I have been MIA for a few days, our bad luck has continued but nothing major, so it's OK, but haven't had much computer time. I want to plug in rough numbers now andput in the exact numbers later cause otherwise I will blow it for the month and I hae made it this far...
December 1-$0
December 2-$0 Had to go to Michael's and
Walmart for Girl Scouts, there was some temptation but I resisited!
I do need to go do some shopping tomorrow though.
December 3-
Christmas Shopping $80 for 2 Wiimotes and Epic Mickey and Super Mario Brothers thanks to Slickdeals! Also, DD8 had a GS thing, it was awful (last year was so nice) and miserably cold so DH bribed the kids, well, her, to go out to dinner if we could leave early (bad parents maybe, but he and I are already sick and it was miserable) so she agrees, we get in the car and she pickes Outback.
So, with tip an insane $60 for dinner out but we rarely do that, so it's OK.
December 4- I decided since we cancelled our Thanksgiving dinner in Disney (due to cost) I wanted to make Thanksgiving dinner. I am having troulbe getting into the Christmas spirit and thought that would help. My DH's best friend is getting divorced and didn't have his kids on Thanksgiving, so I made dinner for all of us on Sunday. I spent about $125 on groceries.
We had everything though, ham, turkey, salad, rolls, stuffing, brown sugar glazed carrots, green bean casserole, candied yams, baked sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes and gravy, cream cheese garlic mashed potatoes, cranberries, pie and ice cream. And LOTS of leftovers!!! DD8 had a b-day party for a little boy, we were kind of cheap maybe but gave him 3 Disney Star Wars cars that we got in the girl's Grab Bags in Disney. Was supposed to go to a basketball game with DH but the thought of a 1.5 hour ride each way for that after a long day wasn't fun, so he took a friend. On the way he got a flat. Never made the game and had to get another new tire! UGGG, but that was car repairs we don't reord plus I wasn't with him, don't even know how much it was. He never made the game.
December 5-$0 Stayed home and cooked and ate! My garbage disposal and dishwaher broke after cooking that BIG meal!!! Thankfully today (2 days later) it is finally fixed (thank goodness DH was able to fix them) and I am finally washing dishes in the kitchen and not the bathroom sink. Eeeewww!!!
December 6- Should have been a $0 day but woke up to a sick kid. Went to the doctor and it was strep. No copay for the appointment or the meds cause of her age. That will end soon. But he did prescribe popcicles, 2 an hour cause she isn't eating or drinking. Went to buy those and decided to get DH boots, we have over a foot and a half of snow in the last 48 hours and he was shoveling in tennis shoes. So that was about $60, pricey popcicles! At the end of last winter I threw out all DH and my boots and coats. They had been though at leat 5 NY winters and we looked pathetic. But now, here we are and no boots or coats. He found a coat at Sam's for $30 and it is super nice, and now I got him the boots, but I wear an 11W shoe (I am 6'1") so far I have not found boots, and coats, forget it...even Walmart ones are $50! So far I haven't bought one though I need to! Took the kittens to the vet. Don't know how much it was, DH said it wasn't worth me stressing over. But they got a clean bill of health and all their baby shots. Christmas shopped for DH at Think Geek, that was about $85! Also ordered 2 gift sets at Walmart, but they were $9 each and have a $10 rebate so spent $18, get back $20, not bad.
December 6- $0 ETA- A foot and a half of snow, a DH who went into work at 4am, yeah, we stayed in tonight. Made a casserole and called it a $0 day! (From earlier-Well, too early to call. DD8 is still home so that means I am too. I am supposed to be getting lots done this week but with her home I am finding myself to be laying on the couch wathcing a lot of cartoons. (Not complaning.) It is after noon and I am still in my PJs. DH had mentioned going on a date tonight (we have a coupon) but not sure if we will or not, will report later. If we go I will hit Ulta (have some great coupons) to do some Christmas shopping for DD11 and might try to find a coat. BBBbbbrrrrr!!!)
No spend days 4/15 I don't expect to make 15 but I will be happy with as many as I can this month.
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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)
August-15 Days
September-15 Days
October-13 Days
November-6 Days (only kept track till November 16th cause we were in Disney the rest of the month)
Longest Streak-4 Days in a Row
$0! Hopefully this a good omen for the month!
. Had to stop at Dollar General for pop I'm supposed to bring to a Parent-Child center volunteer dinner, & I let dd4 choose a $5 gift for her brother & sister. She has been making tons of gifts (pictures, paper tree ornaments) & using up all of my saved gift bags to wrap them-lol. She was so excited to wrap up gifts she'd picked out for them
. Tomorrow- planning on a no-buy, going to my mom's to wrap everything while dd4 is 2 preschool.
I had to pay for the bowling I missed last week when I was sick, so that kind of hurts.
! I would REALLY love to rest this evening, as we finally have no where to go, but I MUST get some laundry done. Something had to slide this week to get the gifts bought & wrapped
! "The Middle" is on tonight, though, and it WILL be watched, clean socks or not!
