NST Join In January 2019 - In With The New

laurenh1

364ab -

Im always amazed just how much I used to spend on bits. I try now to get all I need in 1 grocery shop & it surprises me how much I used to spend nipping into co-op for one thing & coming out with all sorts...:D

laurenh1

I'm calling today as a NSD. Number 9. I am not planning on going near a shop & off to my friends soon for a play date keeps my LOs happy & it doesn't cost, win win! Then, I've got some YS popcorn which I'll bring out tonight with a film

I'm ignoring my frog list today but I'll certainly get back on with it tomorrow once hub leaves for the week. Hes been told they've changed his pay so he won't be paid any extra for going away until its more than a week, que him having lots of little excersizes separated by a day or so Anyway,nothing we can do & we do save on fuel & groceries. Hopefully Christmas 2020 he will be out anyway.

grateful today for- the smell of bacon, hot water bottles & my MIL who sent me a notebook in the post- she knows me so well

greent

NSDs - still 3

Make plans for the month – Must book appt for haircut (last done in July/ Aug) and eyebrows (last done July/ Aug too)

Always pay your debts first yep

List your frogs – 15 completed. Today's was finally getting the Xmas decs in the loft (along with some other bits), getting 3 things down from the loft for selling, listing some small bits to sell on fb00k (1 sold already)

Little savings Yep – have sto going out 1st monthly. 'Shrapnel' change and £2 coins used for holiday fund - transferred money from faceb00k sale to holiday fund :T

Chill out – Whatever helps you to relax, make time for this – even if it’s only 15 minutes a day Planning on exercise, reading – and ironing! 2 hours of ironing...… plus will flop in front of TV tonight

Helping others – If you can, please consider donating to charity or to your local food bank. – dropped item off at foodbank collection point.

Always be grateful – Take time every day to think about and write down three things in life that you are grateful for. faceb00k sales, bumping into someone that I haven't seen in years in Tesc0 - good catch up, getting the Xmas decs away, watching an angry squirrel chattering away on our garage roof this morning (we see him most days but he's not usually vocal) (I say he... but I have no idea!)

New to You Nope

Get involved – Try and check in Yep

Exercise Have signed up to Red January (www.redtogether.co.uk)Would like to average 10k steps/ day over the month Decent step count with moving stuff around :T

Sort it out – Your food cupboards and stores. NOW DONE!!!! Used up some YS swede and leeks from freezer, along with YS mince also from freezer to make cottage pie (will serve with mash from YS sweet potatoes )

Spends (for my benefit to keep track)
* Food - 147.34 (includes some things for students)
* Bdays/Xmas - 10.70
* House - 105.33 (includes bathroom scales, WM repair+ some things for students)
* Children - 18.25 (inc new calc for DS2 + Chimp book for DS3)
* Grrrrrr - 35.00 - penalty notice received by OH
* Social - 78.45 (nand0s)
* Travel - 84.20 (parking + fuel)
* Barbers - 23.00 (DS1 + DS2)
* Clothing - 11.00 (DS1 PJs)

dolly84

Have cycled this morning, had a lovely hot shower, lunch then taken kids to trampoline park. After that we nipped into town to get some chalk paint, also got a treat for the dog and some snacks for supper. I was having a 'no buy January' for clothes but I found a very lovely red jumper in a charity shop and it was too nice to leave at just £2.50.


Made a vegan chocolate cake today and have just had a slice warm with a scoop of Halo vegan salted caramel ice cream - gorgeous. My vegan pizza that I made last night was a truimph, I can't believe if I can rustle that up with barely any effort that I can't get pizza easily when eating out.

crazy_cat_lady

Apologies Turtles - I am absent at the weekend... I was meant to be catching up, but today has been long planned and I'm making a big mistake having my laptop out when I'm drunk, which I am.
It's been planned for a while but today I've been celebrating my divorce. The official paperwork hasn't arrived but I had booked a table for an alcoholic afternoon tea with family and one of my besties... So here I am 4 hours, a lot of alcohol, sandwiches and cakes later. It has been amazing but I have broken every rule in the mse book. I've spent money and ignored everything else going on in my life - still you only get divorced once eh? I really hope I'm not daft enough to repeat the same mistake twice :rotfl:
Depending on my hangover I'll be back tomorrow, however today I am grateful for...
Being divorced.
My amazing family and friends
Being divorced.
My kids.
Being divorced. :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

f0xh0les

Love it CCL, you rebel!


Drunk in charge of a laptop - unwise, very unwise...

Kerry_Woman

Was a spend day. Entered a charity 5k event in London in May, sorted out contents insurance, lunch out with friend, bus pass, tv mag and gave details for 2 extra trips for my holiday(this will not go out of my bank account until Monday).
Walked the 5k Park run.
Grateful for:
Sorting office - being able to pick up buddy box(from mental health support organisation) - missed delivery yesterday.
Meeting friend for lunch.
Chilling out this evening.
Going to have an early night.

apple_muncher

Go you, ccl!!


Today I am grateful to live so near to bus routes, for dd having an awesome day, for being able to give someone flowers, for the ironing job being easy and quick, for cheerful neighbours, for a bin bag of clothes handed on to us for dd, for plenty of steps, for making dd's bday cake ready for tomorrow.

mothernerd

Sounds wonderful ccl.

Not a NSD for me as I succumbed to temptation and went out to the shop after midnight. However I only bought 1 kitkat and one ordinary packet of crisp and back on the wagon today. Early on I ate ys sandwich filling with scraps of cucumber, lettuce, celery and tomato (all brought from mum's yesterday - clearing out the remains of her salad drawer) on wraps that have been hanging around on the kitchen table for over a week (I did not get them out of the freezer), just had to rip off the top bit near the opening (hard as nails).

Tea was absolutely wonderful - 2 baked potatoes with a half portion of curry (meant to be a side dish) with jam roly poly afterwards (been lurking at the back of the freezer). Think I have now used up all the salad items (may be some cucumber lurking) so will start on the vegetables - roast butternut squash tomorrow and will prep the aubergine (sorry dolly) if I have time (I like it layered with tomato and cheese sauce).

Bargain alert . I think several of you are cheese monkeys so will tell you that Icyland and Tessimos both have the 550g C*thedr*l mature cheddar for under 3 quid. Well worth buying grating and storing in the freezer.

I have dealt with lots of rubbish, emptied the washing machine (have asked DS3 to spread the 2 sheets out, 1 over the radiator and one over the door as I couldn't), emptied the dishwasher and put everything away and reloaded with a few pots and pans and lots of plastic containers and lids (45 thrown away but could not decide on the others - some have been on the window sill). Suspect there may be others lurking. Have paired off 2 lots - square ones and some heavy duty ones but the others all look the same until you find that lids do not go with containers and there are in fact at least 3 different lots.

Decide it would be too much of a rush to get to the library so will pack up the charity shop stuff ready for Monday. I've 'let go' some cardboard that I was saving and some plastic inserts (from food items) that I thought looked 'useful' for using in drawers. Just started a new paper recycling pile and an electrical waste pile - starting with the stand for the phone that we can't use because the chinchillas chewed through the wire.

Today I am grateful for keeping going despite troublesome ankle and not much sleep, for lovely food and for being able to stop, once i had had my 'treat'.

greent

Fab stuff, ccl! :T :T