Bonfires and fireworks - NST November challenge

ilovetea

Sorry but been MIA for a few days. Wouldn't mind if I'd been doing something exciting:(.
Managed to sort a lot of craft stuff. Still at it,some gone on e bay some to charity.
Have managed 8 NSD so far. Helps when you dont feel like going out.
Eaten from freezer and fridge.Freezer still seems to have a bit in it and I really want to get it defrosted.
Hope you all enjoy the rest of the weekend

ilovetea xx

Kerry_Woman

Day 11
Was a spend day. Brought pillow cases for the pillows I brought for my Mum in M&S. Did an online order for the pillows - 4 normal pillows and 1 v shaped pillow to be delivered to my local M&S store. They messed up the order, instead of sending the V shaped pillow, a duvet was sent. Phoned up and complained. Resending the V shaped pillow to the store and are meant to be sending a voucher for good will after I explained why I had ordered them. Have to bring back the duvet tomorrow.

Mental Health - Still tired. Hopefully I will get a good sleep. Will be able to have a sleep in tomorrow morning.

Healthy eating and exercise - not doing this at the moment.

Grateful for:
My Mum seemed slightly better today and was getting quite a bit of sleep while I was there. Does not groan when moved.
My cousin sending a card for my Mum with a picture of her boys, which my Mum appreciated.
For the staff in the hospital.

laurenh1

timetopullmysocksup sorry about your hob, its always the way!

I managed to come in well under budget at the fair so thats another 20 quid back in my spending pot, plus it turns out the play group on monday is free so over all a good day.

I do need to keep an eye on cash though now , I can keep in budget but only if I am strict with myself so Ill be making an extra effort. Cupboards are full so that helps.

Today I am grateful for- a warming mulled wine while we were outside in the cold, for my 5 pound pet food voucher I got in the post and for having no plans for tomorrow:)

Florence_J

NSD # 1 today, ya hoo!

sashanut

Hi all turtles :j

Checking in: 11/30

NSDs: 6/15 Ah spendy day today as DD came over & always wants to go shopping.....

Organise: More clearing in the dining room - who knew there was so much stuff in there. Got off to a bad start as I also had a poor nights sleep last night - like a lot of people on this thread, must have been something in the air... Still did a fair chunk of clearing so pleased with that. then, whilst I was out with DD, DH got almost all the furniture out and loaded the dishwasher & cleaned the oven trays from lunchtime, he's gone mad! Well I think it was relief that he didn't have to come to the shops with us :rotfl:


Value for money - Got a few bargains whilst out shopping including some Christmas stuff.

Exercise - Lots of walking (round shops) but that's all

Mental health - Good considering lack of sleep. Usually puts me in a bad mood.

Be Christmas ready - Expecting a big transformation by the end of next week. Since we use the dining room at Christmas for a family get together it would have to be done anyway. And usually in a panic nearer the time. Just need to get some paint now..

Eat well - Not too bad...

Gratitudes - Big gratitude to DH for moving all that furniture on his own, can really see the progress. Also that DD went back to her own place, she's on early so we'd have to get up at 5.30....not a fan..

misstara

NSDs - a spendy day so still on 5/18

Organise - shop done today, £31.30 spent so £77.92/£150 food. Went round to a girl from work's flat for drinks, took alcohol from the flat so it was a cheap night. Had to spend £15 on a taxi home though so social spends £59/£50

Value for money - total fail here, was planning to go to Lidlee but was lazy and went to Morries instead.

Exercise - went for a run

Mental health - time spent with work mates totally cheered me up

Be Christmas ready - nothing done today

Eat well - so so today

Report - 11/30, grateful for Scotland winning at rugby, seeing seals on my run and spending time with people outside work

laurenh1

:wave:
Just checking in

Today is NSD #6 out of 16. Aiming for 5 more next week. can I just ask if there's still an exception for milk for little ones as there was last month ? I can stock buy if not

Organise- I will be doing house work today, ironing, batch freezing mince pies and generally just getting on top of things

Healthy eating and excrersize- doing my best insanity again tonight.

Christmas- making mince pies to freeze. Got a free bottle of red wine with m&s meal deal- I will put away for xmas.

Value- won't be spending

Mental health- fine, although tired.

Greatful for - a day to potter round the house, making new friends and learning about free or cheap activities in the area for little ones :j

Toni'sfriend

NSDs- NSD 4/12. Needed shopping but will get myself organised a bit better today.

Organise!- Most of the washing is done but getting it dry is a nightmare. Beautiful day here but not good for drying.

Value for money!- Got some super six veg from Aldi

Exercise!- A bit of a walk but not really far enough.

Mental health!-Feeling ok but need to get lots of things sorted out

Be Christmas ready!- Bought two advent calendars for the teenies (found them cheaper than they were a couple of weeks ago).

Eat well!- Sausage roll for lunch and steak pie for dinner? Not really!

Gratitudes – Visit from the teenies.
Lovely day if a bit cold

mothernerd

Sorry for absence. On Friday I shopped (not for me) and went to mum's. She has a large plant in the front 'garden' (6' strip in front of the house covered in stone chippings). It needed a bigger hole. Hit solid clay, ended up with double the number of aches and pains I started with. I am in better shape than the fork which now has tines pointing in 3 directions (mum had already said she wanted a new one). Fell asleep on the bed and did not wake until after midnight.

Little bit of domestic stuff done yesterday, need to do so much more. Internet cut out when I was checking in. Came back at 3am but lost the post.

In money saving (value for money), someone has lent us 2 suitcases for our holiday, so no need to buy (mum was paying, I would have made do with my rucksack) or to find somewhere to store them afterwards.

Today will be plodding, plodding and more plodding or frantic bursts of activity followed by lying on the bed gasping like a beached whale. Just need to be more in control of everything.

laurenh1 I'm sorry but there isn't an exception for milk. Greent has an exception because her family can get through several large bottles a day and she only has a tiny fridge - I think that they are also at the stage where they love something one minute and can't stand it the next. Greent would never have a SFD and probably would have back troubles as well. I gave you the exemption last time because you were new and it would have been mean not to. I had already given exemptions on fuel and bus spends and more. If you have real problems with it, put your case to this month's thread leader. Blame me, my sons do.

I am grateful for lovely weather for painting, digging and mostly getting the washing dry; for aching muscles - proves I still have some under the layers of blubber; for being lent suitcases.

For yesterday I am grateful for progress, however slow; for lots of ideas (just not enough time) for Aussie cop shows - skipped the part where one of them dies after not watching for most of last week. There was an explosion, two of them were taken to hospital, a third team member who was thought to be ok collapsed and then they did that cliffhanger thing for 2 episodes where you are wondering if the one whose wife has just had a baby will die or will it be one of the 2 who have just admitted their love for one another. Decided it was all too much atm and started at the beginning of the second series.

Today (I will be reporting back later) I am grateful for my sense of humour. I have bad times but my sense of humour always surfaces, I can nearly always find something funny about the situation, it's a great survival mechanism.

laurenh1

Ok, we too go through a large bottle a day as my children are both pre school but fair enough