13 - Unlucky For Some

aspella

Day 12 - NSD.
Day 13 - Spent £5.03. Top-up shop.
Day 14 - NSD. Turned the central heating off, fingers crossed it can stay off until November.
Day 15 - Spent £47.37. Telephone phone bill paid, £10 on petrol plus two jars of Hartley's apricot jam at £1.79 each. Donated some items to the charity shop and ended up purchasing three books for 30p. £10.40 at T.
Day 16 - Spent £3.40 on bread - Allinson's The Champion loaf £1.85. Games night with the family played dominos, isolation and score four.
Day 17 - Spent £1.70 on milk.

Balance b/f: £4,539.27
Total Spent: £57.50
Budget Remaining: £4,481.77

aspella

Day 18 - spent £46.35. Twelve items purchased from Primark,  2 x £3.80 on the tram and £6.25 on food.
Day 19 - spent £12.85. Tram £8.60, t.shirt £3 & milk.
Day 20 - spent £2.07 on a few bits for a picnic.
Day 21 - spent £29.40. £21.97 on gloves, slippers and a pair of shoes, two packet of seeds £1.25, biscuits and tram.
Day 22 - spent £2.74 on bits for a picnic. 
Day 23 - spent £10.60 - tram and t.shirt.
Day 24 - spent £12.43 on food - co-op baking potatoes 70p, carrots 40p.
Day 25 - NSD.

Balance b/f: £4,481.77
Total spent: £116.44
Budget remaining: £4,365.33

The budget for the month of April was £325, amount spent in April was £392.67 so £67.67 over budget but this was due to a last minute decision to have six days away - total cost of trip was £172.79.

aspella

Day 26 - spent £1.00. Three packets of seeds from a car boot sale.
Day 27 - spent £36.56. 50p on five books from the charity shop. £24.06 at T including Rice Snaps at 85p to compare to Rice Krispies to see what they are like. Sunflower and pumpkin seeds £1.25 each. Swapped seven jigsaw puzzles and purchased three at £12. 
Day 28 - spent £314.60. I wasn't looking forward to receiving the bills for the winter period after hearing what others had been charged. It's always a shock when you see the total figure however when you break it down to per day it doesn't seem too bad electric £1.42 per day and gas £2.85 per day. All the little things I've been doing have made a difference as units consumed have decreased from this period last year. Four teacakes on a YS - 97p.
Day 29 - NSD. Finished Wasgij jigsaw puzzle and was disheartened to discover there was a piece missing as it was a swap with an individual. Trying not to let a few bad experiences put me off swapping. I wish people would be honest and upfront as it spoils it for others. 
Day 30 - spent £2.00 on jigsaw puzzles. Finished reading The Dry, best book I've read so far this year. 
Day 31 - spent £6.52 at SH on bread, milk, rice, carrots and biscuits. 
Day 32 - NSD. Swapped a jigsaw puzzle.

Balance b/f: £4,365.33
Total spent: £360.68
Budget remaining: £4,004.65

aspella

Day 33 - spent £2.90 on milk from the corner shop.
Day 34 - spent £56.93 at T. £2.77 on YS items (lettuce & crisps), £14.25 on five frozen items, £10 on toilet roll.
Day 35 - spent £181.06. Bills - TV works out at approx £0.43 per day 
Day 36 - NSD.
Day 37 - spent £10.90 on milk, bread and cheese at SH.
Day 38 - NSD.
Day 39 - NSD

Balance b/f: £4,004.65
Total spent: £251.79
Budget remaining: £3,752.86

aspella

Day 40 - spent £4.39 on milk and coleslaw
Day 41 - spent £35.67 at SH & C. Fairy washing powder £10.50, Pepsi £7.
Day 42 - spent £30.09. £4.05 on 29 bedding plants from B&Q's clearance area, £10.04 on petrol and £16 at T
Day 43 - spent £11.98 on rice, bread, cress and eggs £1.80. £4 on pair of trousers from charity shop. 
Day 44 - spent £5.98 at Jacs & Dealz on bits for the garden - gloves, powder.
Day 45 - NSD.
Day 46 - spent £2.90 on milk

Balance b/f: £3,752.86
Total spent: £91.01
Budget remaining: £3,661.85

aspella

Day 47 - spent 40p on books from the charity shop.
Day 48 - spent £11.50 on bread, cheese and rice. 
Day 49 - spent £40.65 on food, plants from B&Q 3 for £10, three books and a pair of trousers from the charity shop.
Day 50 - spent £20.28 on petrol and cress.
Day 51 - spent £1.20 on a baguette
Day 52 - spent £13.88 on plants at B&Q, two Wasgij jigsaw puzzles from the charity shop, bread and cress.
Day 53 - NSD
Day 54 - NSD
Day 55 - spent £1.45 on milk.
Day 56 - spent £26.41 on food and five books from the charity shop.

Balance b/f: £3,661.85
Total spent: £115.77
Budget remaining: £3,546.08

WinterWarrior

Are you still doing your competitions? 

Do you know anyone you could plant swap cuttings with? If plants make you happy there may be a way to keep some money away from b&q 😅 
you are doing great ☀️

aspella

WinterWarrior said:

Are you still doing your competitions? 

Do you know anyone you could plant swap cuttings with? If plants make you happy there may be a way to keep some money away from b&q 😅 
you are doing great ☀️

Yes I'm still entering competitions but not had any wins in May. Trying something different for June - entering competitions on 2 pages of the forum everyday instead of counting 23 per day to speed things up. Competitions entered today on page 1 and page 67 - in the hope I win some prizes that I can put to one side for Xmas presents. Plants from B&Q were some beans as my old seeds failed to germinate and some bedding plants, I haven't spent any money on compost this year as I got some for free from a local resident who ordered too much.

Setting myself some challenges for June 
NSD = 1/10
Minutes online = 110/3600
Minutes watching TV = 85/3600

WinterWarrior

I used to do them and you have to enter thousands to get a decent win rate. I had much better luck with post cards before on line entries 😁

aspella

Another NSD. Competitions entered on page 2 and 69 - fingers crossed, it only takes one entry to win. I'm waking up earlier due to the lighter mornings so I've started reading instead of putting the TV on or going online. Currently reading The Stranger Times, not my usual genre but that's one of the reasons I like purchasing secondhand books from charity shops - it introduces you to different genres, authors and subjects. 

June challenges: 
NSD = 2/10
Minutes online = 230/3600
Minutes watching TV = 180/3600