July 2011 No Buy Thread - Let the savings sparks fly!

[charming23]

Was going to be a no buy day but the call of donuts was too strong

July 2011 Budget

Groceries/Household- $300/$108.70 Left
Cat Supplies- $30/-.18 left
Car/Gas- $70/$45.43 Left
Eating Out- $50/$12.24 left
Misc/Entertainment- $100/$53.76 Left

Total- $550/$219.95 Left

Goal of 15 No Buy Days

7/1- $84.72 Grocery/Household, $15.18 Cat Supplies, and $24.57 Gas
7/2- $0
7/3- $0
7/4- $18.06 Giant Eagle/Groceries
7/5- $0
7/6- $22.33 Target/Misc and $8.06 lunch at Wendy's
7/7- $16.89 Groceries and $9.27 Lunch
7/8- $0
7/9- $0
7/10- $0
7/11- $0
7/12- $3.15 Starbucks and $15 Groceries
7/13- $0
7/14- $14.52 Lunch Out and $23.91 Consignment shop (4 bottoms for me, 1 for my mom and a new bathrobe for her)
7/15- Kelley's Island
7/16- Kelley's Island
7/17- Kelley's Island
7/18- $48.08 Aldi's and $15 cat supplies
7/19- $0
7/20- $0
7/21- $0
7/22- $0
7/23- $0
7/24- $8.55 grocery
7/25- $0
7/26- $2.76 Donuts from bakery
7/27
7/28
7/29
7/30
7/31

14/15 No Buy Days

Coupon/ Store Savings- $20.20

 

[YukiPhnx]

These few days won't be so great for me. Just had a big going away dinner with my friends. Also need to buy lunch and dinner for the next two days.

July
Overall budget: 213.94/400
Gas: 60.68/80
$0 days: 12/13

Misc.
Eating out: 3/5
Clothes: 3/4
The Body Shop: 0/2
Gifts: 0/2
U.S shopping: $148.60/150

1-$0 (Off to a good start!)
2-$1.05 (McDonald's iced coffee)
3-$29.02 (groceries)
___
$40-30.07=$9.93

(This will be longer cause of the "uneven-ness" of days)
4-$0
5-$0
6-$0
7-$0 (FOUR DAYS IN A ROW!!!)
___
$40-0=$40

8-$32.64 (Roundtrip greyhound tickets and lunch)
9-$11.18 (anti-itch cream for all these darned bug bites)
10-$6.94 (drink and cookie from Starbucks, I gave a big tip)
___
$40-50.76=$-10.76

11-$0
12-$0
13-$16.67
___
$29.24-16.67=$12.57 (Ahh, back to balanced)

14-$14.25 (dinner on campus), 20.09 (gas)
15-$0
16-$6.33 (spent on food on the CAD side), $148.60 (spent in US), 20.36 (gas)
___
$40-20.58=$19.42

17-$14.18 (food at Canada's Wonderland)
18-$0
19-$45.19 (Sanuks and a top), $20.23 (gas)
___
$40-59.37=$-19.37

20-$8.53 (lunch and dinner)
21-$11.07 (lunch and a drink)
22-$0
___
$20.63-19.60=$1.03 (made it just under!)

23-$0
24-$23 (zoo)
25-$0
___
$40-23=$17

26-$31.75 (dinner with friends)
27-
28-
___
$40

29-
30-
31-
___

 

[Virgderon]

So close to a 0 day, but then I ran out of pop. I don't drink coffee, so I have to have pop in the house.

Running Total: Spent $747
$1100 budget... $353 left
$0 Days: 7
Goal is 7 or more!
coupon/sale savings : 53

Groceries budget- $300-7-84-11-11= 187 left
Wedding shower budget - $600 -966= $366 over

July 1: 77 ( 25 to check DDs bag at airport, 17 gas, 35 misc stuff for DD)
July 2: 0
JUly 3: 0
July 4: 69 (26 shoes for my MOTB dress that ended up not matching, 17 Walgreens for pop and laundry detg, 10 gas , 16 movie)
July 5 : 0
July 6- 12 out of town
July 13 : 0
July 14 : 15 ( Walgreens)
JUly 15: 84 ( Target groceries)
July 16-17 : 190 for the weekend
July 18 : 56 ( 26 Cracker barrell, 30 Harry Potter movie)
July 19 : 0
July 20: 33 ( gas 17, lunch 5, soda on sale 11)
July 21: 0
July 22 : 0
JUly 23- 24 : 180 ( Disney weekend)
July 25: 32 : allergy stuff and twinkies
July 26: 11 ( pop)

 

[WAMUMOF4]

Wamum, don't feel so bad! Vacation months are always harder because so many unexpected expenses pop up.

i guess i just forgot to add in all the pre trip stuff

Hope you feel better soon! Sad days happen once in a while for no reason.

you are so right i feel so much better after having a good



Went to the hairdressers today have sewn up my suitcase that has started to fall apart after only one trip and will have to think about packing tomorrow


i had to make a new category to cover all our pre trip expenses i need to not get that far behind again, took to long to catch it all up

3 sleeps till we hit the USA this month needs to be a big saving one

Goals VS actual spent
US Dollars $4000($7954.58)
grocery's $500($618.80)
fuel $600($585)
Travel insurance $500($426.22)
miscellaneous $100($306.75)
USA Trip expenses($791.78)

8 no spend days 3/8
5 Under $20 days 5/5

July 1 $25 fuel $30supermarket
July 2 $270 fuel $127.58 supermarket
July 3 $0
July 4 i spent $201.07 at the Disney store on things for our trip i might have to make another category for this as i will be doing a fair bit of online shopping this month for stuff to be delivered to us during our trip
July 5 24.43 supermarket
July 6 11.95 balaclava for DH $39.95 camera lens cleaning kit $52.02 souvenirs to take to USA $74.03 supermarket travel sox $43.16 of that
July 7 $1068 changed into $US1100 supermarket $20.95
July 8 $101 heating gas
July 9 $50 fuel $12.85 supermarket
July 10 supermarket $41.03
July 11 supermarket $53.17 accountant for tax $154
July 12 pizza $32.75 $346 Ds14 camera
July 13 $17.20 supermarket
July 14 $1500 into US$1559.10
July 15 $20.20 supermarket
July 16 $238 camera ds10 $71.33 supermarket $39.70 hardware store $20 fuel
July 17 $16.15 supermarket
July 18 $22.29 supermarket $1640 changed into US$1687.23
July 19 DH's tax return $2000 into US$2050.40 Supermarket $25.37
July 20 Almost a no buy day but thought i better buy some travel insurance $426.22
July 21 $1500 into $US$1557.75 $75 fuel $79.70 travel diaries $33.45 pet food $32.90 chemist $85.83 supermarket
July 22 $0 we managed one
July 23 $145 fuel
July 24 $0
July 25 $9.75 supermarket
July 26 $6.75 supermarket
July 27 $2.55 supermarket $120 hairdressers

 

[charming23]

Today is a no buy day.

July 2011 Budget

Groceries/Household- $300/$108.70 Left
Cat Supplies- $30/-.18 left
Car/Gas- $70/$45.43 Left
Eating Out- $50/$12.24 left
Misc/Entertainment- $100/$53.76 Left

Total- $550/$219.95 Left

Goal of 15 No Buy Days

7/1- $84.72 Grocery/Household, $15.18 Cat Supplies, and $24.57 Gas
7/2- $0
7/3- $0
7/4- $18.06 Giant Eagle/Groceries
7/5- $0
7/6- $22.33 Target/Misc and $8.06 lunch at Wendy's
7/7- $16.89 Groceries and $9.27 Lunch
7/8- $0
7/9- $0
7/10- $0
7/11- $0
7/12- $3.15 Starbucks and $15 Groceries
7/13- $0
7/14- $14.52 Lunch Out and $23.91 Consignment shop (4 bottoms for me, 1 for my mom and a new bathrobe for her)
7/15- Kelley's Island
7/16- Kelley's Island
7/17- Kelley's Island
7/18- $48.08 Aldi's and $15 cat supplies
7/19- $0
7/20- $0
7/21- $0
7/22- $0
7/23- $0
7/24- $8.55 grocery
7/25- $0
7/26- $2.76 Donuts from bakery
7/27- $0
7/28
7/29
7/30
7/31

15/15 No Buy Days

Coupon/ Store Savings- $20.20

 

[wlake]

Here are my goals:
no buy days: 8/10 (it's always harder when I'm home full time!)
longest no buy streak: 3 (I really want to extend this to 4!)
dinners out: 3/4 (not counting traveling)
current no dinners out streak: 3
longest no dinners out streak: 14

7/1: $35 gas
7/2: Oh my. We were visiting my MIL, so... $9 bagels, $46 Trader Joe's, $17 IKEA, $10 dinner on the road home
7/3: $27 groceries
7/4: $8 ice cream
7/5: $12 Kohl's, $19 Walmart, $130 Princess Half registration
7/6:
7/7:
7/8: errand day, so too much to remember numbers for at the moment: haircuts for the boys, lunch out, new sunglasses, fabric, gas, Target
7/9: $25 Lowe's, $8 blueberry picking, $200 deposit for our Feb. WDW trip!
7/10: $60 at the town's fair. Why are country fairs so expensive?
7/11: errand day for the week, so $51 groceries, $82 Target, and $9 Staples as well as I-can't-remember Land's End
7/12:
7/13:
7/14:
7/15: $10 ice cream
7/16: $7 blueberry picking, $32 Children's Place, $50 photos, $35 Christmas Tree Shop
7/17: $10 JoAnne's, $12 Walmart, $29 dinner (all good streaks must come to an end sometime!). Edited to add $50 gas and $5 Tupperware
7/18:
7/19:
7/20: $8 dinner, $9 boogie board, $80 new shoes
7/21: $6 ice cream, $9 groceries, $7 blueberry picking, $2 fabric
7/23: Lowe's and Target
7/24: dinner out, clothes for me
7/25: Target, BJ's, pharmacy
7/26:
7/27: groceries and clothes for me

 

[Virgderon]

Today is a no buy day because all I did was work, so not time to go anywhere.

Running Total: Spent $747
$1100 budget... $353 left
$0 Days: 8
Goal is 7 or more!
coupon/sale savings : 53

Groceries budget- $300-7-84-11-11= 187 left
Wedding shower budget - $600 -966= $366 over

July 1: 77 ( 25 to check DDs bag at airport, 17 gas, 35 misc stuff for DD)
July 2: 0
JUly 3: 0
July 4: 69 (26 shoes for my MOTB dress that ended up not matching, 17 Walgreens for pop and laundry detg, 10 gas , 16 movie)
July 5 : 0
July 6- 12 out of town
July 13 : 0
July 14 : 15 ( Walgreens)
JUly 15: 84 ( Target groceries)
July 16-17 : 190 for the weekend
July 18 : 56 ( 26 Cracker barrell, 30 Harry Potter movie)
July 19 : 0
July 20: 33 ( gas 17, lunch 5, soda on sale 11)
July 21: 0
July 22 : 0
JUly 23- 24 : 180 ( Disney weekend)
July 25: 32 : allergy stuff and twinkies
July 26: 11 ( pop)
July 27: 0

 

[ronnmel]

No Buy Days : 12/8 (new goal 15)
Gas : 132$ (max 140$)
Groceries : 97$ (max 200$)
Eating out (and snacks) : 235$ (max 100$)
Non-necessities : 404$ (max 400$)

01/07 : 5$ (greeting card)
02/07 : 113$ (DH's gift, snack)
03/07 : 16$ (movie)
04/07 : 178$ (dinner + movie)
05/07 : 41$ (gas)
06/07 : 12$
07/07 : 0$
08/07 : 43$ (haircut)
09/07 : 0$
10/07 : 0$
11/07 : 0$
12/07 : 46$ (groceries)
13/07 : 0$
14/07 : 189$ (shoes + gas + ice cream)
15/07 : 0$
16/07 : 46$ (walmart + dinner)
17/07 : 0$
18/07 : 0$
19/07 : 38$ (food + gas)
20/07 : 16$ (ice cream + exercise tank top)
21/07 : 5$ (greeting card)
22/07 : 0$
23/07 : 33$ (lunch + snacks)
24/07 : 0$
25/07 : 0$
26/07 : 86$ (gas + cat stuff)
27/07 : 0$

 

[Virgderon]

Anothe busy working day.

Running Total: Spent $771
$1100 budget... $329 left
$0 Days: 8
Goal is 7 or more!
coupon/sale savings : 68

Groceries budget- $300-7-84-11-11-24= 163 left
Wedding shower budget - $600 -966= $366 over

July 1: 77 ( 25 to check DDs bag at airport, 17 gas, 35 misc stuff for DD)
July 2: 0
JUly 3: 0
July 4: 69 (26 shoes for my MOTB dress that ended up not matching, 17 Walgreens for pop and laundry detg, 10 gas , 16 movie)
July 5 : 0
July 6- 12 out of town
July 13 : 0
July 14 : 15 ( Walgreens)
JUly 15: 84 ( Target groceries)
July 16-17 : 190 for the weekend
July 18 : 56 ( 26 Cracker barrell, 30 Harry Potter movie)
July 19 : 0
July 20: 33 ( gas 17, lunch 5, soda on sale 11)
July 21: 0
July 22 : 0
JUly 23- 24 : 180 ( Disney weekend)
July 25: 32 : allergy stuff and twinkies
July 26: 11 ( pop)
July 27: 0
July 28: 24 ( groceries)

 

[ronnmel]

No Buy Days : 12/8 (new goal 15)
Gas : 132$ (max 140$)
Groceries : 122$ (max 200$)
Eating out (and snacks) : 235$ (max 100$)
Non-necessities : 404$ (max 400$)

01/07 : 5$ (greeting card)
02/07 : 113$ (DH's gift, snack)
03/07 : 16$ (movie)
04/07 : 178$ (dinner + movie)
05/07 : 41$ (gas)
06/07 : 12$
07/07 : 0$
08/07 : 43$ (haircut)
09/07 : 0$
10/07 : 0$
11/07 : 0$
12/07 : 46$ (groceries)
13/07 : 0$
14/07 : 189$ (shoes + gas + ice cream)
15/07 : 0$
16/07 : 46$ (walmart + dinner)
17/07 : 0$
18/07 : 0$
19/07 : 38$ (food + gas)
20/07 : 16$ (ice cream + exercise tank top)
21/07 : 5$ (greeting card)
22/07 : 0$
23/07 : 33$ (lunch + snacks)
24/07 : 0$
25/07 : 0$
26/07 : 86$ (gas + cat stuff)
27/07 : 0$
28/07 : 25$ (groceries)

 

[charming23]

Another $0 day but tomorrow we will hopefully go grocery shopping. Waiting on a bank deposit.

July 2011 Budget

Groceries/Household- $300/$108.70 Left
Cat Supplies- $30/-.18 left
Car/Gas- $70/$45.43 Left
Eating Out- $50/$12.24 left
Misc/Entertainment- $100/$53.76 Left

Total- $550/$219.95 Left

Goal of 15 No Buy Days

7/1- $84.72 Grocery/Household, $15.18 Cat Supplies, and $24.57 Gas
7/2- $0
7/3- $0
7/4- $18.06 Giant Eagle/Groceries
7/5- $0
7/6- $22.33 Target/Misc and $8.06 lunch at Wendy's
7/7- $16.89 Groceries and $9.27 Lunch
7/8- $0
7/9- $0
7/10- $0
7/11- $0
7/12- $3.15 Starbucks and $15 Groceries
7/13- $0
7/14- $14.52 Lunch Out and $23.91 Consignment shop (4 bottoms for me, 1 for my mom and a new bathrobe for her)
7/15- Kelley's Island
7/16- Kelley's Island
7/17- Kelley's Island
7/18- $48.08 Aldi's and $15 cat supplies
7/19- $0
7/20- $0
7/21- $0
7/22- $0
7/23- $0
7/24- $8.55 grocery
7/25- $0
7/26- $2.76 Donuts from bakery
7/27- $0
7/28- $0
7/29
7/30
7/31

16/15 No Buy Days

Coupon/ Store Savings- $20.20

 

[Debbie]

Jumpin' Jiminy! I've been away and really busy the days I'm home with my daughters, so I am sooooo far behind. I'll just have time to check my Quicken and add to the lists. I'll try to say hello a little later today.

Unfortunately, this is going to be an expensive month for me.

1. DD will be home (I think) from Egypt for the last week or two.
2. I'm off for the summer, and my sanity is sending DH (SAHD) out to shop
3. Need to get the garage door replaced.
4. House needs repairs: painting, carpet, blinds etc.
5. Changing classrooms means updating some things.
6. I'm going 'over the river' to a Daily Café workshop with "The Sisters"

Oh, well, here's the budget as it stands.

Budget: Actual (last month expenses)
Gas: $600 $330 ($535) Allowing for some vacation driving
Groceries/Household: $600 $631 ($512)
Drug co-pays/medicine/lens: $40 $0 ($75)
Misc including gifts: $500 $344 ( $816 ) Not counting the garage door, or the hotel/expenses for the Daily Café workshop that I'm going to
Pool expenses: $200 $41 ($0)
Dining: $200 $126($81) Upped this for our 'vacation' mode
University incidentals expenses: $250 $158 (N/A)

July 1: $0 (Thank Heaven's for HOLIDAYS!)
July 2: gas $33, groceries $38, market (more groceries!) $15
July 3: gifts $43, household wasp spray/foam stuff $25 (really want to get rid of those suckers!)
July 4: gas $10
July 5: gas $40, groceries $33
July 6: Worked in the classroom with DD and DNephew all morning, so I bought them Subway $14, and paid DN $10, Anniversary dinner out $60
July 7: Gas $32
July 8: University stuff $120, vet $63, Christmas Shopping (great sale + $25 'gift' cards to reduce the amount to...) $74
July 9: $0
July 10: $0
July 11: Pool supplies $41, groceries $45, gas $46
July 12: groceries $61
July 13: DH topped up the gas $24, groceries $114
July 14: $0
July 15: Drumsticks (ice cream) and whipped cream (for my raspberries) $8
July 16: Picked up a gorgeous summer bedspread for my bedroom at the second hand store. No more yucky, old, fraying, polyester backing for ME! $17, MORE groceries $55, chinese food $28
July 17: $0 (still eating the Chinese food!) And although my 'goal' is 10, I said I'd be ecstatic with 5 no buy days....and I made it!
July 18: Holy Cow! ANOTHER $0
July 19: gas $46
July 20: gas $15 (that DH loves to top up!), drugstore items $63, lunch for DDs who sweltered and worked in my classroom $24
July 21: school stuff $35 groceries $34
July 22: gas $43.45
July 23: groceries $168
July 24: $0
July 25: University stuff $38
July 26: $0
July 27: gas $41, groceries $40
July 28: groceries $20


No Buy Days: 8/10

 

[WAMUMOF4]

With less than an hour till we leave for the airport i am going to have to report later.
for all your support it has been muchly appreciated

 

[ronnmel]

With less than an hour till we leave for the airport i am going to have to report later.
for all your support it has been muchly appreciated

Have fun!

 

[Virgderon]

TGIF

Running Total: Spent $807
$1100 budget... $293 left
$0 Days: 8
Goal is 7 or more!
coupon/sale savings : 76

Groceries budget- $300-7-84-11-11-24-36= 127 left
Wedding shower budget - $600 -966= $366 over

July 1: 77 ( 25 to check DDs bag at airport, 17 gas, 35 misc stuff for DD)
July 2: 0
JUly 3: 0
July 4: 69 (26 shoes for my MOTB dress that ended up not matching, 17 Walgreens for pop and laundry detg, 10 gas , 16 movie)
July 5 : 0
July 6- 12 out of town
July 13 : 0
July 14 : 15 ( Walgreens)
JUly 15: 84 ( Target groceries)
July 16-17 : 190 for the weekend
July 18 : 56 ( 26 Cracker barrell, 30 Harry Potter movie)
July 19 : 0
July 20: 33 ( gas 17, lunch 5, soda on sale 11)
July 21: 0
July 22 : 0
JUly 23- 24 : 180 ( Disney weekend)
July 25: 32 : allergy stuff and twinkies
July 26: 11 ( pop)
July 27: 0
July 28: 24 ( groceries)
July 29 : 36 ( mostly groceries)

 

[ronnmel]

No Buy Days : 12/8 (new goal 15)
Gas : 132$ (max 140$)
Groceries : 122$ (max 200$)
Eating out (and snacks) : 235$ (max 100$)
Non-necessities : 470$ (max 400$)

01/07 : 5$ (greeting card)
02/07 : 113$ (DH's gift, snack)
03/07 : 16$ (movie)
04/07 : 178$ (dinner + movie)
05/07 : 41$ (gas)
06/07 : 12$
07/07 : 0$
08/07 : 43$ (haircut)
09/07 : 0$
10/07 : 0$
11/07 : 0$
12/07 : 46$ (groceries)
13/07 : 0$
14/07 : 189$ (shoes + gas + ice cream)
15/07 : 0$
16/07 : 46$ (walmart + dinner)
17/07 : 0$
18/07 : 0$
19/07 : 38$ (food + gas)
20/07 : 16$ (ice cream + exercise tank top)
21/07 : 5$ (greeting card)
22/07 : 0$
23/07 : 33$ (lunch + snacks)
24/07 : 0$
25/07 : 0$
26/07 : 86$ (gas + cat stuff)
27/07 : 0$
28/07 : 25$ (groceries)
29/07 : 66$ (walmart)

 

[charming23]

Yesterday ended up being a no buy as I was feeling abit under the weather. Today however we did all of our grocery shopping for the next week. So next month I will adjust my budget a little.

July 2011 Budget

Groceries/Household- $300/$17.47 Left
Cat Supplies- $30/-.18 left
Car/Gas- $70/$45.43 Left
Eating Out- $50/$12.24 left
Misc/Entertainment- $100/$53.76 Left

Total- $550/$128.72 Left

Goal of 15 No Buy Days

7/1- $84.72 Grocery/Household, $15.18 Cat Supplies, and $24.57 Gas
7/2- $0
7/3- $0
7/4- $18.06 Giant Eagle/Groceries
7/5- $0
7/6- $22.33 Target/Misc and $8.06 lunch at Wendy's
7/7- $16.89 Groceries and $9.27 Lunch
7/8- $0
7/9- $0
7/10- $0
7/11- $0
7/12- $3.15 Starbucks and $15 Groceries
7/13- $0
7/14- $14.52 Lunch Out and $23.91 Consignment shop (4 bottoms for me, 1 for my mom and a new bathrobe for her)
7/15- Kelley's Island
7/16- Kelley's Island
7/17- Kelley's Island
7/18- $48.08 Aldi's and $15 cat supplies
7/19- $0
7/20- $0
7/21- $0
7/22- $0
7/23- $0
7/24- $8.55 grocery
7/25- $0
7/26- $2.76 Donuts from bakery
7/27- $0
7/28- $0
7/29- $0
7/30- $91.23 Groceries
7/31

17/15 No Buy Days

Coupon/ Store Savings- $20.20

 

[Debbie]

On the run again! You can tell that the end of the month is near, eh?

Unfortunately, this is going to be an expensive month for me.

1. DD will be home (I think) from Egypt for the last week or two.
2. I'm off for the summer, and my sanity is sending DH (SAHD) out to shop
3. Need to get the garage door replaced.
4. House needs repairs: painting, carpet, blinds etc.
5. Changing classrooms means updating some things.
6. I'm going 'over the river' to a Daily Café workshop with "The Sisters"

Oh, well, here's the budget as it stands.

Budget: Actual (last month expenses)
Gas: $600 $381 ($535) Allowing for some vacation driving
Groceries/Household: $600 $706 ($512)
Drug co-pays/medicine/lens: $40 $0 ($75)
Misc including gifts: $500 $357 ( $816 ) Not counting the garage door, or the hotel/expenses for the Daily Café workshop that I'm going to
Pool expenses: $200 $50 ($0)
Dining: $200 $126($81) Upped this for our 'vacation' mode
University incidentals expenses: $250 $158 (N/A)

July 1: $0 (Thank Heaven's for HOLIDAYS!)
July 2: gas $33, groceries $38, market (more groceries!) $15
July 3: gifts $43, household wasp spray/foam stuff $25 (really want to get rid of those suckers!)
July 4: gas $10
July 5: gas $40, groceries $33
July 6: Worked in the classroom with DD and DNephew all morning, so I bought them Subway $14, and paid DN $10, Anniversary dinner out $60
July 7: Gas $32
July 8: University stuff $120, vet $63, Christmas Shopping (great sale + $25 'gift' cards to reduce the amount to...) $74
July 9: $0
July 10: $0
July 11: Pool supplies $41, groceries $45, gas $46
July 12: groceries $61
July 13: DH topped up the gas $24, groceries $114
July 14: $0
July 15: Drumsticks (ice cream) and whipped cream (for my raspberries) $8
July 16: Picked up a gorgeous summer bedspread for my bedroom at the second hand store. No more yucky, old, fraying, polyester backing for ME! $17, MORE groceries $55, chinese food $28
July 17: $0 (still eating the Chinese food!) And although my 'goal' is 10, I said I'd be ecstatic with 5 no buy days....and I made it!
July 18: Holy Cow! ANOTHER $0
July 19: gas $46
July 20: gas $15 (that DH loves to top up!), drugstore items $63, lunch for DDs who sweltered and worked in my classroom $24
July 21: school stuff $35 groceries $34
July 22: gas $43.45
July 23: groceries $168
July 24: $0
July 25: University stuff $38
July 26: $0
July 27: gas $41, groceries $40
July 28: groceries $20
July 29: Costco run! YIKES! $175, but I had my yearly rebate, bringing it down to $75, wine $13
July 30: gas $51, pipe for pool cleaner $9


No Buy Days: 8/10

 

[ronnmel]

On the run again! You can tell that the end of the month is near, eh?

Yeah, you can tell the end of the month is near and it's the middle of summer by how quiet it has been here lately.

No Buy Days : 13/8 (new goal 15)
Gas : 132$ (max 140$)
Groceries : 122$ (max 200$)
Eating out (and snacks) : 235$ (max 100$)
Non-necessities : 470$ (max 400$)

01/07 : 5$ (greeting card)
02/07 : 113$ (DH's gift, snack)
03/07 : 16$ (movie)
04/07 : 178$ (dinner + movie)
05/07 : 41$ (gas)
06/07 : 12$
07/07 : 0$
08/07 : 43$ (haircut)
09/07 : 0$
10/07 : 0$
11/07 : 0$
12/07 : 46$ (groceries)
13/07 : 0$
14/07 : 189$ (shoes + gas + ice cream)
15/07 : 0$
16/07 : 46$ (walmart + dinner)
17/07 : 0$
18/07 : 0$
19/07 : 38$ (food + gas)
20/07 : 16$ (ice cream + exercise tank top)
21/07 : 5$ (greeting card)
22/07 : 0$
23/07 : 33$ (lunch + snacks)
24/07 : 0$
25/07 : 0$
26/07 : 86$ (gas + cat stuff)
27/07 : 0$
28/07 : 25$ (groceries)
29/07 : 66$ (walmart)
30/07 : 0$

 

[wlake]

Here are my goals:
no buy days: 8/10 (it's always harder when I'm home full time!)
longest no buy streak: 3 (I really want to extend this to 4!)
dinners out: 4/4 (not counting traveling)
current no dinners out streak: 1
longest no dinners out streak: 14

7/1: $35 gas
7/2: Oh my. We were visiting my MIL, so... $9 bagels, $46 Trader Joe's, $17 IKEA, $10 dinner on the road home
7/3: $27 groceries
7/4: $8 ice cream
7/5: $12 Kohl's, $19 Walmart, $130 Princess Half registration
7/6:
7/7:
7/8: errand day, so too much to remember numbers for at the moment: haircuts for the boys, lunch out, new sunglasses, fabric, gas, Target
7/9: $25 Lowe's, $8 blueberry picking, $200 deposit for our Feb. WDW trip!
7/10: $60 at the town's fair. Why are country fairs so expensive?
7/11: errand day for the week, so $51 groceries, $82 Target, and $9 Staples as well as I-can't-remember Land's End
7/12:
7/13:
7/14:
7/15: $10 ice cream
7/16: $7 blueberry picking, $32 Children's Place, $50 photos, $35 Christmas Tree Shop
7/17: $10 JoAnne's, $12 Walmart, $29 dinner (all good streaks must come to an end sometime!). Edited to add $50 gas and $5 Tupperware
7/18:
7/19:
7/20: $8 dinner, $9 boogie board, $80 new shoes
7/21: $6 ice cream, $9 groceries, $7 blueberry picking, $2 fabric
7/23: Lowe's and Target
7/24: dinner out, clothes for me
7/25: Target, BJ's, pharmacy
7/26:
7/27: groceries and clothes for me
7/28: dinner out (to celebrate finding out who the boys will have as teachers next year!)
7/29: $8 berry picking (actually I've reversed these two days, but oh well!)
7/30: minor league baseball game $24