Feb No Buy! Short Month! We can do this!

[IMALOVNDISNEY]

I'm back on board. Feb should be a money maker for me. I make/sell Valentine's Day candy. I'm readjusting my goals from last month

Auto 50/$240.00
Groceries/Household Goods $3.00 /$150.00[/COLOR]
(dropped this one because I stocked up on meats,storage and spices last month.)
Eating Out/Entertainment $8.00/$100.00[/COLOR]
(I raised this one because we are taking DD out to dinner after her theater performance).
Misc. $18.00/$125.00
(also raised this to allow for DD's performance flowers)
Money Made $26.00

No spend days goal is 4/12
(raised this one as well because I did so well last month. Had 17 out of 10
Coupon savings.

January coupon savings $360.00
no buy days 17/10

02/01 -0- Snowing AGAIN. stayed in and prepared and froze all the chicken breast I bought on Friday. Tomorrow I'll do all the ground beef. For $90 I got 11 different chicken dinners and will have at least 18 meals from the beef.
02/02 -0- Calling it for the day. Not leaving the house again. We're still getting storms. Today is ice and sleet :eek
02/03 -0-Made it into work today..But, still a no spend day. I cooked so much over the past 2 days that I have tons of food to eat. Plus, there was no time to spend money. Today starts my DD's theater productions for the weekend.
02/04 $68.00, $50 gas $18 at Costco's for 2 dz. Roses. These are for 2 of my DD's performances.
02/05-0-
02/06$11.00 $8.00 at D&D's after church, $3.00 gal. of milk. And we went to Olive Garden for dinner tonight after my DD's last performance. Bill came to $78.00 but paid -0-. We had a gc we forgot about. . The only reason we spent so little this weekend was we just didn't have time to do anything. DD had 5 theater performances in 4 days. We're all exhausted. She did such an amazing job. But, sure am glad it's over.

 

[princessbride6205]

2/1 - $6.50 parking
2/2 - $6.50 parking, $1 breakfast, $13 DD & DH dinner out
2/3 - $6.50 parking
2/4 - $6.50 parking, $20 DH out with friends
2/5 - $9 family breakfast, $15 family dinner, $103 groceries
2/6 - $6 newspapers/grocery

Dining out: $58
Transport: $26
Groceries: $109

(Groceries include toiletries, OTC meds, etc.)

 

[Beezle2]

I'll be in again! I was happy with my January totals and want to stay focused.

My goals are $300 for groceries
$150 for gas
and 15 no buy days


Feb 1 spent $57 on stuff I didn't need to

Feb 2 $0 calling this one in advance because we are staying home having a snow day. Will be a homework and hang around the house day.

Feb 3 $0 snow day

Feb 4 Definately not a no spend day! Got the dog groomed today $65, groceries $134 with coupon sales savings of $115, and topped off the gas tank $20

Feb 5 Another big spend day. Spent $195 getting myself and my grandsons hair done. Then took the family out to eat for our daughters 18th bday, and picked up a cake. ouch

Feb 6 I thought I was going to have a no spend day but ended up buying 2 phones from the Virgin Mobile site. I want to reduce our bill for cell phones so this will eventually be much cheaper then what we are paying now.

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I need to keep a total down here of money saved for our December trip! that should keep me motivated!

Disney Money $88

 

[nunzia]

Feb 1- Gas $20, Walmart shopping trip during a snowstorm..ack: $106.89 (more than I expected to spend, but dogs have to eat and DH needs his beer) coupons: $8.45
2- $0 (even New Mexico was snowed in today)
3- took a friend visiting from Florida out for lunch $22.87, went to Dollar Tree for hash browns but got my DH his favorite cookies instead since they had no hash browns $5.00, ended up at Lowes for hash browns $1.99
4- $12.00..out for lunch with another friend
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3/12

 

[msmama]

I'm going to go for 14 No Buys - half the month.

I'm also going to track spending this month (I already took $ out of the Feb budget, lol):
Groceries: 292/300 - 8 left lol
Car: 34/80 - 46 left
Dining out/Entertainment: 22/100 - 78 left
Gifts/Valentines: 60/100 - 40 left

(My goal grocery budget is actually 100 less than my actual grocery budget but I'm going to see what I can do). I also have a minor surgrey scheduled in the middle of the month so I'll have extra medical expenses, but hopefully a few no-buys while I'm at home recovering.

2/1 - 5 -met friend for coffee
2/2 - 0
2/3 - 0
2/4 - 97+9 - Target and Taco Bell
2/5 - 55+66+8 - Sale meat at Grocery store, Flowers for BFF and Quiznos
2/6 - 0
2/7 - 0 (if I call it now then I can't spend, right?)
2/8
2/9
2/10
2/11
2/12
2/13
2/14 - SURGERY
2/15
2/16
2/17
2/18
2/19
2/20
2/21
2/22
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2/24
2/25
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2/27
2/28

4/14 No Buy Days!

 

[QVCshopper]

Finally have food, so maybe I can get some no-buys in... Used more coupons, so that was good.

3/14 no-buys
* Used coupon

2/1-$0
2/2-$35 Wegmans*
2/3-$0; 1.5 miles
2/4-$5.75 Target*, $4.50 Michaels*, $4.25 PetSmart*, $22.50 Genuardis*, $18 Chinese Food, $1 Library, 2 miles
2/5-$31.75 Pottery Barn Kids, $29 Disney Store, $2.50 Chuck E Cheese
2/6-$24.50 Genuardis*, $47.50 Wegmans*
2/7-$0, 6 miles

 

[thebigkahuna]

Because there is a holiday love: Valentines Day ) and a 3 day weekend (President's day weekend) I'm going to make a goal of EIGHT no $pend days in February.

Feb 1 - $$ money spent $$ (I'm going to miss my work friend after they move away. So, I have been doing lunch out a little more often. Pretty soon that opportunity will be gone. )
Feb 2 - no $pend day # 1
Feb 3 - didn't spend today - no $pend day # 2
Feb 4 - Spent $ today on laundry soap & a few other tidbits (should have planned a little better!)

WEEKEND!
02-05 Spent money on gas today
02-06 Spent money on food today

Feb 7 -and I've already spent money today too. I was at the store on Friday, but got a call & had to leave right away. So, didn't get to pick up some of the other things on my list. I will try to do my Valentines Day shopping today too, so maybe tomorrow can be a no spend!
Feb 8 -
Feb 9 -
Feb 10 -
Feb 11 - paying bills today - if I can pay just bills, it can be a no spend!


WEEKEND!
02-12
02-13

Feb 14 - Happy Valentines Day!
Feb 15 -
Feb 16 -
Feb 17 -
Feb 18 -

WEEKEND!
02-19
02-20
02-21 (Monday, but a Holiday)


Feb 22 -
Feb 23 -
Feb 24 -
Feb 25 -


WEEKEND!
02-26
02-27

Feb 28 - LAST DAY!!


2! of EIGHT No $pend day$

 

[bigmama67]

2/1 - $21.13 on groceries today, $4.16 on a shirt for DS to be a Sneetch (it's Dr. Seuss week at school), $10 on Shari's Berries voucher (gift for DH).

2/2 - $61.98 on groceries - stocked up on meat and cereal, $516.84 left for the month.

2/3 - $0

2/4 - $50.70 groceries/$466.14 left for the month (crossed a bunch of things off my list for the month though); $20.65 household (salt at Home Depot - MORE SNOW COMING, ARGH!) and batteries; also paid some bills but I don't count that. $6 to see a movie with my friend (didn't buy $nack$ this time, LOL!)

2/5 - Planned a "no-buy" day but that went out the window! $8.50 Johnny Rockets, groceries - $16.85 on Amazon and $14.41 at Stop & Shop; $8.01 for beer; $7.48 for LED lights and $40.79 for clothing at Kohls! So much for a "no-buy" day, huh? LOL.

2/6 – Groceries $62.48, coupon savings $70.20! $372.40 left for the month. Also $4.00 for DH and DS to bowl a couple of games.

2/7 - $0

2/8 - Finish monthly shopping at Costco and Peapod, so after this we should only need milk and fruit. Need to get birthday gifts for DS' (twin) friends (party is Friday 2/11).

2/9 - Planning for no-buy day #3

2/10 - Monthly Board Meeting at my synagogue so I'll need a Rita's gelato to get through that...lol...also may go to lunch with a friend today (not sure yet).

2/11 – DS buys lunch on Fridays at school.

2/12 - Circus Science Day at the museum so even though we're members there will be parking and other $$ needed.

2/13 – Planning for no-buy day #4

2/14 - hope for no-buy day #5

2/15 – hope for no-buy day #6

2/16 – hope for no-buy day #7

2/17 – hope for no-buy day #8

2/18 – DS school lunch, groceries

2/19 – DS starts his bowling league

2/20 – going out to dinner, so food and babysitter…

2/21 – DS is off from school all week, I’ll have to keep them occupied…today we’re going to get our taxes done and then to some Presidents’ Day events so we're having lunch out, not sure what else we'll spend.

2/22 - ?

2/23 - ?

2/24 - ?

2/25 - ?

2/26 - DS bowling league

2/27 - ?

2/28 - ?







Coupon savings so far: $198.76!! (If ONLY I could bank that…sigh…)

No-buy days: 2/8

 

[KBazzel]

Goals:
1 lunch out a week
3 dinners out a month
$150 in groceries each week
15 no buy days
$150 mad money for wants not needs

Feb 1 - Went out to dinner ($21) and lunch ($17) (but I got an advance check I've been waiting on so it was sort of a reward)
Feb 2 - No buy!
Feb 3 - Lunch out ($9) Bought some supplies at Walmart ($15) Bought sugar glider food ($15) Groceries ($200 - saved $99 in coupons and sales)
Feb 4 - Groceries for Super Bowl party ($24 saved $22 in coupons and sales) B&N Groupon ($20 - I will use these as I have a Nook and all of my book purchases are tax deductible) Children's Place ($34 - hit their $2.99 sale and got 7 items for girls)
Feb 5 - Ended up ordering pizza ($25)
Feb 6 - No buy!
Feb 7 - No buy!

Kira

 

[Virgderon]

Darn. Co-pay at the doctors office ruined my no buy day.

Running Total: Spent $363
$1200 budget... 837 left
$0 Days: 2
Goal is 8 or more!
coupon/sale savings :32

Groceries budget- $250-25-14-45= 166 left

Feb. 1 : 45 (groceries and laundry detg, snacks for hockey game tonight, 10 for parking at hockey game tonight)
Feb. 2 : 0
Feb. 3: 24 (10 shipping DDs e-bay stuff, 14 pop and bread)
Feb. 4: 23 (Cracker Barrell)
Feb. 5: 250 (205 car repair, 45 groceries)
Feb. 6: 0
Feb. 7: 20 ( dr. co-pay)

 

[bigmama67]

I just ordered my Shari's Berries to be delivered on the 18th (2 nights before DH and I go our for our romantic dinner, thanks to a Restaurant.com voucher!)

I used the Mamapedia voucher I bought last week and signed up to get a free shipping rebate so I can still count this as a $0 day! I ordered 6 Valentine's dipped berries and an assortment of 8 chocolates, so we'll have 2 nights of treats! YUM!

DS just said he wants to pick out Valentine gifts for us and he wants to "exchange" with DD too...this may be spendy, LOL...we'll check Five Below I guess. OTOH, he doesn't need more "STUFF"!

 

[figaromeetsmarie]

Groceries $250/$216.86
Impluse Buying $100/80.00
Dining Out $50
Entertainment $50


Feb 1-$0
Feb 2nd: Whole Foods $20.10
Feb 3-$0
Feb 4-$0
Feb 5-Walmart $20.00 (school supplies)
Feb 6- Kroger $13.04
Feb 7th-$0 (hoping it can last as a no buy!)

Coupon Savings $87.09

 

[Darkfirewolfe]

FEB GOALS:
1) Continue to write down all spending in budget book as of 2/7

2) Save at least $100 in comparison to Jan 2011 (since I don't have a complete record of Feb 2010)
2a) Cut at least $50 out of the food budget in comparison to January

I am on good track for reducing our food expenses so far.


3) 5 No-buy days and 10 <$5 days
FINALLY GOT MY FIRST ONE!
My DH returned something today, so even though we spent a little $$ - today I'm in the negatives! I'm going to count it as a <$5 day !

0/5 No-by Days
1/10 <$5 Days

 

[charming23]

Another no spend day today. I woke up with a bit of a cold so I stayed in. I was supossed to take my car in for an oil change (I had a coupon for a free one) but my brake light went on so I instead called a different place (which is cheaper) to have that checked first.

February Budget-
Groceries/Household- $300/$241.75 left
Car/Gas- $50
Eating Out- $50/$32.60 left
Misc/Entertainment- $100/$74.32 left

Total-$500/$398.67 left

Goal of 14 No buy days

Week One
2/1- $0- Snow Day
2/2- $0- Snow Day
2/3- $0- Snow Day
2/4- $49.82 Grocery and $12.74 Misc
2/5- $17.40 Lunch, $12.94 Jeans, and $8.43 groceries
2/6- $0
2/7- $0

Week Two
2/8
2/9
2/10
2/11
2/12
2/13
2/14

5/14 No Buy Days

Coupon and Store Savings- $39.05

 

[wlake]

I'm getting behind, but there's no time to catch up with actual numbers at the moment. It's assessment time at school so I'm spending hours grading (on top of the usual stuff!). The big meeting on all of it is tomorrow, so hopefully things will get back to normal there.

2/1:
2/2:
2/3:
2/4: $40 Lands' End (sheets for DS and pants for me), $21 after school
2/5: Target, Walmart, AC Moore, and something else?
2/6: groceries
2/7:

no buy days: 4/11
meals out: 0/5
longest streak: 3
coupon/sale savings: $103

 

[Where'sPiglet?]

1: $20.89 gas ($2.86/gallon)
2: $0!
3: $0!
4: $0!
5: $138.70 Walgreens, Rite Aid, CVS, SaveALot, Rouses, Winn-Dixie, Wendy's
6: $0!
7: $0!

$0 Days: 5
Spending: $159.59/$475= 34%
Days Passed: 7/28: 25%

Goal: To keep spending to within $475 for food, gas, and miscellaneous. I do not track bills; I only track "point of sale" transactions.

 

[thebeesknees]

Finally made it out of the house today - just in time for the big storm coming tonight. I got a bunch of grocery items, some Valentine's presents for my sweetie, and a couple of baby gifts for 2 different showers this month.

2/1 - $0
2/2 - $0
2/3 - $0
2/4 - $0
2/5 - $0
2/6 - $0
2/7 - $22 Dollar Tree, $66 Target, $13 Walmart, $3 McDonald's

6 of 12 no-buy days so far.

 

[MickeyMomOfThree]

I'm in, with my own twist. Recording groceries but not couting them towards no buy days, but also raising my no buy days to 18. Hoping to get a real feel for the difference from this month last year, since January was a bust.

February 1-$0 I am doing better but still not eating more then a few bites so no stregnth to go anywhere. I am going to attempt to cook dinner for the first time in over 2 weeks, but just an easy crock pot dinner. It's something.
February 2-$0 Kids had the day off. We didn't get as much snow as they called for, but they had alreayd called school. They have never done that, caled it too early, and I am sure they won't soon again.
February 3-$0 Was really hoping to be better by today and able to grocery shop. That was not the case. Maybe tomorrow.
February 4-$0 A little bummed. We had tickets (free!) to see the Globetrotters tonight. I was really hoping to be able to go, especially since we missed Disney on Ice. I am still not eating, so very weak. I feel a lot better but just too weak to go. So the family is out to dinner and the show and I am at home in bed. A little sad, but really happy they are getting to go.
February 5-I actually spent money today. $21 on a baby gift for a shower I am supposed to go to tomorrow. I probably won't make it, but I wanted to get a gift either way. My DH took me out tonight. We thought I needed some frsh air. It was nice to get out. It was snowing and so beautiful. We went to Babies R Us. I used the shopping cart as a walker and it went OK. We wern't in there long but it felt good to be out. Then he said since we were there and he needed some things at Sam's did I mind if he ran in. I got overly confident and went in with him. My legs felt like they were going to crumble under me so I went and sat down while he got what we needed. After he bought me a soft pretzel. $1
February 6-$0 I even made it to the shower today. I decided to just sit, not eat, and chat, but I made it! DH drove us cause I don't think I am ready to drive yet. After he was headed to get some groceries, not much but for tonight and tomorrow and the kids lunches, so I went with him. Didn't make it too long before I went to sit and wait for him, but it was nice to see Wegman's again. I haven't grocery shopped in almost a month! He spent almost $100 but that included premade food for tonight (usually I'd cook but not up to that.)
February 7-$0 I didn't leave the house today, but I did spend most of the day out of bed and even got some house work done. Crasy as it seems, I have missed it. Well, maybe not the work but the satisfaction of getting something done.

Money Spent this Month-$122

No Buy Days 6/18 Number of no buys is up cause I am no longer counting groceries towards no buy, my new for 2011 rule for myself.



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Back in 2011 cause I'd miss you all so much!
January-25
Longest Streak-Currently 19 (but I have been sick)Joined No Buy as a New Years Resolution in 2010 and did pretty well-
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
September-15 Days
October-13 Days
November-6 Days (only kept track till November 16th cause we were in Disney the rest of the month)
December-10
Longest Streak-4 Days in a Row

 

[#1hoosierfan]

I am going to go for 10 no-buy days. Like last month, I am not going to track gasoline or dog food. Everything else is fair game! Also hoping to top my coupon savings for February.

2/1 - $0
2/2 - 75 cents on fritos at work to go with my leftover taco salad.... highway robbery! Walgreens - $6.30, coupons $4.20 and got $6 in register rewards.
2/3 $0
2/4 - $14.51 at Jimmy Johns and 99 cents for Angry Birds on iPhone.
2/5 - $50 for oldest ds t-ball sign-ups. $53 for dinner. We got AWESOME seats to the Louisville game last night from dh's CEO. Had lots of fun, and our team won! Parking, snacks, and beer at the game.... $42. 2.32
2/6 - $2.14 McDonalds; Meijer $91.12 saved $4 in coupons; Walgreens $27.97 saved $19 in coupons and received $17 in register rewards
2/7 - $0

Goal:
3/10

 

[3goofyboys]

I'm in again this month!

Welcome new faces, hope you love the thread!

I've shooting for a goal of 12 no-buys for the shorter month. This month both DH and I have birthdays, plus v-day so that ads some extra expenses. Thankfully, we aren't having major birthdays this year so no big parties and we never do anything big for v-day. We are planning on buying a new house in March or April, so we need to do some saving to prep for the extra moving expenses.

Feb 1 I like to start the month with a no buy, but no such luck today. $70 had to register the boys for soccer and swimming, but I found out I had a big credit on my account (yay for found money!) so that took care of half the bill, $60 groceries.


Feb 2 It was errand day today, so $$$! $170 groceries, $40 gas, $25 filed my taxes. Hopefully this will take care of any spending through early next week.


Feb 3 We got caught out unexpectedly at lunch time, so we had to hit Subway. I could have waited, but DH gets very cranky if he isn't fed on schedule ! $15 Subway.

Feb 4 $6 dinner with my parents, $23 gas

Feb 5 woo hoo! Finally a no buy day!


Feb 6

Feb 7 $21 lunch, $40 dinner, $89 paperwork that need to be ordered. I feel terrible that we had lunch AND dinner out today. But, we're in the middle of crazy loan/house stuff and after dealing with that and a preschool board meeting today plus babysitting a friend's little boy, I did not have cooking dinner in me!

2/12 no buy days