December No Buy!!

EpiStitch

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Since I blew it in November, and it looks like no one has opened the thread yet for December, I thought I'd get us started.

Good Luck Everyone!!!!

No Buy Days 0/12
 
Gotta get back on the train for this month!! DH and I have been spending like mad outfitting the new house. We are all moved in now and we pretty much have everything we need, minus a few small pieces of furniture. I'm going to shoot for 10 no buy days, but honestly I'll just be happy keeping my credit down to a reasonable amount each week.
 
I'll be honest.... I'm not even going to attempt a NO BUY goal for December. Between DD coming home from her semester abroad AND the holidays, I doubt that any goal I set would be worth the time and effort ! Good luck to everyone else and I will hopefully see you in the January 2016 NO BUY thread!............P
 
Well, November didn't work out so well so I am going to try again this month. I am done Christmas shopping so it should be easier, plus I need to save some extra money for my Disney trip. Just found out the job I just got has a start date that may not be until January now, so time to tighten things up! I think I'm going to put my goal at 15 no buy days, but shoot for more. I know Christmas eve-New years are basically out since I have a vacation then family coming to visit, so I will need to really be on it until then!

1: No buy (though I am now in the market for dog pepper spray after a scary run in with a mean stray today)
2: Buy (spray mentioned yesterday - hope I never need it $10.97)
3: No buy
4: No buy
5: No buy (but starting to get really bored, haven't really done anything since 28th...)
6: No buy
7: I was bad. Out to eat, a drink, heel liners for my flats and some nail polish to decorate my magic band (total: $38)
8: Bad again.. Chipotle for dinner and a new leotard for ballet (total: $31).
9: No buy
10: No buy
11: Not a no buy ($50)
12: Well I paid off my trip so definitely not a no buy...but yay Disney! [payday - for my reference later]
13: No buy
14: No buy
15: Dinner out with friends ($16)
16: No buy
17: No buy
18: Buy. Got a start date for work (finally!) and needed some work clothes. ($210, ouchie!)
19: Buy. More work clothes and a pair of flats that I hope don't suck. (I don't even want to talk about it $)
20: Buy, but only lunch and it was under $10.
21: No buy
22: No buy
23: Buy, last minute trip stuff - leaving tomorrow!
I leave for Disney in the morning and will be back on the 28th. I am not counting the Disney gift cards I got as gifts as spending, so we will see how far I make it on those alone! Fingers crossed most of the way!
24: Buy, starbucks on the way down
25: No Buy
26: No Buy
27: No Buy
28:Buy, lunch on way home
29: No Buy
30: Buy, work clothes
31: Buy, work clothes

No buy days: 18/15
 
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I'm in this month, need to get back on the wagon! lol Going for 15, but I'll probably end up with 10-12.

Dec 1: groceries, bubble wrap & tape
Dec 2: NO BUY
Dec 3: NO BUY
Dec 4: emergency grocery run
Dec 5:
Dec 6:
 
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Woo hoo! I was just going to start one for this month. Happy to see that it was already done.

I am going to aim for 15 No Buy Days. I actually hope to surpass this, but I thought it a good idea to aim slightly lower for the month because during the Christmas season, the unexpected purchases tend to pile up.

Anyway...

December
1-Spend--weekly grocery shop and gasoline fill up
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0/15 No Buy Days
 
New to this but could definitely use the motivation to save. I'm gonna shoot for 18 no spend days in December. That may be a little ambitious as we have a Disney trip this month, lots of Christmas shopping to do, and my cousins baby is due New Years Day but hey no harm in trying.

Dec 01- No Buy
Dec 02- Grocery Day
Dec 03- No Buy
Dec 04- No Buy
Dec 05- No Buy
Dec 06- No Buy
Dec 07- Groceries
Dec 08- Grocery Day
Dec 09- No Buy
Dec 10- No Buy
Dec 11- No Buy
Dec 12- Disney Day No Buy
Dec 13- Disney Day Bought food
Dec 14- Disney Day No Buy
Dec 15- Disney Day Bought food and souvenirs
Dec 16- No Buy
Dec 17- No Buy
Dec 18- Groceries
Dec 19- No Buy
Dec 20- No Buy
Dec 21- No Buy
Dec 22- Christmas Shopping
Dec 23- Groceries
Dec 24- No Buy
Dec 25- No Buy
Dec 26- No Buy
Dec 27- No Buy
Dec 28-
Dec 29-
Dec 30-
Dec 31-

No Buys 17/18
 
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Woo hoo! I was just going to start one for this month. Happy to see that it was already done.

I am going to aim for 15 No Buy Days. I actually hope to surpass this, but I thought it a good idea to aim slightly lower for the month because during the Christmas season, the unexpected purchases tend to pile up.

Anyway...

December
1-Spend--weekly grocery shop and gasoline fill up
2-No Buy #1
3-Spend--had to use up my Bulk Barn coupon before it expired
4-Spend--we went through the gas this week!! Fill up, and FINISHED Christmas shopping! :yay:
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1/15 No Buy Days
 
Woo hoo! I was just going to start one for this month. Happy to see that it was already done.

I am going to aim for 15 No Buy Days. I actually hope to surpass this, but I thought it a good idea to aim slightly lower for the month because during the Christmas season, the unexpected purchases tend to pile up.

Anyway...

December
1-Spend--weekly grocery shop and gasoline fill up
2-No Buy #1
3-Spend--had to use up my Bulk Barn coupon before it expired
4-Spend--we went through the gas this week!! Fill up, and FINISHED Christmas shopping! :yay:
5-No Buy #2
6-No Buy #3
7-No Buy #4
8-Spend--weekly grocery shop
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4/15 No Buy Days

One week in and doing well so far. Hope I can keep this up!!
 
Not off to a great start, but I knew December would be crazy.

No Buy Days 6/12

1-No Buy #1
2-I couldn't leave my desk for lunch, so I had to get something from the office cafeteria
3-No Buy #2
4-groceries
5-No Buy #3
6-No Buy #4
7-started getting sick, ordered dinner
8-No Buy #5
9-still not feeling well, bought lunch
10-still sick, ordered dinner
11-bought my mom's holiday gift online
12-ordered dinner again
13-feeling spendy, I ended up getting myself a new dress at a boutique I found.......it was reasonably priced though!
14-No Buy #6

Halfway to my goal and just under halfway through the month, better than expected. Most weeks won't be as bad as the last one now that I'm recovering from the infection I had.
 
Woo hoo! I was just going to start one for this month. Happy to see that it was already done.

I am going to aim for 15 No Buy Days. I actually hope to surpass this, but I thought it a good idea to aim slightly lower for the month because during the Christmas season, the unexpected purchases tend to pile up.

Anyway...

December
1-Spend--weekly grocery shop and gasoline fill up
2-No Buy #1
3-Spend--had to use up my Bulk Barn coupon before it expired
4-Spend--we went through the gas this week!! Fill up, and FINISHED Christmas shopping! :yay:
5-No Buy #2
6-No Buy #3
7-No Buy #4
8-Spend--weekly grocery shop
9-No Buy #5
10-Spend--swimming passes for the community center pool
11-Spend--ordered pizza
12-Spend--DH's bday, he wanted nachos and cheese instead of cake
13-No Buy #7
14-Spend--weekly grocery shop
15-No Buy #8
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31

8/15 No Buy Days
 
Not off to a great start, but I knew December would be crazy.

No Buy Days 6/12

1-No Buy #1
2-I couldn't leave my desk for lunch, so I had to get something from the office cafeteria
3-No Buy #2
4-groceries
5-No Buy #3
6-No Buy #4
7-started getting sick, ordered dinner
8-No Buy #5
9-still not feeling well, bought lunch
10-still sick, ordered dinner
11-bought my mom's holiday gift online
12-ordered dinner again
13-feeling spendy, I ended up getting myself a new dress at a boutique I found.......it was reasonably priced though!
14-No Buy #6
15-Today should have been a no buy, but I forgot my lunch and had to buy something

Halfway to my goal and just under halfway through the month, better than expected. Most weeks won't be as bad as the last one now that I'm recovering from the infection I had.
 
Not off to a great start, but I knew December would be crazy.

No Buy Days 6/12

1-No Buy #1
2-I couldn't leave my desk for lunch, so I had to get something from the office cafeteria
3-No Buy #2
4-groceries
5-No Buy #3
6-No Buy #4
7-started getting sick, ordered dinner
8-No Buy #5
9-still not feeling well, bought lunch
10-still sick, ordered dinner
11-bought my mom's holiday gift online
12-ordered dinner again
13-feeling spendy, I ended up getting myself a new dress at a boutique I found.......it was reasonably priced though!
14-No Buy #6
15-Today should have been a no buy, but I forgot my lunch and had to buy something
16-I decided to take advantage of my day off and get gifts for my employees, I have to get the other part on a different day

Halfway to my goal, hopefully I can do better in the next 15 days. I paid my credit card bill yesterday and have already spent an equivalent amount with my car insurance coming due and holiday gifts.
 
Woo hoo! I was just going to start one for this month. Happy to see that it was already done.

I am going to aim for 15 No Buy Days. I actually hope to surpass this, but I thought it a good idea to aim slightly lower for the month because during the Christmas season, the unexpected purchases tend to pile up.

Anyway...

December
1-Spend--weekly grocery shop and gasoline fill up
2-No Buy #1
3-Spend--had to use up my Bulk Barn coupon before it expired
4-Spend--we went through the gas this week!! Fill up, and FINISHED Christmas shopping! :yay:
5-No Buy #2
6-No Buy #3
7-No Buy #4
8-Spend--weekly grocery shop
9-No Buy #5
10-Spend--swimming passes for the community center pool
11-Spend--ordered pizza
12-Spend--DH's bday, he wanted nachos and cheese instead of cake
13-No Buy #7
14-Spend--weekly grocery shop
15-No Buy #8
16-Spend--Dollar store essentials and a few more groceries
17-No Buy #9
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9/15 No Buy Days

Creeping my way closer to my goal!
 
Not off to a great start, but I knew December would be crazy.

No Buy Days 7/12

1-No Buy #1
2-I couldn't leave my desk for lunch, so I had to get something from the office cafeteria
3-No Buy #2
4-groceries
5-No Buy #3
6-No Buy #4
7-started getting sick, ordered dinner
8-No Buy #5
9-still not feeling well, bought lunch
10-still sick, ordered dinner
11-bought my mom's holiday gift online
12-ordered dinner again
13-feeling spendy, I ended up getting myself a new dress at a boutique I found.......it was reasonably priced though!
14-No Buy #6
15-Today should have been a no buy, but I forgot my lunch and had to buy something
16-I decided to take advantage of my day off and get gifts for my employees, I have to get the other part on a different day
17-No Buy #7
18-went to drinks after the gym

Slowly, but surely I hope
 
Woo hoo! I was just going to start one for this month. Happy to see that it was already done.

I am going to aim for 15 No Buy Days. I actually hope to surpass this, but I thought it a good idea to aim slightly lower for the month because during the Christmas season, the unexpected purchases tend to pile up.

Anyway...

December
1-Spend--weekly grocery shop and gasoline fill up
2-No Buy #1
3-Spend--had to use up my Bulk Barn coupon before it expired
4-Spend--we went through the gas this week!! Fill up, and FINISHED Christmas shopping! :yay:
5-No Buy #2
6-No Buy #3
7-No Buy #4
8-Spend--weekly grocery shop
9-No Buy #5
10-Spend--swimming passes for the community center pool
11-Spend--ordered pizza
12-Spend--DH's bday, he wanted nachos and cheese instead of cake
13-No Buy #7
14-Spend--weekly grocery shop
15-No Buy #8
16-Spend--Dollar store essentials and a few more groceries
17-No Buy #9
18-No Buy #10
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10/15 No Buy Days

Creeping my way closer to my goal! ALMOST blew it yesterday and ordered dinner, but I hung in there and DH was willing and able to cook, so we pushed a no buy through after all.
 
Not off to a great start, but I knew December would be crazy.

No Buy Days 7/12

1-No Buy #1
2-I couldn't leave my desk for lunch, so I had to get something from the office cafeteria
3-No Buy #2
4-groceries
5-No Buy #3
6-No Buy #4
7-started getting sick, ordered dinner
8-No Buy #5
9-still not feeling well, bought lunch
10-still sick, ordered dinner
11-bought my mom's holiday gift online
12-ordered dinner again
13-feeling spendy, I ended up getting myself a new dress at a boutique I found.......it was reasonably priced though!
14-No Buy #6
15-Today should have been a no buy, but I forgot my lunch and had to buy something
16-I decided to take advantage of my day off and get gifts for my employees, I have to get the other part on a different day
17-No Buy #7
18-went to drinks after the gym
19-went out to breakfast after the gym (at least I'm exercising?? :confused3 ) and bought the remainder of the gifts for my employees
20-I have to get my watch fixed

Apparently there are only a couple of us still hanging strong this month, hopefully next month will be easier for everyone with the holidays behind us. :flower1:
 
Not off to a great start, but I knew December would be crazy.

No Buy Days 9/12, I doubt I'll make it but I'm going to try

1-No Buy #1
2-I couldn't leave my desk for lunch, so I had to get something from the office cafeteria
3-No Buy #2
4-groceries
5-No Buy #3
6-No Buy #4
7-started getting sick, ordered dinner
8-No Buy #5
9-still not feeling well, bought lunch
10-still sick, ordered dinner
11-bought my mom's holiday gift online
12-ordered dinner again
13-feeling spendy, I ended up getting myself a new dress at a boutique I found.......it was reasonably priced though!
14-No Buy #6
15-Today should have been a no buy, but I forgot my lunch and had to buy something
16-I decided to take advantage of my day off and get gifts for my employees, I have to get the other part on a different day
17-No Buy #7
18-went to drinks after the gym
19-went out to breakfast after the gym (at least I'm exercising?? :confused3 ) and bought the remainder of the gifts for my employees
20-I have to get my watch fixed and buy an ornament for an exchange
21-running late and had to take a cab to work
22-had to take a cab to work again
23-parked downtown so I could get to my car quickly after work
24-No Buy #8
25-bought gas to drive home
26-new gym shoes since my feet shrank
27-No Buy #9



Only a few more days left in this month, then we can all start fresh in 2016!!
 
Woo hoo! I was just going to start one for this month. Happy to see that it was already done.

I am going to aim for 15 No Buy Days. I actually hope to surpass this, but I thought it a good idea to aim slightly lower for the month because during the Christmas season, the unexpected purchases tend to pile up.

Anyway...

December
1-Spend--weekly grocery shop and gasoline fill up
2-No Buy #1
3-Spend--had to use up my Bulk Barn coupon before it expired
4-Spend--we went through the gas this week!! Fill up, and FINISHED Christmas shopping! :yay:
5-No Buy #2
6-No Buy #3
7-No Buy #4
8-Spend--weekly grocery shop
9-No Buy #5
10-Spend--swimming passes for the community center pool
11-Spend--ordered pizza
12-Spend--DH's bday, he wanted nachos and cheese instead of cake
13-No Buy #7
14-Spend--weekly grocery shop
15-No Buy #8
16-Spend--Dollar store essentials and a few more groceries
17-No Buy #9
18-No Buy #10
19-No Buy #11
20-No Buy #12
21-spend--car repairs, gasoline, lunch and dinner as we were travelling
22-spend--groceries, gasoline
23-No Buy #13
24-spend-last minute groceries
25-No Buy #14
26-spend--bought dinner, gasoline as we were travelling
27-#No Buy #15 (MADE IT!! WOOT!!)
28-spend--groceries, gasoline
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30-spend-- to dinner and the movies
31

15/15 No Buy Days :jumping1:

I do not anticipate spending on the 29th and the 31st but we are going out for dinner and to the movies on the 30th. We have gift cards to cover the bulk of dinner as well as the movie tickets, but we'll need to pay for the tip with something other than the gift card and DH will likely want concession snacks at the theater, which will also make it a spend day.
 
Woo hoo! I was just going to start one for this month. Happy to see that it was already done.

I am going to aim for 15 No Buy Days. I actually hope to surpass this, but I thought it a good idea to aim slightly lower for the month because during the Christmas season, the unexpected purchases tend to pile up.

Anyway...

December
1-Spend--weekly grocery shop and gasoline fill up
2-No Buy #1
3-Spend--had to use up my Bulk Barn coupon before it expired
4-Spend--we went through the gas this week!! Fill up, and FINISHED Christmas shopping! :yay:
5-No Buy #2
6-No Buy #3
7-No Buy #4
8-Spend--weekly grocery shop
9-No Buy #5
10-Spend--swimming passes for the community center pool
11-Spend--ordered pizza
12-Spend--DH's bday, he wanted nachos and cheese instead of cake
13-No Buy #7
14-Spend--weekly grocery shop
15-No Buy #8
16-Spend--Dollar store essentials and a few more groceries
17-No Buy #9
18-No Buy #10
19-No Buy #11
20-No Buy #12
21-spend--car repairs, gasoline, lunch and dinner as we were travelling
22-spend--groceries, gasoline
23-No Buy #13
24-spend-last minute groceries
25-No Buy #14
26-spend--bought dinner, gasoline as we were travelling
27-#No Buy #15 (MADE IT!! WOOT!!)
28-spend--groceries, gasoline
29-No Buy #16
30-spend-- to dinner and the movies
31-No Buy #17

17/15 No Buy Days :jumping1:

Bring on January!!
 















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