$eptember No Buy-All Are Welcome!

9/1 - $2 coffee
9/2 - $6 parking, $2 Misc
9/3 - $6 parking
9/4 - $2 coffee
9/5 - $3 coffees me & DH
9/6 - $47 grocery
9/7 - $6 parking
9/8 - $7 parking
9/9 - $7 parking, $2 part-lunch, $10 farmer's market, $15 grocery
9/10 - $8 parking, $19 misc for DD, $12 lunch out with DD
9/11 - $6 snack for me & DD, $25 dinner out
9/12 - $4 DD book, $40 DD clothes, $18 Lunch out, $125 gas card, $2 newspapers, $8 tool
9/13 - $6 parking

What I've spent:
Groceries (includes diapers, toiletries, etc)- $72/400
Gas/Parking- $171/300
Dining out/Entertainment- $64/250
Misc (clothes, other)- $75/100
Fun Money (coffees, etc) - $6/20
Gifts (Not budgeted) - $24 friend bday, TBD sister's bday
 
My budget is a generous $750 and the zero day goal is 10.

Auto $75
Eating Out/Entertainment $125 / $55 left
Giving $150 / $55 left
Groceries/Household Goods $250/ $168 left
Medical $25
Misc. $125/ $45

No spend days goal = 6/10
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
9/8 $0
9/9 $0
9/10 $0
9/11 $0
9/12 Giving $25 (church); Giving $20 (stuff to donate to food pantry); Groceries $57 (Sam's Club which is located just down from church so it is always a temptation after services) and, Eating out $26;
 
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
9/8 $0
9/9 $21 Target, $8.50 Crocs
9/10 $26 Dollar Tree, $41 haircut
9/11 $0
9/12 $0
9/13 $3.86 Post Office, $26 King Soopers, $30 Amazon (DBIL's birthday), $32 net10

6 of 12 no-buy days so far.
 
Monthly Budget:

Groceries/Household Items: $220-$145.70= $65.98 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
$10.34 ALDI
$17.90 ALDI
$11.00 Dollar Tree

Gas: $250-$130= $60 REMAINING

Extras: $315.24 SPENT...

$0 Spend Days: (Goal is 12...4 so far!)

September 1: $0
September 2: $0
September 3: NO
September 4: NO
September 5: NO
September 6: NO
September 7: NO
September 8: $0
September 9: NO
September 10: NO
September 11: NO
September 12: NO
September 13: $0

Ugh...I am disgusted with myself for spending that much extra $$. Oh well, I'll be "feeling" it when were in WDW in less than 3 weeks and we don't have as much spending $$. :sad2:
 

Curious, is there every any discussion on this thread, or just the daily posts? Thanks. :)
 
Goal: 15 no spend days, so far 5/15

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! :)
Sept 13: $0 YAY! :) (not leaving house so know I won't spend)
 
Spending more on groceries this month, which seems to be an every other month thing. I think what is happening is that I am stockpiling more in the months that I spend more, and then I spend less the next month while I am using the stockpile. I'm not sure what to do about it.

Running Total: Spent $364
$1000 budget...$636 left
$0 Days: 5
Goal is 8 or more!
coupon/sale savings : 89

Groceries budget- $250-16-46-69-25= 94

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)
September 13: 25 (groceries)
 
Curious, is there every any discussion on this thread, or just the daily posts? Thanks. :)

The discussion seems to be minimal, but everyone is happy to answer questions. I think maybe there is less discussion because nobody judges. I've never seen anyone say: "Why did you buy that!" or " I wouldn't have spent money on that..."

This is probably the most supportive , least judgemental thread on the budget board. :)
 
The discussion seems to be minimal, but everyone is happy to answer questions. I think maybe there is less discussion because nobody judges. I've never seen anyone say: "Why did you buy that!" or " I wouldn't have spent money on that..."

This is probably the most supportive , least judgemental thread on the budget board. :)

:rotfl2: True. :)
 
My inclass classes started today and I resisted the urge to stop anywhere and get lunch or dinner out. I still have one class tonight but my mom is dropping me off so she can go to the library and then we will come straight home.

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- $0
9/14-

5/12 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, $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!
September 13-$0 :yay: Kind of sad to get one today. I shoudl have paid dance tuition today, but DD11 decided to drop ballet, tap and jazz. She will still do hip hop and DD8 will still dance but won't pay till I go tomorrow. I always said I'd never push them to do anything they didn't want to, and I still won't, but now that she has decided this I am sad. She's been dancing 7 years. Today I worked on the basement and cooked several meals for the freezer and spent nothing.

4/15 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!
 
The discussion seems to be minimal, but everyone is happy to answer questions. I think maybe there is less discussion because nobody judges. I've never seen anyone say: "Why did you buy that!" or " I wouldn't have spent money on that..."

This is probably the most supportive , least judgemental thread on the budget board. :)

AMEN!!!! Probably why I have stuck with it for 9 months.

And to answer ILovePete, we do sometimes talk, like we know about Virgderon's DDs, she is a well deserved proud momma! I like hearing about that. And she's a good supporter of people on other threads, I have learned that personally. :hug:
 
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
13th: $0 day :banana:

4/10 no buy days
 
September 12:
Amounts LEFT
Eating out - $35/$35
Gas - $89/$200
Groceries - $108/$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:
September 13: $50 groceries/misc
$0 days- 4/10 . . . . . . . 40%

 
No Buy Days : 8/10
Gas : 30$ (max 75$)
Groceries : 181$ (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)
9/13 : 20$ (groceries)
 
Running Total: Spent $292.89
$0 Days:3/12

Groceries ($210)- $71.39
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: $54.61 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!)
13- $1.91 (Groceries-Meijer), $1.31 (Groceries-Target)


Budget: $630....46%
Month: 13/30: 43%


My savings from coupons and sales: $441.35
 
AMEN!!!! Probably why I have stuck with it for 9 months.

And to answer ILovePete, we do sometimes talk, like we know about Virgderon's DDs, she is a well deserved proud momma! I like hearing about that. And she's a good supporter of people on other threads, I have learned that personally. :hug:

Aww shucks. I don't know what to say. Thank you.:blush:
 
Ok, I have some major catching up to do!

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)
9/7: $73 ($26 on vitamins at Costco, $12 on photo prints, $35 on new boots for work)
9/8: $0
9/9: $35 (food trucks at the Downtown L.A. Artwalk)
9/10: $32 ($11 on books, $21 at Denny's)
9/11: $0
9/12: $60 (day at the County Fair)
9/13: $57 (groceries)
9/14: $0

*Goals*
No-buy Days: 6/10
Groceries: $128/250
Eating out: $138/150
Home imp. (garden, etc.): $0/100
Misc.: $144/200

Well, so far we haven't spent anything on home improvement this month, but we are dangerously close to going over our eating out budget...I'm guessing we'll end up going over. Maybe I should've budgeted differently?
 
Went grocery shopping today for a few staples plus snack items to take with me to class. Also stopped in at Target and got ink for my printer

September Budget:

Groceries - $200/ $96.52 left
Household- $50/ $18.56 left
Gas/Car- $50
Eating out/ Entertainment- $50/ $31 left
School Spending- $20
Misc/Emergency- $50/$34.71 left

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- $0
9/14- $44.48 grocery store and $15.29 target

Week Three
9/15-
9/16-
9/17-
9/18-
9/19-
9/20-
9/21-

5/12 No Buy days

Coupon and Store Savings- $38.20
 
Dollar General: bread, snacks to take on trip to avoid buying gas station snacks --$18
Sept. No Buy Days: 9/13
 












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