February No Buy ~ 2014

[susanv]

I'm in again this month. Last month helped me to try and keep costs down. I didn't realize how much I was really spending. Deluding myself totally! Made 8 of 18 no buys last month. Spent $700 more on groceries than budgetted so my goal for this month is 11 no buys this month and to stay on budget this month.


1 - $45.58 groceries
2 - $12.90 groceries
3 - $0

 

[Deffenm]

Goals:
15 no buy days
$600 groceries
$400 gas
$40 eating out

2/1 - $0
2/2 - $20 eating out, $367.57 groceries
2/3 -$0
2/4 - DH is filling up his truck with gas

 

[QVCshopper]

Snow and ice storms... The best no-buy motivation around. I'm calling tomorrow early, too, and I might increase my goal depending on how things go. We have food, there's not much else we need right now (knock on wood).

2/1 No-buy #1
2/2 Spend
2/3 No-buy #2
2/4 No-buy #3
2/5 No-buy #4

No-buy days: 4/14

 

[charming23]

We are expecting a huge snowstorm overnight and most of the day tomorrow so I hit up the grocery for some things.

2/1 $0
2/2 $123.14 Target and $21.99 Prescriptions
2/3 $0
2/4 $53.37 Giant Eagle

2/14 no buy days

 

[MomToOne]

3/7 days of my no-buy week done:

Sunday - $0
Monday - $0
Tuesday - $0
Wednesday -
Thursday -
Friday -
Saturday -

(I prefer extreme denial for one week a month instead of trying to deny myself all month long. No buy for me = non-bill, non-gas, non-grocery spending. I have separate budgets for those that I have gotten as tight as I can over the years - so while I keep to those budgetted amounts, I don't list those purchases here.)

 

[stayhomemom77]

FEBRUARY
1-$0 Was out on my own today but resisted the urge to pick up McDonalds
2-$0
3-$0
4-$2 (DH and I were parched during the kid's badminton lessons so we bought a soda from the vending machine)
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3/20 No buy days

 

[Deffenm]

Goals:
15 no buy days
$600 groceries
$400 gas
$40 eating out

2/1 - $0
2/2 - $20 eating out, $367.57 groceries
2/3 -$0
2/4 - $73.17 gas
2/5 - $0 - snowed in not going anywhere

 

[IMALOVNDISNEY]

02/01: $20.00 for 2 Pasta dinner fundraiser tickets (applying to Eat Out). Also spent $10.00 for raffle tickets and $72.00 for silent auction items won at the same fundraiser(applying to Misc). We won 2 Alex and Ani bracelets, 3 bottles of wine, 2 bottles of beer, 5 gift certificates for area restaurants (total value $120.00), and a weekend getaway to a local hotel that has an indoor pool. We did really well.
02/02: $6.00 newspapers (apply to groceries)
02/03: -0-
02/04: $28.00 a few extras to be prepared for the storm.
02/05:
02/06:
We are now a Family of 4 adults w/1 dog...
Groceries/Household spending: $34/$250.00
Gas for 1 van: /$250
Eat Out: $20/$100
Misc: $82/$250
No Buy Days: /15
Coupon Savings:
Total Coupon savings for 2014:$71.00. I'm going to try the envelope system for my coupon savings
Starting another envelope for any money not spent from my expected grocery budget. $60.00

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

I need to find receipts and do some adding.
2/1 Spend dinner out
2/2 Spend lunch out
2/3 no buy #1
2/4 spend - Target, grocery, fuel, lunch out
2/5 no buy #2
2/6 no buy #3

 

[IMALOVNDISNEY]

I need to find receipts and do some adding.

2/1 Spend dinner out
2/2 Spend lunch out
2/3 no buy #1
2/4 spend - Target, grocery, fuel, lunch out
2/5 no buy #2

Check out the Eat at Home tread and the Crockpot thread. I've gotten a lot from both of them over the years.

 

[laur roo]

1-$0
2-$72 at target
3-$0
4- $29 at michaels and disney store - bought 2 vinylmations at disney store and a few wedding things at michaels
5- $0 snowed in, calling it early since I'm not going out!

3/15 no buys so far

 

[charming23]

We got a huge snowstorm overnight so I went to work and then came home.

2/1 $0
2/2 $123.14 Target and $21.99 Prescriptions
2/3 $0
2/4 $53.37 Giant Eagle
2/5 $0

3/14 no buy days

 

[ashleyasiegel]

Well I had 1 good day so far - here's to hoping for a few more this month.

2/1 - $35 Tubing
2/2 - $50 Frozen swimsuit/cover up for Easter basket Disney surprise reveal, $30 for cold meds/few groceries
2/3 - $0
2/4 - $12 - Daughter's school yearbook
2/5 - $45 Disney on Ice tickets for me and my girls

 

[stayhomemom77]

FEBRUARY
1-$0 Was out on my own today but resisted the urge to pick up McDonalds
2-$0
3-$0
4-$2 (DH and I were parched during the kid's badminton lessons so we bought a soda from the vending machine)
5-$0
6-$0
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5/20 No buy days

 

[QVCshopper]

Out of power for 40 hours and counting... My part of PA got slammed by ice storms. House was 45 degrees.

2/1 No-buy #1
2/2 Spend
2/3 No-buy #2
2/4 No-buy #3
2/5 No-buy #4
2/6 No-buy #5

No-buy days: 5/14

 

[ashleyasiegel]

Well at this rate I think I am going to shoot for 5 no buy days this month

2/1 - $35 Tubing
2/2 - $50 Frozen swimsuit/cover up for Easter basket Disney surprise reveal, $30 for cold meds/few groceries
2/3 - $0
2/4 - $12 - Daughter's school yearbook
2/5 - $45 Disney on Ice tickets for me and my girls
2/6 - $30 daughters valentine present, $10.59 BK dinner for 4

No-buy days: 1/5

 

[MomToOne]

Still doing good - 5/7 days of my no-buy week done:

Sunday - $0
Monday - $0
Tuesday - $0
Wednesday - $0
Thursday - $0
Friday -
Saturday -

(I prefer extreme denial for one week a month instead of trying to deny myself all month long. No buy for me = non-bill, non-gas, non-grocery spending. I have separate budgets for those that I have gotten as tight as I can over the years - so while I keep to those budgetted amounts, I don't list those purchases here.)

 

[MomToOne]

Out of power for 40 hours and counting... My part of PA got slammed by ice storms. House was 45 degrees.

Ouch!

 

[charming23]

I worked again today and came right home

2/1 $0
2/2 $123.14 Target and $21.99 Prescriptions
2/3 $0
2/4 $53.37 Giant Eagle
2/5 $0
2/6 $0

4/14 no buy days

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

Out of power for 40 hours and counting... My part of PA got slammed by ice storms. House was 45 degrees. 2/1 No-buy #1 2/2 Spend 2/3 No-buy #2 2/4 No-buy #3 2/5 No-buy #4 2/6 No-buy #5 No-buy days: 5/14

Stay safe!! Can you at least get out if you need to?

Another no buy day for me today. 2 kids home sick. I think DS12 has pink eye so we are headed to the dr tomorrow if I can get an appt. I won't count that visit or a script because I have a flexible spending account.