August $0 Buy

[A.Mickey]

Running Total: Spent $222.07
$0 Days:4

Groceries ($217)- $56.82
Eating Out ($217)- $119.56
Misc. (Shopping/Entertainment) ($217) $45.69

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

Week 2:
$50 Groceries: $43.18 left
$50 Eating Out: $0 left
$50 Misc: $54.31 left

Week 3:
$50 Groceries: $50 left
$50 Eating Out: $30.44 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)
5- $0
6- $6 (Misc.-Tube Rental), $3.57 (Groceries-Dominick's), $13 (Eating Out-McDonald's)
7- $14.68 (Eating Out-Five Guys), $4.26 (Shopping-Dollar Tree)
WEEK 2 BEGIN:
8- $6.90 (Eating Out- Burger King)
9- $0
10- $0
11- $4.06 (Eating Out- Burger King), $9.38 (Eating Out- Costco), $2.59 (Groceries-Jewel-Osco), $3.19 (Groceries-Meijer), $14.62 (Shopping-Costco), $5.54 (Eating Out-Subway)



Budget: $651....34%
Month: 11/31: 35%

My savings from coupons and sales: $189.99

 

[SunnieRN]

Sorry, watched my grandsons during the day, worked 12 hour night shifts the past couple of days, so I am behind!

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 mammogram . 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, and I really don't like pizza, so I ate a peanut butter sand!
8/8: $148.79 Lego Store; $17.89, lunch at the mall; $4.78 fruit and french bread. Great mall, had fun!
8/9: $0, too tired to spend$.
8/10: $0, grocery shopping tomorrow and medications.

$0 Days: 7/14
Groc $: $400 - $54/$4.78
Eat Out $200 - $8.98/$31/$17.89
Aug Bd's $150 - $14.53

Good Luck everyone!!

 

[QVCshopper]

Should get all of the Staples money back in rebates. We've been doing great on food; I haven't really food shopped much at all, and I'm baking a little. I also have $25 in coupons to CVS, Walgreens, and Genuardis that I have to use soon. DH took the kids to Hallmark searching for a turtle PillowPet, so we'll see what they spend. At least I have a coupon...

No-buy days: 5/10
Spent: $386/$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
8/7 - $9 Farmers Market; $6 Giant
8/8 - $6 PB Kids; $8 VS; $4 Disney; $4.50 Chuck E Cheese; $13 TJ; $12 Wegmans; $1 Hallmark; $18.50 Chinese Food; $22 Genuardis; $16 Napa Auto; $2 B&N
8/9 - $0
8/10 - $0
8/11 - $11 Staples; $8.50 PetSmart; $5.50 BK; $2 DD; $22 Hallmark
8/12 - $0

 

[DisneyCrafter]

Goal: 15 $0 Days...5 so far!

Groceries: $78.75...

Gas: $124

Eating Out: $67.97

Misc.: $34.00 Vet, $5.00 Zoo, $8.36 JoAnn's, $12.00 DH Haircut, $4.15 Postage = $55.21


$0 Days:

8/1, 8/3, 8/5, 8/9, 8/11

 

[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 7- $22 Babysitting Course for DD11, she's now a certified babysitter. While she was there all day and DD15 had plans and DH had to work I had the day alone with DD8 and that is rare so I said we could do what she wanted. We built the free project at Home Depot. Had lunch at Taco Bell $5 (she had 3 things off the value menu and I had 2 and we both had water) and then we went home and watched Disney Channel and cuddled. Then we wrapped our coins ($120, we just did it a couple months ago so I didn't expect there to be so much!) Then we got a slush $1.50 and went to the park. Tonight we (DD11 and DD8 and me and DH) went bowling, with coupons it was $2 for all of us, but DH wanted "bowling alley" fries so those were $3.50. Then I wanted a sluch since DDslurped the whole one earlier up so my DH went to one of his restaurants (that he works at) and got me one for free tonight. Could have been a $0 day but since I rarely get time alone with DD8 I wanted her to do whatever she wanted. Turns out she's a cheap date like her momma!

August 8- Not a no spend day, but a full day of deals! Staples, I spent $70.75 on school supplies and will be getting back $60.80 in rebates. I also bought the kids eaach new MP3 players. 2GB ones for $10 each, not planned but DD15's is broken and the younger 2 don't have them. These wil be given to them for our car ride to Disney. Call it PEACE of mind for $32.40. Went to Ulta and got 2 full size OPI nail polishes and the free 3 pack of minis plus had a coupon so those were $14.50. Putting them away for DD15's b-day. Also for her b-day got her noise cancelling headphones on clearance for $21.79 with tax! Got snacks for DD15 and her friend who were out at a festival all day $9.96 and gave her $3 for whatever, and yes, she spent it. Also got gas, can't remember the exact and didn't get a receipt, but it was $43 and change. Took the kids for lunch at Sam's. We spent a whole $3 and change! Finally, took DH crazy bread up at work, $2. Overall a pretty good day even though it wasn't a $0 day. Got a lot of stuff for a very little bit of $$.

August 9-$0 Today was an eh day. I tried to take the kids to the park, it rained. After we went to play outside, the mosquitos attacked. We gave up and were going to go to the movies but they decided to watch a DVD. They decided on Ariel 2, it was broken! We were going to make Snickerdoodles for National Snickerdoodle day, we didn't have enough butter. The good news is it is getting better. We were all just laying here in my bed cuddling and listening to the storm, and now I am off to make Mickey waffles for dinner. (Today is 100 days till Disney. We have Mickey waffles for dinner at 100,90,80 etc days every countdown to a trip, so it is exciting to start tonight!) BUT, we are going to go do something tomorrow to make up for an eh day. So this is a one day no spend streak.

August 10-$0 + $3 in returns (technically) I took the kids to the free movie and packed snacks for it and a lunch to go to the park after. When we got out of the movie it was dreadfully hot and looked like it ws going to storm. So, we went to CEC instead. We wern't hungry for lunch before we went in so we were going to just play with the leftover tokens from last week. The girls, however, got hungry and wanted something to eat. They shared a salad and an ice cream. However, I spent $9 and took back $12 worth of craft supplies I didn't really need. I told my DH this and he said well, you didn't spend anything did you? Then you are still ahead $3. Love that man.
He got concert tickets today, but that is his spending money. If I were going it would be different, but he and his friend are going. And, get this, though of you who read last month know we went to Cleveland last month to see Bon Jovi and now, guess where he is headed??? Yep, Cleveland. It is going to be good for him, he's been working like crazy and his friend (more like a brother) is going though a rough divorce so a little road trip to chat will be good for both of them.

August 11- The girls and I spent the day with friends. We went to lunch $6, went bowling $3. Then I came home and saw the Mickey Christmas train yard thingy on BB and ordered that, $12. Dinner and ice cream out at Family Fun night, $8 and finaly groceries $71. We went out for lunch, dinner and ice cream but toal for 3 of us (DD15 was with friends, DH was at work then out with a friend) was $14 for all of it, so not too bad. Got to love coupons!!!

August No Spend Days 6/10
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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!

 

[MomOf3LovesMickey]

Goals- 10 no buys
$350 for groceries
$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
I have no idea where the week went lol
8/5- Spent the day hunting down a daycare for my boys...no luck $0
8/6- Instead of ordering pizza we bought a few frozen ones and some ice cream for movie night. ($9.96) Also had to get lunch stuff for cheer camp. $25.86
8/7- cheer camp $0-
8/8- $3.43 at cvs $20 for cheer certification class...on a goo
8/9- first day at work $0
8/10-$0
8/11- $15 because I was riding with my boss and she wanted to eat out for lunch I am at my school tomorrow though I will be having a sandwich from home...gotta stay on budget!


So...
$117.31/350 Groceries
$24.04/ 200 Household
$15/100 Eating out
$0/400 School Clothes

 

[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
8/4 - 0
8/5 - belated birthday dinner with hubby- $50
8/6 - Groceries & School Supplies - $96.58, Ice Cream from McDonalds $.69
8/7 - 0
8/8 - paper $2, $11.35 Kroger
8/9 - lunch out $8
8/10 - lunch, teacher store, dollar store, Rite Aid, and Walgreens -$85.32
8/11 - 0

Goal 15 no buys - 4/15
Groceries $126.22/$440

 

[ronnmel]

No Buy Days : 5/10
Gas : (Max 50$)
Groceries : 165$ (Max 200$)
Eating out (and snacks) : 85$ (Max 150$)
Non-necessities : 369$ (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$
8/07 : 63$ (food + walmart)
8/08 : 0$
8/09 : 37$ (movie + dinner)
8/10 : 40$ (groceries + cat litter)
8/11 : 0$

 

[neatokimmo]

I had to go to the doctor, I have tonsillitis, sinusitis and a cold. Yay me. I am not sure what the bill will be. I get an almost free high deductible plan at work that comes with a 1K spending card. They normally chop the price in half then I have to call in and pay with the card. So I guess we'll see.

I got two scripts and 8 bottles of contact cleaner for $28 something but used my freebie money from the medical card from last year so I won't count it.

I also spent exactly $30 on sickie foods like juice & gatoraid.

8/11 - $30 (sick girl groceries)
8/10 - $67.45 ish (full tank of gas, groceries, lunch & misc household WM stuff)
8/9 - 7.73 (snacks and gas)
8/8 - $6.23 (breakfast & ice cream)
8/7 - $39 (veggies, cokes and tutu skirts)
8/6 - zero
8/5 - 10.73 (lunch & breakfast)
8/4 - zero
8/3 - 33.81 (snacks, breakfast & groceries)
8/2 - zero
8/1 - $29.12 (Mom's birthday dinner)[/QUOTE]

 

[MaryKLady]

Well, now I see where my money is going, ugh. I can't wait for school to start so I can get back to my regular schedule...and budget!

Aug. 1 - $0
Aug. 2 - $0
Aug. 3 - $0 ($530 for new shutters but using tax return)
Aug. 4 - $121.65 (massage-justified pain relief)
Aug. 5 - $0
Aug. 6 - $200 (cash for Hershey and weekly cash allowance)
Aug. 7 - $76.85 (Hershey Park sunset passes for 3)
Aug. 8 - $389 (hotel for 2 nights, tickets, some meals)
Aug. 9 - $0
Aug. 10 - $74 (state fair)
Aug. 11 - $168 (YMCA swim lessons and gymnastics fee, nail appointment)
$94.40 (groceries)
$100 (new watch band)

 

[Grendalynn]

Total so far: $290 +/-
6 - No Buy days so far, Goal is 15

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- $125 - Includes bare-bones groceries and a Lobster feed... not too shabby!
8/8 - $0 -4
8/9 - $0 - 5 But I had the Car inspected and oil changed. And i am only keeping track of minimal spending (not regular/fixed household expenses) so I am not sure that i will count this...$99
8/10 - $0 - 6
8/11 - $40 total: DS had a field trip with Summer Rec Dept ($20), misc groceries for dinner ($9) and a stop at Dunkin donuts for the kids before my softball game ($11) -BUT- I was called into to work and made $157 that I wasn't expecting, so that almost covers my spending money for the past 2 weeks...
8/12 - $75 on groceries

 

[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
8-6 $0
8-7 $23 BJs
8-8 $0
8-9 $0
8-10 $0
8-11 $0
8-12 $96 chimney cleaning (HAD to be done) $-- BJs for groceries (we haven’t gone yet, but that’s the plan)


No spend days 8/14

 

[sophie832]

8/1: $90.62 (groceries, 1 textbook, and renewing B&N membership)
8/2: $0
8/3: $0
8/4: $0
8/5: $48.21 (parking, lunch, dinner)
8/6: $37.69 (post office, lunch)
8/7: My birthday! approx. $60 for b-day dinner
8/8: $21.17 (food for b-day party)
8/9: $16.65 (drink from snack shop and DH's prescription)
8/10: $0!
8/11: $0
8/12: $166.22 (so far: medical bills and a new pair of shoes for work..prob. groceries and cheap dinner later)

Does anyone else find that they go on a bit of a spending run on days they already know won't be no-buy days? As soon as I'm spending $, I figure I might as well get all of it done in one day.

5/10 days so far...halfway to the goal! Yay!

 

[Swmr359]

This whole moving this is putting a cramp in my no spending thing! I have no food in my apartment, I have to go out agian today to get stuff...hopefull tomorrow will be better.

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
Aug 7-$0
Aug 8-$12@PetsMart
Aug 9-$0 (moving day!)
Aug 10-$11@Thrift Store, $36@Giant
Aug 11-$13@Giant

total=$130
0 days=4

 

[Virgderon]

Neatokimmo, I hope you feel better soon! That is a nasty diagnosis.

Went to Target and the gas station today. It took everything I had to just go directly to the food aisles at Target, get the few items I had on my list that were on sale, and leave! Target tests me.

Running Total: Spent 165
$900 budget...$735 left
$0 Days: 6
Goal is 10 or more!
coupon/sale savings : 75

Groceries budget- $250-10-26-24-6-11-16= 157 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)
August 8: 13
August 9: 0
August 10: 41 ( Walgreens- things for DD, pop )
August 11: 0
August 12: 28 ( 16 Target groceries/ 12 gas station)

 

[Virgderon]

Does anyone else find that they go on a bit of a spending run on days they already know won't be no-buy days? As soon as I'm spending $, I figure I might as well get all of it done in one day.

Yes, definitely. Like I will get gas on days when I have already spent something, or buy soda when I have already bought gas, etc.

 

[thebigkahuna]

08-01 $0!
08-02 $0!
08-03 $0!
08-04 $6 & change on dinner.
08-05 $0!
08-06 $0!
08-07 $0!
08-08 $0!
08-09 McDonalds $9 & change, $20 & change for gas.
08-10 $0!
08-11 $0!
08-12 $0!

Goal: 12
Met: 10 !
Days to go: 2

BONUS GOAL: 5 additional days.
Bonus goal met : 0
Bonus goal days to go: 5

 

[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 7- $22 Babysitting Course for DD11, she's now a certified babysitter. While she was there all day and DD15 had plans and DH had to work I had the day alone with DD8 and that is rare so I said we could do what she wanted. We built the free project at Home Depot. Had lunch at Taco Bell $5 (she had 3 things off the value menu and I had 2 and we both had water) and then we went home and watched Disney Channel and cuddled. Then we wrapped our coins ($120, we just did it a couple months ago so I didn't expect there to be so much!) Then we got a slush $1.50 and went to the park. Tonight we (DD11 and DD8 and me and DH) went bowling, with coupons it was $2 for all of us, but DH wanted "bowling alley" fries so those were $3.50. Then I wanted a sluch since DDslurped the whole one earlier up so my DH went to one of his restaurants (that he works at) and got me one for free tonight. Could have been a $0 day but since I rarely get time alone with DD8 I wanted her to do whatever she wanted. Turns out she's a cheap date like her momma!

August 8- Not a no spend day, but a full day of deals! Staples, I spent $70.75 on school supplies and will be getting back $60.80 in rebates. I also bought the kids eaach new MP3 players. 2GB ones for $10 each, not planned but DD15's is broken and the younger 2 don't have them. These wil be given to them for our car ride to Disney. Call it PEACE of mind for $32.40. Went to Ulta and got 2 full size OPI nail polishes and the free 3 pack of minis plus had a coupon so those were $14.50. Putting them away for DD15's b-day. Also for her b-day got her noise cancelling headphones on clearance for $21.79 with tax! Got snacks for DD15 and her friend who were out at a festival all day $9.96 and gave her $3 for whatever, and yes, she spent it. Also got gas, can't remember the exact and didn't get a receipt, but it was $43 and change. Took the kids for lunch at Sam's. We spent a whole $3 and change! Finally, took DH crazy bread up at work, $2. Overall a pretty good day even though it wasn't a $0 day. Got a lot of stuff for a very little bit of $$.

August 9-$0 Today was an eh day. I tried to take the kids to the park, it rained. After we went to play outside, the mosquitos attacked. We gave up and were going to go to the movies but they decided to watch a DVD. They decided on Ariel 2, it was broken! We were going to make Snickerdoodles for National Snickerdoodle day, we didn't have enough butter. The good news is it is getting better. We were all just laying here in my bed cuddling and listening to the storm, and now I am off to make Mickey waffles for dinner. (Today is 100 days till Disney. We have Mickey waffles for dinner at 100,90,80 etc days every countdown to a trip, so it is exciting to start tonight!) BUT, we are going to go do something tomorrow to make up for an eh day. So this is a one day no spend streak.

August 10-$0 + $3 in returns (technically) I took the kids to the free movie and packed snacks for it and a lunch to go to the park after. When we got out of the movie it was dreadfully hot and looked like it ws going to storm. So, we went to CEC instead. We wern't hungry for lunch before we went in so we were going to just play with the leftover tokens from last week. The girls, however, got hungry and wanted something to eat. They shared a salad and an ice cream. However, I spent $9 and took back $12 worth of craft supplies I didn't really need. I told my DH this and he said well, you didn't spend anything did you? Then you are still ahead $3. Love that man.
He got concert tickets today, but that is his spending money. If I were going it would be different, but he and his friend are going. And, get this, though of you who read last month know we went to Cleveland last month to see Bon Jovi and now, guess where he is headed??? Yep, Cleveland. It is going to be good for him, he's been working like crazy and his friend (more like a brother) is going though a rough divorce so a little road trip to chat will be good for both of them.

August 11- The girls and I spent the day with friends. We went to lunch $6, went bowling $3. Then I came home and saw the Mickey Christmas train yard thingy on BB and ordered that, $12. Dinner and ice cream out at Family Fun night, $8 and finaly groceries $71. We went out for lunch, dinner and ice cream but toal for 3 of us (DD15 was with friends, DH was at work then out with a friend) was $14 for all of it, so not too bad. Got to love coupons!!!

August 12-$0 Hubby is coing home ON TIME for the first time in I don't kow how long. We are having a nice dinner and just relaxing so it is safe to report early.

August No Spend Days 7/10
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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!

 

[MickeyMomOfThree]

Neatokimmo, I hope you are feeling much better soon!

Does anyone else find that they go on a bit of a spending run on days they already know won't be no-buy days? As soon as I'm spending $, I figure I might as well get all of it done in one day.

Yes and no, probably more so in the beginning. Now my mindset has changed so I think about each purchase more. But yes, I do try to buy things in groups like gas, groceries and stuff but I still think it is a benifit cause I do less running places and that saves on gas and there are less days I am tempted by being in the stores.

So, yes and no.

 

[wdwobsessed]

Hi all. Didn't make it on to post yesterday.

I keep telling myself I am going to keep track of this no matter how painful. This has been painful, having to take a hard look at my habits. I still think August was a bad month to start but maybe that will just make September look better!!

Ok so yesterday I went back to school shopping with my son 11 and his friend. First we did a haircut $21, Breakfast at BK $9.60, Movie $24, Concessions $25.50. Clothing total was: $273.11.

We also had icecream: $13.85, Dinner out: $75.61 and pizza for other son at home: 17.14

Today I had PLANNED a no spend day and TOTALLY FORGOT! I am going to set my alarm to remind me Saturday as that is my next day I can go for one!

Today - Diet Coke $1.79
Pizza / salad for lunch - $25 (this is a bad habit)

So tommorrow I take DS 14 back to school clothes shopping, I start back with my personal trainer and I am getting back to school supplies at staples. So tomorrow is agiven I will spend.

Looking ahead to the weekend I just need to make sure I have groceries in the house so I don't have to order out.

GOALS:

10 No Spend Days
2/10

Track all spending all 31 days
10 /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
August 7th - $4.64 Breakfast, $45.46 Gas, $6 Lunch, $56.25 Groceries
August 8th - $0
August 9th - $11.32 Breakfast, 37.89 Gas, $22 Massage Tip, $6.99 Dinner Me, $28 Diiner boys, 63.99 Clothing, $2.50 Groceries, $10 Laundry, 21.47 Dance Camp snacks, $96 payment for flyering, $344.94 TV
August 10th - $269.55 Ad for studio, Pizza for lunch $33, Waters $6 , Flyering $72, Dinner $12, MNSSHP $257, 6 flags $47,
August 11th: haircut $21, Breakfast at BK $9.60, Movie $24, Concessions $25.50. Clothing: $273.11. icecream: $13.85, Dinner out: $75.61 pizza: 17.14
August 12th: Diet Coke $1.79 Pizza/salad lunch: $25


Totals
No Buy Days - 2/10
Misc Spending - $490.02
Clothing - $337.10
Vehicle - $878
Gas - $83.85
Eating Out/On The Run - $308.35
Entertainment - $353.50
Grocery/Household - $69.28
Medical - $111.50 ($50 My fault)
Business Expenses - $1070.02

I FEEL ILL>