NST March 2020 Merriment

greent

CHECK out what you have in your cupboards, fridge and freezer. Had run freezers right down then had massive YS meat haul in Feb. However, it will all get used within March/ April -I didn't spend but DH bought milk and YS cakes 

HAVE all your budgets in place before the start of the month. Food, Travel, Bills, Entertainment, any one off bills or family birthdays. 

EXERCISE .- I am aiming for 4 sessions/ week - nothing today - work all day. Currently at 8.6k steps - will try and get 10k

REDUCE Tread lightly upon the earth. Reduce spending, screen time, clutter, stress,  - more clutter gone today

MUSIC Play happy songs. Dance. Sing - Standard behaviour in the greent house -
NO SPEND DAYS (NSDs)  3 - claiming today due to DH only buying YS and exempted milk

THREE things each day to be grateful for. DH doing morning school run, YS lemon curd muffin.... (drool), another lb gone (although not if I eat both muffins!!)

PurpleFairy26

Well done on the weight loss greent! Random face, until I styled your name then I'd always read it as grent now I have typed it properly I've realised it's not 😌 I've been reading it incorrectly for years 🙃😂 

2 NSD in a row so now at 3. used some YS meat in a curry for tea and more spices from the cupboard. Including black mustard seeds of which I seem to have a never ending bag! 

Grateful for :
hand cream from stash to use up, smells lovely
lovely friend helping me out 
tidy house 

apple_muncher

Mothernerd - I had wondered about the irony of your middle-of-the-night post about good sleep! Hope tonight is better.

Today I am grateful for my work, for the efficiency of emails, for having somewhere to dry off and warm up after getting soggy and very chilled, for doing a gym workout, for going to an interesting careers convention at dd's school, for hardly any screen time, for liddle stocking exactly what I went in for.

crazy_cat_lady

Today I am really grateful for: The sun shining and getting home from work while it was still light; NT1 getting her stitches out and getting the all clear at the vets; YNAB helping me to get my head round the budget in a very short space of time.
Work was just about survival and not a lot else - I'm still not great mentally but I got through it. Didn't spend any money, which is always a bonus, and I am also another day closer to the weekend.

DawnW

Still on NSD 1 as I did a big shop at Lidl this afternoon. I will need a couple more bits for Sunday, and need to do my food bank donation for the month, and then I am done with shopping for a while I hope! Spent the morning batch cooking. I made 3 x turkey ham and veg pies, a big pot of ham and veg soup and a lamb and apricot tagine. We had some of one of the pies for dinner, and there will be enough left for tomorrow as well. I have frozen the other two. The other items are safe in the fridge - I will probably freeze some tomorrow, but they are ok where they are for now. The weather has been truly horrible, heavy rain all day, and when it eventually stopped it turned really cold. Not grateful for the weather today!

I am however grateful for nice food, bargainous garden compost from Lidl (£1.99 per 40l bag if anyone else is interested) and the shopping having been done. The centre of town is closed off due to roadworks and it takes ages to get around by car. I generally walk the couple of miles there and back, but I had far too much to carry today!

Deni_debt-free_dreamer

Evening
Had a good day at work.  DD2 is home from uni for the weekend so I missed pilates but we walked to the co-0p - used loyalty points so can claim NSD#2

"Sleep routines

BEFORE

Phone away two hours before bed - phone is off
Read a book - going to bed at 10 & will read before lights out
Do yoga or meditate - will spend 5 minutes in quiet contemplation before lights out
Drink chamomile tea - don't have that but like hot orange squash if that's ok!
Try aromatherapy (lavender) - I have a body lotion from lu$h which has lavender in it and smells lovely and I use before bedtime

DURING

Charge your phone outside your room - will charge tomorrow morning
Try an eyemask and earplugs 
Make sure its a stable temperature - have small window open and hot water bottle on my back
Darken your room - door will be shut and curtains are thick 

AFTER

Let in some natural light - will do

Use a clock radio (and don't hit snooze) - always have clock radio to wake me but i do like the snooze button!

Plan a healthy breakfast - will involve raspberries …..

Drink water - have hot water first thing in the morning

Stretch and get active - will do some stretching in the morning

Mental Wellness Day 5

Try a guided meditation. Extra points for rainbows and waterfalls "

3 gratitudes:
Sat downstairs like Billy No Mates with the cats - but both DDs are chilling in their rooms with their boyfriends and they are happy
Watching Hospital on BBC2 from Alder Hey - spent a lot of time there with DD2 - grateful for NHS and Alder Hey
Driving home in the daylight
Deni x

f0xh0les

Still on NSD2, but I did my charity shop crawl today (like a pub crawl, but without alcohol, and you go home with more clothes than you left the house with). 4 summer dresses, one long skirt, one blouse, £20 spent. Happy me.   I have been trawling the ys aisles the last few days, so the pantry is stocked, the fridge respectably full,  I have meals planned until Tuesday.  Had a big expense with the tv aerial that decided life as a dangling chimney decoration was preferable to being an aerial, so £220 later I have a shiny new erection on top of my house, DS2 has stopped whining about his reception, and the tv in the kitchen works again so I have been folding laundry again and the kitchen is tidy.  DH insisted on paying, that man .

For some reason I am bizarrely fascinated with the programme 'Naked and Afraid'.  It would make Bear Grylls more interesting anyway. It is utter tat but I keep watching, I suppose it is my 'soap opera', - it is on when I am prepping supper. 

Today I am grateful for:

nobody crying at the volunteering today (narrowly avoided),

3 hours of wandering around shops,

avoiding all rain showers -  ha ha ha!

MediumDino

I know I am late to the game, but may I join please?
I feel off the thread in February, becuase of the new layout, I wasn't getting daily emails and forgot.
I am going to have lots of spending on flights this month, as I have three trips coming up.
2 NSD so far
I am very grateful for the last three days of sunshine which have been wonderful, for finding a perfect birthday present for my partner at the last minute, for making my lunches to take to work every day, for the cheap rasperry plants in the supermarket which will hopefully give us plentiful fruit come summer; for wonderful books, for my partner who is so understanding whenever days are bad.

dolly84

Morning folks.  Gorgeous sunshine here for the last few days too, warm enough to go out with a gilet instead of a coat which makes a change.  Have been spending on the last couple of bits for DS's room, we got a blackout blind which we need to fit tomorrow and a floating shelf for his books.  Dog had his booster last night, when he is nervous he gets very over excited and he ended up having a piddle on the waiting room floor, he is a big dog and it was a big piddle.  Called into B&M and got some bits that Tesco didn't have or were much cheaper, need to get fruit and veg today but I think that is the only spending.

Plan for today is to apply for a couple of jobs, clean the top of the kitchen cupboards, fridge, all the appliances and take everything of the worktops and clean thoroughly, vacuum downstairs and dust, walk the dog, clean the bathroom and do the school run.

ditty1234

Still feeling very inadequate at work as my concentration and confidence is low. Am trying to do my best for students, but don't always hit the mark for what they need.