August $0 Buy

[QVCshopper]

Happy (early) Birthday QVCShopper.

Thank you!! I think we're going out to eat (with a coupon, of course!).

 

[MickeyMomOfThree]

Thank you!! I think we're going out to eat (with a coupon, of course!).

Is there any other way???

 

[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!
08-13 $0! (paid bills, but no extras)
08-14 CVS about $30.00 (partially budgeted)
08-15 $0!
08-16 $10.00 lunch, $25.00 Christmas presents (I've always said I want to start buying early!)
08-17 $0 (and I'm sure already, because I won't be leaving the house. )

Goal: 12
Met: 12 !
Days to go: 0!

BONUS GOAL: 5 additional days.
Bonus goal met : 1
Bonus goal days to go: 4

HAPPY early BIRTHDAY QVCShopper!!!

 

[Tiggerish]

I am just back from week in Disney World. Took my a half hour to read all he posts that happened while I was gone. Had a wonderful time and it was not too hot and not too crowded but it did rain every day - sometimes for 2 hours of heavy downpour and sometimes just little 5 minute refreshing sprinkles. But it was all good and I stayed under the money I had in my special vacation savings so no extra expensives.

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 / $25 left
Giving $175 / $100 left
Groceries/Household Goods $225 / $153 left
Medical $ 50 /$45 left
Misc. $100 / $43 left

No spend days = 2/7
Coupon savings = $63.00
Christmas 2010 running total of spending = $256
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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)
8/8 thru 8/14 DISNEY WORLD
8/15 Groceries $56
8/16 Eating out $25 (took niece and nephew out for luch and ice cream)

 

[csharpwv]

While we aren't doing this on a day - to -day basis yet (I actually think we will start next month) we are using August as a spend as little as possible month - and have really changed out spending habits to get in gear to start saving more every month. We have only eaten out on weekends, and have cooked/eaten in every weekday this month - and month to date over last month we have already saved a few hundred dollars (almost up to $350)

We are really trying to tighten out budget - not because we HAVE to - but because we feel it is the responsible thing to do.

Over the next few months we are actually going to start spending money to make some as we start a small business - so let' hope our savings will reap benefits and the time spent cooking at home will make us count out blessings!

You guys have really inspired me to watch our budget more closely and be more cautious consumers!

 

[charming23]

Went to target today to get "The Last Song" I had my $10 off blu-ray coupon and a giftcard so no money out of pocket on that but I also bought some paper plates and some hair repair serum.

I also stopped over at the Disney Store and used my "Mystery Coupon" and got 20% off the sweatshirt with Eeyore I have had my eye on Used a giftcard there too.

I also got a job application for the Disney Store and I am not sure whether that is a good or a bad thing If I get the job I may owe more than I make.


August Budget-

Groceries- $200/ $92.84 left
Household- $50/$20.18 left
Gas- $50/25 left
Eating out/entertainment- $50/ $16.48 left
Misc- $50/ $19.55 left

total- $400/ $174.55 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
8/8- $0
8/9- $0
8/10- $23.62 at Save-a-lot
8/11- $14.65 at The Pancake House and $12.94 at the Disney Store
8/12- $0
8/13- $18 at Giant Eagle and $25 for gas
8/14- $0
8/15- $7.82 Bruggers, $2.29 Dairy Queen, $16.32 for household at Walgreens, /and $7.63 for misc at Walgreens
8/16- $0
8/17- $13 for paper plates and hair repair serum at target

7/10 No Buy Days

 

[Virgderon]

Welcome back Tiggerish and welcome csharpwv!

The idea that DD would be taking my car for 10 days kind of threw me into a last minute panic and I ran to Walgreens and bought a bunch of things so I would hopefully not run out. Not sure why I did this because DH would be happy to take me to the store in the evenings. Oh, well. I'll try for a 0 spend day tomorrow.

Running Total: Spent $322
$900 budget...$578 left
$0 Days: 6
Goal is 10 or more!
coupon/sale savings : 105

Groceries budget- $250-10-26-24-6-11-16-2-29-9= 117 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)
August 13: 15 (Walgreens)
August 14 : 20 (baseball game)
August 15: 70 (23 groceries, 28 plant, 8 McDonalds, 11 pop and newspapers at gas station)
August 16: 22 (15 movie, 7 movie food)
August 17: 30 (Walgreens various supplies)

 

[MickeyMomOfThree]

Charming, good luck on the job. I worked at The Disney Store for a while but DH said we couldn't afford for me to keep the job. It was a very fun job but I am convinced the music had subliminal messages for shoppers to buy stuff and it was much worse on us employees!

Seriously though, will you be working at Great Lakes Mall? We stop there to get our Disney fix (since ours are all gone) when driving to Michigan to visit our family. If taht is where yo uare I will have to be sure to say hello on our next trip!

 

[MickeyMomOfThree]

Goal Reached!!! Granted I scaled back my normal goal to enjoy the month with the kids, but I reached it half was though the month so I am pleased.

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 13-$0 I had to take DD8 to a b-day party and didn't have a gift but thankfully I have a stash of deals and we found a gift perfect for the little girl.

August 14-$0 I have a sleepover with the girls tonight for Girl Scouts. Normally I would go buy some junk food and we'd have dinner there but we are having dinner at home and I am making some treats so I think it is safe to report for today.

August 15- I really thought today ws going to be a lot more expensive, we did so good! I soent $50 at Staples but I will get it all just about back, all I will have paid is 6 cents for 6 notebooks and a penny each for 2 packs of photo paper and 2 packs of printer paper, and the tax on everything. We went to the corn fest, it was mostly cancelled due to rain but by the time we got there it ended and we spent the day there with out friends. We spent $2 on corn. The kids each spent $1 on goat feed, but they brought that money themselves and didn't ask us for any. We decided to go our for dinner but went for "happy hour" to Brewesters/Nathan's and we all ate and had ice cream for $15. Not to shabby. Oh, I also gave DD15 $10 cause she went to her friend's b-day get toghter (not really a party, but we gave a card and the $10.)

August 16- Uggg, it was a no spend day till about 5:00 and dinner was planned and ready to start. But then DH and I were talking that it's Kids Eat Free night at Moe's. We all like it there but once the school year starts Mondays are out (dance night) so we had said we were going to enjoy it over the summer but we only have gone once, so we put dinner on hold till tomorrow and went to dinner. $15. The DH was going to Sam's to get gas and I decided to top off my tank too, $30. We needed some things at Sam's so we went in and trouble hit. I got $120 worth of fall clothes. Now they were needed but I hate buying all at once, but I liked them and I know if I don't buy they will sell out of my size so DH said just go for it now. He also needed a new office chair (he has leg issues, he had surgery earlier this year and it was uncessful and he needs it again, but the new chair was a necessity.) So he found one he liked but there goes $100, we spent another $75 on meat and produce and also food for him (he runs the cantina at work, he doesn't make money he breaks even but that money, about $20 worth will come back to us.) So actually only about $55 on meat and produce. Then I figured I might as well do my grocery shopping while we were out, and that was $75. Should have stayed home but would have just bought it all tomorrow when I ws planning on going out, so oh well. Shooting for a $0 tomorrow now...

August 17-$0 I had plans to take my DD11's good friend with us, but we saw Kit Kitterage, An American Girl at the kids free movie (it was so cute!) and had a picnic at the splash park and spent all day there. Now we are home, making dinner and after we are going to bake some cookies and make ice cream cookie sandwiches out of them for dessert. A perfect day and it was all FREEEE!!!!

August No Spend Days 10/10
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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!

 

[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: $203.93 (medical bills, a new pair of shoes for work, DH's new outdoor thermometer, and groceries)
8/13: $0
8/14: $7.56 (Burger King and Kogi BBQ)...this money got replaced by what my DH earned selling his photography at a local art show, but I don't want to count this as a no-buy day
8/15: $200 (car insurance payment)
8/16: $65 (access to website for DH's college class)

6/10 days

Yesterday was going to be a definite no-buy day...then my DH realized it was the first day for his online college class, and he had to have access to the course website. Oh well...today will be a $0 day! I'm going to make it happen!

 

[lougoofy]

8/16/10: $2.13 2 christmas (Mickey) ornaments and a dvd and $2.08 gallon of water and a vitamin water

8/17/10: spent $1.06 tissues, $3.00 bus fares, $4.92 pastries from Calistoga, $16.82 beer and wine from liqour store and $5.95 groceries from Pic Pac and I got a little cash back and $2 gas for lawn-mower

 

[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...
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!
8/12- I lied! Went to Jack in the Box for lunch lol $6
8/13- McDonalds for lunch $3.50
8/14- busy busy day...went to a church activity and had a birthday party but...$0
8/15- Hung out at my grandmothers and didn't make it to CVS or Walgreens so no buy today too! $0
8/16- Did good today and went home for lunch and cooked dinner but made it to CVS and spent a whopping 26 cents!
8/17- Office treated us to lunch so $0

So...
$117.31/350 Groceries
$24.30/ 200 Household
$24.50/100 Eating out
$0/400 School Clothes

 

[ronnmel]

No Buy Days : 7/10
Gas : (Max 50$)
Groceries : 210$ (Max 250$)
Eating out (and snacks) : 152$ (Max 150$)
Non-necessities : 505$ (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$
8/12 : 45$ (groceries + ice cream)
8/13 : 50$ (hair dresser)
8/14 : 36$ (food + storage things)
8/15 : 127$ (dinner + dry cleaning)
8/16 : 0$
8/17 : 0$

 

[A.Mickey]

Running Total: Spent $395.39
$0 Days:5

Groceries ($217)- $109.91
Eating Out ($217)- $169.76
Misc. (Shopping/Entertainment) ($217) $115.72

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

Week 3:
$50 Groceries: $40.09 left
$50 Eating Out: $0 left
$50 Misc: $34.28 left

Week 4:
$50 Groceries: $50 left
$50 Eating Out: $30.24 left
$50 Misc: $50 left

Week 5:
$21.42 Groceries: $21.42 left
$21.42 Eating Out: $21.42 left
$21.42 Misc: $21.42 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)
12- $6.20 (Groceries-Dominick's), $4 (Misc.-Tube Rental), $12.50 (Eating Out- McDonald's)
13- $4.90 (Eating Out- McDonald's), $22.73 (Groceries-Meijer)
14- $6.32 (Groceries-Jewel), $16.93 (Shopping-Disney Store)
WEEK 3 BEGIN:
15- $42.10 (Shopping-Staples (ink)), $23 (Eating Out- Potbelly's), $7 (Shopping-50% off Toy Story 3 Hot Wheels @ Great America)
16- $0
17- $17.84 (Groceries-Dominick's), $9.80 (Eating Out- McDonald's)


Budget: $664.26....60%
Month: 16/31: 55%

My savings from coupons and sales: $475.67

 

[Swmr359]

I'm working 11-9 for the next 3 days; so hopefully that will translate to 0 days!

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
Aug 12-$0
Aug 13-$0
aug 14-$0
Aug 15-$10@Target, $63@Giant
Aug 16-$0
Aug 17-$42@Walmart

total=$45
0 days=8

 

[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 / $25 left
Giving $175 / $100 left
Groceries/Household Goods $225 / $153 left
Medical $ 50 /$45 left
Misc. $100 / $43 left

No spend days = 3/7
Coupon savings = $63.00
Christmas 2010 running total of spending = $256
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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)
8/8 thru 8/14 DISNEY WORLD
8/15 Groceries $56
8/16 Eating out $25 (took niece and nephew out for luch and ice cream)
8/17 $0

 

[wdwfan16]

8/1 - $0
8/2 - $0
8/3 - $0
8/4 - $0
8/7 - $0
8/8 - $0
8/10 - $0
8/11 - $0
8/14 - $0
8/16 - $0
8/18 - $0
8/19 - $0

 

[charming23]

Charming, good luck on the job. I worked at The Disney Store for a while but DH said we couldn't afford for me to keep the job. It was a very fun job but I am convinced the music had subliminal messages for shoppers to buy stuff and it was much worse on us employees!

Seriously though, will you be working at Great Lakes Mall? We stop there to get our Disney fix (since ours are all gone) when driving to Michigan to visit our family. If taht is where yo uare I will have to be sure to say hello on our next trip!

Thanks. I think the Disney store would be a fun place to work although I am afraid to because I think you are right about the subliminal messages in the music they play. I always walk out of there with more than I came in for .

I would be working at the one at Great Northern Mall as it is closer to home than the one at Great lakes Mall.


Okay so I am calling today a $0. Heading outside to work in the garden.


August Budget-

Groceries- $200/ $92.84 left
Household- $50/$20.18 left
Gas- $50/25 left
Eating out/entertainment- $50/ $16.48 left
Misc- $50/ $19.55 left

total- $400/ $174.55 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
8/8- $0
8/9- $0
8/10- $23.62 at Save-a-lot
8/11- $14.65 at The Pancake House and $12.94 at the Disney Store
8/12- $0
8/13- $18 at Giant Eagle and $25 for gas
8/14- $0
8/15- $7.82 Bruggers, $2.29 Dairy Queen, $16.32 for household at Walgreens, /and $7.63 for misc at Walgreens
8/16- $0
8/17- $13 for paper plates and hair repair serum at target
8/18- $0

8/10 No Buy Days

 

[Tiggerish]

Budget for August is only for three weeks as we will be in Disney the 8th-14th. Budget for the other weeks is $735 with 7 no spend days.

Auto $60/ $12 left
Eating Out/Entertainment $125 / $25 left
Giving $175 / $100 left
Groceries/Household Goods $225 / $122 left
Medical $ 50 /$45 left
Misc. $100 / $43 left

No spend days = 3/7
Coupon savings = $63.00
Christmas 2010 running total of spending = $256
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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)
8/8 thru 8/14 DISNEY WORLD
8/15 Groceries $56
8/16 Eating out $25 (took niece and nephew out for lunch and ice cream)
8/17 $0
8/18 Auto $27 (gas); Groceries $31

 

[Virgderon]

Finally a 0 day. I was thinking I would never get another one! This weekend is trouble, but I am hoping for at least one more 0 day tomorrow or Friday.

Running Total: Spent $322
$900 budget...$578 left
$0 Days: 7
Goal is 10 or more!
coupon/sale savings : 105

Groceries budget- $250-10-26-24-6-11-16-2-29-9= 117 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)
August 13: 15 (Walgreens)
August 14 : 20 (baseball game)
August 15: 70 (23 groceries, 28 plant, 8 McDonalds, 11 pop and newspapers at gas station)
August 16: 22 (15 movie, 7 movie food)
August 17: 30 (Walgreens various supplies)
August 18: 0