Comments on: No Spending Days http://notesfromthefrugaltrenches.com The journey of a gal living the simple life, trying to take beautiful photos, find inspiring words, as well as heart warming stories & share a frugal note or two! Sun, 27 May 2012 19:26:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: NW http://notesfromthefrugaltrenches.com/no-spending-days/#comment-20155 Mon, 10 Oct 2011 14:38:06 +0000 http://notesfromthefrugaltrenches.wordpress.com/?page_id=352#comment-20155 NSD’s are excellent! I have got so bad that I dont even carry cash at all now! My partner and I share the groceries. We make a menu plan (roughly) checking the store cupboard, when I get paid I buy £100 worth of shopping for the main shop. Tins, coffee and tea, meat, baking stuff, store cupboard stuff any thing for the freezer… he will then top up this shop once a week spending £25is on milk, cheese eggs, and anything we run out off (we grow our own veg so have a freezer full!) I then fill my car up with petrol, one tank just about sees me through the month… I have to say then I dont need to spend anything else, all bills go out DD. I earn £15990 a year, I drive a brand new car, paid in cash, I go abroad on holiday each year. I buy clothes at car boot sales (not undies, shoes etc). I was made redundant 2 years ago from a £30k job, I am wealthier now than I ever was before.I used to WASTE money every day buying lunch for work, spending £30 in Next once a week on my lunch break, spending money in the canteen on crisps etc… I was always running short at the end of the month. NOW I can even afford to SAVE, not much but it all adds up!

]]> By: jackiemcclean http://notesfromthefrugaltrenches.com/no-spending-days/#comment-19086 Wed, 29 Jun 2011 14:46:33 +0000 http://notesfromthefrugaltrenches.wordpress.com/?page_id=352#comment-19086 Inspirational and very inspiring. Basically at the moment I carry no cash or cards with me at all. Just the exact amount I need for my train fare. (I have a topped up pay as you go mobile phone with me for emergencies). The amount I have saved is amazing (just not picking up that odd bar of chocolate, coffee, newspaper, face cream!, etc.)
I love your recipes but have a problem in that my hubby won’t eat anything that is white (!) (honestly), or with any sort of creamy texture – - so yoghurts, butter, dips, are all out – so any more recipes footing that bill would be much appreciated.

]]> By: Francesca T http://notesfromthefrugaltrenches.com/no-spending-days/#comment-17893 Fri, 29 Apr 2011 12:48:51 +0000 http://notesfromthefrugaltrenches.wordpress.com/?page_id=352#comment-17893 I copied this idea off you, hope you don’t mind !

]]> By: Lilac Fair http://notesfromthefrugaltrenches.com/no-spending-days/#comment-17203 Tue, 22 Mar 2011 17:20:37 +0000 http://notesfromthefrugaltrenches.wordpress.com/?page_id=352#comment-17203 I’m on a money saving quest at the moment (admittedly not how I found your blog, but when I did, the name made me linger) – I love your style! And I think that your really practical start of just one day a week sounds managable even to me…

]]> By: roza http://notesfromthefrugaltrenches.com/no-spending-days/#comment-16746 Tue, 01 Mar 2011 05:05:11 +0000 http://notesfromthefrugaltrenches.wordpress.com/?page_id=352#comment-16746 Hello, just stumbled onto your blog, and absolutely loved it, I am also from England and trying to live more frugally and happily in the last or so due to necessities, and also because I want to.

I want to engage in this journey of life fully, and not be defined by the so-called consumerism that surrounds us, your writing inspires that side of me!
wish you well always
roza

]]> By: David Pope http://notesfromthefrugaltrenches.com/no-spending-days/#comment-14525 Wed, 01 Dec 2010 09:33:25 +0000 http://notesfromthefrugaltrenches.wordpress.com/?page_id=352#comment-14525 Thanks for your inspiring guidance. I have wanted to start this downshifting journey for some time but have only recently taken positive steps towards it. We now are much more observant of what we are spending, have put our names down for an allotment, have bought a couple of chickens and I am about to start back at work on a 4 day week.

Can we do it? Yes we can!

]]> By: September goals « Exiled New Zealander http://notesfromthefrugaltrenches.com/no-spending-days/#comment-12713 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 10:42:53 +0000 http://notesfromthefrugaltrenches.wordpress.com/?page_id=352#comment-12713 [...] each seven day week, not each working week): a total of at least 12 no-spending days.  No-spending days are a Frugal Trenches concept and, apparently, an excellent way to keep spending in [...]

]]> By: Ana Goncalves http://notesfromthefrugaltrenches.com/no-spending-days/#comment-10149 Tue, 30 Mar 2010 18:22:56 +0000 http://notesfromthefrugaltrenches.wordpress.com/?page_id=352#comment-10149 Happy to hear that you have taken on this approach!

It really does help when living more simply, and it brings a person down to earth and to the reality of the matter.

]]> By: gleavem http://notesfromthefrugaltrenches.com/no-spending-days/#comment-9840 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:21:09 +0000 http://notesfromthefrugaltrenches.wordpress.com/?page_id=352#comment-9840 Managed my first intentional no spend day yesterday! It was tricky as my workplace is full of vending machines, shops and cafes with tempting treats, but I remained focussed. Would like to do it again today, but we need milk. Hopefully this will be the start of many NSDs.

]]> By: Cait http://notesfromthefrugaltrenches.com/no-spending-days/#comment-9627 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:57:46 +0000 http://notesfromthefrugaltrenches.wordpress.com/?page_id=352#comment-9627 You inspired me to have a no spending week AND to halve our grocery bill. I just put a post on it up on my blog. http://caitlynnicholas.blogspot.com/2010/03/frugal-yikes.html With lots of links to your lovely blog.

Many thanks for a great blog :)

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