13 coronacoaster weeks to Christmas 26 September 2020 at 3:14PM edited 25 October 2020 at 10:59AM in Mortgage-free wannabe 30 replies 1.6K views

birdofpassage

That does sound like a great deal! I'm steering clear of shops in October, apart from grocery shopping of course. I planned all Christmas shopping for the 1st week in November when I am off work. 

ruby_eskimo

Well done on the 2lb loss - I've STS this week but lost inches so not so worried.  Also managed 2, almost 3 NSD's so far this month which is a positive.  Just need to focus on not spending money!

birdofpassage

@ruby_eskimo forgive my ignorance, what's STS? 
Well done on the NSDs!

ruby_eskimo

birdofpassage said:

@ruby_eskimo forgive my ignorance, what's STS? 
Well done on the NSDs!

Oh it means stayed the same, sorry was forgetting myself for a moment there

birdofpassage

I hope your last week was better than mine. The 2lbs I "lost" crept back up so I'm exactly where I started. The dishwasher and my child's tennis racquet broke. I'm not running enough and I'm spending too much. Signature updated.

Here's to a better week, hopefully! 

birdofpassage

Much better week, caught up with running, finally. The other good news is that I lost 3-4 lbs. 

However, everyday spending is creeping up though, I am averaging over £170 / week since I started keeping track, and still have not bought my child's main present   This does include unexpected stuff like dishwasher repair and broken racquet but still... could do better. 

Have a great start of the week, MFW peeps! 

birdofpassage

Feeling a bit down today. I was supposed to go hiking, but my train was delayed so I missed the start and returned home. Wasted the day after that. My child's at my ex and I didn't feel like doing anything else... and now it's raining and I don't feel like going out at all, not even for a run. 

I'm doing OK on my 13-week challenge, except for spending too much... I've developed amazon-itis. 

caeler

Try not too be too hard on yourself @birdofpassage! 

I’ve just found your diary so wishing you good luck. I love the broadness of your goals. You inspired my run this morning. I’d been talking myself out of it since I got up but I’m just back from 3K and feel good for getting out there. I’ve not been running much of late so I’m trying to get out more. Been a few months since I tackled a 10K! 

birdofpassage

Thanks, I'm glad to hear that! On top of the c-19 ups and downs, the grim weather doesn't help my mood for sure. The sky has such a strange colour this morning. Hopefully the rain will stop as we're playing tennis later. 

In an attempt to tackle my spending spree, I've decided to add 13 NSDs per month to the challenge - not calendar months, using paydate which is 25th. So that means no spend 3-4 days each week until Christmas.

ruby_eskimo

I'm finding that having a target for NSD's is really helping me to curb my spending or at least try and cram all the planned spending on to the same days!  Best of luck!