October No Buy!!

[EpiStitch]

I'm in, trying for 17 No Buy Days again. Thanks for starting the new thread!

October
1-No Buy #1
2-No Buy #2
3-went a little crazy, I had to buy new shoes, but also went out to lunch and dinner and bought a new shirt, sigh
4-groceries, but only 6 items, so not too bad
5-No Buy #3
6-No Buy #4
7-signed up for a special program at my gym tonight
8-No Buy #5
9-No Buy #6
10-No Buy #7
11-No Buy #8
12-ordered dinner and got bubble tea as a snack
13-No Buy #9
14-No Buy #10
15-should have been a no buy, but I got a call from someone wanting to meet for dinner
16-booked flights to go to Disney in January!!!, also tickets for a fundraiser
17-owe a check for a dinner dance and cab home
18-went out for brunch and drinks after a race
19-groceries
20-No Buy #11
21-No Buy #12
22-taxi home from a fundraiser
23-needed new winter boots
24-friends invited me out for brunch
25-groceries
26-No Buy #13

13/17 Days So Far, I probably won't make it since I have to go out of town, but I'm going to try

 

[pjlla]

Reporting in for yesterday and today.....

Oct 26: Forgot I needed a few costume things and needed to use a VS coupon for a bra before it expired,so NOT a no-buy day.
Oct 27: Working doubles today and brought a snack for in between jobs..... so no reason why this won't be NO-BUY #17

..........................P

ETA: Oct 27: Totally forgot I had to buy spray paint to finish DS's costume.... and since I already figured it was not a no-buy, I splurged on a cup of coffee between jobs too!

 

[angierae]

10/1 - No buy #1
10/2 - birthday lunch at Panera
10/3 - no buy #2
10/4 - Groceries
10/5 - No buy #3
10/6 - No buy #4
10/7 - Bought lunch at Panera
10/8 - No buy #5
10/9 - No buy #6
10/10 - Movie with a friend, and a Target run for cat stuff
10/11 - Groceries
10/12 - No buy #7
10/13 - No buy #8 (Unless something weird happens today.)
10/14 - Seeing a friend perform, so I'll spend money there.
10/15 - No buy #9
10/16 - Bought my first new winter coat in a decade
10/17 - Bought a frame for the poster I got at my friend's show
10/18 - Groceries day
10/19 - Tickets to a show in November (a band, in a bar - inexpensive but still a purchase!)
10/20 - Bought tickets to see the Benedict Cumberbatch Hamlet in theaters with a friend on 11/1
10/21 - No buy #10
10/22 - No buy #11
10/23 - Girl's Night for dinner & a movie, so spend.
10/24 - dinner out with DD before the Welcome to Night Vale book tour/signing
10/25 - Groceries
10/26 - No buy #12
10/27 - Buying our flights for Universal in January today so that's a buy!
10/28
10/29
10/30
10/31

Somewhere in there I'm going to need to buy Halloween candy but hopefully I can pull off no buys in three of those four days? Maybe?

 

[angierae]

10/1 - No buy #1
10/2 - birthday lunch at Panera
10/3 - no buy #2
10/4 - Groceries
10/5 - No buy #3
10/6 - No buy #4
10/7 - Bought lunch at Panera
10/8 - No buy #5
10/9 - No buy #6
10/10 - Movie with a friend, and a Target run for cat stuff
10/11 - Groceries
10/12 - No buy #7
10/13 - No buy #8 (Unless something weird happens today.)
10/14 - Seeing a friend perform, so I'll spend money there.
10/15 - No buy #9
10/16 - Bought my first new winter coat in a decade
10/17 - Bought a frame for the poster I got at my friend's show
10/18 - Groceries day
10/19 - Tickets to a show in November (a band, in a bar - inexpensive but still a purchase!)
10/20 - Bought tickets to see the Benedict Cumberbatch Hamlet in theaters with a friend on 11/1
10/21 - No buy #10
10/22 - No buy #11
10/23 - Girl's Night for dinner & a movie, so spend.
10/24 - dinner out with DD before the Welcome to Night Vale book tour/signing
10/25 - Groceries
10/26 - No buy #12
10/27 - Buying our flights for Universal in January today so that's a buy!
10/28 - Groceries
10/29 - Halloween candy
10/30 - No buy #13
10/31 - need to buy some caution tape for an area of our yard to protect the trick-or-treaters.

So I only made it to 13! Here's hoping next month I can manage 15!

 

[charming23]

I lost track for the end of the month. Too much going on. I hope to do better next month

 

[pjlla]

Oct 28: Worked double jobs.... No-Buy #17
Oct 29: Work and home to finish costumes...No-Buy #18
Oct 30: Work and home.... No-Buy #19
Oct 31: Splurged and spent time and money at a new thrift store since I had to be out of town for a few hours with time to kill ($80.68...... but got TONS for that money!).

But still ended the month OVER my goal of 12 NO BUY days (hit 19) despite having a full 6/7 day vacation in the middle of the month!! On to November!!.............P

 

[stayhomemom77]

Hmmm...not sure what to aim for. I think I'll aim low at 15 days and hope I can go higher than that.

October
1-NO SPEND #1
2-Spend--groceries and halloween decorations
3-NO SPEND #2
4-NO SPEND #3
5-spend--walked up to the grocery store for hot dog buns and tortillas
6-NO SPEND #4 (it was a close one though...DH teasingly brought up getting chinese takeout and I wavered for a good half hour before staying strong and saying NO firmly)
7-NO SPEND #5
8-Spend--Take out pizza as a treat for the kids...they both had a math test today and feel like they aced it!!
9-Spend--groceries, gasoline
10-Spend--pizza for lunch at my mom's...she had nothing my kids would eat
11-Spend--DH was tired driving back from his parents place and stopped for a caffeine fix, we also had to gas up (forgot we would need to do that...duh!)
12-Spend--Family fun night, the plan is to watch a "drive in movie" in the living room, DH wanted popcorn and ice cream for chocolate shakes and we had neither in the house
13-NO SPEND #6
14-NO SPEND #7
15-Spend--treats from the bulk food store, darn DD talked me into it! LOL
16-Spend--groceries, gasoline
17-Spend--out for lunch as our pre planned family fun date
18-No Spend #8
19-No Spend #9
20-Spend-produce, eggs and some canned goods
21-No Spend #10
22-No Spend #11
23-Spend--groceries
24-Spend--lunch out with the girls
25-No Spend #12
26-No Spend #13
27-Spend--groceries
28-Spend--ordered pizza
29-Spend--groceries, gasoline
30-No Spend #14
31-Spend--groceries


14/15

Dang it!!! I was sooo close! I blew it yesterday when I had to run out for more salad because the stuff I bought earlier in the week went brown. Ah well, bring on November!!

 

[EpiStitch]

I'm in, trying for 17 No Buy Days again. Thanks for starting the new thread!

October
1-No Buy #1
2-No Buy #2
3-went a little crazy, I had to buy new shoes, but also went out to lunch and dinner and bought a new shirt, sigh
4-groceries, but only 6 items, so not too bad
5-No Buy #3
6-No Buy #4
7-signed up for a special program at my gym tonight
8-No Buy #5
9-No Buy #6
10-No Buy #7
11-No Buy #8
12-ordered dinner and got bubble tea as a snack
13-No Buy #9
14-No Buy #10
15-should have been a no buy, but I got a call from someone wanting to meet for dinner
16-booked flights to go to Disney in January!!!, also tickets for a fundraiser
17-owe a check for a dinner dance and cab home
18-went out for brunch and drinks after a race
19-groceries
20-No Buy #11
21-No Buy #12
22-taxi home from a fundraiser
23-needed new winter boots
24-friends invited me out for brunch
25-groceries
26-No Buy #13
27-bought lunch at work
28-No Buy #14
29-No Buy #15
30-had to pay for parking downtown before going out of town
31-No Buy #16

16/17 Days.......I could have made it, but I'll try again next month!