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

[Virgderon]

Today was a bad day. Nothing really went right, except that I got this 0 spend day. In a world where you cannot control things, its nice to be able to control something.

MickeyMom I forgot to tell you that I am glad you are taking up bowling! I think you two will love it, and spending time together is priceless. Hope you are 100% better by then- the ball might start feeling a little heavy for you by the 3rd game.


Running Total: Spent $425
$1200 budget... 775 left
$0 Days: 3
Goal is 8 or more!
coupon/sale savings :37

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)
Feb. 8 : 62 (32 bowling, 6 food at bowling, 14 Walgreens pop & misc, 10 Walgreens prescription co-pay)
Feb. 9 : 0

 

[wlake]

Not counting the $145 for DS's eye doctor appointment today, even though it's not covered by insurance. Cheapest appointment we've ever had with this person! Last winter's was about $500.

2/1:
2/2:
2/3:
2/4: $40 Lands' End (sheets for DS and pants for me), $21 after school, $4 Amazon ebooks
2/5: Target, Walmart, AC Moore, and something else?
2/6: groceries
2/7:
2/8: $41 things for school
2/9: gas, $12 bagels, $120 for Little League registration (actually paying it tomorrow, but as I'm writing the check and filling out the forms tonight so I can just drop it off tomorrow, I'm counting it for today.)

no buy days: 4/11
meals out: 0/5
longest streak: 3
coupon/sale savings: $103
days without dinner out: 9

 

[wlake]

Evidently getting a "fatal error" message when you try to post something doesn't mean your post gets lost; it means it gets double posted!

 

[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; $20.65 household; $6 to see a movie with my friend (didn't buy $nack$ this time, LOL!). Also paid some bills but I don't count that.

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 – Groceries $82.11/$290.29 left for month (also tipped $5 to the delivery guy); $9.99 for Fish Oil for my cats (buy one get one free!); $16.46 on stuff for the house (new pizza pans, etc.); $28.99 for birthday gifts for DS’ (twin) friends; DH put $10 of gas in the car...Paid a few bills too.

2/9 – Paid a big whopping 50 cents to print my resume and job application at the library after my printer ran out of ink (I was in a hurry)…and DH is going to a social event at an ale house in the next town tonight so we’ll see what that runs us. So much for no-buy day #3, next chance for one will be Sunday. The birthday gift got here already...LOVE Amazon Prime!! ADDED: $53.06 for clothes for DD on Diapers.com (got a BUNCH of Carters with free shipping!) Also I have a cart of Gymboree...wrestling with myself.

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 or at least coffee with a friend (not sure yet).

2/11 – DS buys lunch on Fridays at school, and I’ll be doing a Costco shop so we should be almost set for the month (just need milk and fruit after that)!

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 #3

2/14 - hope for no-buy day #4

2/15 – hope for no-buy day #5

2/16 – hope for no-buy day #6

2/17 – hope for no-buy day #7

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 – hoping for no-buy day

2/23 - ?

2/24 - hoping for no-buy day

2/25 - ?

2/26 - DS bowling league

2/27 - ?

2/28 - ?







Coupon/Discount savings so far: $269.07!! (If ONLY I could bank that…sigh…)

No-buy days: 2/8

 

[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 - ugh. spent $
Feb 9 - spent more money - not budged, but needed to be done. To recoup some of my spending, I put some stuff up for sale. Lets see how that goes! (wheres the "wishful thinking" or "fingers crossed for luck" smiley faces!!??!!)
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 $pend day$ (still 2. I'm not doing as well as I had hoped.)

 

[A.Mickey]

Running Total: Spent $888.48
$0 Days:2/10

Groceries ($252-$9/day)- $129.09
Eating Out ($196-$7/day)- $37.54
Misc. (Shopping/Entertainment) ($1008-$36/day) $620.85 $330 Planned left= $92 Great America, Have $224 left for Ohio Hotel, $14 Metra to see Musical[/COLOR]
Gas $200?- $25 (2/3), $48 (2/6), $28 (2/8) = $101

WEEK 1 BEGIN:
1- $12.68 (McDonald's-Eating Out), $21.04 (Walgreens-Groceries), $6.34 (Meijer-Groceries)
2- As much as I would like to go out, to get a few items at Dominick's before they are off sale, it is not happening. We got 22" of snow! Only emergency and medical vehicles are allowed on the road.
$0
3- $31.43 (Meijer-Groceries), $4.88 (McDonald's-Eating Out)
4- $0
5- $9.97 (CVS-Groceries), $5.99 (Dominick's-Groceries)
WEEK 2 BEGIN:
6- $2 (Dollar Tree-Papers), $6.37 (Meijer-Groceries), $3/bag, probably got over 50 kids books (Library Book Sale-Shopping), $12.95 (Walgreens-Groceries), $13.98 (Wendy's-Eating Out), $291.60 (Hotel for 2 nights St. Louis in July, staying right next to the arch and we can walk to Busch stadium for the U2 concert), $101.25 (Car Registration-Misc.)
7- $35 (Joe Caputo-Groceries)
8- $200 (Registration for Spring Classes for our 3 year old son and preschool in the fall)
9- $6 (McDonald's-Eating Out), $23 (Post Office-Misc. Needed to send in a DSLR lens that broke on our trip in December, it is still under warranty though, so hopefully this will save me money in the long run, and also bought a book of stamps)
10-
11- No Buy?
12-
WEEK 3 BEGIN:


Budget: $1656....54%
Month: 9/28: 32%
No Buy: 2/10: 20%

My savings from coupons and sales: $352.71

 

[bigmama67]

Today was a bad day. Nothing really went right, except that I got this 0 spend day. In a world where you cannot control things, its nice to be able to control something.

 

[ldrprn]

Well, I've been lurking, and thought I would give this a try as I can drop a bundle in just a morning on my way home from work. I've done well except for Monday. I am not counting needed groceries, but trying to not impulse buy, and don't count bills paid. Feb 1st - $85 for repair of DS laptop (very reasonable). Have not spent anything other than groceries. THEN, Stopped at Target on the way home from work on Monday. (Danger,Danger) Bought a booster chair for DGS that I babysit for and a toy for him as well, and then to WW where I just HAD to have the new books with the new point values in them. Grand total $95.00 Not bad for 2 hours out. I better stay home the rest of the week.LOL. I guess some people call it "Retal therapy". Well, keep trying and see where we end up at the end of the month.

 

[MickeyMomOfThree]

Today was a bad day. Nothing really went right, except that I got this 0 spend day. In a world where you cannot control things, its nice to be able to control something.

MickeyMom I forgot to tell you that I am glad you are taking up bowling! I think you two will love it, and spending time together is priceless. Hope you are 100% better by then- the ball might start feeling a little heavy for you by the 3rd game.

Sorry for your bad day. Hope things are better today. I am excited about the bowling. We have said for years we wanted to but seeing you post about it got me more and more interested so we went for it. We are doing the every other week one to keep costs down, and to see if we like it. I don't know if I have ever bowled 3 games before, we usually just do 2, so that will be interesting. I bet my 3rd game will be a much lower score, but we are just doing it for the fun. (And time alone isn't a bad thing.)

Evidently getting a "fatal error" message when you try to post something doesn't mean your post gets lost; it means it gets double posted!

Been there! Not too often but a few times that has happened and even though it has happened before I forget and double post.

 

[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
5- $0
6- $0
7- $0
8- $0 ( to be fair..I did buy a plane ticket for DH's trip to join me after Expo next year, but that wasn't an optional purchase and money came from trip account..I'm only counting optional things, food and gas, not things that are locked in stone)
9- Big spending day! DH medicine and gas: $20, groceries: $39, Leapfrog site,,they still have some DIDJ stuff on clearance and I bought DGS a Didj for Christmas and he loves it so needed to get stuff before it totally disappears, plus a charger to save on batteries, so $53, and DH had to buy materials to replace the pad to our bedroom carpet that got ruined during the big stupid freeze/thaw we had, so $166 ACK Coupons, $2.50
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5/12

 

[IMALOVNDISNEY]

Well, I've been lurking, and thought I would give this a try as I can drop a bundle in just a morning on my way home from work. I've done well except for Monday. I am not counting needed groceries, but trying to not impulse buy, and don't count bills paid. Feb 1st - $85 for repair of DS laptop (very reasonable). Have not spent anything other than groceries. THEN, Stopped at Target on the way home from work on Monday. (Danger,Danger) Bought a booster chair for DGS that I babysit for and a toy for him as well, and then to WW where I just HAD to have the new books with the new point values in them. Grand total $95.00 Not bad for 2 hours out. I better stay home the rest of the week.LOL. I guess some people call it "Retal therapy". Well, keep trying and see where we end up at the end of the month.

 

[IMALOVNDISNEY]

I'm going to start keeping track of a new streak -- days without eating out. I can't stand cooking, so it's far too easy for me to call DH and have him bring home take out. Luckily, we live so far in the middle of nowhere that there isn't a single place that will deliver. We're at 8 days without eating out! That might be a record for DH and me for the entire time we've been together!
Way to go. My big problem is usually ate breakfast and lunch out during the week. I love to cook. I was just being lazy and not packing my food. On average it cost me btwn. $5-$10 a day for my laziness. Now for everyday I don't eat out I put at least $5 into our coin jug. I have also started to put the extra SS$ the government is giving us back. I pay myself every Friday when I get paid. I'll have to go back and try to calculate how much I've put in so far.

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 $57.00 /$150.00[/COLOR]
(dropped this one because I stocked up on meats,storage and spices last month.)
Eating Out/Entertainment $14.00/$100.00[/COLOR]
(I raised this one because we are taking DD out to dinner after her theater performance).
Misc. $36.00.00/$125.00
(also raised this to allow for DD's performance flowers)
Money Made $26.00

No spend days goal is 5/12
(raised this one as well because I did so well last month. Had 17 out of 10
Coupon savings. $26.00

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.
02/07 -0-
02/08More snow today Spent $54.00 at Super Walmart on groceries. I saved $22. in coupons I take my DBFF to do her grocery shopping. Today was her monthly BIG trip. This was our first trip to SWalmart (other than the ones in FLA). It isn't close. But, so worth it. Now that we are shopping together I am trying to teach her how to coupon. I think she's slowly getting it. We also went out to lunch. Paid -0- she and one of her friends that came with us bought my lunch for taking them.
02/09 $18.00 in hospital caf food. There was a family emergency and spent the day and night at the hospital.
02/10 By 6:00am I had already spent $6.00 on juice, bagel, and a fruit cup Hospital caf food is outrageously expensive. I'm back home to shower and to pack up food to bring back up to the hospital.

 

[princessbride6205]

Just tracking this month, will figure out what I can budget and where I can save for March. Exceptions will be a nice Valentine's date night and if I buy myself a birthday gift (overdue from October! Long story...).

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
2/7 - $6.50 parking, $5 clothing, $10 grocery
2/8 - $8 parking (boo-hiss, bad traffic made me miss the early bird price)
2/9 - $6.50 parking, $14 Girl Scout Cookies, $26 family dinner
2/10 - $6.50 parking

Dining out: $84
Transport: $53.50
Groceries: $133
Other: $5

(Groceries include toiletries, OTC meds, etc.)

 

[charming23]

Mom and I went out and did a little shopping today. I needed a few more clothing items and had some good coupons to my favorite store so we went out. We also stopped for a quick lunch and hit another grocery store because they were having a huge sale and we needed a few more things for Saturday night.

I am already reporting tomorrow as a $0/Exempt day since it is my birthday. We are going to head to the Rainforest at the zoo to look around and have lunch.

February Budget-
Groceries/Household- $300/$120.53 left
Car/Gas- $50
Eating Out- $50/$14.10 left
Misc/Entertainment- $100/$28.07 left

Total-$500/$212.70 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- $6.30 Walgreen's and $5.58 Drugmart
2/9- $71.96 Grocery and $4.49 lunch
2/10- $37.38 Grocery, $14.01 lunch, and $46.25 Fashion Bug
2/11- $0- My Birthday
2/12
2/13
2/14

6/14 No Buy Days

Coupon and Store Savings- $95.54

 

[ronnmel]

Weird, but nice to have so many no-buy days.

No Buy Days : 8/12
Gas : 66$ (let's try 100$)
Groceries : 80$ (250$ is a good max)
Eating out (and snacks) : 0$ (100$ is a tough max, but I want to try keeping it again. This is really my big weakness)
Non-necessities : 0$ (200$ max I guess...)

01/02 : 0$
02/02 : 0$
03/02 : 35$ (gas)
04/02 : 0$
05/02 : 0$
06/02 : 0$
07/02 : 0$
08/02 : 111$ (gas + groceries)
09/02 : 0$
10/02 : 0$

 

[disneyofcourse]

I'm joining again. Last month was my first month on here and recording everything helped a ton in keeping crazy spending to a limit.

My Budget:---> Actual spent
Clothing $150--->$35
Grocery $240--->$62
Gas $120--->$27 spent
Eating out $120---->$37
Misc $150--->$101 spent

2/1 $0
2/2 $35 clothing/shirt, $25 Lunch

Got my receipts and ready to put down totals!
2/3 No spend
2/4 Gas $27, $62 Grocery, $66 Shampoo
2/5 No Spend
2/6 No spend
2/7 $12 lunch, $35 Cat necessities
2/8 No spend
2/9 No spend
2/10 No spend!!
Hoping for a no spend tomorrow......

I have honestly cut my spending by at least 50-75+/- % comparing bank/credit card statements from August-December compared to last month and so far this month since joining here and having to post details. Love Love this board

 

[SunnieRN]

I'm going to start keeping track of a new streak -- days without eating out. I can't stand cooking, so it's far too easy for me to call DH and have him bring home take out. Luckily, we live so far in the middle of nowhere that there isn't a single place that will deliver. We're at 8 days without eating out! That might be a record for DH and me for the entire time we've been together!
Way to go. My big problem is usually ate breakfast and lunch out during the week. I love to cook. I was just being lazy and not packing my food. On average it cost me btwn. $5-$10 a day for my laziness. Now for everyday I don't eat out I put at least $5 into our coin jug. I have also started to put the extra SS$ the government is giving us back. I pay myself every Friday when I get paid. I'll have to go back and try to calculate how much I've put in so far.

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 $57.00 /$150.00[/COLOR]
(dropped this one because I stocked up on meats,storage and spices last month.)
Eating Out/Entertainment $14.00/$100.00[/COLOR]
(I raised this one because we are taking DD out to dinner after her theater performance).
Misc. $36.00.00/$125.00
(also raised this to allow for DD's performance flowers)
Money Made $26.00

No spend days goal is 5/12
(raised this one as well because I did so well last month. Had 17 out of 10
Coupon savings. $26.00

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.
02/07 -0-
02/08More snow today Spent $54.00 at Super Walmart on groceries. I saved $22. in coupons I take my DBFF to do her grocery shopping. Today was her monthly BIG trip. This was our first trip to SWalmart (other than the ones in FLA). It isn't close. But, so worth it. Now that we are shopping together I am trying to teach her how to coupon. I think she's slowly getting it. We also went out to lunch. Paid -0- she and one of her friends that came with us bought my lunch for taking them.
02/09 $18.00 in hospital caf food. There was a family emergency and spent the day and night at the hospital.
02/10 By 6:00am I had already spent $6.00 on juice, bagel, and a fruit cup Hospital caf food is outrageously expensive. I'm back home to shower and to pack up food to bring back up to the hospital.

Hospital food is outrageous and it's not even always all that good! Prayers for you and your family, for a speedy healing and recovery!!

Mom and I went out and did a little shopping today. I needed a few more clothing items and had some good coupons to my favorite store so we went out. We also stopped for a quick lunch and hit another grocery store because they were having a huge sale and we needed a few more things for Saturday night.

I am already reporting tomorrow as a $0/Exempt day since it is my birthday. We are going to head to the Rainforest at the zoo to look around and have lunch.

February Budget-
Groceries/Household- $300/$120.53 left
Car/Gas- $50
Eating Out- $50/$14.10 left
Misc/Entertainment- $100/$28.07 left

Total-$500/$212.70 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- $6.30 Walgreen's and $5.58 Drugmart
2/9- $71.96 Grocery and $4.49 lunch
2/10- $37.38 Grocery, $14.01 lunch, and $46.25 Fashion Bug
2/11- $0- My Birthday
2/12
2/13
2/14

6/14 No Buy Days

Coupon and Store Savings- $95.54

May all your wishes come true!! Have a wonderful day tomorrow!! YYou and your Mom rock!!

 

[SunnieRN]

Well, this wasn't supposed to be a no spend day, but after work, I passed out! Then when I got up, my son in law asked me to grandmunchkin watch. I had a BLAST, but shopping will wait for tomorrow!!

February goals: No spend days: 12
Food budget: Try for $200 for the rest of the month
Save: $800.00
Medical $150
Cash: $100 for 2 weeks, starting 2/11

Feb 1: $0
Feb 2: $62.50 Groceries
Feb 3: $0
Feb 4: $0
Fab 5: $40.00 prescription
Feb 6: $27.60 Chuck E Cheese, GM #2 birthday party
Feb 7: $0
Feb 8: $10 CEC to have lunch and use leftover tokens. (Money from spendable cash, last pay period. Payday 2/11 start over with $100/2 weeks)
Feb 9: I just got home from working 13 hours. I also have to go back to do it again in 9 1/2 hours. That is why I can post now and be 100% sure this will be a $0 day!! Sleep, eat and clean up for work.
Feb 10: $0

$0 Days: 6

Have a blessed day everyone! Bye the way, do any of you "Dave Ramsey"? I am just using the envelope idea. Just starting. Every dollar has a name, seems like an awesome mantra!

 

[QVCshopper]

I won a $25 gift card to a lovely garden store, so that was nice--entering local contests is becoming a new hobby.

Pacing myself with the no-buy, but really struggling with the "should we buy a new house or stay put" thing. Looking at one tomorrow, so we'll see how it goes. The houses we like sell like hotcakes b/c they are in the two best school districts, despite the economy. I don't like to feel rushed with this type of thing. Wish I had a crystal ball...

I think I'm only good at saving money, not spending it. Oh well.

6/14 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
2/8-$0
2/9-$0, 6 miles
2/10-$0

 

[#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
2/8 - $0
2/9 - $0
2/10 - $0

Goal:
6/10