NST June 2018 A JUNE ODESSEY (Staycation)

Kerry_Woman

F0x0les - Wishing you a Happy Birthday.

f0xh0les

Thank you for your birthday wishes all you lovely Turtles!

greent

Happy Birthday, f0xh0les! :bdaycake:


Busy few days - work, a gig Fri night, a bday party yesterday, Fathers Day today..

A Ask 'Is this necessary?' -Food shopping bought at Tesc0 yesterday, and today

J June challenge runs from 1st June to 30th. NSDs 7/10
U Use the food & other stuff you have in yes but also buying more of stuff. But are not overloaded with food
N No takeaways, coffee, chip or pie shop purchases. We have a family end-of-exams meal planned (tradition for the past 4 years) , a possible meet up with friends in the pub (usual cost £10-£15,and a meal out with work - budget set accordingly Bought food at gig on Fri
E Eat well . Generally good


O Offer help and be kind (inc to self) -
D Debt or savings payments should be made first - live on what is leftDay to day CCs repaid in full. All invig money paid to my 0% CC. £250 to savings. Rejigged some stuff and made a chunky pymt to my CC and also a pymt to BTL mtge. Another pymt made to CC today - balance now just £140 :j
E Exercise Minimum of 3 times a week. Try to get outside every day. Fri = very, very good on all counts. Outside yesterday and a walk, Today, no
S Set all your budgets .
* Food - 392.45/450 (have inc takeaway in this but still a scary amount spent! :eek:)
* Fuel - 0/£70
* Toiletries - 2.55/£10
* Cleaning/ household 24.29/20 (bought new bath mat / pedestal mat for boys' bathroom)
* DIY & garden - 6/50 (not including the decking costs - from 'house maintenance and improvements account' as it is a big project)
* Social - 0/£125
* Clothing - 0/£50
* Gifts - 12/£20
S Someone is worse off than you. Donate . Monthly DD gone out for WWT. New CS bag started. Donation to Meningitis Now for non-uniform day and £10 to Cancer charity for friend doing race for life
E Every day check in Here
Y You are the most important person in your life. .

Gratitudes:
* family time
* friends

indigowarrior

A Ask 'Is this necessary?' -Almost caved and bought more chocolate but, resisted. :T

J June challenge runs from 1st June to 30th. NSDs 9/10
U Use the food & other stuff you have in. Won some chocolate at the resident bingo (3 week in a row) so am eating that instead of buying more.
N No takeaways, coffee, chip or pie shop purchases. So far since the 14th Havent done any eating out even though I wanted a takeaway
E Eat well . Lots of chocolate have been eaten but had a lovely roast.


O Offer help and be kind (inc to self) - Found it exceptionally difficult today
D Debt or savings payments should be made first - live on what is left. Put a £5 note into my tin.
E Exercise Minimum of 3 times a week. Try to get outside every day. No walk today bit washed out.
S Set all your budgets .
Have written a budget and will stick to it.
S Someone is worse off than you. Donate . Donated time and did all the washing up. Won both prizes on bingo so gave one to resident
E Every day check in Here
Y You are the most important person in your life. .been an emotional day, had a few rages and few tears but between the Big Bang Theory and a game I play called Stardew Valley (Insanly addictive and relaxing)

apple_muncher

Today I am grateful for the clearing we are doing starting to make a difference, for the haircut I gave dd being 'just what she wanted', for dd having a chilled-out and relaxing day, for finally finishing a cardi for gs, for the iron still working (it doesn't get out much!), for getting the price signs done for my sch fair on sat, for feeling sort-of organised for the week ahead, for 85% chocolate.

Kerry_Woman

A - Will definitely be asking if it is necessary before purchasing. No need today. Did a few things on my to do list.
J - 10/20 NSD. Was an NSD today.
U - Will be looking into cupboards etc and make sure I will not buy unnecessary and use what already in. Used what was in.
N - Will bring lunch etc if going out etc. Not need today.
E -Have to make a special effort to more healthy eating. Was ok today.
O - Will do.
D -Have DD for money already set up to go into savings. All done for the month now.
E - Walked to and from bus stop to my Mum's grave.
S - Have set my budgets.
S - Done for now.
E - Checked in.
Y - Did wordsearch, mindfulness colouring. Taking it easy today.

misstara

Sorry not posted for quite a few days

A - hmm there's been quite a few unnecessary spends since I last posted nothing too extravagant but lots of little spends that all add up
J - lost track but think I'm on 9
U - made a meal plan for the week earlier
N - bought coffee on Thursday and Friday, burger yesterday so not doing so well with this
E - less said about this the better, new week tomorrow
O - nothing here
D - no additional payments recently
E - nothing here, so lazy at the moment
S - have £87.15 left for the month after direct debits go out so need to be really careful
S - gave £5 to a homeless man yesterday
E - failing at this but will aim to check in every day for the rest of the month
Y - off work today and have had a very relaxing day

mothernerd

Many apologies for abandoning you all. Messed my sleep pattern up on Friday, hayfever totally wiped me out yesterday - could not stay awake and only made it donstairs to refill my drinking water bottle and grab food. Stressed out because one of my "sometime this month" jobs became a "right now" job.



Sleeping helped but still felt like a wrung out dishcloth. All the rain has damped down the pollen, my eyes are less sore and I can smell and taste things a bit better. Have done the urgent task and it's in the post box (it has taken 10 days to get to me but I have to get it back to them by the 22nd - says so in big shouty letters). Some questions were a bit mystifying - had to go online for more info and it was so simple (why couldn't they say what it was?).


Will only take me 5 minutes to do my tax return and WTC renewal now (then mum's tax return). All the work I have put in paid off because everything was where it should be (just lots of extras that I don't really need).


Today I am grateful for easy food (using up veg from the freezer), for getting this stupid form done with the minimum of fuss, for feeling in charge, for all the bits that hurt less than they did, for ice lollies (so soothing), for not binge shopping (had a list but didn't go out). Two of my dresses are definitely missing, one for a couple of weeks, the other for longer.

nannygladys

Hi everyone

just got back from Wales tonight so thought I'd do a quick post before bed.

sashanut

Hi all :j


A Ask yourself 'Is this necessary?' Before purchasing anything. Gah spent again today - just now - and not necessary..at all. Only £15 but cross with myself as I really don't need anything, boo...When you make a 'to do' list (is it realistic or even possible); did lots of things that have been languishing on the list for what feels like aeons...

J June challenge runs from 1st June to 30th. Aiming for tough target. Still 9/20


U Use the food you have in the cupboards, fridge and freezer to base your meals on. Meal plan (for the month or for a few days at a time, whichever suits). Cook from scratch (short cuts permitted if you are feeling stressed) Ah well this at least I managed, all food from stores & mostly prepped yesterday, hooray. Will not have to cook tomorrow either as going out for FD meal already booked in advance, & DD is paying


N No takeaways, coffee, chip or pie shop purchases. Nope.

E Eating well is a form of self respect. Pretty good today. will improve through the week as well.

O Offer help and encouragement to other turtles and people you meet. Be kind to everyone, especially yourself. Waves pompoms wildly encouragingly!! Tried to be kind to DH whose cough is now mega-irritating & keeps waking me up at night (not him though) grr....

D Debt or savings payments should be made first - live on what is left No debt other than cc I use for all purchases to get rewards - which is paid off in full every month. Will need to get the cc bill down during the month with payments made daily (PAD thread) to avoid large bill at end of month. Another Daily PAD..

E Exercise according to your programme or your ability. Minimum of 3 times a week. Try to get outside every day. Outside 3 times today, happy with that..


S Set all your budgets before the start of the month. Food, travel, social, diy, other. Have all receipts in shoebox awaiting DH revival of spreadsheet..will tackle tomorrow, honest. Tackled DH re spreadsheet, he will locate tomorrow. Shoebox filling up with receipts..Yaay DH found the spreadsheet & I will fill in after posting...


S Someone, somewhere is worse off than you. Donate to the local food bank or other charity of your choice. Clear some of your clutter and donate the goods to charity. Will be amassing stuff to take to CS as I clear the clutter; also intend to sell better items to pay for hols booked for August. Didn't list but bought from FB selling page.. Must. Do. Better.


E Every day check in is recommended, especially when things go wrong. 17/30 here I am..

You are the most important person in your life. You are your own longest term investment. You matter. Read this and the daily quotes, take on anything you find relevant and helpful, ditch the rest. Reading, learning & inwardly digesting. Help and support on here is the best..progress slow but steady..keep on keeping on..Need to concentrate on not getting overwhelmed..Feeling better today, no need for migraine meds.


Glad the rain damped down the pollen mothernerd & that you are feeling better.....Happy (belated) Birthday f0xholes - hope it was a good'un

Go turtles