January No Buy: Let's Start the Year Right!

[Debbie]

Thank you! I have blood tests next week and it seems like they are looking for a thyroid problem. We will see.

I'm sorry that you and Mickey Mom are hurt. I think we women rush around thinking about other things and make mistakes like that. It stinks that the recovery takes so long.

Feel better soon. Hopefully, 'they' can figure it out. :

Today was going to be s spend day. I forgot my lunch at home, so I was going to eat out for lunch. On my way to get BK for lunch I got into an accident instead. Not my fault and no one was hurt. Although my van and his car don't look so good. As the other driver said "his bad and he really screwed up." Well yeh. How many people do you know back up on a major rode.
When I called my DH I told him this was really going to mess up my "No Spend"..lol.
So in the end....It is a 'NO SPEND DAY AFTER ALL!!!DAY 12 OF 10.

So glad that you are okay....and seeing the positive in not buying that lunch.

OK, I blew the no-buy day because I had to put gas in the car so I may as well get more groceries tonight (we're almost out of milk anyway!) This is harder than I thought...sigh...

That's how I think about things too! If I have to get something, then make sure it's worthwhile and get the next things on the list, maybe leaving tomorrow as a no buy day. And, yes, it IS hard! I count ANY day that I don't spend (and I can convince DH to stay out of the store) is a SUCCESS! I may aim for a certain number, but each day is a celebration! there have been months that the only reason I got to celebrate was because there was a holiday, and no stores open!

I didn't know you were a teacher too! What subject/grade do you teach? I hope you feel (and sound!) better soon!. . .I need to put gas in the car too. I was hoping to make it until Friday so I could have 5 $0 Days in a row, but I think tomorrow would probably be wiser. I've only gotten gas once this month so far, and it was on the 5th!

Grade 1, so I have to have that voice. I am going to try tomorrow, so keep your fingers crossed for me. I need to get back, as reports are due shortly. (and I have NOT been doing them while I was off....too tired, and my files are at school)

Ooh, I wish I could put gas in the car only a few times a month. We're driving DD into school (into the city) each morning for choir and orchestra, and then back for DS at least once and often twice a day.

Couldn't talk myself out of a few lots of 3" plastic characters on eBay. DD is using them as rewards in a behavior management thing she's doing with 2-1/2 year old GD. Total with s/h $16.75.

Big savings over buying sets new, but I'm going to have to decide if I want to go commando no-buy

Personally, I don't commando my no buy days (although DH might disagree ), but rather treat it like a game. DON'T beat your head over a non no buy day!

Good to know! I'm actually just below a 1/4 of a tank. I rarely go much more than that because I get nervous! I have an 11 gallon tank and rarely put more than 8 gallons in it. The lowest I ever let it get (I thought I was going to run out of gas!) I only put in about 8.5 gallons!

Hmmm. I didn't know that, either. I know that I prefer to top it up at halfway between half and 1/4, for the weight in the snow. That said, there have been times when the little gas can light has come on.

 

[ronnmel]

Just blew a No Buy day by buying Bridal Ears online. Yay!

No Buy Days : 10/15
Gas : 66$ (max 100$)
Groceries : 136$ (max 250$)
Eating out (and snacks) : 65$ (max 100$)
Non-necessities : 102$ (max 200$)


01/01 : 0$
02/01 : 0$
03/01 : 0$
04/01 : 9$ (breakfast + lunch)
05/01 : 0$
06/01 : 0$
07/01 : 48$ (gas + dinner)
08/01 : 35$ (groceries + rent game)
09/01 : 10$ (dinner)
10/01 : 0$
11/01 : 0$
12/01 : 39$ (movie + dinner)
13/01 : 55$ (game)
14/01 : 0$
15/01 : 66$ (cat food & litter)
16/01 : 76$ (groceries + gas)
17/01 : 0$
18/01 : 0$
19/01 : 29$ (Amazon.com)

 

[Where'sPiglet?]

Grade 1, so I have to have that voice. I am going to try tomorrow, so keep your fingers crossed for me. I need to get back, as reports are due shortly. (and I have NOT been doing them while I was off....too tired, and my files are at school)

I taught grade 1 for four years, so I know how that is! One time when I lost my voice, I was told by administration to just "teach without talking".

 

[QVCshopper]

10/12 no-buy days
* Used coupon

1/1/-$2 TRU*, $7 CFA*, $2 Coldstone*, $31 Wegmans/redbox*
1/2-$6 mcd*, $14 Dollar Store
1/3-$0; 8 miles
1/4-$0; Lego* free build
1/5-$0; 3 miles
1/6-$4 DD*; $24 Wegmans*; $14 Target; 2.5 miles
1/7-$46 Target; $29* Wegmans; 3 miles
1/8-$0
1/9-$0
1/10-$1 LL Bean dress for DD*; $4.50 DH's lunch; $22 Wegmans*; [-$36 Target returns]
1/11-$0
1/12-$0
1/13-$4 DD*, $21 Wegmans*, $37 Target toys
1/14-$1 Goodwill, $26 Gymboree*, $1 Disney Store, $16 Borders for 4 bags of Seattle's Best Coffee!
1/15-$0
1/16-$3.75 Target*/Car Wash/Redbox; $30.50 Wegmans*, $4 Maggianos*, $28 Gymboree*
1/17-$0
1/18-$0
1/19-$60 Wegmans*/Giant; $16 Target; 3 miles

 

[wlake]

It sounds like it's been a tough couple of days for several people between illness and accidents! Hope everyone recovers soon!

Add me to the list of teachers on board -- I've got grade 4 this year after low enrollment forced me out of K. I can't wait to get back to the little ones, although it probably won't be for another school year or two. We're a small district and I have to wait for a K person to retire or enrollment to spike dramatically.

Bigmama67, if it makes you feel better it took me about 6 years to finish my masters'! I just wasn't motivated.

1/1: groceries (but I forgot how much and don't want to get off the couch!)
1/2: $42 gas, $20 pharmacy, $28 JCPenney, ? Home Depot (again, don't want to get off the couch!). I also returned to Lands' End and Kohl's today, enough to cover what we spent! Edited to add: $65 on registration for open swim time. Hopefully we'll get there more often this session than last and I can get some exercise!
1/3: (although I feel a bit guilty about it -- the only reason it's a $0 is because I forgot to take the checkbook to pay for after school care.)
1/4: after school care $31.50, take out for dinner ?
1/5:
1/6:
1/7: $35 after school, $35 dinner, $12 book orders for the boys
1/8: $8 Lowes, $28 gas, $12 things for school
1/9: $60 groceries, $26.50 x2 for school lunches
1/10:
1/11:
1/12:
1/13: $3 groceries
1/14:
1/15: soccer shoes for both boys (we've tried 5 stores with luck for only one boy and they were $30 ), $40 Target, $16 Walmart (because Target didn't carry everything I needed), $13 Dick's Sporting Goods (a sock indulgence), $29 Lands' End clearance for next winter for the boys and $34 Staples for things for school (I refuse to function any longer without working staplers and tape dispensers and there's no money in the school's budget. I hate the fact that I got everyone's broken leftovers -- including desks and chairs for the students -- when I transferred to this school.). Finally, $8 dinner out (the rest was a gc) after the headaches of the day.
1/16:
1/17: $12 lunch (owed to my friend still though!), $76 groceries, ? Walmart (as I had to call DH and give him the list to get the things on his way home tonight!)
1/18: $14 Lands' End (great clearance right now -- this is for a $50 rain jacket with a zip in liner for DS5!)
1/19: This is technically a no buy day -- we spent $6 at the craft store and $17 on dinner but it was all gc money. I'm not counting it as a no buy day, though.

no buy days: 8/10
meals out: 4/5
longest streak: 3!

 

[#1hoosierfan]

Lot of teachers! I am a 1st grade teacher!

 

[A.Mickey]

Running Total: Spent $864.46 ~336.65 food and groceries the rest could possibly be cut or unexpected like car and good deals on clothes.
$0 Days:5/10

Groceries ($340-$11/day)- $237.33
Eating Out ($155-$5/day)-$95.33
Misc. (Shopping/Entertainment) ($930-$30/day) $531.80
Gas for Tracking- 1/5 $20, 1/5 $50, 1/8 $35, 1/13 $17, 1/14 $7, 1/17 $30 = $159
BIG PURCHASES: Annual DVC Dues: $494.09

WEEK 1 BEGIN:
1- $3.98 (Artscow.com-Misc.), $2 (Dollar Tree-Papers), $38.99 (Ultra Foods-Groceries-most I have spent on one grocery trip in a long long time, but got lots of stuff we eat at stock up prices!), $9.56 (Target-Clearance stuff for next years stocking and son's bday present), $30 (Walmart-balance after giftcard for 2 TB hd), $10.42 (Ikea- Eating Out kids eat free and only bought one pop-it's a start for this family)
2- $0
3- $0
4- $9.80 (McDonald's-Eating Out), $20 (Joe Caputo-Groceries), $9.55 (Dominick's-Groceries), $180 (Midas-Getting Car Fixed)
5- $1.63 (Walgreens-Groceries), $16.45 (CVS-Groceries-but got $17 back in ECB's), $20-Gas
6- $0
7- $2.05 (Walgreens-Groceries), $8.46 (Jewel-Groceries), $2.17 (McDonald's-Eating Out)
8- $0
WEEK 2 BEGIN:
9- $2 (Dollar Tree-Newspapers), $8.48 (Taco Bell-Eating Out), $20 (Target-Shopping)
10- $0
11- $6.30 (Wendy's-Eating Out), $10.13 (Foot Doctor-Misc.), $7.33 (Walgreens-Groceries), $6.18 (Dominick's-Groceries), $12 (Target-Cat Food, Groceries), $92 (Great America Season Pass-Misc.)
12- $4.92 (CVS-Groceries), $4.98 (McDonald's-Eating Out)
13- $10.56 (CVS-prescription), $14.52- (Target-Clothes), $25.83 (GameWorks-Eating Out), $-10.00 (Dave and Busters (free game play)), $71.83 (Target hoping toys go to 75% and get my free boxes of Kashi
14- $37.81 (Target-Clothes) $16.34 (Dominick's-Groceries)
15- $34.92 (Meijer- Bought a new winter jacket for $13! and got lots of groceries), $12.24 (Jewel-Groceries), $3.10 (Dollar Tree-Newspapers and Balloon for son)
WEEK 3 BEGIN:
16- $10.35 (McDonald's-Eating Out); $16.85 (Old Navy- Awesome clothes sale 40% off clearance-bought two pairs of pants and two shirts, shelf price was $93.00!!), $5.05 (Target-two pairs of pajama pants for DH)
17- $21.94 (Walgreens-Groceries); $10 (Dominick's- Groceries), $15.30 (Jewel-Groceries), $10.76 (Old Navy-more clothes, 4 shirts and winter hat for son)
18- $11.00 (McDonald's- Eating Out), $11.85 (Walgreens-Groceries)
19- $8.65 (Postage for Mailing out tickets to Les Mis that I sold on Ebay for a $90 profit), $6 (Wendy's-Eating Out-running to preschool night)
20- Olive Garden, using gift cards and coupons perhaps a no buy
21- No Buy?
22- Meijer, Jewel, Dominick's


Budget: $1405....62%
Month: 19/31: 61%
No Buy: 5/10: 50%

My savings from coupons and sales: $1377.48

 

[Beezle2]

1/1 $0
1/2 $0
1/3 $0

1/4 $43 from grocery budget $107 left. 2 gals milk, eggs, strawberries, blackberries,pears,apples,cherries,mushrooms,avacados,coleslaw,tomatoes,
soup,diet coke,pancake mix. Almost perfect, lol (coupon/sale savings $37.52) adding this idea from another poster because I like it!

1/5 $10.50 to see True Grit with DH and $3 for a box of screws to make a play table for DD's Playmobil

1/6 $0
1/7 $0
1/8 $0
1/9 $0
1/10 $0
1/11 $2.50 for gum and diet coke. Stopped at Aldis and spent $32 from the grocery budget so $75 left there.
1/12 $0
1/13 $1.49 for a diet pepsi
1/14 Spent $99 at the grocery store though and am now over the budget I had wanted for that. Saved $39 with coupons and sales. Also $50 for dogfood and $50 to gas up the van.
1/15 $0

1/16 $27 to take the family to the movies. Dh, dd, and I saw Season of the Witch. We thought it was a stinker and wish we had the money back At least the popcorn was good, and free. I used my free coupons for that and points from the loyalty card to get sodas. My older dd and grandson saw Green Hornet and they said it was pretty good but not great.

1/17 $0 no school for me so I stayed home and did homework all day.

1/18 $0

1/19 spent $2.00 on gum. I just love that new Key Lime Pie gum and Walgreen had it on sale for 50c. Today made the 19th day with no sugar and the gum helps after dinner when I would usually want dessert.
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[bigmama67]

Hi, everyone! Thanks again for the encouraging words! My B.A. is in drama/English literature (double music minor in piano and voice) - SO practical, LOL! I also have an M.A. in Theater. I'm a playwright.

$30.59 on groceries last night and DH also filled up his gas tank for $31.31. We have $41.58 left to spend on groceries this month and $7.88 on gas IF I make it. As I said, this is a test month as it's my first month trying this, so we'll see if we need to tweak anything. DH gets paid tomorrow and he gets his check every OTHER Friday.

Today looks like it should finally be no-buy day #4! I was planning to go to a movie with a friend (which I NEVER get to do) but that is postponed till Tuesday. I've decided to work on organizing my coupons and DD has a music class and a playdate later (busy busy!)

I just got DD down for a rare nap so I need to boogie while she's not clamoring to be held or nursed!

 

[Tiggerish]

The January budget is $1200 with 12 no spend days.

Auto $70
Eating Out/Entertainment $50 / $32 left
Giving $10 /$0 left
Groceries/Household Goods $200/ $150 left
Medical $100 /$25 over
Misc. $50/ $10 left
Set bills $420/ $81 left
Semi-Annual Neurology eval in Chicago budget is $300 / $95 left

No spend days goal of 12/9
Coupon savings $30.90
Christmas '11 running total = $8
-------------------------------------------------------
1/1 $0
1/2 Set bills $25 (church)
1/3 Groceries $13; Misc. $29 (birthday present for niece)
1/4 Medical $104 (dentist)
1/5 $0
1/6 $0
1/7 $0
1/8 Eating out $18; Medical $21 (OTC drugs)
1/9 Set bills $20 (church); Misc. $10 (Mom's birthday gift) Christmas $8
1/10 $0
1/11 Set bills $186
1/12 $0
1/13 Set bills $68; Groceries $8
1/14 $0
1/15 Groceries $29; Chicago trip $166 (pre-paid for a train ticket ($51) and pre-paid hotel ($115)
1/16 $0
1/17 $0
1/18-19 Set bills $40 (newspaper and cell); Chicago trip $39 (food & taxis) Giving $10 (bought food for people begging in the train station)

 

[charming23]

Had a doctor's appointment this morning but I do not count medical in this budget. I did however stop at save-a-lot for fresh fruit and a few other things needed to finish some meals this week.

Groceries/household- $300/ $59.82 left
Pet Supplies- $30/ $0 Left
Car/gas- $50/ $27.52 left
Eating out- $50/ $17.26 left
Entertainment/Misc- $100/ $57.95 left

Total- $530/ $132.45 left

Goal of 15 No Buy days

Week One
1/1- $14.23 Groceries
1/2- $0
1/3- $0
1/4- $0
1/5- $88.96 Groceries/household and $17.63 dinner at Loco Leprechaun
1/6- $0
1/7- $0

Week Two
1/8- $0
1/9- $12.78 groceries
1/10- $0
1/11- $0
1/12- $15.11 Denny's breakfast, $54.11 Marc's, $40.50 Giant Eagle, and $26.36 Walgreens
1/13- $0
1/14- $22.48 Gas, $29.55 Giant Eagle, and $4.28 Disney Store

Week Three
1/15- $0
1/16- $0
1/17- $15.51 groceries
1/18- $11.41 Walgreen's
1/19- $0
1/20- $14.44 Groceries
1/21

12/15 No Buy Days

Store and coupon savings- $48.09

 

[fairyprincess1]

Here is what I got...

Jan 1 $0
Jan 2 $0
Jan 3 spend - lunch, groceries, and a small CVS run
Jan 4 spend - but it was just some subway for lunch
Jan 5 $0
Jan 6 spend - going out for dinner with the neighborhood ladies
Jan 7 $0
Jan 8 $0
Jan 9 $0 It's amazing how you spend no money when you have the flu
Jan 10 spend
Jan 11 spend
Jan 12 spend
Jan 13 spend
Jan 14 $0
Jan 15 spend
Jan 16 $0
Jan 17 $0
Jan 18 spend
Jan 19 $0



10/14 no buy days

 

[Virgderon]

BigMama67, I hope you got the job.

Another 0 day. I'm very pleased! My grocery total is very low. Part of that is because I had a huge meat stockpile, which we are working through, and also DH grabbed a few things out of his walking around money. I don't count what he spends out of that, so my grocery budget is looking quite good. The problem is after months like this, I tend to have to spend a lot the next month. I'm working on a happy medium.

I also compared what I wrote here to what happened in my checking account, and realized that I forget to count $100 . I gave it to DD to give to her friend from Disney that got us a very cheap rate on our hotel. So I added that in to my total spending. Gotta be honest!

Running Total: Spent $695
$950 budget...$255 left
$0 Days: 7
Goal is 8 or more!
coupon/sale savings : 98

Groceries budget- $250 -11-36-6-11= 189 left

January 1st: 25 (12 parking at hockey game, 5 pop at game, 8 Walgreens)
January 2nd: 11 ( groceries at Flea market)
January 3rd: 65 ( Walgreens, cleaning supplies, vitamins, etc.)
January 4th: 61 ( 16 bowling, 5 food at bowling, 20 gas , 20 to DD for an item that she picked up for me using her Disney discount)
January 5th: 0
January 6th: 0
January 7th: 0
January 8 & 9: 296 (35 groceries, 25 gas, 136 Disney fun, gave DH $100 for hotel room that a friend got for us)
January 10 : 0
January 11: 54 ( 21 Steak & Shake, 20 shirt, 13 Walgreens misc)
January 12: 16 ( gas)
January 13: 0
January 14 : 35 (15 gas, 20 Walgreens)
January 15: 14 ( Burger King)
January 16: 19 ( 13 Walgreens, 6 flea market)
January 17: 31 ( 20 dr. copay, 11 Publix)
January 18: 68 (48 bowling, 20 medications co pay)
January 19: 0
January 20: 0

 

[Jennia]

Jan 1: $0
Jan 2: $0
Jan 3: $0
Jan 4: $121 on necessary items for the new baby, all purchased at the Target baby clearance (mattress, bottles, towels, etc) plus some grocery items
Jan 5: $12 on a valance for the baby's room
Jan 6: $0
Jan 7: $12 for a day at the mall with dd (whoo hoo for free play area!)
Jan 8: $70 groceries
Jan 9: $0
Jan 10: $0
Jan 11: $0
Jan 12: $0
Jan 13: $0
Jan 14: $0
Jan 15: $0
Jan 16: $0
Jan 17: $0
Jan 18: $20 on gas (have to drive into the city for work tomorrow, wanted to make sure my tank was full using a cheaper gas station by the house vs paying 20 cents more a gallon once I got up there!)
Jan 19: $10 for the Amazon gift card deal

 

[thebigkahuna]

January goal is no 10 $pend days

01-02-11 no $pend day #1.
01-03-11 no $pend day #2.
01-07-11 no $pend day # 3!
01-10-11 no $pend day # 4!
01-11-11 no $pend day # 5!
01-16-11 no $pend!! # 6
01-18-11 No $pend day # 7 !! I'm so proud of me! I spent my lunch hour paying bills, and ate what I brought! YEAH!
01-19-11 spent money today *whoops!* LOL
01-20-11 spent money today too - (I did eat the lunch I packed tho ) will need gas in the car before the weekend (I'm using more gas than I used to, I need to adjust my budget) and have run out of a few things at home, so need to stop by the grocery store. (that's the ONLY budgeted purchase today!)
01-21-11
uh oh, it's the weekend...wish me luck!
01-22-11
01-23-11
lets pack those lunches!
01-24-11
01-25-11
01-26-11
01-27-11
01-28-11

7 of 10 days

 

[disneyofcourse]

Alrighty, I'm doing pretty well so far this month. I jumped off the bandwagon for two days for this week by eating out. But works been really busy and hadn't been motivated enough to go to the grocery store.


"""I'm in! Hopefully I'll visit enough to input my info. I haven't figured out how many no buy days I want to have as my goal. This year I am joining since this will be my "make a difference" year. No more eating out every meal and no more crazy spending at the mall. No more "I just need one thing" Target trips either.

12/26 - 1/2/2011
+Pet store $24.11
+Target $58.18 after Christmas sales/toy & Clothing donation items
+Belk/ Macys $255 for next years gifts at 60% off-75% off
+Starbucks $12? (no receipt)
+Starbucks $8? (No receipt)
+eating out $32.00 on 12/26
+Eating out $28.70 on 12/27 (Last day of eating out!!)
+Gas $31 + $15 + 13
+Grocery about $70 12/28

1/3-
Grocery about $65

1/4 -
Gas - $27
Target $30.82 After Christmas sales/some toy donations for next year.

1/5-1/9 NO spend!

1/10
Grocery $50~
Gas $60~

1/11 No spend

Today 1/12 NO spend
1/13 No spend!

1/14 Gas $32

8 No spend days so far!!! I can't believe it!!"

1/15 No spend

1/16 $53 Facial products, $38 Target (Shampoo+Razers) Used $6.00 in coupons!"""

1/17 No spend

1/18 No spend

1/19 Breakfast $6, Lunch $8

1/20 Breakfast $6, Lunch $17 with leftovers for dinner tonight.

Gotta get back on track!! Now that I see how much I just spent in two days on eating out it's scary! That's enough money to buy food at the grocery store for a couple days!At least I'm half and half and am tied with spend and no spend so far. Its amazing for me especially since before I was spending every single day!
__________________

 

[QVCshopper]

11/12 no-buy days; going to raise my goal to 15
* Used coupon

1/1/-$2 TRU*, $7 CFA*, $2 Coldstone*, $31 Wegmans/redbox*
1/2-$6 mcd*, $14 Dollar Store
1/3-$0; 8 miles
1/4-$0; Lego* free build
1/5-$0; 3 miles
1/6-$4 DD*; $24 Wegmans*; $14 Target; 2.5 miles
1/7-$46 Target; $29* Wegmans; 3 miles
1/8-$0
1/9-$0
1/10-$1 LL Bean dress for DD*; $4.50 DH's lunch; $22 Wegmans*; [-$36 Target returns]
1/11-$0
1/12-$0
1/13-$4 DD*, $21 Wegmans*, $37 Target toys
1/14-$1 Goodwill, $26 Gymboree*, $1 Disney Store, $16 Borders for 4 bags of Seattle's Best Coffee!
1/15-$0
1/16-$3.75 Target*/Car Wash/Redbox; $30.50 Wegmans*, $4 Maggianos*, $28 Gymboree*
1/17-$0
1/18-$0
1/19-$60 Wegmans*/Giant; $16 Target*; 3 miles
1/20-$0; 3 miles

 

[#1hoosierfan]

1/1 - $6.00 -Group On
1/2 - $141.75 Meijer Coupon Savings - $4.75
1/3 - $0
1/4 - $15 special order needle felt book character
$8.50 toothbrushes and toothpaste - donation to retirement home
1/5 - $0
1/6 - $5.30 for Chinese take/out
1/7 - $109 - $75 for cleaning lady, $27 for dinner and $7 pre-pay for a
luncheon next week.
1/8 - Target - $40 and Kroger $104
1/9 - $0
1/10 - $5.90 fine at the library edit to add: $3.51 on Blizzard from DQ
1/11 - $0
1/12 - hair/eyebrows $47 ; Walgreens - $12.54 received $7 in RR
1/13 - $0
1/14 - Wal-Mart $54.55. Dinner out /$51
1/15 - Ben Franklin - fabric $19.24: Kroger $98.32
1/16 - $0
1/17 - eating out - $45; Big Lots $56.11; Best Buy $180; Walgreens $17.75---- saved $10.35 in coupons and received $8 in register rewards.
1/18 $0
1/19 - $0
1/20 - $7.02 lunch

No Spend
8/10

 

[ronnmel]

No Buy Days : 11/15
Gas : 66$ (max 100$)
Groceries : 136$ (max 250$)
Eating out (and snacks) : 65$ (max 100$)
Non-necessities : 102$ (max 200$)


01/01 : 0$
02/01 : 0$
03/01 : 0$
04/01 : 9$ (breakfast + lunch)
05/01 : 0$
06/01 : 0$
07/01 : 48$ (gas + dinner)
08/01 : 35$ (groceries + rent game)
09/01 : 10$ (dinner)
10/01 : 0$
11/01 : 0$
12/01 : 39$ (movie + dinner)
13/01 : 55$ (game)
14/01 : 0$
15/01 : 66$ (cat food & litter)
16/01 : 76$ (groceries + gas)
17/01 : 0$
18/01 : 0$
19/01 : 29$ (Amazon.com)
20/01 : 0$

 

[Debbie]

Went back to school today, with a firm "Do NOT go into the grocery store today." to DH. (He stayed home, and finally got the Christmas tree into the box. Now....how long before it hits the basement? ) The kids were glad to see me, and are still looking for my voice OR the frog in my throat. Mind you, I did manage a bit of volume right at the end of the day. Gotta love those last 15 minutes as everyone is getting everything done and put away! On the budget side....another $0 day. Only ONE more, and I will have made my goal.

Jan. 1: $0
Jan. 2: $0
Jan. 3: $0
Jan. 4: gas $46; groceries $97; postage for registered letter to Cairo $15
Jan. 5: DH hit up the pharmacy for some iron tabs...$7
Jan. 6: $0
Jan. 7: DH hit up the local grocery. Didn't spend much but it was $12
Jan. 8: I did a Costco run for school. DS bought a pair of jeans ($100 ), but not my money. I did spend $40 on Flavour-Seal rolls but it is the first I've bought since I've had the thing. Also some chips and a magazine.....total $50 for me. I wasn't thinking, though. I need to go BACK to Costco tomorrow to pick up my ColdFX. So tomorrow will not be $0 either. Oh, and DH put gas in the car. Goodbye $41
Jan. 9: Costco...got vitamins, ColdFX, more vitamins, chips and salsa $110. DH drove DS into the city, and...thoughtfully....bought some soup for my cold. $7
Jan 10: $0
Jan 11: DH does grocery shopping.....While he spent $66, we had a gift card for $50, so we really only spent $16
Jan 12: There's that gas again! $36 And, DH bought the new winter tires that the car needed....another $421 (which includes 1 can of Pringles . Luckily, my mom gave us money for Christmas that will cover that expense.)
Jan 13: $0
Jan 14: $0
Jan 15: Costco $42 gas (again!) $43
Jan 16: prediction: $35 for brunch tip/gas/Timmies to get there (It's a theatre brunch [Joseph! And the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat--one of my fav's] and the tickets were paid for last year--just the tip today ) Actual $25
Jan 17: $0
Jan 18: DH's usual shopping was limited to $30
Jan 19: DH picked up the green tea that the store didn't have last night....$21....either that was REALLY expensive tea, or he bought more than the tea He DOES like to shop! Also, another registered letter to DD in Egypt $13; gas $28 (added this-DH gave me the receipt this morning)
Jan 20: $0
9/10