January No Buy - let's start the year off right

[MomToOne]

Not doing the whole month, just shooting for a "no buy" week this week (non-gas, non-grocery, non-bill spending):

Sunday - $0
Monday - $0
Tuesday - $0
Wednesday - $0
Thursday - $0
Friday - $0
Saturday - $0 Was afraid DD13 would bug to do something "fun" today that involved spending money, but she managed to get herself grounded this morning for mouthing off at me

The week is done and I did it! I've already moved my $70 allowance for the week into savings! Tomorrow I start next weeks allowance, and the plan is that normal spending of that allowance is allowed. Next month, I'll shoot another no-buy week.

(In the interest of full disclosure, I did spend $105 on groceries today, and $40 on gas. Both of those will hold us for the next 2 weeks. I had $100 budgetted for the groceries and normally come in a bit under that, but my spending came in a bit higher than normal this time because I am having major dental surgery on Wednesday and had to buy extra "soft" foods to eat for a week after that. I had $55 budgetted for the gas, so I was happy to see the pump on that one - are you all loving the cheaper gas prices as much as I am??? )

 

[superme80]

Jan 1-$130 grocery shopping
Jan 2-0
Jan 3-0
Jan 4-0
Jan 5-0
Jan 6- Grocery shopped. The kids would not behave so I do not how much DH spent finishing up for me.
Jan 6-$64 for gorceries
Jan 7-$0 just paid car insurance but I don't count that.
Jan 8-$14 dinner with a friend $38 gas $133 groceries
Jan 9- $3.00 sodas from Market $15.00 Denny's midnight snack. DH and I went to a concert last night so that was cheaper than eating a snack and getting a drink at the venue.
Jan 10- 0 plus the in laws came over and brought Chinese Food!!!!
Jan 11-0
7/20

 

[IMALOVNDISNEY]

01/01: -0-
01/02: $25.00 take out wings. (tradition on a snow storm night)
01/03: -0- I had every intentions on spending at the grocery store after work. Did all my shopping in record time.... Went to cash out only to find out I forgot my wallet at home today. lol That's one way of having a no buy day!
01/04:-0-
01/05: $6.00 on 6 newspapers. (coming out of grocery $)
01/06: -0-
01/07: $25.00 on gas.
01/08: $22.00 groceries
01/09: -0-
01/10: -0-
01/11: Today was a spend day. $50 gas, $85.00 grocery store and Costcos, $3.00 gourmet dinner from Costco's (hot dogs and sodas)

We are now a Family of 4 adults w/1 dog...
Groceries/Household spending: $113/$250.00
Gas for 1 van: $75/$250
Eat Out: $28.00/$100
Misc: /$200
No Buy Days: 6/15
Coupon savings:$33.00. I'm going to try the envelope system for my coupon savings

 

[dtr_angel]

1 $0
2 ordered new shoes for baby (planned purchase)
3 $0
4 groceries, ordered stamps online
5 cvs & newspapers
6 groceries
7 paid for our credit scores online

8 $0
9 $0
10 milk, cat food, and ordered cloth diaper liners for baby
11 $0
12 groceries (just a few perishables), newspapers, and DH surprised me with a Ghiradelli hot chocolate from Sheetz I had been drooling over on the sign when he went in for the newspapers
13
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No buy days 5/15
I'm not going to track amounts on here for each category (I use YNAB for that) but I am currently under budget[/QUOTE]

 

[Therinian]

I'd like to take part in this, especially since I have a difficult time with spending. I *want* to save, but have little support, other than my husband. So maybe being part of this group will help?

I don't recall what was spent on days 1-7, so will start with the 8th. I want to have 10 No-Buy days this month.

8: $36 (groceries)

9: $20 (fuel, groceries)

10: $0 (OMG, I had a no-buy day! It helped that I finished walking my laps at the mall before all the stores opened, and didn't go to Best Buy with my oldest son).

11: $0 (DH and I stayed home, today, to tear out all of the carpeting in our living room, so I didn't have an opportunity to spend!)

12: $41 ($36 for Chinese food, $5 for frozen blueberries & Reddi-Whip)

 

[charming23]

Yesterday I worked an open to close so no money spent
Today I went to Target, the laundry mat, and Mr. Hero

1/1 $0 I went to work and came home
1/2 $0 Stayed home sick from work
1/3 $53.00 Giant Eagle & $4.09 McDonald's
1/4 $0
1/5 $20.41 CVS
1/6 $0
1/7 $28.85 Giant Eagle
1/8 $83.14 Target
1/9 $3.49 McDonald's, $37.77 Kmart, $45.55 Trader Joe's, & $74.44 Marc's
1/10 $0
1/11 $0
1/12 $20 laundry, $6.75 Mr. Hero, and $28.27 Target

 

[gracie1]

1/1 - $10
1/2 - $215 (this included going to the grocery store and the vet)
1/3 - $0
1/4 - $0
1/5 - $0
1/6 - $0
1/7 - $0
1/8 - $30.50 (gas)
1/9 - $0
1/10 - $0
1/11 - $550 very unexpected vet bill of $400!! Ouch!! Then grocery shopping.
1/12 - $0

 

[mrsbornkuntry]

January:
1$0
2$0
3$4.50 (post office), $8.25 (walmart groceries $1.25 candy)
4$0
5$10 gas
6$42 (gas), $23 (groceries $1.80 mt. Dew), $6.15 (post office)
7$0
8$4.00 (basketball shorts)
9$10.00 (eye doctor copay)
10$0
11$1.28 (redbox for kid's sleepover)
12$0

 

[IMALOVNDISNEY]

01/01: -0-
01/02: $25.00 take out wings. (tradition on a snow storm night)
01/03: -0- I had every intentions on spending at the grocery store after work. Did all my shopping in record time.... Went to cash out only to find out I forgot my wallet at home today. lol That's one way of having a no buy day!
01/04:-0-
01/05: $6.00 on 6 newspapers. (coming out of grocery $)
01/06: -0-
01/07: $25.00 on gas.
01/08: $22.00 groceries
01/09: -0-
01/10: -0-
01/11: Today was a spend day. $50 gas, $85.00 grocery store and Costcos, $3.00 gourmet dinner from Costco's (hot dogs and sodas)
01/12: -0-

We are now a Family of 4 adults w/1 dog...
Groceries/Household spending: $113/$250.00
Gas for 1 van: $75/$250
Eat Out: $28.00/$100
Misc: /$200
No Buy Days: 7/15
Coupon savings:$33.00. I'm going to try the envelope system for my coupon savings

 

[superme80]

Jan 1-$130 grocery shopping
Jan 2-0
Jan 3-0
Jan 4-0
Jan 5-0
Jan 6- Grocery shopped. The kids would not behave so I do not how much DH spent finishing up for me.
Jan 6-$64 for gorceries
Jan 7-$0 just paid car insurance but I don't count that.
Jan 8-$14 dinner with a friend $38 gas $133 groceries
Jan 9- $3.00 sodas from Market $15.00 Denny's midnight snack. DH and I went to a concert last night so that was cheaper than eating a snack and getting a drink at the venue.
Jan 10- 0 plus the in laws came over and brought Chinese Food!!!!
Jan 11-0
Jan 12-$50 groceries

 

[butterflygirl3]

9th - No buy
10th - $150 groceries - counting it cause I want to only count official no buy days
11th - No buy
12th- $13 - McDonalds.

Doing pretty good with the no buy days. YEAH!!!!! Thanks for the motivation

 

[angierae]

January
1 - $0
2 - $26 - groceries
3 - $10 - husband needed water for his CPAP and I picked up a few things
4 - $20 gas, $130 groceries
5 - $0
6 - $0
7 - $40 - we decided to get takeout from the Mexican place we love
8 - $0 (Tried to buy my textbooks finally but there was a huge line and my class was about to start.)
9 - $5 at Tim Horton's this morning and I forgot my lunch so probably $10 there.
10 - $25 - new iphone charge cable
11 - $5 - Tim Hortons - $15 - stuff at the grocery store
12 - $0

So five so far. Could be worse, although it should be 6 because of the 9th.

 

[stayhomemom77]

1st-$0
2nd-$0
3rd-$77.75 groceries, $29 gas
4th-$0
5th-$0
6th -$0
7th-$3.50/$20 misc cash
8th-$34.32 groceries, $5.75/$16.50 misc cash, ($34.73 by DH)
9th-$0
10th-$82 on groceries, $40 on gas
11th-$10 tip for our lunch out (lunch covered by Christmas gift cards)
12th-$0 (I never shop on Sundays so I'm adding this in now)
13th-$0 DH has the car for the day so I couldn't spend if I wanted to!

8/22 No Buy Days

 

[Therinian]

I started my day with $30, spending $13 on gas for my car, depositing $10 into our vacation savings account, and placing $7 into the 52-Week Challenge jar (my portion, for weeks 3 & 4).

8: $36 (groceries)

9: $20 (fuel, groceries)

10: $0 (OMG, I had a no-buy day! It helped that I finished walking my laps at the mall before all the stores opened, and didn't go to Best Buy with my oldest son).

11: $0 (DH and I stayed home, today, to tear out all of the carpeting in our living room, so I didn't have an opportunity to spend!)

12: $41 ($36 for Chinese food, $5 for frozen blueberries & Reddi-Whip)

13: $13 (fuel)

 

[Deffenm]

1/1 - $0
1/2 - $8.44 - lunch
1/3 - $0
1/4 - $156 groceries, $66 gas
1/5 - $0
1/6 - $0
1/7 - $0
1/8 - $6.18 groceries, $9.20 Post Office, 20.41 Pet store
1/9 - $0
1/10 - $0
1/11 - $6.25 Home Depot, $165.82 groceries
1/12 -$0
1/13 - $6.72 lunch, $346 Vet

Grocery Budget $600 - spent $348.41 so far
Gas Budget - $400 - spent $166.40 so far
Eating Out Budget - $45 - spent $14.16 so far
8 no spend days - 20 is goal

 

[IMALOVNDISNEY]

01/01: -0-
01/02: $25.00 take out wings. (tradition on a snow storm night)
01/03: -0- I had every intentions on spending at the grocery store after work. Did all my shopping in record time.... Went to cash out only to find out I forgot my wallet at home today. lol That's one way of having a no buy day!
01/04:-0-
01/05: $6.00 on 6 newspapers. (coming out of grocery $)
01/06: -0-
01/07: $25.00 on gas.
01/08: $22.00 groceries
01/09: -0-
01/10: -0-
01/11: Today was a spend day. $50 gas, $85.00 grocery store and Costcos, $3.00 gourmet dinner from Costco's (hot dogs and sodas)
01/12: -0-
01/13: -0-

We are now a Family of 4 adults w/1 dog...
Groceries/Household spending: $113/$250.00
Gas for 1 van: $75/$250
Eat Out: $28.00/$100
Misc: /$200
No Buy Days: 8/15
Coupon savings:$33.00. I'm going to try the envelope system for my coupon savings

 

[QVCshopper]

I forgot how hard the no-buy month can be, especially combining my errands into fewer days with my toddler--not the most cooperative shopping companion. Anyway, I guess I'm doing ok, but it's hard to stay motivated. Hopefully I can get to 15 no-buy days!

1/1 spend
1/2 spend
1/3 No-buy #1
1/4 spend
1/5 No-buy #2
1/6 spend $90 at grocery stores
1/7 No-buy #3
1/8 spend
1/9 No-buy #4
1/10 No-buy #5
1/11 Spend
1/12 Spend
1/13 No-buy #6

 

[mrsbornkuntry]

January:
1$0
2$0
3$4.50 (post office), $8.25 (walmart groceries $1.25 candy)
4$0
5$10 gas
6$42 (gas), $23 (groceries $1.80 mt. Dew), $6.15 (post office)
7$0
8$4.00 (basketball shorts)
9$10.00 (eye doctor copay)
10$0
11$1.28 (redbox for kid's sleepover)
12$0
13$0

 

[dtr_angel]

I forgot how hard the no-buy month can be, especially combining my errands into fewer days with my toddler--not the most cooperative shopping companion. Anyway, I guess I'm doing ok, but it's hard to stay motivated. Hopefully I can get to 15 no-buy days!

1/1 spend
1/2 spend
1/3 No-buy #1
1/4 spend
1/5 No-buy #2
1/6 spend $90 at grocery stores
1/7 No-buy #3
1/8 spend
1/9 No-buy #4
1/10 No-buy #5
1/11 Spend
1/12 Spend
1/13 No-buy #6

I did the same thing today! Combined 2 errands into one. My toddler normally loves going to the store. We were only out over an hour but by the time we got to the second store he was just done. I thought he would be happy to be out since we've been stuck inside a lot with the cold.

 

[dtr_angel]

1 $0
2 ordered new shoes for baby (planned purchase)
3 $0
4 groceries, ordered stamps online
5 cvs & newspapers
6 groceries
7 paid for our credit scores online

8 $0
9 $0
10 milk, cat food, and ordered cloth diaper liners for baby
11 $0
12 groceries (just a few perishables), newspapers, and DH surprised me with a Ghiradelli hot chocolate from Sheetz I had been drooling over on the sign when he went in for the newspapers
13 spend day - market & walmart - nothing we actually needed but it was stuff we use and I had coupons for, did really well (paper towels, cat food, and some non perishables) also took $20 out for my mystery shopping that I did tonight and another one for tomorrow
14 will be a spend day - need to go to CVS




No buy days 5/15
I'm not going to track amounts on here for each category (I use YNAB for that) but I am currently under budget