Amazing April's No-Spend Days Challenge!

Worlds_Worst_Superhero

Thursday- NSD 😊

Today (Friday)- my day off, so headed out for the day.
My son is- hopefully 🤞- heading off to university later this year, so we've started buying items he'll need for his own place.

My council have a fantastic "Reuse" scheme where people can take their unwanted but perfectly useful items to a container at their local skip site, knowing the items will be taken to a big warehouse and sold for bargain prices for anyone that can make us them.
Bought a complete dinner service- 8 bowls, dinner plates, side plates and cups for just £2. On getting home we discovered they are Royal Worcester "Serenity" range, and a 16 piece set (4 of each item) sells for about £100, the cheapest place being B&Q, of all places.
So our box-full would cost about £200 😯
And it's all new, still has the original packaging padding between each item.

I've decided that I'm going to keep the Royal Worcester stuff and he can take the basic IKEA stuff we've had for years!

Also:

A large wheelie suitcase to replace the one whose wheel got damaged beyond repair after our last holiday- £3
Board Game- Poetry for Neanderthals for £2. My daughter "borrowed" the one we had for her weekly Games Night with her friends and I know I'll never get it back.
A few items of clothing from M&S- looks like a "corporate donation" as they were on the "NEW" rail still have original tags on- £5. Includes a fabulous floaty summer top for me, a pair of fleecy pyjamas for me and some socks and t-shirt for the lad.
A large framed picture for 50p. The picture is a truly ghastly, but I bought it for the frame.

Definitely not a NSD, but delighted with our purchases 😁

The list of items he wants/needs for Uni is mad, so any bargains we can get are a real bonus.
Having said that, I know a trip to IKEA is almost inevitable.

HotDog2020

cathybird said:

I would be very interested to hear whether people access the thread via mobile or desktop/laptop? 

Desktop for me @cathybird. Thanks.

HotDog2020

Hi @cathybird I am now on 16/14 please also could I change next months target to 15 - Thank you very much. I sincerely appreciate it. 😊

Crazycatlady2

18 for may please

Spent today but hopefully I can get a couple more yet, I used my phone to post btw x 

laura_lau

one more NSD for me today!

@cathybird
I usually access from desktop if I need to write and put updates as I don't particularly like the mobile version! If I only intend to quickly read through updates then I do check on mobile.

cathybird

Yes there's a shiny new month just round the corner, any thoughts on targets? ...

May targets

AuntieL

bamboo socks 20
beanielou 19
blubella
Caeraugirl 20
cathybird 15
Crazycatlady2 18
Doris17
Flying By
FrugalAspirations
Geriatricmum
Honeysucklelou2
HotDog2020 15
ilovetea
KajiKita 18
keggie
laura lau
laurenh
leftatthetrafficlights 24
Lemonade Budget
LittleMissDetermined
madlyn
Makingabobor2
Money Choices
Mrs Cautious
Nervous1234
Rupacomp
SecondStar
short bird 16
Tiangfeng2022
Worlds Worst Superhero

Newcomers welcome!

short_bird

cathybird said:

I would be very interested to hear whether people access the thread via mobile or desktop/laptop? 

Both - mostly desktop PC - was there anything you needed to know?
If I can go for 16 for May, please??

cathybird

April results updated here

cathybird

short_bird said:

cathybird said:

I would be very interested to hear whether people access the thread via mobile or desktop/laptop? 

Both - mostly desktop PC - was there anything you needed to know?
If I can go for 16 for May, please??

@short_bird I was just asking because a couple of months ago someone said the emojis on the phone were very small. I never use the phone, I use my laptop, so I hadn't realised that. If I post the lists here I don't have much control over how the mobile does things, but if I post off MSE as I've been doing the past couple of days and link to it, I actually do have some control over how it appears, so if lots of people use the phone I will see what I can do to make it easier to view! Thanks everyone for answering, it does seem quite a few people use their phones xx

Worlds_Worst_Superhero

Forgot to add,  I access this site via my phone.