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Funny how this was such a hot topic not that long ago!! Hows everyone getting on? I have been buying stuff, but not as excessively or for stupid things. Except food all the time (snack stuff) but I blame that on being preggy!

Anyway, I have decided that doing a no-spend month is too daunting to start with and things usually come up that you forget about, so am doing a no-spend week this week. So far has been no problems but its only Tuesday!

Yikes I've been a shocker! Just bought 2 nappies off 2 lovely ladies here. Darn internet banking making it SOO easy!
Only area I seem to be doing well in is not spending money on food. We've set a budget and are trying to do groceries fortnightly except for fruit and veg and although we have kinda estimated it a bit low (so have gone over by about $30) we're not wasting nearly as much money as before.
We are going to Rotorua this weekend so next week I think I'll try to have a no spending week once we're back.

I think everyone got bored with being good

I could do with getting back into this after a couple of expenses recently - a present for my new niece ( ) and new clothes for my new job (luckily lots in the sales). My holiday pay-out from this job will cover about half to two thirds of the cost which is good, but I still have the other bit to pay for. DH has had a stock-up on clothing too which was expensive, but at least we got that organised in the sales.

I've started poking bits aside for Christmas (AARRGGHH!!) - we have lots of nieces and nephews now, so it's getting hell expensive. So, we're trying to collect things as we see them.

I did a pantry/fridge clean last weekend and hardly chucked anything (and what I did chuck, we'd had for aaaagggggeeeessss ) which means that we're planning groceries better - yay!

Oooo ... and there was that awful patch where the local rates, water bill AND regional rates came in at once *shudder*

All in all, doing ok, but could be doing better.

I just want to but in- coz thats what i do LOL
Im Organic
1)Have a buy nothing day each week
& I be bold & leave the packaging there

2)Before you buy something write it down then after a month if you decide you still want it.. then buy it,
JM50cents worth tho

If I had to spend $1000 on a car that was dying I would be ditching the car and buying a new one for $1000 lol

Glow wrote: & I be bold & leave the packaging there

Totally OT, but isnt it better to take the packaging home then you know it is being recycled rather than the shop chucking it into landfill?

aimeejoy wrote: Glow wrote: & I be bold & leave the packaging there Totally OT, but isnt it better to take the packaging home then you know it is being recycled rather than the shop chucking it into landfill?

But do you really want to waste water to wash it & then find out that it cant be recycled..
Plastic isnt that fantastic..
"Shop" put the packaging on, so then recycling is their prob (job) If they did it well..
You only wanted/needed the product, not the packaging/frills

......anyway.....

We were on track in march to have everything paid off by october in time for new baby and were planning on getting a nice mummy van, then it all turned to crap basically, we lost baby, things broke, new houses were required along with other expenses we couldn't avoid, plus a few moments of needing some well-deserved retail therapy (spent on the girls, not me). so here we are now, trying to get back on track with paying off stuff... so a car is in there somewhere in the near-distant future. lol

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Always have a few coins lying around for chocolate!

Me and Daniel just went out for lunch as mum has Han for the day, but it was already planned before I decided to have a no-spend week. It was delicious by the way

So far no burning desire to buy stuff, tho have remembered a few things I need to pay next week like OB lunch and accomodation. Best I got put some stuff on TM so I can pay for it...

ha ha I am the opposite of all you lot in here, I have $10k in the bank and I'm on a mission to spend it!

Although I do have good reason, though, its the wedding fund...

(do more nappies count as wedding expenses, though?)