NST May 2018: May the odds be ever in your favour!

maitlah · 5 May 2018 at 10:48AM

Morning everyone

I feel so great today, i think its the sunshine. Fingers crossed it continues through to Monday!

Money: Yesterday was an NSD so we're still on track. Today should also require no spending and the tall one has picked up some overtime so we'll be up a little bit too

Me time: Spent a bit of time clearing my phone. Sounds like a chore but it makes me feel much more productive when i take some time to remove bogus apps, unsubscribe from junk email and generally streamline everything now and then.
Move: Went for a 5km walk after tea (mostly to make up for the hot dog i had at lunch :whistle: )
Activation: Same as yesterday, loans = no!
Arm yourself: we've planned everything out and so should be able to keep out of the overdrafts and have already met our savings goal for the month so anything we have left will be a bonus at the end of the month.
You. I am grateful for the meeting that was cancelled so i got a proper lunch break, for coffee, for the sunset yesterday on my walk (no filter needed, totally insta worthy

), for the 7 bunnies i saw as well, and for a good nights sleep.

NSDs 2/19
Check ins: 4/31

I hope everyone is doing well.
indigowarrior - take care of yourself, don't feel guilty for it, and get out in that sunshine, even if it's just sitting by an open window for a bit. Big hugs.

Mx

Fmess · 5 May 2018 at 2:27PM

Indigowarrior ah I see, I hope you are doing ok today

dolly84 · 5 May 2018 at 4:56PM

Went for a run in the woods last night and tripped over a tree root at quite a speed, according to DH it was quite a dramatic fall, I now have quite bad scrapes and grazes all over - I still ran home though.

Have been for a long walk today which involved a long steep hill and it was quite hot, took our own lunch but got ice creams for the kids and also some CS spending too.

apple_muncher · 5 May 2018 at 6:33PM

Today I am grateful for the warmth, for some excellent chats with big sis, for getting a bag to the ch shop, for discovering a new-to-us coffee shop that we could take mum to, for coming home, for dh chipping in with the mowing/strimming, for both the front and back looking so much better, for another NSD.

Kerry_Woman · 5 May 2018 at 6:34PM

NSD: 3/19 Was a spend day today. Did food shopping, paying council tax and donations to charities.
Motivation: To be more mindful regarding spending. This is going to be ongoing. Did quite well today.
Money: The budget for each category is done.
Me time: Read books at different parts of the day. Also did wordsearch and mindfulness colouring.
Move: Only walking around doing my errands for the day.
Activation: This thread at the moment.
Arm yourself: Will have to stand strong in my quest against consumerism and acquiring more. Still doing this. Kept this under control today.
Donation to charity: Done today to some charities.
You.
Grateful for:
Lovely weather.
Doing everything on my list to do today.
Having a chilled out afternoon and evening.

greent · 5 May 2018 at 7:01PM

Motivation: Didn't spend on a replacement hose head, which OH wanted to - I remembered we had a brand new one in the garage left behind by our old tenant. Small saving

Also started tidying garage (mainly all the hoarded packaging for flebaying) and realised that I could use some of the many, many poly envelopes to line the food waste bin (I have run out of smaller carriers and didn't really want to buy small bin liners) as I tend to use boxes for most things nowadays

Another small saving :T (Our council is fine with plastic bags being used)
Money: Popped to Tesc0 again for ham & salad items for lunch and some things I'd forgotten last night. Scored some more YS items and also bought ice pops and choc ices for the freezer.
Me time: look after yourself. We are off out tonight for a quick bit of R&R time to look at an exhibition an old friend of ours is holding of his photography. Also had a lie in, courtesy of OH
Move: yep - lots of here and there in house and garden. 10k steps

Activation: What spurs you on? - garage tidying also brought forth a container of salt - another saving (only use it in bread/ roll/ pizza dough) Nothing yet for flebaying.

Arm yourself :The only non-food/ household (loo rolls & wood shavings (for gpigs)) items bought so far this month = 2 x small bday gift for sister and some colloidal plasters for a deep wound on my leg which is taking a long time to heal (so medicinal) Nothing acquired. Have also sold 1 item on fleabay and listed 2 other things.

You. Appreciate what you have. Be grateful.
* OH mowed all lawns, treated them, strimmed bushes
* smallest one played with bubble wand (50p last year) outside for ages
* plenty of food etc in (although we did buy extras but we could have done without)
* home baked bread
* a lie in
* beautiful weather
* currently sat in dining room with French doors wide open - listening to the birdsong outside

19 NSD: 2/19.

Foodbank/ charity donation of £5. - monthly DD to WWT. Bag of items donated to shoebox appeal - added more toiletries to that today (small hotel type)

Pay to your debt/savings FIRST and live off the rest. - done

Plan the month: every single day: what you are doing, what you are eating, especially with the Bank Holidays and half term, birthdays, anniversaries. - to do (started - have written in work days, day when collecting DD from uni, DS3's, my mum's, my sister's, my aunt's and bestie's husband's bdays... Am not going to plan food, though).

Check in every day. here :hello:

Puddleglum · 5 May 2018 at 8:51PM

NSD 4/19
Spreadsheet has been rescued. Loads of adminy stuff completed.
Grateful for good weather, well adjusted children (famous last words) and a bottle of cider. I'm all ready for doing a month's detox starting on Monday.

indigowarrior · 5 May 2018 at 9:36PM

Today was a spend day. A tiny bit of retail therapy after another bad night.
My donation also done. £5 to a homeless man. He looked so greatful and thanked me several times.

bizzie · 5 May 2018 at 9:56PM

Worked out how to link spreadsheets today so the figures I put in one appears in another. Small win in this tech age.
Grateful for a cup of tea in bed this morning, beautiful weather and a willing child popping to the shops with me to help carry the bags home.

crazy_cat_lady · 5 May 2018 at 10:13PM

Evening everyone :hello:
I had a planned spend day today - my weekly grocery shop clocked in at £38.18 which I'm quite pleased about. Other than that - spend free.

:j
Went out with bestie and our boys and spent a few hours soaking up the sun in a local park. Managed to persuade the boys to get ice cream from Mr S rather than the ice cream van

. Plenty of fresh air and exercise, but also plenty of sunburn in spite of being covered in factor 30. I swear that I actually burn if I just look at the sun. It has been lovely to get out and about and has done a lot for my mood.
Dolly - hope you're ok - sounds like a painful fall.

NST May 2018: May the odds be ever in your favour!

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