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

[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
Jan 13- 0

8/20

 

[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!
14th-$0 DD home with the flu. No errands for this mama!!
15th-$85 in groceries

9/22 No Buy Days

 

[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, $144 Car repair
1/14 - $0

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
9 no spend days - 20 is goal

 

[QVCshopper]

Yay! Half-way there. Today was tough since I met a friend at the mall and we ate lunch. BUT, I had a free kids meal coupon for Chick Fil A since my toddler is turning 2 on Saturday and my Starbucks mug that provides free coffee refills in January. So, we had a nice mall play date and I spent nothing! Tomorrow I have to spend at the food store and CVS, but I will try another no-buy day for Thursday.

1/1 spend
1/2 spend
1/3 No-buy #1
1/4 spend
1/5 No-buy #2
1/6 spend
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
1/14 No-buy #7
1/15 Spend

No-buy days: 7/15

 

[QVCshopper]

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.

Yeah, it's tough on the little ones (and their mamas). I have to food shop and go to CVS tomorrow, so I hope she cooperates.

 

[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
14 small CVS run, bread & coffee (missed it yesterday ugh), a few things at Lowe's, and dollar tree

2 weeks down! Now I need a few no spend days...




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

 

[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
14$6.50 (groceries, .89 candy bar, 1.00 water for ds)

Well, I went to the store today for milk, bagged salad and grape tomatoes for salad. I did really good, except I also got a candy bar (for me) and a flavored water for ds.

 

[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
1/13 - $0
1/14 - $0

Tomorrow or Thursday I have to stop for gas and quick trip to store. But so far doing good!

 

[angierae]

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
13 - $15 - groceries
14 - $0
15 - $0 (I'll edit if this changes, but I am already at work, have my lunch, and plan to go straight home afterward.)

 

[dpswift]

I have not posted in awhile. I do not know how to do the spread sheet.

I have been doing well. I have only bought groceries, a routine trip to the vet$250, and one meal $75 for 5 people. I have 8 no buy days.

 

[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, $144 Car repair
1/14 - $0
1/15 - $0

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
10 no spend days - 20 is goal

 

[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
14 small CVS run, bread & coffee (missed it yesterday ugh), a few things at Lowe's, and dollar tree

15 $0
16
17
18
19
20
21

No buy days 6/15
I'm not going to track amounts on here for each category (I use YNAB for that) but I am currently under budget

 

[susanv]

January 2014
1 - $65 diesel for oil tank
2 - $733.72 oil tank fill, $58.75 gas for DH car
3 - $524.55 - $38.17 groceries, $86.59 gas for minivan, $50.79 games
4 - $0

5 - $87.91 groceries
6 - $10 DH social, $34 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 & cake - yay!)
14 - $111.01 groceries
15 - $97.78 - $20 DH hockey, $40 gas, $21.04 groceries, $36.74 Bday gift
16 -

no buys 4/15 - today should be a no buy as well, nothing needed until tomorrow's grocery shopping. This is harder than I thought, will be extremely pleased if I make 12 no buy days this month!

 

[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
14$6.50 (groceries, .89 candy bar, 1.00 water for ds)
15$15 (5ft. buffet table on facebook page)
16$0

I'm pretty sure today will be no spend so I'll just edit it if it's not. Yesterday I got a great deal on the facebook sale page for a table I need for my daughter's grad. party.

 

[QVCshopper]

Shoot! The Target toy clearance sucked me in. I was just "going in to look" I told myself. Ha! I know better, but 70% off such nice stuff is so hard to walk away from...

1/1 spend
1/2 spend
1/3 No-buy #1
1/4 spend
1/5 No-buy #2
1/6 spend
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
1/14 No-buy #7
1/15 Spend
1/16 Spend

No-buy days: 7/15

 

[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
14$6.50 (groceries, .89 candy bar, 1.00 water for ds)
15$15 (5ft. buffet table on facebook page)
16$4.20

I'm pretty sure today will be no spend so I'll just edit it if it's not. Yesterday I got a great deal on the facebook sale page for a table I need for my daughter's grad. party.

I can't believe how much extra I go to the grocery store! Today my ds9 came home sick from school so I ran in for some Sprite to settle his stomach, ended up with Sprite and two packages of Chips Ahoy because they were on sale BOGO I spent at the post office, too, but I'm going to stop tracking that unless it's not related to selling, I had to ship an ebay sale today.

 

[Therinian]

Gotta play catch-up, since I didn't post for 2 days...

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)

14: $0 (I cooked a nice casserole with chicken and veggie leftovers from the night before, saving us a few bucks)

15: $0 (I transferred $15 out of my savings account to my checking, intending to spend it on fuel, but didn't, since my car's tank wasn't completely empty)

16: $7 (fuel)

Typically, Thursday night's are pizza nights in our house, and we usually spend $30... but since we have 2 pizzas in our freezer, and I'm baking some potatoes, we're saving a nice chunk of change today!

I walk at my local mall in the mornings, and was so tempted, today, to stop in Nordstrom's Ebar for a Mexican Hot Chocolate, but it turns out I was unwilling to part with $3.10 for a tiny cup of the stuff. But... maybe I'll treat myself to one at the end of the month.

ALSO: I have to say that since I started walking by myself, I can get to the mall early, walk as quickly as I'd like, and be finished long before the stores open, so I'm not tempted to spend my money. When I walked with a friend, I was wasting fuel going to pick her up (and despite my asking for gas money, she rarely gave me any), and I felt I had to spend to keep up/impress her. That's no friendship!

 

[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, $144 Car repair
1/14 - $0
1/15 - $0
1/16 - $96.85 groceries
1/17 - $0

Grocery Budget $600 - spent $445.26 so far
Gas Budget - $400 - spent $166.40 so far
Eating Out Budget - $45 - spent $14.16 so far
11 no spend days - 20 is goal

 

[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!
14th-$0 DD home with the flu. No errands for this mama!!
15th-$85 in groceries
16th-$0
17th-$0

11/22 No Buy Days

Half way there!

 

[QVCshopper]

Went to the mall again today. Nice to get some exercise. Found $1.62, got free lotion from Bath & Bodyworks, free pineapple chocolate pop from Edible Arrangements, free coffee at Starbucks with my mug, and free lunch at Corner Bakery using a coupon and the last bit of the $100 gift card I won last summer. So yay!

1/1 spend
1/2 spend
1/3 No-buy #1
1/4 spend
1/5 No-buy #2
1/6 spend
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
1/14 No-buy #7
1/15 Spend
1/16 Spend
1/17 No-buy #8

No-buy days: 8/15