$eptember No Buy-All Are Welcome!

[beansmom]

i'm gonna try for the 15 days...coz i've already blown today and we have a wedding (marriage license, hotel rooms, etc) in 2 wks.

Today I bought the grandson some shorts and jeans for our disney trip in December. And I need to gas up the car.

Tomorrow should be nothing. In fact, nothing until Monday or Tuesday.
Wish me luck.

 

[Tiggerish]

I am back in for another month. My budget is a generous $750 and the zero day goal is 10.

Auto $75
Eating Out/Entertainment $125
Giving $150
Groceries/Household Goods $250
Medical $25
Misc. $125

No spend days goal = 10
Coupon savings =
Christmas 2010 running total of spending = $276
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[Virgderon]

I'm back as well. I'm going to be easy on myself and go for 8 no buy days, because the end result of staying under budget is more important to me than how many no buy days I have. Good luck everyone!

Running Total: Spent $0
$900 budget...$900 left
$0 Days: 1
Goal is 8 or more!
coupon/sale savings : 0

Groceries budget- $250

September 1 : 0

 

[ronnmel]

No Buy Days : 1/10
Gas : (max 75$)
Groceries : (max 250$)
Eating out (and snacks) : (max 150$)
Non-necessities : (max 250$)

9/01 : 0$

 

[ilovepete]

Well I was hoping today would be a no-buy day but DH just called me with good news and is coming home from work early and wants to take us out to dinner. That is rare, so I guess we are spending today. Good news is, it's our favorite mexican restaurant, which is awesome, but not very expensive, so still low-spend. yay!

 

[sophie832]

Well, I'm back and in for September! August went pretty well...yesterday looked like a spend day, since I bought the last textbook DH needed for college, but then the order got cancelled, so I guess it was a no-buy day after all! That makes lucky 13 no-buy days in August! For September, I'm going to try to throw in a few budgets, too. Still sticking with 10 target non-spending days. Also, I'm going to leave out what we spend on bills and gas, since those seem to be non-negotiable facts of life.

No-buy Days: 10
Groceries: $250
Eating out: $150
Home imp. (garden, etc.): $100
Misc.: $200

The budgets are going to be hard to stick to...we use Mint.com to track our spending, and we always go over on eating out and groceries. Food is our kryptonite!

 

[MickeyMomOfThree]

September 1- $0 I always do well on the months I start with a $0 day, so we stayed in and cleaned the house for company coming in this weekend.

1/15 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!

 

[thebeesknees]

My goals for this month: 12 no-buy days this month. I know I will have to get gas more often, because I'll be driving the kids to and from school every day (44 miles total), after homeschooling them for 2 years.

9/1 $0- off to a good start!

 

[Debbie]

September 1:

Eating out - $0/$35

Gas - $162/$200

Groceries - $495/$500

School supplies - $45/$45

School shoes - $150/$150

Christmas gifts - $100/$100

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

 

[charming23]

First day of the month and have a zero already. Tomorrow will not be as we need gas and I need a few new hair products for my new cut.

September Budget:

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

Total- $420

Goal of 12 No buy Days

Week One
9/1- $0
9/2-
9/3- Out of town
9/4- Out of town
9/5- Out of town
9/6- Out of town
9/7-

1/12 No Buy days

Coupon and Store Savings-

 

[A.Mickey]

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

Groceries ($210)- $0
Eating Out ($210)- $0
Would really like to scale this back this month. We will see what happens.
Misc. (Shopping/Entertainment) ($210) $0

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

Week 1:
$28 Groceries: $28 left
$28 Eating Out: $28 left
$28 Misc: $28 left

Week 2:
$49 Groceries: $49 left
$49 Eating Out: $49 left
$49 Misc: $49 left

WEEK 1 BEGIN:
1- Going to watch my sister play volleyball with my 3 year old son. Packing a dinner for us, so we don't have to stop for something on the way! It is a start! I did it! And got a $0because of it!



Budget: $630....0%
Month: 1/30: 3%

My savings from coupons and sales: $0

 

[lougoofy]

9/01/10: $3.25 laundry and $1.58 soda and snack

 

[ilovepete]

Goal: 15 no spend days

Sept 1: $64.30 (Eating Out - $36.23, Target - $28.07)
Sept 2: $0 so far

 

[reginaastralis]

Sept 1: $4 for lunch
Sept 2: $24 for gas

15 No Spend Days
Groceries: $275
Clothes: $100
Home: $100
Entertainment: $100
Gas: $24/$160
Misc. $4/$50

 

[Aggiegrl]

Well, I attempted August but fell off the wagon QUICK. So this time, here's to making it past week 1!

Goal of 12 no buy days this month:

0/12

Week One Budget:

Groceries - $100 ($54.49)
Gas-$150 ($0)
Eating out/ Entertainment- $25 ($0)
Baby Clothes/Consignment Sale- $100 ($0)

9/1-$54.49 Groceries
9/2-
9/3- DH Dentist Appt--YIKES!
9/4- Consignment Sale
9/5-
9/6-

 

[DisneyCrafter]

Next MONTH is Disney so I know that will help me reach my goal of 15 $0 spend days!!

Monthly Budget:

Groceries/Household Items: $220

Gas: $250

Extras: ??? I am not setting a budget for this as I don't want to spend ANY extra money this month. We seriously need every extra penny for the mouse.

So far...

Groceries/Household Items: $220-$102.92= $117.08 REMAINING
$74.46 Target
$13.69 Dollar Tree
$1.08 Factory Card Outlet
$5.42 ALDI
$8.27 Target
Total: $102.92

I know I spent over half of my September budget for groceries and household items BUT we have TONS of food in our house and we needed a cleaning product stock-up trip. I really hope we can stay in our budget! I actually spent this money in the end of August but am counting it towards September.

Gas: $250-$60= $190 REMAINING

I received a raise this week (it was definitely unexpected) and I figure that it works out to pay for my gas for the week. I will still continue to include my gas into the budget. We now have an extra $100 or more a month to pad our income. It is MUCH needed!

DH will be having an interview for a company in the city and we are praying that it works out. I also was contacted by a couple of families to be their occasional babysitter. I'm hoping that we are finally going to start bringing home more money a month!

Extras: $23.81 SPENT

$0 Spend Days:

September 1: $0
September 2: $0

 

[mjharris3boys]

I am new to this, I have been a lurker for a very long time. It is time I got on the wagon. Not that I am trying to have many 0.00 days, it is we are just trying to cut back period. We already coupon to the best for our family needs. There are 6 people in my family, DH(40's), DS(10) DS (10) DS(8) GM(83) and ME(40's).

Budget for September 2010 (leaving out house and cars, they are a set price each month). We normally in a month spend 2K, we are going to try and cut it down to 1,500 per month so that we can add $500 a month to our emergency fund. Within in the next year, we will need a new to us vehicle and we want to make sure we can pay cash for it. We may have to forgo eating out to make our budget work.

Charity $500.00
Groceries $200.00
Gas $150.00
Utilities/Cable/Internet - $275.00
Eating Out - $50.00
Savings - $300.00
School lunches - $30.00
Misc - $50.00


We are going to Disney for a very short 4day/3night stay, we are AP members and got a great deal with passholder discounts for POR. We take most of our food with us, maybe get 1 or 2 counterservices, but we get 2 or 3 meals and split between the 5 of us. Granny doesn't do Disney. That will eat into our grocery bill, but at least I have such a low grocery bill, we can splurge on 2 counterservice meals while at Disney. I have 2 gift cards for gas, so that will be FREE to me. We still have approximately $55.00 on our Disney gift cards from birthday promotion last year. Our goal is to have money in the bank so we can pay cash for a new to us car next year. Wish me luck.

Sept 1 - 44.82/155.18 Groceries
Sept 2
Sept 3 DISNEY
Sept 4 DISNEY
Sept 5 DISNEY
Sept 6 DISNEY Leaving
Sept 7
Sept 8 150/275 Utlities
Sept 9
Sept 10
Sept 11
Sept 12 250/500 Charity
Sept 13
Sept 14
Sept 15 300/0 Savings
Sept 16
Sept 17
Sept 18
Sept 19
Sept 20
Sept 21
Sept 22
Sept 23
Sept 24 125/0 Utilities
Sept 25
Sept 26 250/0 Charity
Sept 27
Sept 28
Sept 29 My Birthday
Sept 30

Wishing myself and all of the Disney Savers luck for the month of September!

 

[Priorityonecb]

Not getting off to a good start here! I was really hoping for a 0 yesterday, but I worked late and was starving and had a headache coming on, so I had to grab a bite to eat!

Sept 1 - $5.01 Arby's, $100 3 Christmas presents
Sept 2- 0 day
Sept 3
Sept 4
Sept 5
Sept 6
Sept 7
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

 

[princessbride6205]

I've taken a break the past few months but I'm in! Dining out is our downfall, so we'll see how well we can do. I rarely have $0 days because my parking at work is a daily thing. I'm mainly focusing on sticking to my budget.

Groceries (includes diapers, toiletries, etc)- $400
Gas/Parking- $300 (ACK!)
Dining out/Entertainment- $250
Misc (clothes, other)- $100
Fun Money (coffees, etc) - $20

9/1 - $2 coffee
9/2 - $6 parking + ?? farmer's market

 

[sophie832]

9/1: $0

I anticipate today to be a non-spending day as well, but we'll see.

*Goals*
No-buy Days: 1/10
Groceries: $250/250
Eating out: $150/150
Home imp. (garden, etc.): $100/100
Misc.: $200/200