August $0 Buy

[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 No Spend Days 3/10
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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!

 

[Tiggerish]

MickeyMomof3 - My Mom is doing well. Thanks for asking. We had a planning meeting today and she will be in rehab unit for two more weeks. That allows me go to Disney as planned next week. In the meantime they will come to our house to do a home evaluation so she can come home to live as the long term plan.

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 = 1/7
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
8/4 $0

 

[PrncesKMW]

FINALLY - a no buy day!!!

8/1 - $24.00 - Costco for Swiffers/chicken and a Sunday paper
8/2 -$3.89 - Mc'Ds for breakfast and coffee because I can't get my butt out of bed
8/3 - $14.96 - Gas (darn necessities)

8/4 - NO BUY DAY!

However, need to grocery shop, told BF I'd go out for drinks with he and the work crew, and need to ship stuff I sold on Amazon - but that cancels out, right??!

 

[Swmr359]

Too hot here to work outside today, so I went shopping...

Aug 1-$0
Aug 2-$2@7-11
Aug 3-$0
Aug 4-$9@WalMart; $6@Target

total=$17
0 days=2

 

[ronnmel]

I knew today was not going to be a No Buy day, so I just went all out and tried to do as many of my spendings today. Also, I have decided to put medication into groceries, as it doesn't really qualify as "non-necessities". Plus, I should get some money back from insurance.

No Buy Days : 2/10
Gas : (Max 50$)
Groceries : 90$ (Max 200$)
Eating out (and snacks) : 15$ (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)

 

[MomOf3LovesMickey]

Goals- 10 no buys
$350 for groceries (only spent 153 last month so my fridge and freezer are BARE!)
$200 for household
$100 for eating out
and just for this month I am gonna give myself $400 for DD school clothes, etc.

8/1- Spent $.61 at CVS and $3.99 for a half gallon of milk for my DS (he drinks soy and CVS was closest but unfortunately the most expensive).
8/2- $0
8/3- Made a small grocery trip today. Target had a few good deals (and free pens) ($32.70) and then we went to Randalls for fruits veggies and some great marked down meat! ($44.80)
8/4- $0

So...
$81.49/350 Groceries
$0.61/ 200 Household
$0/100 Eating out
$0/400 School Clothes

 

[A.Mickey]

Running Total: Spent $130.28
$0 Days:1

Groceries ($217)- $47.47
Eating Out ($217)- $64
Misc. (Shopping/Entertainment) ($217) $18.81

Decided to start a weekly budget, maybe this way I won't get too discouraged!

Week 1:
$50 Groceries: $2.53 left
$50 Eating Out: $0 left
$50 Misc: $31.19 left

Week 2:
$50 Groceries: $50 left
$50 Eating Out: $36 left
$50 Misc: $50 left


1- $26 (Eating Out- Teddy Fabz), $2 (Eating Out- Cookie), $24 (Eating Out- KFC) <---- I hate summer!, $2 (Misc.-Dollar Tree, Sunday Papers)
2- $0
3- $1.69 (Groceries-Meijer), $7.60 (Eating Out-McDonald's), $7.50 (Misc.-Library Fines), $32.23 (Groceries-Walgreens), $.33 (Groceries-Jewel)
4- $.77 (Groceries-Jewel-Osco), $.33 (Groceries-Target), $12.12 (Groceries-Meijer) $4.40 (Eating Out-McDonald's), $6.63 (Shopping-Meijer), $2.68 (Shopping-Target)



Budget: $651....20%
Month: 3/31: 13%

My savings from coupons and sales: $117.52

 

[Cindy-rella]

Another no buy today!!

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
Goal 15 no buys
Groceries $3.79/$440

 

[lougoofy]

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

8/04/10: I never left the house until time to work 2nd shift, spent $2.04 on soda and chips.

 

[Ginamarie]

8-1 $0
8-2 $0
8-3 $75 (gift for SIL for baby shower), $72 groceries
8-4 $0
8-5 $9.95 shipping fee


No spend days- 3/14

Today should have been a zero, but I got zapped with a shipping fee. Doh! Luckily, we are totally stocked on groceries now aside from needing to get more milk by Saturday.

 

[PrincessMom4]

August 1-$0
August 2-$0
August 3-$0
August 4-$25(medication-child was ill)
August 5-
August 6-

August 1-$0
August 2-$0
August 3-$0
August 4-$25(medication-child was ill)
August 5-$0 (hair cut-money budgeted)
August 6-$0

 

[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 = 1/7
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

 

[ronnmel]

No Buy Days : 2/10
Gas : (Max 50$)
Groceries : 110$ (Max 200$)
Eating out (and snacks) : 15$ (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 : 20$ (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!.

$0 Days: 4/14
Groc $: $400 - $54/
Eat Out $200 - $8.98/
Aug Bd's $150 -

Good Luck everyone!!

 

[Virgderon]

I just realized that I am boring. The most exciting thing that happened to me all week was getting free vitamins at Walgreens. I gotta get out more.

Running Total: Spent 59
$900 budget...$841 left
$0 Days: 3
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
August 5: 0 (spent a little money but it came from Dh's budget, so no spend for me)

 

[lougoofy]

8/04/10: I never left the house until time to work 2nd shift, spent $2.04 on soda and chips.

8/05/10: $1.50 bus fare, $3.18 Hardee's sandwiches, $2.25 iced coffee from Border's, $.44 stamp for bill payment and $17.82 various things from dgmarket

 

[thebigkahuna]

WOW! I am impressed!!!!

thanks! It's not easy for me to have 0 days, I'm a impulsive shopper at best, and my take out food habit was breaking the bank.

 

[thebigkahuna]

08-01 $0!
08-02 $0!
08-03 $0!
08-04 $6 & change on dinner.
08-05 $0!

Goal: 12
Met: 4 !
Days to go: 8

 

[QVCshopper]

So, I'm trying to do the Walgreens/CVS thing. It's going OK, but at the same time, I only want to buy things I'll use...

No-buy days: 2/10
Spent: $215/$900 [not including gas/bills]

8/1 - $11 Gymboree; $50 Target; $4 DD; $11 Subway; $5.50 AA; $10 Wegmans
8/2 - $0
8/3 - $56.50 Wegmans; $2 Five Below
8/4 - $0
8/5 - $32.60 Walgreens; $.88 Post Office; $2 Dr Office
8/6 - $12.50 Chuck E Cheese; $6.50 McD; $8 Ice Cream Cookies!; $3.50 pretzels

 

[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 No Spend Days 3/10
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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!