April no Buy - Lets get an early start

[wlake]

EpiStitch and charming23, congratulations!

April:
4/1: no buy #1
4/2: take out
4/3: haircuts, gas, warehouse club
4/4: last minute Easter groceries
4/5: no buy #2
4/6: groceries, field trip fees
4/7: no buy #3 (class for DS was canceled)
4/8: no buy #4
4/9: take out
4/10: no buy #5
4/11: errand day
4/12: birthday brunch for MIL
4/13: pretrip errands
4/14: vacation
4/15: vacation
4/16: vacation
4/17: vacation
4/18: vacation
4/19: home, but we needed groceries
4/20: the groceries we forgot yesterday…
4/21: no buy #6
4/22: school lunches (the account was empty -- oops!)
4/23: dinner out, school fundraiser, and… roll of drums… APs!
4/24: no buy #7
4/25: ice cream
4/26: groceries, gas

7/10 no buy days
1/0 non-consumables (it was a really cute Easter decoration!)

 

[charming23]

Almost to the end of the month.

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
4/16- $0
4/17- $45.66 Target and $50.76 Heinens
4/18- $0
4/19- $0
4/20- $4.89 Chick fil a and $104.31 Target
4/21- $0
4/22- $0
4/23- $12.98 Pizza hut
4/24- $0
4/25- $124.05 Giant Eagle and $7.62 Mr Hero
4/26- $0

15/13 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
4/14 - Spend (Lunch)
4/15 - Spend (Lunch)
4/16 - Spend (Groceries)
4/17 - Spend (Snacks)
4/18 - No Buy #7
4/19 - Spend (Shopping)
4/20 - Spend (Snacks)
4/21 - No Buy #8
4/22 - Spend (Costume materials for EEC)
4/23 - No Buy #9
4/24 - Spend (Lunch)
4/25 - No Buy #10
4/26 - No Buy #11

Goal: 11/12 Days

 

[ALK$Disney]

So this month our goal is to considerably reduce our unnecessary spending on things that we just don't need. Also, cut back on eating at restaurants and fast food places. Have to be good this month. Won't be tracking groceries, household needs, bills, and gas. Next month is my daughter's communion and a road trip along the California coast to Frisco, Yosemite, and back. May will be an expensive month.

Good luck!

Goal 20/30

April 1 - $0
April 2 - $0
April 3 - $185 CostCo - Food for Easter family picnic.
April 4 - $25 car wash, $7 park regional park entrance.
April 5 - $70 Easter brunch for 3.
April 6 - $381.47 Creed Boutique (Gotta have my Aventus, this will last a year)
April 7 - $238.00 Trip Insurance for April 2016 cruise.
April 8 - $0
April 9 - $0
April 10- $6.09 Chipotle $3.59 Baskin Robbins for DD
April 11- $0
April 12- $0
April 13- $0
April 14- $27 - Was $0 till we decided to get take out for dinner at the last second
April 15- $288 CostCo - $119 of that was for things that I really didn't need.
April 16- $0
April 17- $0
April 18- $100 Fair at my DD's school. (rides and food) Gotta support the school
April 19- $70 second day of the fair. (rides and food) Yet more support for the school
April 20- $56 Target MISC items I needed.
April 21- $3788 - Decided to payoff the balance for the upcoming cruise.
April 22- $0
April 23- $0
April 24- $6 protein shake at Jamba juice. Forgot to make one at home.
April 25- $0
April 26- $2499 DW talked me into buying a new dining table set.
April 27- $0

Well this month didn't go as planned. Hoping to at least finish the last 3 days without spending.

 

[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
16-Work Happy Hour
17-No Buy #10 I brought my lunch, but my boss decided to treat our team so I have lunch for Monday and didn't spend my own money!!!
18-No Buy #11
19-No Buy #12
20-No Buy #13 My boss bought us lunch again and is apparently planning to do it until a major project is done next week, so I might meet my goal!
21-No Buy #14
22- I had to buy my train ticket to go out of town next week, it was cheap, but still spending
23- I bought lunch because I guess the company decided not to get us lunch today (oh well), but it was only $3
24- Bought lunch and dinner to reward myself for making it through the first of 2 terrible weeks at work
25-No Buy #15
26-Groceries
27-No Buy #16

16/15 Days So Far

 

[charming23]

Tonight was girls night for my friends birthday. I lucked out and had a gift card for the restuarant we went to. Plus we went to see "The Longest Ride"

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
4/16- $0
4/17- $45.66 Target and $50.76 Heinens
4/18- $0
4/19- $0
4/20- $4.89 Chick fil a and $104.31 Target
4/21- $0
4/22- $0
4/23- $12.98 Pizza hut
4/24- $0
4/25- $124.05 Giant Eagle and $7.62 Mr Hero
4/26- $0
4/27- $38.37 Cheesecake Factory (giftcard) and $18.89 AMC theaters (movie and snacks)

15/13 No buy days

 

[SafferMom]

Will definitely not make my goal this month but I will push through to the end of the month and then reset for May

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
15 - Spend (but just some basic groceries)
16 - Don't even want to add up what I spent today gifts and supplies for the bachelor/bachelorette parties. I also bought some fabric to sew a Jedi robe for a fancy dress party for ds8 and his best friend. They turned out great. Was a fun project
17 - Spend (calling it now, we are going out to dinner tonight)
18 - Spend
19 - Spend (got takeout for lunch)
20 - Spend (just basic groceries so pretty good)
21 - No Buy #4
22 - No Buy #5
23 - Spend (groceries and new winter school uniform for ds8 - our school changed their uniform this year. More expense for us parents)
24 - Spend
25 - No Buy # 6
26 - Spend (had to purchase a new cricket bat and protective gear for ds8 - he grew out of the previous bat in a year, kids sports always costs us so much)
27 - No Buy #7
28 - Spend (taking the day off work and taking my kids to a local waterpark as they are on mid term vacation)

7/12 No Buy Days so far

 

[pjlla]

Updated my post on page one and I have made my goal of 20/20 no-buy days for April! If I hadn't splurged on pizza Saturday night, I would be over my goal! I am definitely not having a no-buy tomorrow, as I've already agreed to meet a woman to buy some printer ink (from a FB yard sale) and will be scouring local thrift stores for a good suit or tux for DS for upcoming proms. So the best I can hope for at this point will be 21 days if I don't spend on Thursday...............P

 

[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
16-Work Happy Hour
17-No Buy #10 I brought my lunch, but my boss decided to treat our team so I have lunch for Monday and didn't spend my own money!!!
18-No Buy #11
19-No Buy #12
20-No Buy #13 My boss bought us lunch again and is apparently planning to do it until a major project is done next week, so I might meet my goal!
21-No Buy #14
22- I had to buy my train ticket to go out of town next week, it was cheap, but still spending
23- I bought lunch because I guess the company decided not to get us lunch today (oh well), but it was only $3
24- Bought lunch and dinner to reward myself for making it through the first of 2 terrible weeks at work
25-No Buy #15
26-Groceries
27-No Buy #16
28-No Buy #17
29-No Buy #18

18/15 Days So Far, much better than I was expecting this month

 

[SafferMom]

Well done to all of you that made your goals

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
15 - Spend (but just some basic groceries)
16 - Don't even want to add up what I spent today gifts and supplies for the bachelor/bachelorette parties. I also bought some fabric to sew a Jedi robe for a fancy dress party for ds8 and his best friend. They turned out great. Was a fun project
17 - Spend (calling it now, we are going out to dinner tonight)
18 - Spend
19 - Spend (got takeout for lunch)
20 - Spend (just basic groceries so pretty good)
21 - No Buy #4
22 - No Buy #5
23 - Spend (groceries and new winter school uniform for ds8 - our school changed their uniform this year. More expense for us parents)
24 - Spend
25 - No Buy # 6
26 - Spend (had to purchase a new cricket bat and protective gear for ds8 - he grew out of the previous bat in a year, kids sports always costs us so much)
27 - No Buy #7
28 - Spend (taking the day off work and taking my kids to a local waterpark as they are on mid term vacation)
29 - Spend (groceries)
30 - Spend (were going out for sushi with some friends but we decided to have them over and make burgers, win-win still get to see our friends but saving lots)

7/12 No Buy Days for April. Will have to try again in May

 

[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)
4/15 - Spend (Lunch)
4/16 - Spend (Groceries)
4/17 - Spend (Snacks)
4/18 - No Buy #7
4/19 - Spend (Shopping)
4/20 - Spend (Snacks)
4/21 - No Buy #8
4/22 - Spend (Costume materials for EEC)
4/23 - No Buy #9
4/24 - Spend (Lunch)
4/25 - No Buy #10
4/26 - No Buy #11
4/27 - No Buy #12
4/28 - No Buy #13
4/29 - No Buy #14
4/30 - Spend (Snacks)

Goal: 14/12 Days

I WIN!!!

 

[NY Pirate Princess]

Wow everyone is going to make it but meeeeeeeeeee!
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
16 Scholastic book order and school supplies
17 $41 bottle of Bourbon to celebrate our first anniversary in our house. HOOORAY!
18 NO BUY!
19 spend and spend and spend and I'm off right now to spend some more.
20 No buy #8
21 No buy #9
22 spend
23 no buy
24 forgot lunch on the counter and had to buy spend day
25 Groceries
26 spend
27 no buy #10
28 no buy #11
28 apples!
29 mini golf
30 disney movie club and library fines

11/15 This is crazy! I have learned so much. Reset for May and keeping the goal of 15 for sure.

 

[pjlla]

Hey all! Happy May!! Is there a May No-Buy thread started??...............P

 

[Sereina]

Hey all! Happy May!! Is there a May No-Buy thread started??...............P

I started a May thread here: http://www.disboards.com/threads/may-no-buy-lets-do-this.3406056/

 

[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
4/16-no buy #8
4/17-no buy #9
4/18-no buy #10
4/19-oil change for my car and lunch with a friend
4/20-no buy #11
4/21-Some flea/tick stuff and a joint supplement for my dog-managed to just get him that and no new toys though! (He's very spoiled)
4/22-no buy #12
4/23-had to get some contact lens solution, but thankfully CVS sent me a 30% coupon so the damage was less than usual
4/24-bought lunch at work since I owed a co-worker who had paid for me earlier in the month
4/25-no buy #13
4/26-went out with some friends
4/27-did a lot of driving and bought myself some snacks for the trip
4/28-got a long overdue haircut
4/29-went out for ice cream with a friend
4/30-no buy #14

14/15 no buys...almost made it! And I did better than in March, but I definitely need to find some cheap ways to socialize next month now that I know thats where most of my money went!

 

[charming23]

Finishing up the month

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
4/16- $0
4/17- $45.66 Target and $50.76 Heinens
4/18- $0
4/19- $0
4/20- $4.89 Chick fil a and $104.31 Target
4/21- $0
4/22- $0
4/23- $12.98 Pizza hut
4/24- $0
4/25- $124.05 Giant Eagle and $7.62 Mr Hero
4/26- $0
4/27- $38.37 Cheesecake Factory (giftcard) and $18.89 AMC theaters (movie and snacks)
4/28- $0
4/29- $6.33 Chick fil a, $117.56 Giant Eagle, and $10.95 Gas
4/30- $0

17/13 No buy days

 

[wlake]

Tallying up the end of April…

April:
4/1: no buy #1
4/2: take out
4/3: haircuts, gas, warehouse club
4/4: last minute Easter groceries
4/5: no buy #2
4/6: groceries, field trip fees
4/7: no buy #3 (class for DS was canceled)
4/8: no buy #4
4/9: take out
4/10: no buy #5
4/11: errand day
4/12: birthday brunch for MIL
4/13: pretrip errands
4/14: vacation
4/15: vacation
4/16: vacation
4/17: vacation
4/18: vacation
4/19: home, but we needed groceries
4/20: the groceries we forgot yesterday…
4/21: no buy #6
4/22: school lunches (the account was empty -- oops!)
4/23: dinner out, school fundraiser, and… roll of drums… APs!
4/24: no buy #7
4/25: ice cream
4/26: groceries, gas
4/27: field trip fees, new planner, photo magnets (the magnets were free, but I had to pay shipping. I'm going to trade out some pictures on the fridge with the magnets so even though it's more stuff in the house, the fridge picture frames are going into the garage sale pile.)
4/28: no buy #8
4/29: no buy #9
4/30: school dance ticket, field trip fees, sweater (I had it in a checkout cart online for two weeks and kept going back to it, so I figured I really liked it).

9/10 no buy days
3/0 non-consumables -- UUGGHH!

 

[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
16-Work Happy Hour
17-No Buy #10 I brought my lunch, but my boss decided to treat our team so I have lunch for Monday and didn't spend my own money!!!
18-No Buy #11
19-No Buy #12
20-No Buy #13 My boss bought us lunch again and is apparently planning to do it until a major project is done next week, so I might meet my goal!
21-No Buy #14
22- I had to buy my train ticket to go out of town next week, it was cheap, but still spending
23- I bought lunch because I guess the company decided not to get us lunch today (oh well), but it was only $3
24- Bought lunch and dinner to reward myself for making it through the first of 2 terrible weeks at work
25-No Buy #15
26-Groceries
27-No Buy #16
28-No Buy #17
29-No Buy #18
30-No Buy #19

19/15 Days, much better than I was expecting this month