$eptember No Buy-All Are Welcome!

I'm late to the game, but I'd like to join. This month is kind of a "get a feel for it month". I'd love to have 10 no buy days, we'll see if that's realistic. I started tracking on the 6th, this is what I have so far:

6th: $39 Marshalls, gift for a b-day party
$27 Target, gift for another b-day party
7th: $25 Gas
$15 copies
$20 office visit copay for sick kiddo
$3 antibiotics for said kiddo
8th: $14 big prize for smaller kiddo, he pooped in the potty, a major victory
9th: $0 day :banana:
10th:: $0 day :banana:
11th: $0 day :banana:

3/10 no buy days
 
Today was yardsale extravaganza day!

Let's see...
$1 for cookies
$6.50 for costume jewelry (I got 5 pieces that were from a vacation to India made by the grandmother of a 30something girl. They are old and cool!)
$1.50 for 3 sealed and one open Disney lithos that are old (I love retro Disney stuff).
50 cents for new foam stickers
$1.00 for 15 misc bags of sequins & beads for DD's craft box

$3.00 6 pieces of nice tupperware (I love buying tuperware at yard sales - that way I don't feel bad if I melt something).
3.50 books books and more books. The library was having a sale. 25 cent hardbacks and 10 cent paperbacks. I got 27 books!

$5 on the last bell peppers of the season
$2 on zucchini
$3.06 for McDonalds
$5.50 for bath items from a Rite Aid stocker
$1.00 2 silver picture frames
$1.00 one new in box collage picture frame
$1.00 - 2 dora metal lunch boxes & dora sunglasses
50 cents - 1 princess lunchbox (dd likes to fill these and carry them everywhere)

$2.00 on diet coke


9/11 - $38.06 (eating out, yard sale fun, veggies)
9/10 - zero
9/9 - 14.91 (breakfast, coke, plant, nightlights)
9/8 - $8.25ish (coffee and bread store)
09/07 - Whew! $82.47! ($37.43 school supplies, $24.14 groceries, flips flops $1.10, cat food $12.35, eating out 6.35)
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 - $0/150
Groceries - $60.36/100
Eating out (breakfast, tacos, dinners) - $89.33/107.12
Clothes - $43.90/45
Toys - $18.90/20
Makeup - $25/25
General household stuff - $32.15/50
Yard Sales - $.50/20 :crazy2:
DDs preschool supply list - $12.57/50
Misc - 9.28/??
 
9/1 - $0:cheer2:
9/2 - Clothes purchase
9/3 - Groceries $101
9/4 - $0:cheer2:
9/5 - Groceries $7
9/6 - $0:cheer2:
9/7 - $0:cheer2:
9/8 - $5 for perscription
9/9 - $0:cheer2:
9/10 - Groceries $84.20
9/11 - $0:cheer2:

Goal:

11 No Buys - 6/11
Groceries - $192.20/$440
 

September Budget:

Groceries - $200/ $141.00
Household- $50/ $18.56 left
Gas/Car- $50
Eating out/ Entertainment- $50/ $31 left
School Spending- $20
Misc/Emergency- $50

Total- $420/ $310.56 left

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- $10.50 for allergy meds
9/9- $79.94 Grocery Store
9/10- $0
9/11- $0
9/12-
9/13-
9/14-

4/12 No Buy days

Coupon and Store Savings- $26.04
 
September 1- $0 :yay: I always do well on the months I start with a $0 day, here's hoping!
September 2-$0 :yay: 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!!! :eek:
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.
September 8- $32 socks and lunch stuff, $427 dinner at Friendly's (been tradition for a dozen years) I used 3 kids eat free coupon and a $5 off coupon and got the bill cut in half.
September 9- Rough week! Today was supposed to be a $0 day, but my DH curprised me and took a vacation day today to spend with me (first day of school for DD15 so they wer all gone today.) :love: He's been working 80 weeks and needed this so bad. We got the kids off to school, spent the morning together, went to lunch (i had a coupon) and then came home and took a nap. It was a fantastic day and sorth every penny! I literally cried mid day, it was that perfect of a day. So, lunch $16 (including tip, dessert and lots of leftovers for tomorrow) Gas for my car $45, bread store $30 (stocked up on jams, DD8 is a PB&J addict) and finally $35 for some additional lunch things.
September 10-$0:yay: It was rough, I wanted to go buy a gift for a party we have tomorrow (DD15's BFF's Sweet 16) but really wanted to get some work done around here and needed a $0 day so I will be going shopping for it in the morning.
September 11- DD15's BFF's sweet 16 party day. $16 cash plus $12 to make a candly flower pot and $5 for food for the kids to hold them over. (We went to a Free kids fest before. The plan was to have time to run home for a bite to eat but we got lost and so we didn't have long at the festival before we had to get to the party and not knowing when we'd eat I hit a drive though.)
3/15 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!
 
Been a quiet weekend around here with no spending. I have more classes starting tomorrow so hopefully I can get another $0 tomorrow as well.

September Budget:

Groceries - $200/ $141.00
Household- $50/ $18.56 left
Gas/Car- $50
Eating out/ Entertainment- $50/ $31 left
School Spending- $20
Misc/Emergency- $50

Total- $420/ $310.56 left

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- $10.50 for allergy meds
9/9- $79.94 Grocery Store
9/10- $0
9/11- $0
9/12- $0
9/13-
9/14-

4/12 No Buy days

Coupon and Store Savings- $26.04
 
We can't get the Chicago Bears games here in Tampa, so we went to a sports bar that shows the games, and had lunch while watching the game.

Running Total: Spent $339
$1000 budget...$661 left
$0 Days: 5
Goal is 8 or more!
coupon/sale savings : 85

Groceries budget- $250-16-46-69= 119

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)
September 8: 0
September 9: 69 (groceries)
September 10: 0
September 11: 0
September 12: 57 (37 lunch, 20 meds & misc at Walgreens)
 
Goal: 15 no spend days, so far 4/15

Sept 1: no :(
Sept 2: no :(
Sept 3: $0 YAY! :)
Sept 4: no :(
Sept 5: no :(
Sept 6: $0 YAY! :)
Sept 7: no :(
Sept 8: no :(
Sept 9: $0 YAY! :)
Sept 10: no :(
Sept 11: no :(
Sept 12: $0 YAY! :)


and I'm seeing a pattern here! LOL
 
September 12:
Amounts LEFT
Eating out - $35/$35
Gas - $89/$200
Groceries - $158/$500
School supplies - $45/$45
School shoes - $30/$150
Christmas gifts - $100/$100

September 1: $43
September 2: $0 :thumbsup2
September 3: $0 :banana:
September 4: $187
September 5: $48
September 6: $0 :woohoo:
September 7: $6
September 8: $10
September 9: $17
September 10: $37
September 11: $225
September 12: $0 :yay:
$0 days- 4/10 . . . . . . . 40%

 
September 1- $0 :yay: I always do well on the months I start with a $0 day, here's hoping!
September 2-$0 :yay: 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!!! :eek:
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.
September 8- $32 socks and lunch stuff, $27 dinner at Friendly's (been tradition for a dozen years) I used 3 kids eat free coupon and a $5 off coupon and got the bill cut in half.
September 9- Rough week! Today was supposed to be a $0 day, but my DH curprised me and took a vacation day today to spend with me (first day of school for DD15 so they wer all gone today.) :love: He's been working 80 weeks and needed this so bad. We got the kids off to school, spent the morning together, went to lunch (i had a coupon) and then came home and took a nap. It was a fantastic day and sorth every penny! I literally cried mid day, it was that perfect of a day. So, lunch $16 (including tip, dessert and lots of leftovers for tomorrow) Gas for my car $45, bread store $30 (stocked up on jams, DD8 is a PB&J addict) and finally $35 for some additional lunch things.
September 10-$0:yay: It was rough, I wanted to go buy a gift for a party we have tomorrow (DD15's BFF's Sweet 16) but really wanted to get some work done around here and needed a $0 day so I will be going shopping for it in the morning.
September 11- DD15's BFF's sweet 16 party day. $16 cash plus $12 to make a candly flower pot and $5 for food for the kids to hold them over. (We went to a Free kids fest before. The plan was to have time to run home for a bite to eat but we got lost and so we didn't have long at the festival before we had to get to the party and not knowing when we'd eat I hit a drive though.)
September 12- I took DD8 adn DD15 to the amusement park, it was the lst day and we had free tickets. DH had gotten 7 thinking he and DD15 would go and she could take her 2 BFFs but he had to work and she had plans so the girls and I went. It is free parking and we didn't eat there so it was free. We gave a family the 4 extra tickets and they were very thankful. After we hit Subway and brought it home, $10.80. Then I did a LARGE grocery shopping, I needed a lot, $150. Tonight hubby took me out to dinner, I had a coupon for a free appetizer, $36. Going to try and start organizing my tornado of a basement tomorrow. It's the first full week of school and I need to getback into cleaning mode. Hopefully that will mean it will be a $0 day, I need to catch up!
3/15 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!
 
Virgderon, we do that once in a while so DH can see the Lions play (no jokes, please!) :rotfl: It is always so fun to go out and watch but I have to force myself cause my favorite part of football is laying on the couch in my sweats watching. :rolleyes1
 
I'm late to the game, but I'd like to join. This month is kind of a "get a feel for it month". I'd love to have 10 no buy days, we'll see if that's realistic. I started tracking on the 6th, this is what I have so far:

6th: $39 Marshalls, gift for a b-day party
$27 Target, gift for another b-day party
7th: $25 Gas
$15 copies
$20 office visit copay for sick kiddo
$3 antibiotics for said kiddo
8th: $14 big prize for smaller kiddo, he pooped in the potty, a major victory
9th: $0 day :banana:
10th:: $0 day :banana:
11th: $0 day :banana:
12th: $30 race registration, $27 gas

3/10 no buy days
 
No Buy Days : 8/10
Gas : 30$ (max 75$)
Groceries : 161$ (max 250$)
Eating out (and snacks) : 59$ (max 150$)
Non-necessities : 72$ (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$
9/07 : 0$
9/08 : 0$
9/09 : 0$
9/10 : 13$ (pharmacy)
9/11 : 0$
9/12 : 69$ (eating out + movie)
 
Today was a zero day :)

9/12 - zero
9/11 - $38.06 (eating out, yard sale fun, veggies)
9/10 - zero
9/9 - 14.91 (breakfast, coke, plant, nightlights)
9/8 - $8.25ish (coffee and bread store)
09/07 - Whew! $82.47! ($37.43 school supplies, $24.14 groceries, flips flops $1.10, cat food $12.35, eating out 6.35)
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 - $0/150
Groceries - $60.36/100
Eating out (breakfast, tacos, dinners) - $89.33/107.12
Clothes - $43.90/45
Toys - $18.90/20
Makeup - $25/25
General household stuff - $32.15/50
Yard Sales - $.50/20 :crazy2:
DDs preschool supply list - $12.57/50
Misc - 9.28/??
 
9/1- $14.96 for lunch during our training for work. $40 for DD cheer shoes.
9/2- $48.26 for gas. $40 plus $2.50 ATM fee because one of my cheerleaders couldn't afford her cheer shoes and I didn't want her to be the only one without them :guilty:
9/3- Got $60 from the ATM for the weekend but only spent $16 to get in the football game...no concessions because I just can't see a $3 hot dog.
9/4- $4 for concessions at LL game because we can't bring outside food. After the game we went to San Antonio for the weekend so that was vacation budget.
9/5- Sea World
9/6-Still in SA- BTW I did the whole trip (souvies included for less than $200 :thumbsup2)
9/7- $20 at Family dollar for dish towels and cleaning stuff.
9/8- $0 :thumbsup2
9/9- $5 at wendy's for lunch
9/10- Had a staff meeting at work and left early so I went to get my nails and eyebrows done...$25 (had a $10 gc)
9/11- $0 :thumbsup2 and my bestie gave me $50 as a late bday gift....unfortunately somewhere at my dd's LL game my bag with my wallet was "misplaced" I am hoping one of the girls just picked up the wrong one.
9/12- $0 :thumbsup2 duh lol because I still don't have my wallet. And just as an aside of course in my wallet there is $20 in Register Rewards that expired today!


So...
0/200 groceries
60/100 household
23.96/50 eating out
41/75 entertainment
 
Running Total: Spent $289.67
$0 Days:3/12

Groceries ($210)- $68.17
Eating Out ($210)- $86.50
Misc. (Shopping/Entertainment) ($210) $135

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

Week 3:
$49 Groceries: $57.83 left
$49 Eating Out: $41.5 left
$49 Misc: $0 left

Week 4:
$49 Groceries: $49 left
$49 Eating Out: $49 left
$49 Misc: $41 left

Week 5:
$35 Groceries: $35 left
$35 Eating Out: $35 left
$35 Misc: $35 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!)
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)
7- $3.50 (Eating Out- McDonald's), $1.64 (Groceries-Aldi's), $4.47 (Groceries- Jewel) Out of RR/Catalinas!
8- $0
9- $0
10- $4.56 (Groceries-Dominick's), $14.09 (Meijer-Groceries)
11- $5.95 (Groceries-Gas Station), $16 (Eating Out- Checker's)
WEEK 3 BEGIN:
12- $14 (Eating Out- McDonald's), $104 (Shopping-Meijer-for the Disney Gift Cards and some candy for my sisters! And got back $20 in Meijer money!)


Budget: $630....46%
Month: 12/30: 40%


My savings from coupons and sales: $378.87
 












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