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Magnificent May's NSD Challenge!
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Day 2 today...‘Keep your eye on the donut and not on the hole.’ David Lynch.
"It’s a beautiful day with golden sunshine and blue skies all the way.” David Lynch.2 -
My NSD number 3 today.2
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NSD today... real pleased at the one as was travelling for work which always presents temptation to grab a coffee, magazine, snacks etc. Prepped really well so I took lunch and refreshments with meSavings goal by 31/12/24: £22000
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MayOff to a start =5 days =
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May targets
Adeley 3/15Ancessitere 5 beanielou 4/15
cathybird 15 cherry 22 craftingmad 18 Crazycatlady2 18 8hoovesarebetterthannone 1/10
GeorgianaCavendish 3/18
jammy dodger 1/14
KajiKita 2/15
KellyBelly leftatthetrafficlights 1/15
lianne1984 1/10
LittleMissDetermined 3/20
Makingabobor2 1/15
MrsCautious 3/16
QueenJess 1/15
Rupacomp 2/14
Saver-upper 3/15
short bird 2/14
StressedSteph 20
Newcomers welcome
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Morning all, I'm back from Oz today, got in early this morning and very relieved to see the old text editor in place for now. Please let me know if I've got anyone's numbers wrong because it was quite a tiring flight! Nice to be back to a sunny spring day though.
My NSDs will start tomorrow, have to pay for pet boarding while I was away today.
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It's another one for me today
LMD xLife gets in the way...PADding is addictive...Saving's better than spending...My savings diary - Now for a healthier, wealthier me2025 1p challenge #41 | Cash envelope challenge #01 | SPC #017Sealed pot 2025 £6573 | EF £1000/£1000 | Sabbatical £3364/£6000 | Travel savings £1508 | Sinking pots £25712 -
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"A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.
***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb. ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.2 -
Finally off the blocks today! I've spent a lot of cash over the past couple of days for household stuff but they're a long term investment so I'm okay with that!
1/15DNF: £708.92/£1000
JSF: £708.58/£1000
Winter season grocery budget: £600.85/£900
Weight loss challenge 2024: 11/24lbs
1st quarter start:9st 13.1lb
2nd quarter start:9st 9.2 lb
3rd quarter start: 9st 6.8 lb
4th quarter start: 9st 10.2 lb
End weight: 8st 13lb
'It's the small compromises you keep making over time that start to add up and get you to a place you don't want to be'3 -
Day number one - hurrah!! My first day (in a long time) I've spent nothing 😁MBNA - 5004.05/[STRIKE]8854.99 [/STRIKE]Barclaycard - 9464.18/[STRIKE]8241.65[/STRIKE]Tesco - 3910.20Loans: Santander - 3395/[STRIKE]3984[/STRIKE] Toyato - 2192/[STRIKE]2329[/STRIKE]Student loan - 2410/[STRIKE]2550[/STRIKE] Overdraft - 2000/[STRIKE]1500[/STRIKE]Grand total 28759.54/[STRIKE]27459.54 [/STRIKE]@ 13.12.12[/CENTER2
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So, today was looking like a NSD. (For years, my only exceptions for spending have been milk, bread, and diesel). About 10 minutes ago, this late at night, my son came and asked if I could buy him his monthly bus ticket
So I have bought that for him, but am still going to claim this an NSD because I know I buy this for him every month, and if I'd thought of it, I would have bought it yesterday, which was a spendy day anyway. I haven't actually had an unexpected spend. Just wish I'd thought to offer to buy it for him yesterday.
In March I had exactly the same thing happen. At the end of a NSD, son asks if I can buy his ticket. And it had been a month of days where I'd lost lots of NSDs due to a single spend (dentist, bus ticket, school lunches for either of my school-aged daughters, dog food......)
So for April I thought of all those silly ways I'd lost NSDs, and made a list. I told myself I would aim to buy all these items on the same day. So, when I am having a spend day anyway, I ask myself if I also need bus tickets, school lunches, dog food, diesel, milk and bread. It meant that last month was my best ever NSD month (18 days)
So today has been NSD#3, thank you cathybird.(And welcome home from my home country!)SPC #36 :staradminx 8.SPC7=£751.10 SPC8=£651.04 SPC9=£843.00 SPC10=£872.76
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