August $0 Buy

[Virgderon]

August:

8/6: $0 and this was a hard one as I REALLY want to skip cooking tonight! But I want to go to Austin on Sunday (now), more!!

Sometimes getting a 0 spend day is a challenge! I know it was for me today! We have iron will power I guess.

 

[MickeyMomOfThree]

I am happy to be back for the whole month after missing half of July! I am scaling back my goal since I want to do things (while inexpensive, not free) with the kids before they go back to school. I will try for 10 but won't be too upset if I don't reach it as long as I am good at keeping the costs down.

August 1-$0

August 2-$0 I needed a break from the kids tonight and hubby said let's go out for a banana split (we have been talking about how I have had many ice creams in my life but never a banana split.) So we were going to go but then I remembered I had my coupon from Coldstone for my free b-day ice cream, plus it was raining out so we went for the free ice cream and will have a banana split later in the week on a nicer day.

August 3- $157 Groceries We had NOTHING in the house. Plus $15 at the bread outlet. $1 Redbox for the kids, it was so hot today I wanted to stay in. I know that is awful, but it is the truth. $15 Japanese snacks for DD15 and her friends for their anime convention this weekend. (Somehow I am the only mom who ever buys it. ) $35 Home Depot yard/driveway stuff. $7 DH and I went out and shared a banana split. It was yummy! TRYING for a $0 day tomorrow. We have plans with friends but I think I may be able to pull it off. We are going to the free kids movie then lunch at Chuck E Cheese but I have coupons for free pizza and tokens so I may be able to pull it off. Course their salad bar calls me, it is so good, but I am going to try to resist!

August 4-$0+$17 in returns I did seriously good today! I am so happy I have to share. I took my girls to the free movie. It was Aliens in the Attic. It was soooo funny! The we went to Chuck E Cheese with friends. I had coupons and was able to get a large pizza and drinks and 30 tokens for free. The with other coupons and report cards I got another 100 tokens free and put half away for next time. They ate and played for 4.5 hours. Then we came home and made dinner. Then we went to family night at the local restaurant and they played and had fun and had ice cream with free coupons I had. So, we had an amazingly fun day and it cost me a big fat $0! (Oh, and I returned a couple things and got back $17 that was added to our Disney jar (the money was already spent so it goes in the jar.)

August 5- $60 co-pay (on it's own I wouldn't have counted it as I don't count medical, but for my own purposes I record it to remember where it all goes. That will also be $60 more towards our Disney jar as I save all flex pay checks and put them in the account.) Good news is, patching DD8's eye has worked and while we need to continue it, she doens't appear to need the eye surgery! Back to school make up and hair die for DD15 and make up for me and DD11 too, $65 at Ulta. Killer, but it will last them all yer and me several months. Then, $48 Goodwill, gotta love my DD15, she actually ASKS to go to Goodwill. This also included 2 Disney photo frames for me. One that is ceramic and all the Disney Dogs for $3 and a 2010 Disney World frame (I always buy one every trip anyway) for $2! Oh, and a brand new Disney World t-shirt for DD8. No, she didn't need it, but it was $2, and we were celebrating! Plus, the kid gets almost all hand me downs, not that this wasn't exactly, but close to new. Took the kids out to lunch, $9. Haircut for DD15, $14 with tip (I had a coupon.) DD8 had a laydate at the park and the kids were begging to go for ice cream but instead we went to Walmart and got a huge box of fudgepops for $350 (20 in a box) and they each bought a pack of $1 silly bandz, they said they'd pay for them but they were so good all day with all the running around that I let it slide, so total was $6 at Walmart. ETA- Ran back to Walmart. Forgot a few things I needed. DD has a wart, so needed meds, needed more hangars, needed Car Air Fresheners (see my fly in house thread!) and bought 6 of those, yes, our house smells good. And saw a complete Micky Mouse scrapbook set (only one left) on clearance for $10---uggg, oh and cheese, I always buy cheese when I go there, it is so much cheaper! Total, $41.

August 6-$0 I worked my buns off today and soooo wanted to not cook tonight. But, I made pancakes and they were easy and delicious and I didn't break the $0 day!

August No Spend Days 4/10
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Happy About Record Since Joining No Buy-
January-14 Days
February-13 Days
March-17 Days
April-15 Days
May-15 Days
June-8 Days
July- 6 Days (only in town and only recorded half the month, probably had about 7-8 no buys while away)
Longest Streak-4 Days in a Row!

 

[Cindy-rella]

Big grocery day! Then I treated the kids to ice cream and fries from McDonalds!

8/1 - Sunday Paper $2, Walgreens $3.79
8/2 - Post office 1.77, Thrift store $2, Teacher store $23.32
8/3 - 0
8/4 - 0
8/5 - belated birthday dinner with hubby- $50
8/6 - Groceries & School Supplies - $96.58, Ice Cream from McDonalds $.69

Goal 15 no buys
Groceries $103.37/$440

 

[Tiggerish]

Budget for August is only for three weeks as we will be in Disney the 8th-15 . Budget for the other weeks is $735 with 7 no spend days.

Auto $60/ $39 left
Eating Out/Entertainment $125 / $50 left
Giving $175 / $100 left
Groceries/Household Goods $225 / $209 left
Medical $ 50 /$45 left
Misc. $100 / $62 left

No spend days = 2/7
Coupon savings = $22.53
Christmas 2010 running total of spending = $16
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8/1 Giving $75 (to catch up weekly giving at church)
8/2 Entertainment $50 (took neice & nephew to movie and ice cream); Auto $21 (gas); Misc. $38 (dress & shirt for me)
8/3 Entertainment $20 (minor league baseball game); Groceries $4; Medical $4 for otc drugs
8/4 $0
8/5 Groceries $12
8/6 $0

 

[neatokimmo]

Today was a zero. Tomorrow I'll be going to the farmers market for the rest of our groceries.


8/6 - zero
8/5 - 10.73
8/4 - zero
8/3 - 33.81 (snacks, breakfast & groceries)
8/2 - zero
8/1 - $29.12 (Mom's birthday dinner)

 

[Swmr359]

Went to an interview today, really hoping I get this job! (if I do I can go to WDW for the princess 1/2)

Aug 1-$0
Aug 2-$2@7-11
Aug 3-$0
Aug 4-$9@WalMart; $6@Target
Aug 5-$24@Giant
Aug 6-$21@PetsMart

total=$62
0 days=2

 

[MickeyMomOfThree]

Went to an interview today, really hoping I get this job! (if I do I can go to WDW for the princess 1/2)

Aug 1-$0
Aug 2-$2@7-11
Aug 3-$0
Aug 4-$9@WalMart; $6@Target
Aug 5-$24@Giant
Aug 6-$21@PetsMart

total=$62
0 days=2

OOoooohhhhhhhhhh, good luck with the job and the run!

 

[wendydarling826]

Good luck - I hope you get it!
August can't be a no buy month for me because we're going to WDW for 9 days, but there have been LOTS of no buy days to make it possible!

Went to an interview today, really hoping I get this job! (if I do I can go to WDW for the princess 1/2)

 

[Violet Parr]

Last month I failed miserably at this, but I'm going to try again!

No spend days: hoping for 12 at the least

Starting with today:

August 6- $0!

VP

 

[ronnmel]

No Buy Days : 3/10
Gas : (Max 50$)
Groceries : 110$ (Max 200$)
Eating out (and snacks) : 69$ (Max 150$)
Non-necessities : 301$ (Max 400$.)

8/01 : 193$ (massage for 2 + ice cream)
8/02 : 0$
8/03 : 0$
8/04 : 213$ (clothes, work and wedding stuff, medication)
8/05 : 74$ (groceries & eating out)
8/06 : 0$

 

[wdwobsessed]

Been a few days since I posted. Been busy.

Ok so Wednesday I FINALLY HAD A NO SPEND DAY! YAY ME! LOL!

Thursday - I did semi ok. I got an McD's Iced tea for $1.06 and then I had a working dinner with a staff member (I own a business) and I paid for pizza so that was $24 but I consider that a semi business expense. BUT I am going to count it as had I been prepared I could have fixed something here.

Today - Had medical bill of 111.50. $50 of that was my fault for missing an appointment so Then I took my son and his friend out flyering for my business and got them waters and me a soda and that was about $4. Then they were STARVING (lol) so I got them Wendy's for $8.85.
Then I spent $611 on ballet barres for my dance studio but I NEED them. Does that count? LOL.

Update: Crud I forgot I signed my son up for gamefly. Add $16 and change to the total Misc.

Ok so tomorrow I will have to get gas so I will not have a no spend day ... I will also pick up a few groceries. I am however, optimistic about Sunday!

GOALS:

10 No Spend Days
1/10

Track all spending
6/31

August 1st - $5 Tip to Peapod Driver
August 2nd - $878 Car Registration renwal thanks to my ex.
August 3rd - $17.50 Fast Food / $86.28 Laundry / $4.33 Misc
August 4th - $0
August 5th - $1.06 McD's Iced Tea / $24 Pizza during staff meeting
August 6th - $4drinks/ $8.85 Lunch Kids / $111.50 Drs / $611 Barres / $17 Game Fly


Totals
No Buy Days - 1 (finally!)
Misc Spending - $102.08
Vehicle - $878
Eating Out/On The Run - $55.41
Grocery/Household - $10.53
Medical - $111.50 ($50 My fault)
Business Expenses - $611

 

[Where'sPiglet?]

Goals: 15 $0 Buy days
Max spending $500 for gas, food (groceries & eating out), and miscellaneous.

01 - $0! 1
02 - $0! 2
03 - $61.90 Breaux Mart, Amazon, Dollar Tree
04 - $10.86 Winn-Dixie
05 - $20.12 Chateau Orleans, Cane's
06 - $22.69 Snoball, gas

Totals:
$0 Buy: 2/15..............13%
Spending: $115.57/500...23%
Days in Month: 6/31......19%

Averages:
$500/31 days= $16.13
$115.57/6 days= $19.26

I am hoping today is a $0 Day. I am needing some!!

Yesterday at the gas station, I went to use my Winn-Dixie Fuel Perks card for the first time. For every $50 you spend at W-D, you get a 5c per gallon credit at participating Shell stations. Well, my W-D receipt said I had earned 20c so far. The pump asked if I had a W-D FP card, and I said yes and swiped it. But it never took the 20c off! Regular price was 2.51/gallon, and that is what I was charged! I am hoping my 20c credit is still available the next time, since I didn't actually get the credit! I went to the Fuel Perks website; it said that "Your discount will then be displayed on the pump and the gas price will drop automatically."

Then I almost got into an accident on the way out of the gas station. I was waiting to turn right and when a space in traffic finally opened up, the guy behind me in line cut me off around the left and made a right turn into the lane I was turning into, while I was already exiting and turning!

My car has a full tank, but it was NOT a good trip to the gas station!

 

[QVCshopper]

MickeyMomOfThree - can you share how you do so well at Chuck E Cheese. I went yesterday with the buy 40, get 60 free tokens, so it was $10. But, my "bonus" token cards always say with a food purchase. And how do you get free pizza? Thanks for your help, my kids love it there. We always get the $1-$1.50 ice cream from a vending machine there. Thanks!

 

[Grendalynn]

8/1 - $6.38 (cloths soap, garbage bags)
8/2 - $0 -1
8/3 - $0 - 2
8/4 - $0 - -3
8/5 - $19 at BK and $43 for 2 Nieces birthday gifts = $62
8/6- $26.67 at Walgreens - Milk, bread, Misc groceries.
8/7- Bare bones grocery shopping & annual lobster/steamer sale... Hoping to keep it all under $100. We have lots of stuff to eat up in the house, and have picked up a few things here and there, so its a necessaities only kind of shopping week... anyone else have those kind of weeks?
8/8 - hoping for a $0 day...

 

[Tiggerish]

Budget for August is only for three weeks as we will be in Disney the 8th-15 . Budget for the other weeks is $735 with 7 no spend days.

Auto $60/ $39 left
Eating Out/Entertainment $125 / $50 left
Giving $175 / $100 left
Groceries/Household Goods $225 / $209 left
Medical $ 50 /$45 left
Misc. $100 / $43 left

No spend days = 2/7
Coupon savings = $29.00
Christmas 2010 running total of spending = $16
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8/1 Giving $75 (to catch up weekly giving at church)
8/2 Entertainment $50 (took neice & nephew to movie and ice cream); Auto $21 (gas); Misc. $38 (dress & shirt for me)
8/3 Entertainment $20 (minor league baseball game); Groceries $4; Medical $4 for otc drugs
8/4 $0
8/5 Groceries $12
8/6 $0
8/7 Misc. $19 (soaps from Bath & Body but I did use two coupons)

During the two years I was unemployed I bought cheap liquid soap from the dollar store but I always hated it. Now that I have a regular stream of income again, I have restocked with the luxury of soap from Bath & Body. I went from a $1 a bottle to $2.50 a bottle and I feel like I am splurging. I guess that after a really tight budget, it only takes a little thing to make me feel pampered.

 

[Virgderon]

I love Bath and Body works Tiggerish . No guilt allowed.

Went on a grocery shopping run. I wanted to try the Walmart grocery store. It's just a grocery store and pharmacy, none of the other Walmart stuff. No BOGOS, but their prices are cheaper. I ended up getting pretty much of everything I needed for this weeks worth of meals for $24.00 (I had a couple days worth of meat already).

DH gave blood and got a free movie ticket, a water bottle and one of those nice drawstring bags that I use at the theme parks. Then we went to the flea market and he got our veggies for the week for about $6.00.

It's nice when you have a DH that helps with the budget stuff instead of fighting it all the time.

Running Total: Spent 83
$900 budget...$817 left
$0 Days: 4
Goal is 10 or more!
coupon/sale savings : 47

Groceries budget- $250-10-26-24= 190 left

August 1: 0
August 2: 22 (10 groceries, 12 misc)
August 3: 37 (26 groceries, 11 toiletries & cleaning supplies)
August 4: 0
August 5: 0 (spent a little money but it came from Dh's budget, so no spend for me)
August 6: 0
August 7: 24 ( groceries)

 

[SunnieRN]

August:

Groc $400 ($200 per pay period)
Eating Out $200 ($100 per pay period, this includes entertainment)
August birthdays $150 (to be complete!!)

Goal: 14 no spend days

8/1: $0
8/2: $0 (Have to go for a mamogram . but no co-pay!
8/3: $54 Groceries, savings $12.43; medication $60.00 (3 months of one med), $8.98, breakfast out after blood work, prior to grocery shopping.
8/4: $0 thank goodness. Work tomorrow also!!
8/5: $0 But Sat. a LEGO store opens in Austin and H&D's has tasting day, so have to try for another no-buy tomorrow!.
8/6: $0 and this was a hard one as I REALLY want to skip cooking tonight! But I want to go to Austin on Sunday (now), more!!
8/7: $31 Alright, I caved! My grandson asked, very sweetly I might add, for pizza, then a different one for Daddy, a 3rd for DD, ans I really don't like pizza, so I ate a peanut butter sand!

$0 Days: 5/14
Groc $: $400 - $54/
Eat Out $200 - $8.98/$31/
Aug Bd's $150 -

Good Luck everyone!!

Sometimes getting a 0 spend day is a challenge! I know it was for me today! We have iron will power I guess.

As you can see above, I caved. But my grandson was stoked!

Went to an interview today, really hoping I get this job! (if I do I can go to WDW for the princess 1/2)

Aug 1-$0
Aug 2-$2@7-11
Aug 3-$0
Aug 4-$9@WalMart; $6@Target
Aug 5-$24@Giant
Aug 6-$21@PetsMart

total=$62
0 days=2

Best of luck for the new job!!!!

 

[wdwfan16]

8/1 - $0
8/2 - $0
8/3 - $0
8/4 - $0
8/7 - $0
8/8 - $0

 

[Virgderon]

8/7- Bare bones grocery shopping & annual lobster/steamer sale... Hoping to keep it all under $100. We have lots of stuff to eat up in the house, and have picked up a few things here and there, so its a necessaities only kind of shopping week... anyone else have those kind of weeks?
8/8 - hoping for a $0 day...

This week for me. Ending up at Walmart looking for meat that was about to expire and buying generics. I was expecting a big commission check and when it didn't happen on the day that I thought it would, big time budgeting came into play.

 

[charming23]

Picked up our pics from walgreen's today.

August Budget-

Groceries- $200/ $142.28 left
Household- $50
Gas- $50
Eating out/entertainment- $50/ $33.42 left
Misc- $50/ $40.12 left

total- $400/ $315.82 left

10 No buy Days

8/1- Out of town
8/2- Out of town
8/3- Out of town
8/4- $0
8/5- Dinner out $16.58 and $57.72 for groceries
8/6- $0
8/7- $9.88 Walgreen's

2/10 No Buy Days