NST No!vember 2024

basketcase

@f0xh0les
I get my offspring to send me links to what they want.  I don't necessarily buy it there, but I know what I looking for!

f0xh0les

basketcase said:

@f0xh0les
I get my offspring to send me links to what they want.  

There is nothing "physical" they want. Sad times.

apple_muncher

December is live and kicking!

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6570870/nst-december-2024-the-tardis-awaits/p1?new=1

dizzyblnd

Think I’m on nsd #16 today. Surpassing my hopes. I have only had 5/10 things leave my house though so beyond my hopes. 

I need to sign up to the December thread now. It does help keep me on the straight and narrow. 

DawnW

Posted earlier, but it seems to have disappeared, so perhaps I typed it out and didn't press 'post'  

NSD #8 for me today. Not great, but at least I have kept count this month for a change.

Didn't do much this morning as I was up late last night trying to sort out OH's new phone. Still haven't sorted out his whatsapp

Looked in the fridge this afternoon and there were lemons that needed using, so I made a couple of small lemon drizzle cakes and a batch of lemon curd. Dinner was sorted apart from doing some mashed potatoes, as I also had beef stew and leftover veg in the fridge. There is enough beef stew for another day too.

Walked the dog - free exercise.

Sold a small item on eb*y, so will post that either tomorrow or Friday, whichever day I end up having the car.

Sorted out a couple of items to take to my sales unit tomorrow. I sold quite a bit last Friday, for a change, so there are some gaps to fill.

The floods have receded from the town centre now, but it has been a cold, damp day today. Grateful for my chair by the fire tonight!

f0xh0les

Another accidental NSD so I am on  #13 now.  Boilerman came at 9.30 and was gone by 9.45. I offered to bop the money over to him there and then, but he said he would send an invoice the next time he was sat down doing money things.  I assume that means he does not want to be paid in November..... for some reason or other.  The money is put aside for him anyway. 
Still have £50 Emergency cash in my tin, and about £50 left of the budget in my bank account.  
Tomorrow will involve spending money, but mostly charity shops, and a small food shop.  Does anyone else have a shopping list for the charity shops?  A wish list, or a hit list.?
Rummaged through the pantry and freezer for supper tonight. Found 1/4 pack of veggie mince so made a red sauce and managed to hide a large courgette (grated) , the end of a celery,  2 sad red peppers and 6 rock hard tomatoes 🍅 went in under the lasagne sheets. Fridge much tidier now. Sliced up another sad aubergine and brushed it with a mixture of golden syrup, red chilli paste, and garlic oil and baked it topped with (not) cheese. Lush . 
While I was making the white sauce I made a packet mix Creme Carmel🍮 🍮.  More packet tat out of the pantry. Feeling very virtuous after all that tidying. 
Keep warm, turtle friends . 

apple_muncher

Today I am grateful for a good sesh at the gym, for a lovely parents evening for Pip, for a phone call with big sis, for dh cleaning the bathroom, for a little more progress with tidying up.

Betharooni

NSD #9 today. Fairly quiet day as I slept very badly last night (or more accurately didn’t really sleep overnight 😢). Visited uncle who was incredibly grateful for the bits of Mum’s that we gave him. Spent most of the afternoon with him and his wife. Tomorrow will be taken up with sorting bits ready to take to the tip on Friday and I have a couple of work calls at some point. I also want to sort out the last few Xmas cards ready to get posted on Friday, which is likely to be a spend day anyway) including putting copies of Mum’s order of service for her funeral in a couple of them for people who weren’t able to attend.

Im grateful for surviving today on a short nap, spending time with my uncle and his wife and that he was really happy with the things that we gifted to him.

2 days to payday!!

Shrewbie

dizzyblnd said:

Think I’m on nsd #16 today. Surpassing my hopes. 

Nice work! 

DawnW said:

NSD #8 for me today. Not great, but at least I have kept count this month for a change.

that's how I feel too! I think this is the first month ever that I've kept track. I am still on NSD 13 and hoping for 14 today. Did a small shop yesterday, some bread to have with hm courgette soup, brie and a potato to have a jacket potato at some point this weekend. There's a bus strike today and tomorrow so I'm working from home, less opportunity to spend, but tomorrow I will need to walk and get the train into town as a friend is visiting, so I'll see her after I finish work at 3pm, then I'm going to see my colleague who is singing with her band in a local bar. Should be fun! 

yes @f0xholes I am on the lookout for a smart black cardigan. I can't wait to get back home and get in those charity shops.

Have a great day turtles

DawnW

Shrewbie said:

yes @f0xholes I am on the lookout for a smart black cardigan. I can't wait to get back home and get in those charity shops.

I am always looking for nice cardigans in charity shops, or indeed, any shops. They are surprisingly hard to find, bearing in mind that they are such useful garments!