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Delightful December's NSD Challenge!
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Honeysucklelou2 wrote: »Hi Cathybird, can I sign up for December please. I'll keep it at 10 for this month as I'm conscious there will be Christmas purchases but hope if I can achieve 10 NSDs in December, I will try and increase in January.
So off to a good start - today is NSD 1/10
Love that motto Brooklyn, will have to remember that one.
Yay Honeysucklelou2, good to see you on the new thread :wave: and well done on the NSD!
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No spends for me today.
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Well done bestlifenow
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can I join please,
is food shopping days included?
what about a night of ys as this makes up the weekly shop.
I dont really shop for much else bar petrol.
let me know then I'll put my count in
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hi Ms W, and welcome
:wave: Food shopping does not have to be included per se - it's really up to you. Participants can decide if they want to exclude particular costs, if the costs are necessary - for instance, I exclude bus and train fares, and others exclude fuel, or physiotherapy. My own thought is that basic, regular grocery shops don't have to count but one-off impulse buys or anything extravagent or unusual probably should. What do you think?
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I don’t count any days I spend. That makes me wait till grocery shopping day instead of nipping in to the supermarket ... because I am totally unable to just buy the item I went in for...
This is a shameful admission but I know it to be trueStop Buying **** We Don't Need
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Hi Cathybird - 15 again for me this month please, with number 1 today x0
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I don’t count any days I spend. That makes me wait till grocery shopping day instead of nipping in to the supermarket ... because I am totally unable to just buy the item I went in for...
This is a shameful admission but I know it to be true
I wonder whether we really ought to have "group rules" over food and fuel, rather than individual rules. It's just a thought.0 -
Today will be a spend day for me - booked some train tickets ready for travelling for Christmas, and I need to pop out and get fruit and veg to last me the week.
Cathybird - I didn't end up watching any Christmas films yesterday - the choices available on telly and Netflix were not to my taste.
On the plus side, I did wrap all the presents I have bought so far
Save £12k in 2022 = £3705.97/ £7,500 (49%)
Save £12k in 2021 #76 = £11,857.21/ £10,000 (118%)0
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