$eptember No Buy-All Are Welcome!

[ronnmel]

No Buy Days : 4/10
Gas : 30$ (max 75$)
Groceries : 161$ (max 250$)
Eating out (and snacks) : (max 150$)
Non-necessities : 49$ (max 250$)

9/01 : 0$
9/02 : 0$
9/03 : 30$
9/04 : 0$
9/05 : 210$ (groceries, medication, cat stuff, drinks)
9/06 : 0$

 

[neatokimmo]

I didn't leave the house today so I'm marking it a zero. Tomorrow I have to go grocery shopping and I'll need to buy school supplies.

9/6 - zero
9/5 - about $5 in drinks on the way home & about $35 at the postal museum (they had international Disney stamps...how cool is that?)
9/4 - $4 ice cream, $39ish at Claires (i bought a Christmas present), $6ish at CVS
9/3 - $20.77 on zoo toys, fries & coke, $5.75. Safeway for drinks, $11.53
9/2 - $2 water, $20 metro card
9/1 - zero


Vacation Cash - $.95/150
Groceries - $100/100
Eating out (breakfast, tacos, dinners) - $107.12/107.12
Clothes - $45/45
Toys - $20/20
Makeup - $25/25
General household stuff - $50/50
Yard Sales - $20/20
DDs preschool supply list - $50/50

 

[ilovepete]

Lots of $0 days today, yay!

 

[catinthehat35]

Im joining this month! I want to take my nephews to WDW in May 2011 so I need as many $0 days as possible

9/01-$0
9/02-$0
9/03- $20 Gas, $30 JoAnns
9/04_ $0
9/05- $0
9/06- $0

Hopefully I can continue this trend for most of this week.

 

[MickeyMomOfThree]

September 1- $0 I always do well on the months I start with a $0 day, here's hoping!
September 2-$0 I had a late-day frustration break down with the kids (trying to get the house ready for company) and really needed a break. Turned out DH needed one too (rough day at work) so we decided to meet for a half hour refresher. We were able to not ruin a $0 day though cause I had a Gift Card from Christmas for Dunkin Doughnuts. We never go there so we decided to finally use that. It was nice to spend a little adult time and get away from the house for a bit. Also went to Staples for a few things but used the free backpack G/C for that, and still have $35 left on it.
September 3- $25 Walgreen's, 2 belts for DD15 and white t-shirts for tye dyeing (for Disney.) $100 Sam's Membership renewal and groceries for DH's work and home, $10 gas. Went out to dinner but grandma and grandpa took us.
September 4- $150 Kohl's, kids school clothes. $12 Claires, earrings for kids. $5.00 Justice earrnings. $41 Aero, kids school clothes. $98 JCPenney's kids clothes. $15 lunch at the mall. $10 pizza for dinner. The kids had pretzels at the mall too, but I had coupons so they were free!!!
2 Lessons today (I knew them but was reminded of them.) Grandma likes to eat out. When she is here we go out. And GIRLS ARE EXPENSIVE!!!
September 5- Spent the day at Niagara Falls...$10 parking, $56 Maid of the Mist, $30 eating out lunch and dinner.
September 6- $38, last ballgame of the season, $60 groceries (though $30 of it was teeth whitening strips for DD15,) $3 Staples school supplies.

2/15 No Buy Days
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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
Longest Streak-4 Days in a Row!

 

[Debbie]

September 6:
Amounts LEFT
Eating out - $35/$35
Gas - $126/$200
Groceries - $296/$500
School supplies - $45/$45
School shoes - $150/$150
Christmas gifts - $100/$100

September 1: $43
September 2: $0
September 3: $0
September 4: $187
September 5: $48
September 6: $0 I LOVE holidays!

$0 days- 3/10 . . . . . . . 30%

 

[A.Mickey]

Hopefully I'm not hijacking the thread, but if you get a RR from Walgreens, how can you use it at another store? I didn't know you could even do that. How do you know what you can use it on?

You can use it at another store, because it is just a Manufacturer coupon. If it says store coupon at the top, then you can only use it at that store. I would go to your customer service and ask if they would honor these manufacturer coupons. But Jewel (Albertson store), and Dominicks (Safeway store) both take them. Jewel will take as many as you have and Dominick's will only take one per transaction. Meijer also takes them and limits you to one per transaction. Hope this helps. And you can use it on anything....it is like money!

 

[neatokimmo]

I am going to have to start being more aware of these types of things! The only reason I stopped doing RRs at Walgreens is because I had a hard time rolling them. But if I can head over to Kroger and use up the RRs there, that is a LOT easier. Thanks!

You can use it at another store, because it is just a Manufacturer coupon. If it says store coupon at the top, then you can only use it at that store. I would go to your customer service and ask if they would honor these manufacturer coupons. But Jewel (Albertson store), and Dominicks (Safeway store) both take them. Jewel will take as many as you have and Dominick's will only take one per transaction. Meijer also takes them and limits you to one per transaction. Hope this helps. And you can use it on anything....it is like money!

 

[A.Mickey]

Running Total: Spent $121.46
$0 Days:1/12

Groceries ($210)- $33.46
Eating Out ($210)- $53
Misc. (Shopping/Entertainment) ($210) $35

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

Week 2:
$49 Groceries: $43.54 left
$49 Eating Out: $26 left
$49 Misc: $42 left

WEEK 1 BEGIN:
1- $0
2- $19.78 (Groceries-Walgreens got back $21 in RR), $1.27 (Groceries-Jewel), $4 (Groceries-Dominick's even donated some to the MDA!) After all of that still have $12 in catalina coupons to use!
3- $20 (Eating Out- Chic-Fil-a), $6 (Starbucks)
4- $10 (Eating Out- Pizza), $35 (Shopping- T-shirts and split the pot)
WEEK 2 BEGIN:
5- $17 (Eating Out- Culver's)
6- $8.41 (Groceries-Jewel)


Budget: $630....19%
Month: 6/30: 20%

My savings from coupons and sales: $294.94

 

[disneyofcourse]

I need to try this no buy thing

This month my goal is to have 5 no buy days. Here's what I'm spending but rounded up.

September 1st . $8.00 breakfast, $11 Lunch , $6 magazine, $34 grocery, $18 Target
9/2- $7 breakfast, $18 lunch, $17 dinner
9/3 $4 breakfast, $8 lunch, $32 mall
9/4 $26 Gas, $11 breakfast, $16 ikea
9/5 $12 breakfast, $42 wedding gift, $18 grocery store
9/6 $20 Gas

 

[Tiggerish]

My budget is a generous $750 and the zero day goal is 10.

Auto $75
Eating Out/Entertainment $125 / $81 left
Giving $150 / $100 left
Groceries/Household Goods $250/ $225 left
Medical $25
Misc. $125/ $45

No spend days goal = 1/10
Coupon savings = $10
Christmas 2010 running total of spending = $276
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9/1 0
9/2 Misc. $12 - parking; Groceries $16
9/3 Misc $68; Eating out $25
9/4 Eating out $12
9/5 Giving $50 (church); Eating out $4
9/6 Groceries $8; Eating out $3

I carefully filled my Disney travel mug with coffee made at home and then drove off with it sitting on the kitchen counter so I "had" to go through the local coffee shop drive thru to get me through the morning.

 

[ilovepete]

Goal: 15 no spend days, so far 2/15

Sept 1: $64.30 (Mexican food for dinner - $36.23, Target - $28.07)
Sept 2: $220 (Groceries - $157, Gas - $38, Disney Store - $25)
Sept 3: $0 YAY!
Sept 4: $230 ($10 Farmer's Market, $44 Target, $137 Costco, $40 Carrabba's)
Sept 5: $40 ($15.00 Mini Golf, $25.00 European Street dinner out)
Sept 6: $0 YAY!
Sept 7: $0 (not planning to leave the house today!)

Total for month: $554.30

 

[charming23]

I am calling today a $0 early because I have no car so no way of going to spend money. My mom took the car as she is working at the election booth and I was still feeling too ill this morning to take her.

September Budget:

Groceries - $200
Household- $50
Gas/Car- $50
Eating out/ Entertainment- $50/ $31 left
School Spending- $20
Misc/Emergency- $50

Total- $420/ $401

Goal of 12 No buy Days

Week One
9/1- $0
9/2- $19 dinner at Red Latern Inn
9/3- Out of town
9/4- Out of town
9/5- Out of town
9/6- Out of town
9/7- $0

Week Two
9/8-
9/9-
9/10-
9/11-
9/12-
9/13-
9/14-

2/12 No Buy days

Coupon and Store Savings

 

[DisneyCrafter]

Monthly Budget:

Groceries/Household Items: $220-$135.36= $75.64 REMAINING

$74.46 Target
$13.69 Dollar Tree
$1.08 Factory Card Outlet
$5.42 ALDI
$8.27 Target
$14.27 Walts
$3.65 Jewel
$4.30 B-Haven
$10.22 ALDI
$9.00 Post Office
Total: $102.92

Gas: $250-$130= $120 REMAINING

Extras: $208 SPENT...

$0 Spend Days: (Goal is 15...3 so far!)

September 1: $0
September 2: $0
September 3: NO
September 4: NO
September 5: NO
September 6: NO
September 7: NO

I've had too many "NO" days in a row! I need to pick up something from the grocery store for dinner tomorrow and I was going to wait until tomorrow but since I've already ruined a $0 day today, I am going to stop real quick after work and get it so tomorrow WILL be a $0 day!

 

[sophie832]

9/1: $0
9/2: $0
9/3: $26 (Went out to dinner)
9/4: $47 (Lunch at Chipotle and dinner at Disneyland)
9/5: $0
9/6: $80 ($9 at El Pollo Loco, $71 for groceries)

Just realized I needed to change the layout of my budget goals to reflect how I'm keeping track. Hopefully, we can stay on-target.

*Goals*
No-buy Days: 3/10
Groceries: $71/250
Eating out: $82/150
Home imp. (garden, etc.): $0/100
Misc.: $0/200
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[Priorityonecb]

Sept 1 - $5.01 Arby's, $100 3 Christmas presents
Sept 2- $0 day
Sept 3- $15 Celebratory dinner and ice cream cake! Dd make jazz band!
Sept 4- OOT-Maryland $13 Pier One Candles
Sept 5- OOT-Maryland $12 snacks/drinks for drive home, $16 B&N game
Sept 6- $0 day!
Sept 7- $0 day!
Sept 8
Sept 9
Sept 10
Sept 11
Sept 12
Sept 13
Sept 14
Sept 15
Sept 16
Sept 17
Sept 18
Sept 19
Sept 20
Sept 21
Sept 22
Sept 23 Gulf of Mexico!
Sept 24 Busch Gardens!
Sept 25 Aquatica!
Sept 26 Down Day!
Sept 27 Harry Potter at US!
Sept 28 Epcot!
Sept 29 Home.
Sept 30

 

[Virgderon]

Tonight is the first night of bowling, so I guess I will not have a 0 day on Tuesdays for a long time. I have to pay for the first night and last night of bowling, and I am allowing myself $5.00 for snacks and pop.


Running Total: Spent $213
$1000 budget...$787 left
$0 Days: 2
Goal is 8 or more!
coupon/sale savings : 44

Groceries budget- $250-16-46= 188

September 1 : 0
September 2: 31 (16 groceries, 15 misc)
September 3: 46 (groceries)
September 4: 34 (pedicure/eyebrows)
September 5: 54 (9 Burger King, 8 Old Navy, 28 flea market, 9 Walgeens)
September 6: 0
September 7: 47 (bowling, quick stop at Walgreens)

 

[thebeesknees]

Shooting for 12 no-buy days this month.

9/1 $0
9/2 $16 Walmart
9/3 $0
9/4 $0
9/5 $49 King Soopers groceries
9/6 $62 Safeway groceries
9/7 $5 Walmart, $101 Sam's club monthly stock-up

3 of 12 no-buy days so far.

 

[MickeyMomOfThree]

September 1- $0 I always do well on the months I start with a $0 day, here's hoping!
September 2-$0 I had a late-day frustration break down with the kids (trying to get the house ready for company) and really needed a break. Turned out DH needed one too (rough day at work) so we decided to meet for a half hour refresher. We were able to not ruin a $0 day though cause I had a Gift Card from Christmas for Dunkin Doughnuts. We never go there so we decided to finally use that. It was nice to spend a little adult time and get away from the house for a bit. Also went to Staples for a few things but used the free backpack G/C for that, and still have $35 left on it.
September 3- $25 Walgreen's, 2 belts for DD15 and white t-shirts for tye dyeing (for Disney.) $100 Sam's Membership renewal and groceries for DH's work and home, $10 gas. Went out to dinner but grandma and grandpa took us.
September 4- $150 Kohl's, kids school clothes. $12 Claires, earrings for kids. $5.00 Justice earrnings. $41 Aero, kids school clothes. $98 JCPenney's kids clothes. $15 lunch at the mall. $10 pizza for dinner. The kids had pretzels at the mall too, but I had coupons so they were free!!!
2 Lessons today (I knew them but was reminded of them.) Grandma likes to eat out. When she is here we go out. And GIRLS ARE EXPENSIVE!!!
September 5- Spent the day at Niagara Falls...$10 parking, $56 Maid of the Mist, $30 eating out lunch and dinner.
September 6- $38, last ballgame of the season, $60 groceries (though $30 of it was teeth whitening strips for DD15,) $3 Staples school supplies.
September 7- Decided to take the kids seperately to pick out their first day outifts. That was more headache maybe then it was worth and made for more spending days. Anyway, $145 school clothes for kids at Penney's (some I suspect will be returned.) And $1 for locer magnets for DD11. Also went to Chuck E Cheese for one last day beofre school starts lunch, but had a guest coupon still so we ate and played free.

2/15 No Buy Days
************************
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
Longest Streak-4 Days in a Row!

 

[Tiggerish]

My budget is a generous $750 and the zero day goal is 10.

Auto $75
Eating Out/Entertainment $125 / $81 left
Giving $150 / $100 left
Groceries/Household Goods $250/ $225 left
Medical $25
Misc. $125/ $45

No spend days goal = 2/10
Coupon savings = $10
Christmas 2010 running total of spending = $276
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9/1 0
9/2 Misc. $12 - parking; Groceries $16
9/3 Misc $68; Eating out $25
9/4 Eating out $12
9/5 Giving $50 (church); Eating out $4
9/6 Groceries $8; Eating out $3
9/7 $0