NST Super September Scrimping challenge

redofromstart

1/30 a spending day
6.24/500 on groceries recorded.
Packed lunches provided, and I was at home.
Dinner: Jerk chicken (chicken from freezer, jerk paste from store cupboard) with rice and beans (storecupboard) with a pretty sprinkle of finely chopped leek centre and deseeded red chilli (wrinkling in the fridge bottom).
Time for me: insomnia meant a 3.30 start, so I read a book in bed for an hour this morning.

thriftylass

My apologies, have been off sick. Will catch up properly and list new contenders on Monday when I have a computer.

And I'll change my signature

FurryBeastOz

Checking in as promised.

Budget done. I am rich for the weekend until I've done the CGT calculations for the money and then sent everything to the right place. I am going to keep some aside for the strategic fund which I don't have at the moment.

We are very lucky to be debt free, and have no dependents, so it's a matter of allowing me enough that I don't feel the loss of the rental income, while not eating into the capital too much.

I always take lunch to work and send DH with one, so that is no problem.

Exercise - daily. Weight, PT, running and classes.

Beauty spends - I had planned to throw out the 15year old contents of my make-up bag and restock it this month. :rotfl:

For me - I paid for a treat wardrobe weed last month. I have 3 bags of clothes to go to charity, and next Friday I have a shopping trip with her. My clothes were all 15 years old, and they are very dated, and TOO BIG:D Back in the corporate world I need to look a certain way, so I need to invest.

Heating:o Fraid it was never off. I'm sitting here in a fleece, topped with a woollen cardigan and a slanket. It's not on high, but I can't afford to get cold with my Reynauds.

So. Not hugely 'Scrimping' month at all. But I've thought about the budget carefully and I am going to try not to feel guilty about spending on me.

apple_muncher

At work today, so my first NSD of the month. A lift to the bus stop meant that I didn't hit 12k steps, but it was worth it to have time to chat with a friend. Did a mini workout once home - pesky hands mean that I can't use much weight at the mo, but I prefer bodyweight ones anyway.

Today I am grateful for buses running to time, for lovely colleagues, for a good chat with big sis, for time with dd, for dh cooking tea, for my workout, for a good book to read, for getting headspace done.

Fmess

Evening all,

SFD number 1 achieved.

I've spent a lot of my budgets already as I run my budgets 25th to 24th and I've done all the big monthly stock ups - human and animal food.

Today I was grateful for:-

- lovely dog walks
- my temping job
- getting some more gardening done; moved some plants between the beds and potted a gifted tiny rose
- a lovely dinner
- a warm home

Thrifty I have to admit I scoffed when you said 'no heating' and the next morning it was freezing and I nearly put it on! Luckily, I remembered your rules.

Buffythedebtslayer

Hello,

Today I was pretty down, couldn't get myself going at all. Had to pay 460 for the car (service and brakes will also need new tyres in a while), spent like a loon in M and S on lunch and dinner. Sainsbury's delivered but only the storecupboard stuff not the fridge stuff so we didn't have lunch, so that was 19.35....and I bought dinner cos I was standing there starving - so yeah classic error there!

So not a good start at all.

tomorrow I need to shop for DIY stuff.........£££££££

bizzie

Daily check in 1/30.
Notebook and a 4colour pen in my bag so I can mark as I go along.
NSD 1/18
Payments starting to leave bank account.
Food budget set at £400 but will see if can be trimmed.
Used up leftovers for meals today.
Planning a couple of meet ups later this month, will be low cost.
Will be reviewing finances over weekend.
No beauty spends here.
Quiet day to myself - back to work next week.
Heating will be kept off for as long possible.

stoplurking

Late check in day 1. I hope that is no indication of how the month progresses.

SFD 1/18.

Gratitudes
1 early evening sunshine = post-work relaxation
2 easy dinner of salmon rice salad
3 a weekend of not much happening.

Will catch up with you all after some sleep but it looks like you are all fired up X

Fmess

Vintagebrighton any budgeted spends still lose you a SFD e.g. food, petrol etc. Usually direct debits or bills e.g. mortgage, council tax, election etc. and medicines are excempt as we don't want people being ill and not looking after themselves. So if you just buy medicine or pay a bill it's a SFD, anything else and it's a spendy day.

Hope that makes sense.

determined_new_ms

morning

quick check in for yesterday - and today - nothing to report really

Didn't achieve much as had to get items for festival trip today. for me the challenge will start on Monday really. Will be dancing later today and tomorrow so that's exercise sorted

Have a lovely weekend x