NST: November 2019

borollan

Grateful for 3 things - youngest on the mend, a dry day, gin and tonic yoghurts
15 NSDS 7/15
Remove 60 Items - 72/60
Outings - not yet
Use up Toiletries and Condiments - yes
Budget - yes, just
Pay to Debts/Savings first - yes
Avoid Coffee Shops / vending - yes
Lunch to Work - retired but will be taking packed lunch on days out
Tread lightly - robin may be nesting
Donate - yes
Reach out - to neighbour
New Habit/ Things to do - crochet, running out of yarn #dilemma

XSpender

Sending healing thoughts to those who are unwell or have relatives who are.

Budget - some positive adjustments to the budget 2 payments budgeted for nov will actually be payable in dec, used an existing picture above the fireplace instead of buying a new mirror so saved a spend from the living room refurb budget

Pay to Debts/Savings first couple more DDs gone out

15 NSDS 0/15 I seem to be doing my own challenge of spending every day:eek:

Avoid Coffee Shops - bonfire night and coffee with friend were my 2 outings.

Lunch to Work - Aiming for 20 days for DH 6/20 I think, lost count

Remove 60 Items - 8/60 nothing extra removed but found something else to sell

Use up Toiletries and Condiments nothing extra used up

Daily Fresh Air Walked the dog, watched rugby in the rain

Donate £5 - poppy appeal and shoe box donations done. CIN donation. I would like to add a couple more bits to my food bank donation before I drop it off

Daily Gratitude - 1) finally finding gf panettone in a Sainsbury’s in Glasgow (I bought 3 :eek:) 2) DS winning man of the match for the 2nd week running 3) catch up telly - currently working my way through killing eve, or I will be when I get home

Help others, Love People :heart2: Invited another family to join us at a Christmas event

New Habits - Not keeping up with the count on these very well

1) Eat 3 proper meals each day 12/30
2) Drink 2 glasses of plain water each day 11/30
3) Eat a minimum of 3 F&V each day 4/30
4) Complete 2 items off my to do list each day 6/30

greent

Toni'sfriend - glad to hear about sil

mothernerd - glad your mum is feeling better


15 NSD 5

Avoid every chain coffee shop etc. Support local shops and traders.- nothing today

Remove 60 items from your house - 243/60

Use up your toiletries and household cleaners before buying any more. - yep

Go on 2 outings - 2 done so far but 1 was free bar parking of 1.10

Donate £5 or time to charity - lots of 'things' donated to various places. Money donated to poppy appeal, CIN, Rotary organisation & Gloucester Cathedral. Have some things ready to send with DS2 to school for food bank as they are running a collection at the end of this month

Come on here every day and post 3 things you are grateful for. - good dentist appt, having enough, a warm house

Start 1 or 2 new habits this month, ones that are simple and will make you feel better - fewer cups of tea and min 4 f&v per day - both good today

facethemusic

Today is NSD 11/15- I can do this for sure! Added another item to the CD box, so that's 50/60! Also looks like an achievable target. Dog walked so fresh air achieved- it was bracing (or just very very cold).
Grateful today for a cosy hat, my parents making dinner for DD and I, and a stress free day at work.

nannygladys

Hi everyone

Just pressed the wrong button and post disappeared, so this one is going to be much shorter!

Been shopping today and everything came out of budgets.

Grateful for:

1. Free coffee
2. keeping to budgets
3. Xmas shopping nearly all done.

Hope everyone is keeping well, safe and warm

Nannyg

misstara

Budget - no spends today except for some stuff for work and I'll get the money back from petty cash tomorrow.

NSDs - now on 8/15.

Lunch to work - took soup and oatcakes.

Items removed - 32/60, another perfume bottle, broken keyring, big bag of recycling into the bin to get picked up tomorrow and a mug with a broken handle.

Use up - 1 hand cream now used up, 3 to go.

Outings - have been to the fireworks and met friends for coffee and cake.

Daily fresh air - nothing today

Gratitudes - heated windscreen in my car, leftover pizza for tea, my OH.

New habits - to do an average of 10,000 steps each day so 300,000 over the course of the month, 154,765/300,000. Really need to up my steps if I'm going to make this target.

dolly84

Icy here this morning. I remembered this morning that I had bought one of those silver windscreen covers from the tip reuse shop for £1 back in Spring, it was a brand new one so I was very pleased with that, I have found where I stashed it and will be putting it on the car tonight.


Cycled yesterday in the sunshine and am hoping to go again today.


DH has joined a new BP scheme, he used to collect nectar points when he filled up but now he can convert points to high street vouchers, he converted his points yesterday into £20 of M&S vouchers and should have another £10 before Christmas. The best thing is it is work fuel so we aren't paying anything out at all. We also have a M&S cc which we use and pay straight off just to get the points, we have £19 in vouchers from that so next month we should have nearly £50 and we are going to use it for some fancy Christmas food.


Making a spag bol for tea today, I did enough veg last night to leave some for my lunch today so I will just do 2 veggie sausages to go with it.


I need to venture into the loft soon to find my knee length socks, I must have stashed them all away and I need them now.

f0xh0les

Good Morning Turtles!
I am remortgaging. A perfectly simple process made ridiculously complicated by idiot banks, and pointless bureaucracy.
So there (it also makes me grumpy - can you tell?)
Cold again, did not need to scrape ice though as there was no ice, neither was their any fog.

Today will be a NSD - number 10! yay!
Love and hugs to all with poorlies or recovering poorlies. Chin up everyone.
Grateful for: Hot water bottles, Werewolves, Earl Grey tea, nobody being ill, knowing that I have thermals, even if I cannot find the flippin' things.

Calling14

Apologies as usual missing over weekend, just have no patience using my tablet to check in.

Anyway up to 10/15 NSD
DE- clutter 25/60 Charity bag to drop off at lunchtime.



Friday was a spendy day, new duvet ordered as mine is in bits.
Saturday NSD. took kids to zoo was raining but a members talk held inside, which was a good call, animals brought out and could hold them. Great except for the cockroach. Plus a buffet! If I had known I wouldn't made lunch.
Sunday - spending day, bought a lovely footstool which doubles as a toybox, Bread and few bits of food got
Monday - Day off work, bought 2 tops as short of clothes for work and a new bra. Horrified I am increasing everywhere in size. Walk around lovely xmas markets in Chester, attacked by over friendly squirrels in the park and a walk by the river. Not a fan of shopping



Today - Diet proper starts today. Any top tips welcome .


Grateful for
Lovely sunny day yesterday on my day off.
Hair settling down eventually after awful haircut last month.
Feeling brighter today than I have had over the weekend, combination of bad chest and feeling tad lonely.

Toni'sfriend

NSD No 13

Still incredibly cold here.

Haven't done a lot but I have managed to throw out some pots and pans which were way past their best. Next job is to clean out a kitchen cupboard that has lots of old cookware in it. It's one of those awkward ones right in a corner that you have to get down on your hands and knees and virtually climb into. Probably going to visit my sister in law tomorrow if all is well so might tackle that on Thursday.

Himself bought me some lilies the other day to cheer me up and they are opening up now. Look spectacular. I do love flowers. I think I might buy them more often as a treat.