May No Buy - Let's Do This!

wlake · May 5, 2015

My goal for May is 15 no buy days, which is going to be tough with conflicting/competing sports schedules for the boys and getting our garden up and running (lots of seeds to buy!).
May 1: take out for dinner
May 2: wholesale club, gas
May 3: ice cream, groceries
May 4: teacher gift
May 5: dinner

Wow, this is not going well!

goal: 0/15
non-consumable items purchased: 0/0 (boys' clothes don't count!)

Sereina · May 5, 2015

1 - Spend. Got some clearance deals at Half Price Books and fries at Five Guys
2 - No Buy #1
3 - No Buy #2
4 - Vitamins
5 - Birthday Gift for Mom

2/25 no buy days

NY Pirate Princess · May 6, 2015

GOAL 15 no buy days. Look out May, I'm coming to get you!

May 1 - NO BUY #1
May 2 - groceries
May 3 - personal care items and storage bin
May 4 - pool supplies
May 5 - NO BUY #2

2/15

Goofy'slady · May 6, 2015

5/1 - NO BUY
5/2 - groceries, $90. (under budget)
5/3 - Cards and flowers for few friends for Mother's Day $20 (not to shabby), commuter pass for work for the week 16.50
5/4 - My youngest has a dental appointment where she's getting three baby teeth removed so I may have to stop past the store to get pain reliever
5/5 - NO BUY
5/6 - NO BUY
5/7 - NO BUY
5/8 - NO BUY
5/9 - Groceries, $ 85 (under budget again!!!)

taymaesmom · May 6, 2015

I tried this last month and completely lost track so I'm starting new this month but not off to a great start. I'd like to do 15 no buy days.

1-Car repairs for dd's car $135
2-Groceries $37
3-Flowers, dirt, and veggies starters for the garden $40
4-No buy!
5-Mother's day gift for MIL

SafferMom · May 8, 2015

Thanks Sereina for starting the new thread

For those of you who were not on the April thread. I am from South Africa so if any of you would like clarification on any of the terms I use please feel free to ask :flower1:

I am trying this again for May. Hope to do better than April where I failed miserably. I will be counting all spending except for fixed bills. I also have a tough month, my brother is getting married next weekend and there always seems to be something to get for it. Also many soccer games for ds8.

My goal is 12 no buy days again

1 - No Buy #1
2 - Spend. Went on a hike and then a BBQ at a friends house so had to get some supplies for that.
3 - No Buy #2
4 - Spend. Groceries
5 - Spend. DS8 had a dentist appointment
6 - Spend. Had to get our water purifier serviced and DH bought a very expensive suit and pair of shoes for my brothers wedding :scared:

7 - Spend. Groceries and some wine that just jumped into my trolley.

I will be trying to post more often to try and keep myself accountable

2/12 No Buy Days

Sereina · May 8, 2015

1 - Spend. Got some clearance deals at Half Price Books and fries at Five Guys
2 - No Buy #1
3 - No Buy #2
4 - Vitamins
5 - Birthday Gift for Mom
6 - Art Supplies on Amazon
7 - No Buy #3

3/25 no buy days

SafferMom · May 8, 2015

My goal is 12 no buy days again

1 - No Buy #1
2 - Spend. Went on a hike and then a BBQ at a friends house so had to get some supplies for that.
3 - No Buy #2
4 - Spend. Groceries
5 - Spend. DS8 had a dentist appointment
6 - Spend. Had to get our water purifier serviced and DH bought a very expensive suit and pair of shoes for my brothers wedding :scared:

7 - Spend. Groceries and some wine that just jumped into my trolley.
8 - No Buy #3
9 - Spend. Supplies for ds8 market day stall and groceries for Mother's Day lunch

I will be trying to post more often to try and keep myself accountable

3/12 No Buy Days

Nanny oly · May 9, 2015

1st time joining no a no buy thread!!
a little late to the party but lets see how this goes.....` I am going to start slow as my husband has been on strike for over 3 months and now that he is going back to work I need to rebuild our savings and maintain focus on my "I can't spend" mentality. I am worried I am going to lose my mind and go shopping crazy since I feel like I was sooo limited in the past weeks....I know I can do it...just want a goal and a reason to keep accountable!! I am going to go for 10 no buys day!!
SO HERE WE GO.....
May 8th- Chick-fil-a (coupon for free frosted lemonade) and clearance fabric to recover diaper boxes instead of buying new wicker storage bins
May 9th - big dinner at restaurant for daughters first communion celebration
May 10th-walgreens couponing
May 11th - No buy
May 12th- soil and pruning shears
May 13-nobuy
May14- walgreens
May15- walmart 4.00 tank
May16- concert and drinks with friends
May 17- birthday dinner
May 18-no buy
May19-dishwasher
May 20- chick fila
May21-sams club

May 22-no buy
May23- $
May24-$
May25-$
May 26- no buy
May 27- Starbucks
May28- no buy
May 29-

NY Pirate Princess · May 9, 2015

GOAL 15 no buy days. Look out May, I'm coming to get you!

May 1 - NO BUY #1
May 2 - groceries
May 3 - personal care items and storage bin
May 4 - pool supplies
May 5 - NO BUY #2
May 6 - NO BUY #3
May 7- Gas
May 8 - Pool opening, mothers day flowers, camper registration
May 9 - Groceries, ice cream

3/15

wlake · May 9, 2015

My goal for May is 15 no buy days, which is going to be tough with conflicting/competing sports schedules for the boys and getting our garden up and running (lots of seeds to buy!).
May 1: take out for dinner
May 2: wholesale club, gas
May 3: ice cream, groceries
May 4: teacher gift
May 5: dinner
May 6: no buy #1
May 7: no buy #2
May 8: lunch/dinner money for DS's trip
May 9: groceries, Target trip

Getting a little better! I'm not going to make my goal at this rate though.

goal: 2/15
non-consumable items purchased: 0/0 (boys' clothes don't count!)

charming23 · May 9, 2015

Playing catch-up

5/1- $22.98 Take out as I was too tired to cook
5/2- $0
5/3- $0
5/4- $4.89 Chick fil a (breakfast), $65.70 Dinner out for my aunts birthday, and $81.93 Bj's
5/5- $0
5/6- $98.99 Target (pharmacy and house stuff)
5/7- $0
5/8- $0
5/9-$37.45 Target (mothers day gifts) and $144.19 Giant Eagle (grocery and giftcards)

5/15 No Buy Days

NY Pirate Princess · May 11, 2015

GOAL 15 no buy days. Look out May, I'm coming to get you!

May 1 - NO BUY #1
May 2 - groceries
May 3 - personal care items and storage bin
May 4 - pool supplies
May 5 - NO BUY #2
May 6 - NO BUY #3
May 7- Gas
May 8 - Pool opening, mothers day flowers, camper registration
May 9 - Groceries, ice cream
May 10 - NO BUY #4
May 11 - NO BUY #5
May 12 - NO BUY #6

6/15

taymaesmom · May 11, 2015

1-Car repairs for dd's car $135
2-Groceries $37
3-Flowers, dirt, and veggies starters for the garden $40
4-No buy!
5-Mother's day gift for MIL
6-No buy!
7-No buy!
8-Sams trip, Goodwill
9-Groceries at Walmart, Aldi, co-op
10-No buy!

Goofy'slady · May 11, 2015

5/1 - NO BUY
5/2 - groceries, $90. (under budget)
5/3 - Cards and flowers for few friends for Mother's Day $20 (not to shabby), commuter pass for work for the week 16.50
5/4 - My youngest has a dental appointment where she's getting three baby teeth removed so I may have to stop past the store to get pain reliever
5/5 - NO BUY
5/6 - NO BUY
5/7 - NO BUY
5/8 - NO BUY
5/9 - Groceries, $ 85 (under budget again!!!)
5/10 - Mother's Day movie for 3 $27, Mother's Day dinner plus tip for 3 $86, work commuter pass for the week 16.50
5/11 - NO BUY

EpiStitch · May 11, 2015

May
1-spend
2-spend
3-I had to get my watch fixed and buy a new phone since mine was almost 5 years old
4-spend
5-spend
6-spend
7-spend
8-spend
9-No Buy #1
10-groceries
11-No Buy #2

2/15 Days So Far, I'm so far behind, I don't know how I'll catch up since I will be out of town all of the weekends left in May

SafferMom · May 12, 2015

My goal is 12 no buy days again. Am battling a little, there always seems to be something to get for my brothers wedding

1 - No Buy #1
2 - Spend. Went on a hike and then a BBQ at a friends house so had to get some supplies for that.
3 - No Buy #2
4 - Spend. Groceries
5 - Spend. DS8 had a dentist appointment
6 - Spend. Had to get our water purifier serviced and DH bought a very expensive suit and pair of shoes for my brothers wedding :scared:

7 - Spend. Groceries and some wine that just jumped into my trolley.
8 - No Buy #3
9 - Spend. Supplies for ds8 market day stall and groceries for Mother's Day lunch
10 - No Buy #4
11 - Spend. Bought some inexpensive costume jewelry to wear to my brothers wedding
12 - Spend. New school uniform for Ds8

I will be trying to post more often to try and keep myself accountable

4/12 No Buy Days

pjlla · May 12, 2015

Updated my post on page one.... as predicted, this is going to be a challenging "no buy " month! I'm at 7/15 so far.............P

wlake · May 12, 2015

My goal for May is 15 no buy days, which is going to be tough with conflicting/competing sports schedules for the boys and getting our garden up and running (lots of seeds to buy!).
May 1: take out for dinner
May 2: wholesale club, gas
May 3: ice cream, groceries
May 4: teacher gift
May 5: dinner
May 6: no buy #1
May 7: no buy #2
May 8: lunch/dinner money for DS's trip
May 9: groceries, Target trip, race entry fee
May 10: no buy #3
May 11: no buy #4
May 12: no buy #5

On a roll now!

goal: 5/15
non-consumable items purchased: 0/0 (boys' clothes don't count!)

taymaesmom · May 13, 2015

1-Car repairs for dd's car $135
2-Groceries $37
3-Flowers, dirt, and veggies starters for the garden $40
4-No buy!
5-Mother's day gift for MIL
6-No buy!
7-No buy!
8-Sams trip, Goodwill
9-Groceries at Walmart, Aldi, co-op
10-No buy!
11-No buy, I had to buy stuff for the office but my boss paid me back!
12-$6.08 on a kite for my niece's bday.

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