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

[susanv]

Just an FYI for anyone who wonders why the heck I include all the day to day gas etc.. I am weak! I already wanted to go get more groceries yesterday (Jan 4) so if I did not do it this way I would be out shopping everyday. Thank you for providing me some accountablility and a place to record.

January 2014
1 - $65.00 diesel for tank
2 - $733.72 Oil tank fill, $58.75 gas for DH car
3 - $524.55 - $387.17 groceries, $86.59 gas for minivan, $50.79 kids games (37.27 of DD allowance & 13.52 for family)
4 - $0

5 $87.91 Groceries including dog food & vitamins,
6 $10 DH for socializing, $34.00 Dental
7 $85.83 Groceries & thank you gifts

WOW have spent $560.91 on groceries so far for this two week cheque! My budget was $466.00, ow at least I know where I am so I can cut down for the next week. Luckily am way under on gas budget.
no buy days 1/8

 

[reginaastralis]

1/4: $0
1/5: $100
1/6: $0
1/7: $0 -
1/8 - $35 groceries

Grocery money: $135/$400
Fun Money: /$40
No Buys: 3/15

 

[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 for ink and a cushion by DH)

Should have been a no buy day, but I realized the passports for the kids just expired so I went to print the forms for renewal and we are out of ink.

Ran to Walmart to get ink and figured I may as well get the items on the list that I planned to get there on Friday. Unfortunately, I forgot to check the ink cartridge for the number before I left the house and didn't know it in the aisle. So DH will be buying the ink on the way home from work and I spent the above amounts.

Still 5/22 No Buy Days.

 

[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


No buy days 3/15
I'm not going to track amounts on here for each category (I use YNAB for that) but I am currently under budget

 

[charming23]

I went to Target after work today to stock up on household supplies and saved $40 using coupons.

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

 

[MomToOne]

Not doing the whole month, just shooting for a "no buy" week this week:
Sunday - $0
Monday - $0
Tuesday - $0
Wednesday - $0 Hump day - whoop! whoop!
Thursday -
Friday -
Saturday -

 

[susanv]

January 2014
1 $65.00 diesel for oil tank
2 $ 733.72 Oil tank fill, $58.75 gas for DH car
3 $ 524.55 - $387.17 groceries, $86.59 gas for minivan, $50.79 games
4 $ 0

5 $87.91 groceries
6 $ 10 DH social, $34.00 Dental
7 $ 85.83 groceries & thank you gifts
8 $ 0
9 $ 164.27 - 55.64 gas DH, $108.63 groceries
10$ 59.20 groceries
11 $ 0

12 $134.38 groceries
13 $0 - mom treated me to tea and cake - yay!
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no buys 2/8

 

[wishesuponastar]

MomtoOne, you are doing great this month!!

Jan'14

1 - $6 Mc'donalds
2 - shopping day at farmers market, DH birthday presents and costco
3 - calling this a $0 day because of snowstorm. Edit DH went out so we have spent today on groceries and he got a hockey shirt for the game
4 - Arrrgh another spending day. DH is painting DD's room and needs more paint. I think that is all we will spend on today.
5 - Yarn at Michaels, toothbrush for dog and dividers for DD12
6- $0
7- few grocery items
8 - yogurt needed for curry chicken dinner & prescription but not counting that -
9 - calling it a $0 day as I don't intend on spending, wish me luck

Not doing that well in my goal of 20 no buy days

 

[MomToOne]

MomtoOne, you are doing great this month!!

It's definitely getting a lot harder as the week goes on! That vending machine at work starts calling my name every afternoon right about 3pm - the thought "it's just $1" runs through my mind over and over. And a friend at work keeps pushing me to go out to lunch - I have to say I have been REALLY tempted, but so far I have been able to keep to the "next week" line...Knowing that come Sunday I am free and clear to spend (in my normal, relatively conservative manner) is what keeps me going! I know I would have caved by now if it wasn't for that thought. I do like this approach so far - I'm great at short term denial, but find I cave easily if there's no end in sight.

 

[wishesuponastar]

You do have good willpower and a well stocked kitchen.

 

[MomToOne]

You do have good willpower and a well stocked kitchen.

I'm only counting my non-gas, non-grocery, non-bill spending. But I actually grocery shop only once every 2 weeks, and rarely make grocery stops outside of that - I'm a working, single parent, and don't have time for that nonsense! LOL (Meal planning is key and yes, keeping my kitchen stocked with my standard items is the only way it works!)

 

[disneymagicgirl]

5 $87.91 Groceries including dog food & vitamins,
6 $10 DH for socializing, $34.00 Dental
7 $85.83 Groceries & thank you gifts

WOW have spent $560.91 on groceries so far for this two week cheque! My budget was $466.00, ow at least I know where I am so I can cut down for the next week. Luckily am way under on gas budget.
no buy days 1/8

We started doing budget software and tracking our spending in Nov so we can beef back up our savings acct. (it took a large hit when we bout our house in April) I have to tell you, I was shocked, still am actually, at what we spend on groceries. Nov was over $900 and dec over $1100. We did have out of Town guests for both holidays though. So for Jan I am trying to do $600. I will keep adjusting the amount until we get it to something that we can live with.

 

[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 -
11 -
12 -

 

[QVCshopper]

Moving right along... today our credit card bill closes, and we were able to keep in pretty low this month. We are a charge everything and pay it right off family.

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 (Starbucks sent me a coupon for a fancy drink for today only, so yay for a free treat!)
1/10 No-buy #5

 

[Deffenm]

1/1 - $0
1/2 - $8.00 (lunch out with best friend)
1/3 - $0
1/4 - $156/$600 budget for groceries and $66/$400 budget for gas
1/5 - $0
1/6 - $0
1/7 - $0
1/8 - $0
1/9 - $35.79 groceries and $100.48 for gas

 

[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

 

[butterflygirl812]

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.
4---$0
5---$0
6---$0
7---$0
8---$40 dinner out
9---$0

No buy---7/15

 

[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

6/22 No Buy Days

 

[charming23]

Today I did a major grocery run plus got a few new household items ar Kmart ( our rice cooker died and I can't find my springform pan)

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

 

[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


No buy days 4/15
I'm not going to track amounts on here for each category (I use YNAB for that) but I am currently under budget