NST March: Marching to a different beat

Kerry_Woman

Was a spend day. Brought tv mag and bus pass.
Grateful for:
Went to social club with friend. Had a couple of brandy's.
Given a slice of cake from the kitchen staff in work.
Achieved a few things in work.
Having a laugh with a few of the staff in work.

bizzie

Another spending day - must stop soon if I'm to hit target.
Watched DVD with family & popcorn.

f0xh0les

dizzyblnd wrote: »

Can I ask everyone's opinion: I'm still house hunting and the house I like, I put an offer in a month or so ago with the estate agent and they declined it. They have since stopped using that estate agent. Would it look like I'm harassing them to put a note thru their door saying we are still interested?

Do it! You have nothing to lose.

dizzyblnd

Thanks everyone

greent

dizzyblnd wrote: »

Can I ask everyone's opinion: I'm still house hunting and the house I like, I put an offer in a month or so ago with the estate agent and they declined it. They have since stopped using that estate agent. Would it look like I'm harassing them to put a note thru their door saying we are still interested?

Another vote for popping a note through the door - the worst is that they will ignore you? (And without EA fees to pay they may be more willing to negotiate on the price)

Small spend of 45p(!!) in TEsc0 yesterday. Talked ourselves out pf a takeaway for dinner last night and decided to have fakeaway chow mein but by the time we finished dealing with kids etc it was gone 9pm, so we just had cereal. I must make sure that I'm eating properly - I'm anaemic after January's lack of eating with the flu/ Feb's kitchen fit meaning less 'proper' meals and I have some iron tablets now as I find it hard to maintain my Hb levels anyway (I eat lots of things like spinach, chickpeas, dark choc etc but not that much red meat as it doesn't agree with my digestive system:o) Tiredness means I'll grab toast or cereal instead - which then doesn't help me. I do have batch cooked chilli etc in the freezer, but even that seems like too much effort some times. However, now that I know I'm anaemic (should have realised, tbh) I will try and make more of an effort

Aside from that, all is quiet here

Wishing everyone a good weekend x

dolly84

dizzyblnd wrote: »

Can I ask everyone's opinion: I'm still house hunting and the house I like, I put an offer in a month or so ago with the estate agent and they declined it. They have since stopped using that estate agent. Would it look like I'm harassing them to put a note thru their door saying we are still interested?

Do they have a new estate agent? If they do just offer through them.

dolly84

raphael - I cannot ever imagine forgetting to have lunch.:rotfl:

It's snowing here again. Not bad at the moment but very icy out and the sky looks like it might carry on for a while.

Spent a half day yesterday training for a temporary job next week, it's just a week full time but as I work from home with flexible hours I can do this type of thing for extra cash, when I get paid from that the money will be going towards the holidays we have booked for this year.

LavenderBee

I'd definitely try sticking a note through the door - people do fall out with their estate agents. Maybe they ditched them for not passing on offers like yours

Updated budgets and totals now below:
NSDs = 9/18
Groceries = 113.21/200
Personal spends = 27.50/110
Diesel = 58.89/120

Think tomorrow and Monday will be spending days; tomorrow I'm hoping to hit Lidl for their weekend offers on grated cheese and dried apricots whilst I'm out collecting a package. Hospital appointment (parking) on Monday with a few other chores, I may end up popping to Wilko since I need to park outside anyway... I love Wilko but I don't have a local one so I tend to take advantage when I'm nearby.

Grateful for: after a night of 2 hours sleep due to my pelvic pain, I finally got to sleep at 6am, hubby left me alone then brought up tea and a hot cross bun a few hours later

indigowarrior

No Spend Day 8. (It almost wasnt)
Found myself craving chocolate really badly today. I have also been really hungry to and thirsty. Not sure why.

x_raphael_xx

dolly84 wrote: »

raphael - I cannot ever imagine forgetting to have lunch.:rotfl:

It shocked me too, normally I'm whinging I'm hungry from 10:30. I tend to snack quite often too, on nuts & fruit.


Spendy day today. All but a £5 primarni dress and a couple of coffees were essential purchases.
Woke up with a spring in my step bright and early so went for a run at 7am. Met a drunk man covered in blood on the cycle path & stopped to check he was okay. He assured me he had just had a rough night and was on the phone to his missus.
Then I took Duncan for a stroll to the Hoe, mainly to hunt some Pokemon (5 new pokes today, been a sucessful trip).
Dropped Duncan home, had a quick sandwich then went back into town. BF did suggest going in town tomorrow, but I knew I'd be buying coffees today, and didn't want two spendy days.

Kept to the list, apart from a new dress, mainly I needed a timer for Donnas UVB light, pants & tights.

Then on the way back from town I met with my friends as planned for a 3 hour chat in costa.
Fitbit says I've clocked up 30,000 steps today, no wonder my back is aching now.

It's started snowing again here this afternoon. Nothing has settled yet, although it's supposed to get worse overnight.
We're supposed to be running a 10k race tomorrow, hopefully the weather will hold and it will still go ahead.

• · For the striders: [STRIKE]18[/STRIKE] 25 NSDs 12/25 Spend day today as planned.
  
• · Set your budgets before the challenge starts. Spreadsheet updated with my spends.
  
• · [STRIKE]Be generous. There are many who are far worse off. Do not forget to give to your choice of charity. Donation donated. [/STRIKE]
• · As ever, always take your lunch to work, and drink and snacks when out and about Had a peanut butter sandwich before heading into town, ended up having a packet of crisps in costa with my coffee as hunger hit.
  
• [STRIKE]· [FONT="]Pay towards your debt first! [FONT="]Done[/FONT][/FONT][/STRIKE]
• · Plan. Look ahead to the month and what your commitments are. *10k race *Maybe a trip to Bristol Zoo.