December "No Buy" - Wrap up 2016 with a bang!

[fallonkendra]

I'm going to aim low once again, and try for 10 no-buy days. I don't count my mortgage payments, house/auto insurance, electric/water/hydro bills.

December 1 - Paid for lunch for a co-worker and myself ($20)
December 2 - Had the day off work, so ran some errands. $25 at the bakery, $30 on gas for my car
December 3 - $230 on groceries, went to Disney on Ice - $25 on snacks
December 4 - $75 at a fundraiser for an Animal Rescue Group
December 5 - Worked from home, so ate leftovers from the fridge for lunch No buy (1/10)
December 6 - A co-worker bought my lunch, No buy (2/10)
December 7 - Bought pizza for lunch for my department at work, $48
December 8 - No buy (3/10)
December 9 - A different co-worker's turn to buy lunch, No buy (4/10)
December 10 - Went to a concert, but tickets were free (it was a "win-your-way-in" contest held by the radio station my boyfriend works at). Did buy a $10 drink though.
December 11 - Went to an NHL game, but tickets were purchased in September - I'm not counting those. I did save some money by not eating at the arena, but we did stop at Wendy's on the way home, $13.
December 12 - Actually brought a lunch from home, no buy (5/10)
December 13 - Co-worker paid for my lunch, No buy (6/10)
December 14 - I'm going to call it now, today will be no buy. We're going out for lunch, but it's paid for by the company I work for and our neighbours invited us over for supper.

 

[tinkarooni]

December 1 - No Buy (1/21)
December 2 - No Buy (2/21)
December -3 groceries
December 4 - took daughter shopping, she was spending her clothes allowance, so I would consider that "No Buy", except I bought a pair of jeans. Epic fail for me.
December 5 - target odds and ends
December 6 - No Buy (3/21)
December 7 - No Buy (4/21)
December 8 - No Buy (5/21)
December 9 - No Buy (6/21)
December 10 - Grocery shopping and errands
December 11 - more shopping.....ugh......
December 12 - No buy (7/21)
December 13 - No Buy (8/21)
December 14 - online shopping, odds and ends.. gluten free panettone, last minute gift needs.....
December 15 - Calling it a No Buy day now (9/21) It is sooooooo cold here. I have no need to go anywhere. Fully stocked groceries.

I have an appointment for a manicure tomorrow because we have DH's schmancy holiday party on Saturday. So tomorrow will definitely be a spend day. The weekend though should be quiet with little to no spending. I know I need a bag of Craisins which will mess up another No Buy day just because I forgot to pick them up when I was grocery shopping. I'll have to stop tomorrow, it's already a lost day for me, might as well get my Craisins.

 

[khmorgan]

December 1- $40 Target for stuff
December 2- no buy (1)
December 3- Loaded grocery, and Starbucks card. Bought gift cards for nieces, nephews, and teachers. Got a few more presents knocked off the list at Target. Extension cord from Home Depot.
December 4- Took the kids out to breakfast, Christmas shopping for DH and the dogs, and got them a snack on the way home.
December 5- no buy (2)
December 6- no buy (3)
December 7- no buy (4)
December 8- no buy (5)
December 9- Target for boots, and paper towels
December 10- no buy (6)
December 11- Target for school "winter celebration" things
December 12- left grocery card at home, so had to pay for a few items for dinner, grrr
December 13- no buy (7)
December 14- no buy (8)
December 15- no buy (9)

 

[tinkarooni]

Oh my gosh, our thread fell to page three.....c'mon guys.....I know we're all busy, but lets pull this out. So here's my update. It's not so pretty.

December 1 - No Buy (1/21)
December 2 - No Buy (2/21)
December -3 groceries
December 4 - took daughter shopping, she was spending her clothes allowance, so I would consider that "No Buy", except I bought a pair of jeans. Epic fail for me.
December 5 - target odds and ends
December 6 - No Buy (3/21)
December 7 - No Buy (4/21)
December 8 - No Buy (5/21)
December 9 - No Buy (6/21)
December 10 - Grocery shopping and errands
December 11 - more shopping.....ugh......
December 12 - No buy (7/21)
December 13 - No Buy (8/21)
December 14 - online shopping, odds and ends.. gluten free panettone, last minute gift needs.....
December 15 - Calling it a No Buy day now (9/21) It is sooooooo cold here. I have no need to go anywhere. Fully stocked groceries.


December 16 - manicure and errands......where oh where do all the errands come from.
December 17 - No Buy (9/21) Free schmancy party, free dinner, free drinks. A frugal gals dream come true!
December 18- grocery store, stuff for yet another cookie recipe to try
December 19 - No Buy (10/21)
December 20 - DH calls, we forgot to buy a gift for so and so. Oh geez, quick stop at the store.
December 21 - No Buy (11/21)
December 22 - returns, exchanges, shipping back what didn't work. Although I didn't really spend much, I had to buy a $3.00 roll of tape.....that screws my No Buy day.
December 23 - calling it now, No Buy (12/21).......I need some batteries, but I have a return to Lowes and it will be a financial wash...so I'm calling it No Buy. Can I get away with that?

 

[khmorgan]

December 1- $40 Target for stuff
December 2- no buy (1)
December 3- Loaded grocery, and Starbucks card. Bought gift cards for nieces, nephews, and teachers. Got a few more presents knocked off the list at Target. Extension cord from Home Depot.
December 4- Took the kids out to breakfast, Christmas shopping for DH and the dogs, and got them a snack on the way home.
December 5- no buy (2)
December 6- no buy (3)
December 7- no buy (4)
December 8- no buy (5)
December 9- Target for boots, and paper towels
December 10- no buy (6)
December 11- Target for school "winter celebration" things
December 12- left grocery card at home, so had to pay for a few items for dinner, grrr
December 13- no buy (7)
December 14- no buy (8)
December 15- no buy (9)
December 16- no buy (10)
December 17- no buy (11)
December 18- haircut and Christmas gifts
December 19- no buy (12)
December 20- ordered the last of Xmas stuff
December 21- loaded grocery cards
December 22- Starbucks
December 23- breakfast for my team, stuff for trip
That's it for me this month I have a few things to pick up to pack, and the rest we will be in Disney!

 

[tinkarooni]

December 1 - No Buy (1/21)
December 2 - No Buy (2/21)
December -3 groceries
December 4 - took daughter shopping, she was spending her clothes allowance, so I would consider that "No Buy", except I bought a pair of jeans. Epic fail for me.
December 5 - target odds and ends
December 6 - No Buy (3/21)
December 7 - No Buy (4/21)
December 8 - No Buy (5/21)
December 9 - No Buy (6/21)
December 10 - Grocery shopping and errands
December 11 - more shopping.....ugh......
December 12 - No buy (7/21)
December 13 - No Buy (8/21)
December 14 - online shopping, odds and ends.. gluten free panettone, last minute gift needs.....
December 15 - Calling it a No Buy day now (9/21) It is sooooooo cold here. I have no need to go anywhere. Fully stocked groceries.
December 16 - manicure and errands......where oh where do all the errands come from.
December 17 - No Buy (9/21) Free schmancy party, free dinner, free drinks. A frugal gals dream come true!
December 18- grocery store, stuff for yet another cookie recipe to try
December 19 - No Buy (10/21)
December 20 - DH calls, we forgot to buy a gift for so and so. Oh geez, quick stop at the store.
December 21 - No Buy (11/21)
December 22 - $3.00 roll of tape
December 23 - No Buy (12/21)
December 24 - Lowes $15.67, darn
December 25 - No Buy (13/21) Merry Christmas!

 

[tinkarooni]

December 1 - No Buy (1/21)
December 2 - No Buy (2/21)
December -3 groceries
December 4 - took daughter shopping, she was spending her clothes allowance, so I would consider that "No Buy", except I bought a pair of jeans. Epic fail for me.
December 5 - target odds and ends
December 6 - No Buy (3/21)
December 7 - No Buy (4/21)
December 8 - No Buy (5/21)
December 9 - No Buy (6/21)
December 10 - Grocery shopping and errands
December 11 - more shopping.....ugh......
December 12 - No buy (7/21)
December 13 - No Buy (8/21)
December 14 - online shopping, odds and ends.. gluten free panettone, last minute gift needs.....
December 15 - Calling it a No Buy day now (9/21) It is sooooooo cold here. I have no need to go anywhere. Fully stocked groceries.
December 16 - manicure and errands......where oh where do all the errands come from.
December 17 - No Buy (9/21) Free schmancy party, free dinner, free drinks. A frugal gals dream come true!
December 18- grocery store, stuff for yet another cookie recipe to try
December 19 - No Buy (10/21)
December 20 - DH calls, we forgot to buy a gift for so and so. Oh geez, quick stop at the store.
December 21 - No Buy (11/21)
December 22 - $3.00 roll of tape
December 23 - No Buy (12/21)
December 24 - Lowes $15.67, darn
December 25 - No Buy (13/21) Merry Christmas!

December 26 - No Buy (14/21)
December 27 - Christmas dinner out with family - This is an annual event. We did cut back this year, no one wanted to do the appetizer thing and DH and I just drank water. We can drink wine at home for a fraction of the price.
December 28 No Buy (15/21)
December 29 - No Buy (16/21)
December 30 No Buy (17/21)

Well, I'm obviously not going to make my goal, but I'm pretty happy with the outcome anyway. I bought nothing after Christmas, not so much as a ribbon or a bow. I don't need anything. All of this years wrapping was done with what I had on hand, and I'm pretty sure I can get away with it next year too. My grocery store gave away a free roll of wrapping paper and I picked that up. All I bought this year was tape.

I am looking forward to an incredible frugal 2017.