August $0 Buy

[lougoofy]

8/01/10: $5.27 KFC (good food) and $1.69 snack
8/02/10: 0 spent so far

8/03/10: $6.50 or so laundry, $2.43 Mc'Ds smoothie and $6.91 groceries

 

[Cindy-rella]

8/1 - Sunday Paper $2, Walgreens $3.79
8/2 - Post office 1.77, Thrift store $2, Teacher store $23.32
8/3 - 0
Goal 15 no buys
Groceries $3.79/$440

 

[Grendalynn]

I will make an attempt to have a no buy/low buy August!!! Funds are starting to run low. I will be back to school soon, so this is the stretch that I will need for the last little bit of Summer!!

 

[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

Totals:
$0 Buy: 2/15..............13%
Spending: $61.90/500....12%
Days in Month: 3/31......10%

Averages:
$500/31 days= $16.13
$61.90/3 days= $20.63

 

[PrncesKMW]

I'm in! No Buy July did NOT go well, as we decided to adopt some kittens and they were not cheap with supplies and vet bills.

Goal is 20 no buy days so I can finish paying for our end of Sept. Disney vacation! Not going so well so far:

Aug 1. - $23.30 - Costco for Swiffer clothes and chicken and a Sunday paper
Aug 2. - $3.49 - stopped at McD's for bfast and coffee while running late
Aug 3. - $14.96 - stopped for gas - refused to fill up b/c it was expensive

I already used 3 of the 11 no buy days (gulp) - I pledge right now I will buy NOTHING today and tomorrow!!

 

[dreamer310]

8/1- 0
8/2- 86.94 Birthday Dinner for Daughter
8/3- Walmart 60.41

Hopefully a no buy day today!!

1/15 No Buy Days

 

[dsilva51]

So far I'm stinking this month! I have way too much on my plate! DD's & DH's bday 3 day's apart. Disney the end of the month, and I'm hosting a get together next week for some friends I haven't seen in a while.

September should be better! LOL

 

[wdwfan16]

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

 

[Grendalynn]

I can only keep track of my own expenses. DH is another story... Maybe if I keep harping in him about his spending...

8/1 - $6.38 (cloths soap, garbage bags)
8/2 - $0
8/3 - $0
8/4 - $0
8/5 - $19 at BK (nothing in the house for lunch, grocery shopping tomorrow) and Nieces birthday gift, but i have things to exchange, so hopefully no OOP expence for today....

 

[Tiggerish]

I am in again also. 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 / $221 left
Medical $ 50 /$45 LEFT
Misc. $100 / $62 left

No spend days = 0/7
Coupon savings =
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

 

[loritemp]

I am having an easy time spending nothing so far this month because...I lost my stinking ATM card!! I am pretty sure I know where/how and I did report it lost so now just waiting on another card. Luckily we have another bank account so we have easy access to cash if we are desperate but I am trying to just use these as no buy days.

Hope everyone who is having a rough start sticks with it! It is said so many times here but even just being aware of what and where you spend can make a huge difference!

 

[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!!

$0 Days: 3/14
Groc $: $400 - $54/
Eat Out $200 - $8.98/
Aug Bd's $150 -

Good Luck everyone!!

Sorry to hear that, hope all goes well. I know from my surgeries that while knowing you need surgery is awful, one you have it and recover you feel a lot better. Hope that is the case for you.

And Tiggerish, hope your mom is doing better.

I have great faith that it will!! Thank you!!!

 

[MaryKLady]

ARGH!!! I cricked my neck yesterday so I had to go for a massage today. Spent $101 plus tip. My neck feels much better though.

Aug. 1 - $0
Aug. 2 - $0
Aug. 3 - $0 ($530 for new shutters. Using tax return.)
Aug. 4 - $121 (justified pain relief)
Aug. 5 -
Aug. 6 -
Aug. 7 -

 

[charming23]

Got back late last night from our trip. It was a lot of fun seeing my Aunt and Uncle and all of my cousins (4 under the age of 10, I have no idea how my aunt does it). Not going anywhere today as I am finishing up the last of my semester stuff for school and just too tired to shop. We will have some chicken paprikash that we have leftover in the freezer for dinner and I will grocery shop tomorrow morning.

August Budget-

Groceries- $200
Household- $50
Gas- $50
Eating out/entertainment- $50
Misc- $50

10 No buy Days

8/1- Out of town
8/2- Out of town
8/3- Out of town
8/4- $0

1/10 No Buy Days

 

[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


Totals:
$0 Buy: 2/15..............13%
Spending: $72.76/500....15%
Days in Month: 3/31......13%

Averages:
$500/31 days= $16.13
$72.76/4 days= $18.19

Tomorrow and Friday do not look promising for a $0 Day either. Tomorrow is my last day of summer vacation and I just made plans to meet a friend for lunch. I usually take my lunch to work, but my fridge won't be cold yet since I'll be plugging it in Friday, so we will probably go out to lunch. Also, we usually get 30 minutes for lunch but when the kids are not there we usually get 60 minutes, so we take advantage of it by getting lunch out with friends. The school is not particularly close to many restaurants, so we need the extra 30 minutes!

 

[PrincessMom4]

August 1-$0
August 2-$0
August 3-$0
August 4-$25(medication-child was ill)
August 5-$0
August 6-$0
August 7-$20(lunch out)
August 8-$11(quick health snack-on road to grandparents)
August 9-$0

 

[Virgderon]

0 spend day today... I'd like to load up on them early in the month, but it's always a challenge.

Running Total: Spent 59
$900 budget...$841 left
$0 Days: 2
Goal is 10 or more!
coupon/sale savings : 41

Groceries budget- $250-10-26= 214 left

August 1: 0
August 2: 22 (10 groceries, 12 misc)
August 3: 37 ( 26 groceries, 11 toiletries & cleaning supplies)
August 4: 0

 

[sophie832]

I know I'm late to this party, but I had read the July thread, and was hoping to join in August. I set some hard rules for myself and my DH. We're trying for at least 10 no-buy days. Here's how we've done so far:

8/1: $90.62 (groceries, 1 textbook, and renewing B&N membership)
8/2: $0
8/3: $0

Any $ not spent are more $ for our Dec. WDW vacation!

 

[neatokimmo]

Today was a zero day

8/4 - zero
8/3 - 33.81 (snacks, breakfast & groceries)
8/2 - zero
8/1 - $29.12 (Mom's birthday dinner)[/QUOTE][/QUOTE]

 

[thebigkahuna]

08-01 $0!
08-02 $0!
08-03 $0!
08-04 $6 & change on dinner.


Goal: 12
Met: 3 !
Days to go: 9