zante!!!! So maybe today there will be some progress on the bathroom!

thriftylass

Good morning, yesterday was definitely a spend day. Ordered some books for the kids we give to at Christmas from Amazon (got 3 Dahl & Seuss for 10 and ordered two lots saving £15). Also ordered some craft stuff for me (a cutting matt, craft knives and a metal ruler) and a built your own clock for DS. That's some Christmas stuff sorted.

Not sure if I'll do the big shop tonight or first thing tomorrow (will need butter for breakfast etc) but will definitely go to LIDL or Aldi. Rather do it on Sat which is a spend day anyway as I take the family out for our anniversary dinner.

Have a good day

foxgloves

Hi September Scrimpers,
Check-in 22/30
SFD = 8/18 (or is it 7? I can't remember, as have abandoned writing everything down in my note book & concentrating instead on just tracking any little spends which are non-authorised...i.e not budgeted for.
Beauty spends - still £6.50/£10. I was helped a little here in that a friend gave me a hair colour she decided she didn't like (she knew it was my colour so gifted it to me). I've only bought a foundation & that was only because it was half price so I didn't want to miss the offer. Low on lippy but will be fine till end of the month & have eeked out by using an old colour I don't really much like but it's ok if I do my eyes quite black to balance it out iyswim!
Exercise goal - Yes, will defo hit my 7000 steps target today as after hugely active session clearing front garden today, I'm already well over 6000.
Me time - no, not yet, but will make sure I get some later.
Pretty good frugal behaviour today. Have made bread rolls, replanted several self-seeded plants for free ones next year, revisted shopping list to tweak a few things off & a couple of different ones on, picked home grown salad & done quite a few surveys. Got some budget updates to do this afternoon so that will be another thing to keep us on the straight & narrow.
F