JULY NO BUY!

[DisneyMandC]

17: spend $275 (professional licensure dues)
18: spend $316 I rarely go shopping and am getting ready to begin a new job where I will need to wear suits everyday... of which I have two. So I had to actually go buy some professional clothes.
19: No buy
20: No buy
21: No buy
22: spend $163.35. I had to fill my car up and buy feed for my horses, but I did get $30 off $150 worth of feed!
23: No buy
24: spend $57.74. I had to go to the grocery store and, unfortunately, get fast food for lunch. I accidentally left my lunch in my hot car from 8 AM until I was able to get out of court at 11 AM, and didn't want to chance it. I saved $25 with coupons and sales on groceries though!
25: spend $70-ish? Can't remember exactly. DH's family volunteers at the horse shows we manage and drive from two hours away to work all day in the heat, so we always take them to dinner afterwards. I consider this money well spent for their sacrifice!
26: spend $39.93. Went to Target and Wal-Mart I did use coupons and made back $4.75 with discounts from Saving Star making my actual money spent $35.18.
27: No buy
28: spend $92.43. My 14 year old cat's arthritis has gotten pretty bad so I needed to get her some medicine and syringes to give her shots. This medicine will easily last her through the end of the year though.
29: spend $322.42. Had to get DH's oil changed in his car and get new front tires for my car I wanted to go ahead and get them done before I start my new job in two weeks with a longer commute. I also went to dinner for my birthday and used a $10 off coupon, so I only spend $8 and change.

Today should be a no buy, but I'll probably need to go to the grocery store tomorrow! Looking forward to joining August's challenge and actually setting a goal!

 

[jm0925]

I didn't do great this month. I think for August I'll lower my goal since it is an expensive month normally. Our schools in Miami start in August. My son needs new uniforms, school supplies...all that fun stuff. I can see the money flying out of my wallet just talking about it.

 

[nhgirl]

Week One:
July 1st - Groceries
July 2nd - No Buy #1
July 3rd - Lunch with Hubby
July 4th - Lunch, Fireworks, Movies
July 5th - No Buy #2
July 6th - Birthday Gift

Week Two:
July 7th - No Buy #3
July 8th - No Buy #4
July 9th - Groceries
July 10th - No Buy #5
July 11th- Groceries
July 12th- Gas
July 13th - Lunch

Week Three:
July 14th - No Buy #6
July 15th - Groceries
July 16th - Hubby's Birthday Dinner
July 17th - More Groceries
July 18th - Race
July 19th - No Buy #7
July 20th - No Buy #8

Week Four through the rest of the month:
July 21st - No Buy #9
July 22nd - No Buy #10
July 23rd - Lunch
July 24th - Out to Dinner (again) Dog Food
July 25th - Concert
July 26th - No Buy #11
July 27th - Anniversary Dinner
July 28th - No Buy #12
July 29th - No Buy #13
July 30th - Cleaning Stuff
July 31st - Groceries

Although I hit my goal, July was a very expensive month! 13/31 No Buys

 

[redsonja76]

Knowing where that money goes is big!



Congratulations!


July 1 - 7: vacation
July 8: groceries, clothes for DS
July 9: new dish towels (so much for no new things in the house! Mine are so stained and these were so pretty….)
July 10: dinner out, a new boogie board for DS (not counting as a non-consumable because the broken one went right in the trash)
July 11: errands
July 12: errands
July 13: no buy #1
July 14: A BIG spend day, but I'm registered for the Princess Half!
July 15: groceries, checks, clothes and shoes
July 16: blueberry picking
July 17: no buy #2
July 18: groceries, clothes for DS, ice cream
July 19: gas, wholesale club, pizza
July 20: no buy #3
July 21: groceries
July 22: no buy #4
July 23: no buy #5
July 24: dinner out when the baseball game ended at 7:45 and we were 45 minutes away from home
July 25: fresh corn -- yum! Worth ruining a no buy for!
July 26: mini golf
July 27: no buy #6
July 28: a sweater for me that finally went on a big sale -- about 65% off
July 29: gas -- the tank was empty!

goal: 6/8 days
9/0 non-consumable items purchased (clothes for the boys don't count)

Thank you! It's so dang stressful. We had to be out of our rental before the house closing so we are drowning in hotel bills. I will be so happy when it's over.

 

[IMALOVNDISNEY]

I failed this month with posting. Hoping I'll do better in August.

 

[toystoryduo]

1st: Fast food- $6
2nd: Dinner- $37
3nd: Groceries-$150
4th: Donuts- $6; Tickets: $158
5th: Dinner- $40 (Took the kids to a local food/sports place to watch the Women's World Cup Soccer Finals. What a GREAT game! USA! USA! USA!)
6th- Lunch- $9
7th- Notebook/Snacks/Ice-$4
8th- NO BUY #1
9th- NO BUY #2
10th- NO BUY #3
11th- NO BUY #4
12th- Car Part for Repair + Oil Change- $375
13th- Lunch- $25
14th- Snack Run- $16
15th- Walmart- $16
16th- No Buy #5
17th- No Buy #6
18th- Dinner $30
19th- No Buy #7
20th- Breakfast $10; Snack $5; Dinner: $32
21st- No Buy # 8
22nd- No Buy #9
23rd- Spent money, can't remember where
24th- Haircuts and Lunch- $90
25th- Birthday Party Food/Supplies- $120
26th- Pizza for party- $45
27th- Birthday Cake- $10
28th- No Buy #10
29th- No Buy #11
30th- Dinner: $30
31st- Costco: ? (We're heading out to Costco after my DH gets home from work.)

I think we'll try a "No Buy" in August as well. It will be another spendy month since we have back-to-school shopping and purchases for our trip in September, but if we sit down and try to plan them in advance, I'm hoping we will be more successful at narrowing down our spending.



No Buys: 11/10

 

[Debbie]

My goal.....to limit my OWN spending for 15 days, with a total household no spend of 8 days.
July 1 $0 1/8 1/15
July 2 $50
July 3 $55 2/15
July 4 $75
July 5 $50 3/15
July 6 $0 2/8 4/15
July 7 $5
July 8 $42
July 9 $0 3/8 5/15
July 10 $0 4/8 6/15
July 11 $140
July 12 $78
July 13 $0 5/8 7/15
July 14 $51 8/15
July 15 $75
July 16 $20
July 17 $245 9/15
July 18 $0 6/8 10/15
July 19 $33 11/15
July 20 $0 7/8
July 21 $2020
July 22 $565
July 23 $0 8/8 12/15
July 24 $101
July 25 $35
July 26 $0 9/8 13/15
July 27 $255 Spent the week catering to DD-shopping, sight-seeing, visiting, playing VERY costly!
July 28 $117 Dental bill for DH and gas
July 29 $0 10/8 14/15
July 30 $49 gift/snacks
July 31 $274 (but we had FUN!)

Reflection: I knew that this was going to be an expensive month-July and August always are-but maybe not quite as expensive as it turned out with pool, dental, parties bills. I was pleased that I was able to contain DH's spending for 10 days! (he's getting on board ) I didn't quite make MY goal, but it was close. I know where I can put a bit more control. It will be easier when #1DD goes home, but this IS the first time in 2 years that we have seen her, and that makes the spending worthwhile. When youngest DD goes back to school September 1, that will help, too. I'm hoping that August will be a bit better!

 

[jm0925]

My July Spending Recap:

July 1: Spend
July 2: No Buy #1
July 3: Spend
July 4: No Buy #2 - Happy 4th of July!
July 5: Spend
July 6: Spend
July 7: Spend
July 8: No Buy #3
July 9: No Buy #4
July 10: Spend
July 11: Spend
July 12: Spend
July 13: Spend
July 14: Spend
July 15: Spend
July 16: Spend
July 17: Spend
July 18: Spend
July 19: Spend
July 20: No Buy #5
July 21: Spend
July 22: No Buy #6
July 23: No Buy #7
July 24: Spend
July 25: Spend
July 26: Vacation
July 27: Vacation
July 28: Vacation
July 29: Spend
July 30: Spend
July 31: TOO MUCH SPEND

7/15 No Buy Days.

Didn't make my goal but I know what to do differently starting next month. My big cost for August will be getting my son ready to go back to school.

 

[wlake]

Wrapping up the month, now that we're 4 days into August. I came closer than I thought I was going to...

July 1 - 7: vacation
July 8: groceries, clothes for DS
July 9: new dish towels (so much for no new things in the house! Mine are so stained and these were so pretty….)
July 10: dinner out, a new boogie board for DS (not counting as a non-consumable because the broken one went right in the trash)
July 11: errands
July 12: errands
July 13: no buy #1
July 14: A BIG spend day, but I'm registered for the Princess Half!
July 15: groceries, checks, clothes and shoes
July 16: blueberry picking
July 17: no buy #2
July 18: groceries, clothes for DS, ice cream
July 19: gas, wholesale club, pizza
July 20: no buy #3
July 21: groceries
July 22: no buy #4
July 23: no buy #5
July 24: dinner out when the baseball game ended at 7:45 and we were 45 minutes away from home
July 25: fresh corn -- yum! Worth ruining a no buy for!
July 26: mini golf
July 27: no buy #6
July 28: a sweater for me that finally went on a big sale -- about 65% off
July 29: gas -- the tank was empty!
July 30: clothes for DS
July 31: no buy #7

goal: 7/8 days
9/0 non-consumable items purchased (clothes for the boys don't count)