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

[PrincessNancy96]

I'm in.... I'm going for 15 no buy days..

I'm not going to buy any clothes for myself or the kids (they got a boat load at Christmas of things they needed)... I will only buy the supplies I need for my scrapping...

January:
1: 0 spent
2: 0 spent (drove all the way up for our hair appts and they closed because of weather w/o calling their appointments to cancel. )
3: spending day -- budget spending only (grocery, necessities, gas, bills)
4: 0 spent


5: 0 spent --- calling this already as we are expecting a snow storm so no one will be going out
6: 0 spent -- eye dr closed; now have to hope we can get her in down by school tomorrow/weekend; no traveling; banned in our county. No school
7: 0 spent -- couldn't drive anywhere.. dd needs to be at college tomorrow no ifs, ands or butts... I hope the roads clear up. No school
8: 60 spent at Walmart for DD, 35 spent at Kroger for needs; 50 DH bought gas for the trip to take DD back to school (we need to drive her car down this weekend roads were too bad for her to drive... took 2.5 hours to get 1 hour on a normal day.. as they went south the roads got better). No school
9: 0 spent -- No school again (day 4)... and DH is staying home to work because of the exhausting day yesterday on nasty roads to get DD back to college.
10: 0 spent -- No school again (day 5)... DH went in to the office; DS17 went in to work.
11: 25 lunch out w/ DD after taking her car back

12: 0 spent
13: 0 spent
14: 0 spent
15: 0 spent
16: 10 lunch out
17: budgeted amount for groceries
18: 25 for scrapbooking supplies

19: 0 spent
20: 0 spent
21: 0 spent
22: budgeted amount for DS17's dr appt
23: budgeted amount for DS13's dr appt
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15/15 no buy days

 

[mblondie0509]

I am in also! So excited to try something different as I am also quite the impulse buyer. Trying to save $5,000 for October trip. I took a new job in September and my income went up substantially. I am trying to spend the next 9 months living on my salary from my old job and saving the rest.

Goals:
1. 15 No Buy Days (11/15)
2. No stops at gas station for a soda (1/0 trips)
3. Buy lunch at work only once a week (2/5)

1: $0
2: $0
3: $38.39 @ Target for groceries...unexpected trip but with impending snow and high of -8 Monday, I needed a few extra items at home. Dont plan on going out until Monday unless schools close.
4: $0 (Stayed home - Snowpacolypse has begun)
5: $0 (Snowed in - 8 degrees with Wind Chills of -40 expected tomorrow & schools closed)
6: $0 (too darn cold to go out. -45 wind chill -14 actual temp this AM...this is IL not Siberia) SNOW DAY
7: $70 @ Bass Pro Shops for DS9(eek!)'s bday lunch and gift (kinda planned) and $70 at Walmart for groceries (Good to get out of house for first time in almost 4 days!) SNOW DAY
8: $0
9: $0
10: $17 Costco, $10 Gas, $30 Target, $30 Plexus, $28 Haircut, Free Starbucks! Spend Day!
11: $4 Pizza Delivery Tip (Paid for rest with a gift card)
12: $11 Walmart
13: $10 Gas
14: $7 Lunch at Work
15: $7 Lunch at Work (grr!), Groceries at Walmart while I'm already spending...lol
16: $20 Gas Station
17: $25 Walmart - Birthday cake & Supplies
18: Ugh...major spend day with DS9's birthday party
19: $10 Snacks at Gas Station...bought 3-$2 lotto tix and won $106!
20: $0
21: $0 - SNOW DAY
22: $40 for Tickets and Dinner at Bradley Basketball game...they won!
23: $9 unexpected expense at Gas Station...ANOTHER snow day. Needed snacks to take to Grandma's (sitter)
24: Didn't write down but I know I spent Something! lol
25: $15 - Walmart & $20 Gas
26: $50 - Grocery Store
27: $0 - Son SNOW Day #5 since Xmas but I worked
28: $0 - Son SNOW Day #6
29: $33 - Rejoined Weight Watchers
30: Grocery Shopping...another Snow Storm Coming...Yuck
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[angierae]

I'm in! Going for 15 no-buy days! I haven't done this in a while so I need to get back on track!

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[Deffenm]

I am in! My goal is 20 no buy days. My DD wants to go WDW in December for her birthday. So in order for us to go we need to save around $250 per month. If we stick to our budget we should be able to accomplish.

I am planning on eating out once a week with my best friend, grocery shopping once a week and buying gas once a week (between DH and I). Other then that I do not plan to spend any money (outside of bills) in Jan.

1/1 - $0
1/2 - $8.00 (lunch out with best friend)

 

[stayhomemom77]

I'm in too!

I'll try for 22 no buy days, saving Fridays for gasoline fill ups and grocery shopping and throwing a couple of extra days in for the unexpected purchases.

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[mrsbornkuntry]

DS told me last night that the Sennheiser headphones he got for Christmas last year quit working on the left side. Luckily I bought them on Amazon so I was able to look up the receipt and warranty info. and they're still under warranty. I have them all ready to be sent back (prepaid shipping, yay!) so didn't have to spend anything today.

 

[charming23]

1/1 $0 I went to work and came home
1/2 $0 Stayed home sick from work

 

[momof2gr8kids]

I'm in. Goal is 15 no buy days to start.

No drive through coffee this month.
1 lunch out this month.

I have a few gift cards so if something I haven't budgeted for, like a bday gift, pops up, I will use those. Told the kids what ever we have left over in grocery budget I will put in Disney trip fund, so not to bug me for extras etc. if we are out shopping, and to eat what's in the house. (Like popcorn & juice instead of getting dh to run for chps & pop!) lol



1: Dh bought chips & pop.
2: Did grocery shopping
3: 0-No Buy!
4: 0 - (Used remainder of a GC for some groceries, and dd and I went to a coffee house - GC for that too)
5: 0
6: $14 Had to get my mom groceries, so ended up picking up a few things since I was there. Ugh.
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[IMALOVNDISNEY]

Yahoo!! I'm so glad the No Buy is back! I was out of work for 18 months and bedridden for 2 months due 2 back surgeries. So, we got sloppy and lazy with spending. I had to rely on my DH to do the shopping and everything else for that matter He did the best he could.
Now time to get back on track. I'm up and about and back to work.....I am in charge again. lol

I'm going back to old school and track like we used to. (creature of habit).

We are now a Family of 4 adults w/1 dog...
Groceries/Household spending: $250.00
Gas for 1 van: /$250
Eat Out: $25.00/$100
Misc: /$200
No Buy Days: 1/15
Coupon savings:

01/01: -0-
01/02: $25.00 take out wings. (tradition on a snow storm night)

 

[MEM]

January 1 - the entire family and DD17 boyfriend went to see "Frozen" - $54 ($9 each for a matinee!!). We don't buy snacks at the theater but eat before we go.

On the way home a guy in a pickup truck ran a stop sign at a high rate of speed and totaled his vehicle and ours. This is the first accident we have had in the 17 years(!) we have owned our Ford Windstar. Fortunately the airbags and seatbelts worked brilliantly and we are not injured, although stiff and sore. We will get little or nothing for it from the insurance company and our car insurance does not cover car rental ($600 for a month). Not starting out this New Year in a good position financially. I would love to hear suggestions/recommendations for new vehicles under $25K. I do have consumer reports on-line and their recs include the VW Golf, Honda Accord and various Hyundai.

 

[pigletto]

1/1 - $0. Had people over for the day and fed and entertained but we bought all of the food out of the regular grocery budget and people brought so much that we had way way too much!

1/2 -$11.27 - It was a $0 day but I just ordered a 2014 calendar online. I keep a big one on the wall in the kitchen and it has everyones schedule on it. It's kind of integral to the smooth running of my household. I went to write something on it this evening and realized it's 2014! So a new one was needed.

1/3- $0 I am going to call it now because I don't plan to go anywhere, ds is having some friends over for tobogganing and board games, and we are staying in otherwise.

 

[pigletto]

January 1 - the entire family and DD17 boyfriend went to see "Frozen" - $54 ($9 each for a matinee!!). We don't buy snacks at the theater but eat before we go.

On the way home a guy in a pickup truck ran a stop sign at a high rate of speed and totaled his vehicle and ours. This is the first accident we have had in the 17 years(!) we have owned our Ford Windstar. Fortunately the airbags and seatbelts worked brilliantly and we are not injured, although stiff and sore. We will get little or nothing for it from the insurance company and our car insurance does not cover car rental ($600 for a month). Not starting out this New Year in a good position financially. I would love to hear suggestions/recommendations for new vehicles under $25K. I do have consumer reports on-line and their recs include the VW Golf, Honda Accord and various Hyundai.

I'm sorry to hear that. Thank goodness you are all ok!! We are also looking at a used but new to us vehicle this summer. We just need something larger. The Toyota certified Rav4's are nice, roomy enough for us and the dog, and could easily come in under 25K for something with 50,000 or less km's. So it might be worth looking at Rav4's too if you aren't opposed to used.

 

[danygirl]

If it was the other guy's fault HIS insurance pays for the rental car until you get your check

 

[wishesuponastar]

January 1 - the entire family and DD17 boyfriend went to see "Frozen" - $54 ($9 each for a matinee!!). We don't buy snacks at the theater but eat before we go. On the way home a guy in a pickup truck ran a stop sign at a high rate of speed and totaled his vehicle and ours. This is the first accident we have had in the 17 years(!) we have owned our Ford Windstar. Fortunately the airbags and seatbelts worked brilliantly and we are not injured, although stiff and sore. We will get little or nothing for it from the insurance company and our car insurance does not cover car rental ($600 for a month). Not starting out this New Year in a good position financially. I would love to hear suggestions/recommendations for new vehicles under $25K. I do have consumer reports on-line and their recs include the VW Golf, Honda Accord and various Hyundai.

Sorry that happened. So glad you are all ok.

 

[littleelf]

January 1 - the entire family and DD17 boyfriend went to see "Frozen" - $54 ($9 each for a matinee!!). We don't buy snacks at the theater but eat before we go.

On the way home a guy in a pickup truck ran a stop sign at a high rate of speed and totaled his vehicle and ours. This is the first accident we have had in the 17 years(!) we have owned our Ford Windstar. Fortunately the airbags and seatbelts worked brilliantly and we are not injured, although stiff and sore. We will get little or nothing for it from the insurance company and our car insurance does not cover car rental ($600 for a month). Not starting out this New Year in a good position financially. I would love to hear suggestions/recommendations for new vehicles under $25K. I do have consumer reports on-line and their recs include the VW Golf, Honda Accord and various Hyundai.

Not sure what size car you're looking for, since you had a Windstar but mention smaller cars, but my Mazda3 came in well under 25K new and it's averaged 35 mpg since I got it a year and a half ago. (I'm a little obsessive watching the average change--highest it ever was was 36.1 not long after I got it, went down to 34.5 last winter, back up to 35.7 this summer, going back down now that it's winter!)

It is very small though--great for parallel parking, not for long family trips!

 

[IMALOVNDISNEY]

January 1 - the entire family and DD17 boyfriend went to see "Frozen" - $54 ($9 each for a matinee!!). We don't buy snacks at the theater but eat before we go.

On the way home a guy in a pickup truck ran a stop sign at a high rate of speed and totaled his vehicle and ours. This is the first accident we have had in the 17 years(!) we have owned our Ford Windstar. Fortunately the airbags and seatbelts worked brilliantly and we are not injured, although stiff and sore. We will get little or nothing for it from the insurance company and our car insurance does not cover car rental ($600 for a month). Not starting out this New Year in a good position financially. I would love to hear suggestions/recommendations for new vehicles under $25K. I do have consumer reports on-line and their recs include the VW Golf, Honda Accord and various Hyundai.

Sorry about your accident. Thank goodness you are all ok. Just be careful, tomorrow you may not be feeling so well. Hope all turns out ok for you.

 

[dpswift]

I decided to pick up the things that I was getting at Target on my lunch hour today due to the storm coming in. I spent $60 on dog food, coffee, bacon, milk and salad. DH went to an auto care store for windshield wipers and a snow brush $50. We went to Walmart and spent $50 on groceries, meat for 5 meals, fish sticks for DS and a few other items.


Jan. 1 $250 emergency vet.

Jan. 2 Target $60 (got a $5 gift card with dog food)
Auto store $50.
WalMar $50.

 

[Jannephotog]

Jan. 1. $18 New music for new year/work outs from amazon (Sherman brothers songbook...soo good!)

Jan. 2 $10 gas/ $1 candy crush ( I know, i know, total waste of money.)


DBF took me out for lunch today so that was nice for my own wallet, though with pay day tomorrow I am planning on paying for our Tomorrowland Terrace Dessert party ADRs, so that'll be $50. Atleast when I get back to work on Monday it'll be more of a normal, non going out schedule.

 

[butterflygirl812]

So far, so good.
1---$0
2---$0
3---$13 New curtain rod to hang the drapes that have been waiting to be hung since I bought them two years ago. $25 pizza dinner since the one I made with stuff from our shelves (trying to eat only from what we have) turned out to be.....not so good.

 

[gracie1]

Well I thought I was off to a good start until the unexpected vet visit today!

1/1 - $10
1/2 - $215 (this included going to the grocery store and the vet)