NST April 2018: April Fool's Challenge

f0xh0les

A -still on 4
P-done
R:wave:
I - bargains found
L - bought some cheap seeds to plant

F It is raining. yucky.
O keeping to budgets will see at the end of the month how much I can o/p
O All kids activities planned and DHs trip away. Still nothing for me.
L I have realised I eat rubbish while I am problem solving. Full fruitbowl now so no excuses.
Sign off your daily post with a list of gratitudes
The rain will make the flowers grow and the grass greener
Antihistamines.
Deciding to insure the tumble dryer after the 12 month warranty ran out 4 months ago. It has died again. Free fixing! (well, £16 so far, but still a bargain)
YS bargains
Tea


Back to 6am starts and lunchbox packing tomorrow. 7 week half term, nearly on the downward slope to the long summer holidays............................

LavenderBee

NSD 6/18

A forgotten gratitude from last week; the weekly email blast pointed out a free pizza offer at pizza express which we used on one of my spend days. They messed up my order and to apologise to the hangry looking pregnant woman I got a free pud too V. cheap 3 course meal!

Today's gratitudes:
I am nearing the end of baby stuff being delivered. Last few bits arriving between Tuesday and Saturday. We've not bought anything excessive yet the whole thing has still felt like a marathon.

A warm bath after I did too much house work. I'm going to pay for it tomorrow... but certain rooms are now sparkly, smell like stardrops and are organised and tidy

Finding our wedding photos, an empty scrapbook and some glue. Spent half an hour putting together a photo album but ran out of glue 6 pictures from the end

Kerry_Woman

A - 4/15 Was a spend day. Managed to get a 20% discount. Brought toothpaste which has natural and organic ingredients. If you buy 3 you save £1 so got 12 which will last me a while. So overall I saved £13.40.
P - Done.
R - Done.
I - Read my book, wordsearch and mindfulness colouring
L - Had a relaxing bath as some of my muscles were sore along with my right shoulder from taking off the wallpaper.
F - No exercise today.
O - Done.
O - Still ongoing.
L - Did not spend as much time on social media.
S - Grateful for:
Having a chat with my brother and sister on the phone.
Get rest and some sleep today.
Achieving a few things today.
Caught up watching 2 films I recorded.
Having a chilled out day and evening.

apple_muncher

That's a lot of toothpaste Kerry Woman!

Today I am grateful for my umbrella, for buses, for a good clean and tidy of the top of my drawers, for dd sorting out some of her stuff too, for easy tv in the background (Tony Robinson walking coast to coast), forsorting out some money matters.

BadBookkeeper

#13 Checking in....

Aim for at least 15 NSDs - still 4/15. Bought some cards I need for week and some toiletries as a lit cheaper in the shop I was in than supermarket.

Pay to your debt - WIP

Report in every day. - Done

Interests - Unpacked the awning that came with the campervan to practice putting it up. Really pleased with it. Can't wait to use it.

Love yourself - Nothing here yet so might go and file & paint my nails.

Find time to get outside - Spent all afternoon outside.

Overpay - Will revisit later in the month

Organise your month - Feeling quite organised with time, abit with money but not with food so will look at this

Lose one bad habit - Hardly any time spent on fb today

Sign off your daily post with a list of gratitudes.
A dry sunnyish day
Awning being better than thought
Light nights

greent

Aim for at least 15 NSDs. Usual exceptions apply, - 3/15 -
Pay to your debt or savings first and live off the rest. - ok (done)
Report in every day. ok
Interests -- am going to ease myself back into fitness this month and read more -running total -2 walks, 2 books
Love yourself - using up face creams etc (micellar water, serums) on a daily basis - hoping my skin will benefit -

Find time to get outside. -
Overpay - aim to pay 20% extra to your debt or savings. - 6 items listed on flebay to help with this. Put an extra £250 to the savings acct for final pymt on OH's car - 2 things on fleabay have bids (should net £40)
Organise your month. - DS1's 18th birthday mid month - that's gonna cost......
Lose one bad habit. - a certain game which I've spent waaay too much time on in March.... - not touched it today (this has gone very well)
Sign off your daily post with a list of gratitudes. - yes
Today I am grateful for:
* bargainous YS veg for g-pigs
* yummy roast dinner with YS pork
* family game after dinner
* dry weather late this afternoon - line dried some bedding
* Finally getting a Z1ffit parcel posted after a week or so!

Budgets:
Food 128.02/450 (a little ahead of myself, but fridge, cupboards & freezer are groaning)
Travel £75
Gifts 6.75/£150
Toiletries 6/£10
Cleaning 10.70/ £10 (stocked up on dwasher tabs)
Social £150
Clothing 114.60/ £75:o (OH 2 x boots, 1 x coat)

lcc86

Another NSD here so still on 2 spend days so far for the month. Today I decided to do not studying and to just relax and watch TV all morning as I have a tutorial tomorrow evening online, so that was my self care for the day. Also went horse riding, timed it well as I seemed to get the perfect gap in the rain! Nothing worse than smelling of wet horse lol.

Tomorrow am on training in London, I have to buy a train ticket, but I always put work expenses on my credit card and then claim them back so I don't count them as a spend (very cheeky I know!). I can also claim the cost of lunch.

Today I'm grateful for not getting kicked by a grumpy horse :eek:, for having a lovely ride in the dry, for getting loads of niggling little jobs done that I'd been putting off for ages and for the rabbits keeping their space tidy for a change.

misstara

NSDs - still on 4 as spent £30.40 in the supermarket today
Report - 8/30
Interests - nothing done today
Love - put on perfume to go to work but that's about it for today
Outside - beautiful day here and I planned to go for a walk after work but was too tired
Overpay - £5 paid to the debt
Organise - did some batch cooking to make during the week easier
Bad habit - no crisps eaten
Gratitudes - seeing some sun, hm sausage rolls for tea, OH doing the washing up

FrankieM

Evening

Exhausted after a long day of work. But I have 7 NSD, I still haven't walked and I'm going to love myself by crawling into bed with a book.
I'm grateful for
A lovely shower
My cozy pj's
My cozy bed

Do you see the theme....:)

swimminginaseaofdebt

Evening everyone :hello:

Did a big online shop today but the price won't be confirmed until tomorrow so will update my budget then.

Walked down to my mum and dads this afternoon for a wee visit, was going past the supermarket so dashed in and donated a packet of sanitary towels and a bottle of men's shower gel to the food bank collection.

Bought the little one a toy Hoover (paid for this from a small savings account I have) which he loved. It cost £18 but I haven't bought him any toys since his 1st birthday last June so thought I'd splash out He was playing with it at my parents house and my dad said to him 'that's a women's job' so mum promptly gave him an earful.

Managed to get two loads of washing done today, only regret is I didn't hang them outside as they would have probably dried by now. Still can't see the bottom of my washing basket, think that might be a mini challenge to set myself by the end of the month.

Completed a survey on Yougov and am only 50 points a way from requesting a payout. Hope I can claim this by the end of the month, it's taken me 3 years to get to this point!

Have had a read of my book but no studying done as I just can't find the motivation. I'm awaiting a result from my last assignment I handed in, hopefully that'll arrive soon as I'm convinced I totally flunked it.

Today I am grateful for the mild weather and a home cooked meal.