April no Buy - Lets get an early start

[Sereina]

4/1 - No Buy #1
4/2 - No Buy #2
4/3 - Admission to the tulip fields and a Kombucha drink
4/4 - No Buy #3
4/5 - Meat and crackers at work and Cortizone creme when I suddenly broke out in a rash
4/6 - No Buy #4
4/7 - No Buy #5
4/8 - No Buy #6
4/9 - Salad makings
4/10 - No Buy #7
4/11 - Birthday gift + a couple things for me
4/12 - Vitacost order

 

[leholcomb]

4/1 - Spend (Lunch and gas)
4/2 - Spend (Prescriptions)
4/3 - Spend (Dry Cleaners)
4/4 - No Buy #1
4/5 - No Buy #2
4/6 - Spend (Dog Boarding/Pamper Day for me)
4/7 - No Buy #3
4/8 - No Buy #4
4/9 - Spend (More pampering...)
4/10 - Spend (Dinner)
4/11 - Spend (Groceries/Vet Bill)
4/12 - No Buy #5

Goal: 5/12 Days

 

[EpiStitch]

I am home from vacation now so will be able to update more regularly. Also I will be making a bigger effort to keep spending down. But we have an expensive 2 months. My brother is getting married in May and the bachelor/bacherlorette (Do you have those in the US??) parties are in April

1 - spend, bought groceries for beach house and then bought an entire new ballet outfit for dd11 including shoes. Not strict strictly necessary but we do not have a ballet shop near our town.
2 - spend, groceries to take to brother in laws house
3 - groceries
4 - ice creams on the beach
5 - no buy #1
6 - spend
7 - went shopping with my mom and succumbed to a dress on sale at my favourite stores. And we went out for quite an expensive lunch.
8 - spend. But I only bought a loaf of home baked bread for our lunch So don't feel too bad.
9 - No Buy #2
10 - Spend, bought baby gifts for my niece who was born today!! My brother-in-law had to deliver her in his car as they never made it to hospital. They live on a farm 45 min away from the hospital. So exciting! Luckily baby and mom are doing very well.
11 - Spend. Drove almost 3 hours to visit with the new baby. So grateful we were still on holiday so were within driving distance so we could meet our niece.
12 - Spend, but only purchased bread and milk which I was quite proud of as we were on our road trip home. I made sandwiches with leftovers and we used the leftover drinks and snacks from the vacation. So still a victory for me

2/12 No Buy days

Congrats on the new niece!

 

[EpiStitch]

April

1-oil change for car, luckily no other repairs needed!
2-No Buy #1
3-Had to drive to work since I was going out of town and pay for parking downtown
4-No Buy #2
5-Gas and small groceries to tide me over for the week
6-Paid for my entry in our company's team in a 5K, they reimburse me for half of it, but it's still not regular spending
7-No Buy #3
8-No Buy #4
9-No Buy #5
10-Parking downtown since I had to go out of town again
11-No Buy #6
12-gas to get home plus groceries
13-No Buy #7

7/15 Days So Far

 

[SafferMom]

Congrats on the new niece!

Thanks so much

 

[SafferMom]

1 - spend, bought groceries for beach house and then bought an entire new ballet outfit for dd11 including shoes. Not strict strictly necessary but we do not have a ballet shop near our town.
2 - spend, groceries to take to brother in laws house
3 - groceries
4 - ice creams on the beach
5 - no buy #1
6 - spend
7 - went shopping with my mom and succumbed to a dress on sale at my favourite stores. And we went out for quite an expensive lunch.
8 - spend. But I only bought a loaf of home baked bread for our lunch So don't feel too bad.
9 - No Buy #2
10 - Spend, bought baby gifts for my niece who was born today!! My brother-in-law had to deliver her in his car as they never made it to hospital. They live on a farm 45 min away from the hospital. So exciting! Luckily baby and mom are doing very well.
11 - Spend. Drove almost 3 hours to visit with the new baby. So grateful we were still on holiday so were within driving distance so we could meet our niece.
12 - Spend, but only purchased bread and milk which I was quite proud of as we were on our road trip home. I made sandwiches with leftovers and we used the leftover drinks and snacks from the vacation. So still a victory for me
13 - Spend (groceries)

2/12 No Buy days

 

[leholcomb]

4/1 - Spend (Lunch and gas)
4/2 - Spend (Prescriptions)
4/3 - Spend (Dry Cleaners)
4/4 - No Buy #1
4/5 - No Buy #2
4/6 - Spend (Dog Boarding/Pamper Day for me)
4/7 - No Buy #3
4/8 - No Buy #4
4/9 - Spend (More pampering...)
4/10 - Spend (Dinner)
4/11 - Spend (Groceries/Vet Bill)
4/12 - No Buy #5
4/13 - No Buy #6

Goal: 6/12 Days

 

[SafferMom]

1 - spend, bought groceries for beach house and then bought an entire new ballet outfit for dd11 including shoes. Not strict strictly necessary but we do not have a ballet shop near our town.
2 - spend, groceries to take to brother in laws house
3 - groceries
4 - ice creams on the beach
5 - no buy #1
6 - spend
7 - went shopping with my mom and succumbed to a dress on sale at my favourite stores. And we went out for quite an expensive lunch.
8 - spend. But I only bought a loaf of home baked bread for our lunch So don't feel too bad.
9 - No Buy #2
10 - Spend, bought baby gifts for my niece who was born today!! My brother-in-law had to deliver her in his car as they never made it to hospital. They live on a farm 45 min away from the hospital. So exciting! Luckily baby and mom are doing very well.
11 - Spend. Drove almost 3 hours to visit with the new baby. So grateful we were still on holiday so were within driving distance so we could meet our niece.
12 - Spend, but only purchased bread and milk which I was quite proud of as we were on our road trip home. I made sandwiches with leftovers and we used the leftover drinks and snacks from the vacation. So still a victory for me
13 - Spend (groceries)
14 - No Buy #3

3/12 No Buy days

 

[NY Pirate Princess]

April 1 Lunch
2 almond butter
3 easter basket
4 camper summer storage
5 NO BUY!!!
6 No buy
7 cold meds, I have had enough already
8 no buy
9 dinner out...Almost made it!
10 No buy
11 Groceries
12 Ice cream on our first over 60 degree day since before thanksgiving. Happily spent! Also magazine subscription from Discountmags.
13 No buy
14 $50+ at grocery (went in for apples and band aids) and lunch on thursday

5/15

 

[keelyhealthnut]

This seems very helpful - I'm looking forward to joining in next month!!

 

[EpiStitch]

April

1-oil change for car, luckily no other repairs needed!
2-No Buy #1
3-Had to drive to work since I was going out of town and pay for parking downtown
4-No Buy #2
5-Gas and small groceries to tide me over for the week
6-Paid for my entry in our company's team in a 5K, they reimburse me for half of it, but it's still not regular spending
7-No Buy #3
8-No Buy #4
9-No Buy #5
10-Parking downtown since I had to go out of town again
11-No Buy #6
12-gas to get home plus groceries
13-No Buy #7
14-No Buy #8

8/15 Days So Far

 

[jmartinez1895]

04/01- ate out for lunch and dinner
04/02- ate out for dinner
04/03- ate out lunch and dinner, grocery run, yard supplies at Lowes, fill up at gas station
04/04- ate out YET AGAIN for lunch and dinner, bought stuff at Target I didn't really need
04/05- ordered pizza for dinner
04/06- no buy #1
04/07- ordered stroller that I had been looking at for months ( it went on clearance)
04/08- no buy #2
04/09- bought an outfit for my daughter at Cato- $65 and a case of coke for me at Publix $5
04/10- balloons for Girl Scout event and pack of gum for me, bought sodas for the family (5 of us ) at the gas station after the event
04/11- take out for lunch
04/12- my baby was dedicated was we went out for lunch and treated some family, Easter clearance at walmart and a few got a few things for the kiddos
this week.
04/13-was going to be a no buy, but the meat that I was cooking for dinner had something in it so i had to throw it out and go to the store and get more.
04/14- store called today and gave me replacement meat and a store gift card for the inconvenience. today should be no buy #3

 

[pjlla]

Weirdness happening here... not sure what I did!

 

[pjlla]

Just updated my post on page one and happy to report I am up to 12 no-buy days this month! Aiming for 20 and I think I'll make it!..............P

 

[leholcomb]

4/1 - Spend (Lunch and gas)
4/2 - Spend (Prescriptions)
4/3 - Spend (Dry Cleaners)
4/4 - No Buy #1
4/5 - No Buy #2
4/6 - Spend (Dog Boarding/Pamper Day for me)
4/7 - No Buy #3
4/8 - No Buy #4
4/9 - Spend (More pampering...)
4/10 - Spend (Dinner)
4/11 - Spend (Groceries/Vet Bill)
4/12 - No Buy #5
4/13 - No Buy #6
4/14 - Spend (Lunch)

Goal: 6/12 Days

 

[mrsabbott]

Ok, I am going to join in because I need more "no buy" days" this month didn't get off to a good start because we went on vacation. Yesterday, I spent $10 for my daughter's history club shirt. Today has been a no spend day.

 

[charming23]

4/1- $25.91 Dinner out and $100.19 Walmart (grocery)
4/2- $0
4/3- $0
4/4- $112.15 Target (easter)
4/5- $0
4/6- $4.89 chick fil a and $57.40 Heinens (groceries)
4/7- $0
4/8- $0
4/9- $23.21 Dinner out, $34 Target pharmacy, and $81.88 Target
4/10- $0
4/11- $6.98 Giant Eagle and $4.89 Chick fil a
4/12- $65.12 Kohls and $30.67 Drugmart
4/13- $0
4/14- $4.89 Chick fil a and $64.26 Walmart
4/15- $0

8/13 No buy days

 

[NY Pirate Princess]

April 1 Lunch
2 almond butter
3 easter basket
4 camper summer storage
5 NO BUY!!!
6 No buy
7 cold meds, I have had enough already
8 no buy
9 dinner out...Almost made it!
10 No buy
11 Groceries
12 Ice cream on our first over 60 degree day since before thanksgiving. Happily spent! Also magazine subscription from Discountmags.
13 No buy
14 $50+ at grocery (went in for apples and band aids) and lunch on thursday
15 No buy even though we walked at work to my favorite local coffee shop!!!!

6/15

 

[EpiStitch]

April

1-oil change for car, luckily no other repairs needed!
2-No Buy #1
3-Had to drive to work since I was going out of town and pay for parking downtown
4-No Buy #2
5-Gas and small groceries to tide me over for the week
6-Paid for my entry in our company's team in a 5K, they reimburse me for half of it, but it's still not regular spending
7-No Buy #3
8-No Buy #4
9-No Buy #5
10-Parking downtown since I had to go out of town again
11-No Buy #6
12-gas to get home plus groceries
13-No Buy #7
14-No Buy #8
15-No Buy #9

9/15 Days So Far

 

[disneyhorselover]

4/1-No buy #1
4/2-No buy #2 (I needed some toiletries at CVS, but I had a 30% off coupon, and extra bucks, so it ended up not costing me anything...so I bought, but didn't spend!)
4/3-$15.95 on one of those Dunkin Donuts iced coffee cards...that price for 10 coffees is a really good deal, and I've made myself promise that once those 10 are gone, no more Dunkin stops for the month!
4/4-$40.15 on a dinner out with an old friend
4/5-No buy #3
4/6-$11.15 on lunch with another friend, took my dog to the vet for an injury
4/7-bought new running shoes, running is a huge part of my life and I'm very prone to injury from old/bad shoes so unfortunately this is a necessity
4/8-no buy #4
4/9-no buy #5
4/10-no buy #6
4/11-bought lunch at work, totally unnecessary...oops
4/12-bought some stuff at CVS I needed, but then walked out of there with a few extra purchases for sure
4/13-bought a coffee and a snack...unnecessary
4/14-another necessary trip to CVS where I bought more than I needed
4/15-no buy #7