July 2017 - NO BUY

[drante]

Oh man.. I might be too late to join this one. I'll have to join again next month in August!

 

[Shughart]

I need this so badly right now. You have no idea. So even though we're almost mid month I'm jumping in. Let's see, there are 19 days left of the month I'll ease myself in and say 10 no spend days out of the remaining 19...starting today. I don't count bills/gas/groceries.

July 12 - No spend day #1
July 13 - No spend day #2
July 14 - Payday lots of purchases
July 15 - No spend #3
July 16 - No spend #4
July 17 - Ice cream
July 18 - No spend day #5
July 19 - Amazon
July 20 - Amazon
July 21 - $12 @ the ice cream truck
July 22 - $30 at the bar for a friend's birthday and $9.99 from Amazon for Disney Descendants 2
July 23 - No spend day #6

Jesus. Someone take my amazon away!!
6/10 no spend days goal starting late this month.

 

[bladiator]

July 1 -- No buy #1
July 2 -- No buy #2
July 3 -- No buy #3
July 4 -- No buy #4
July 5 -- No buy #5
July 6 -- No buy #6
July 7 -- $31 for drinks and appetizer as a celebration of doing so well not buying anything lol
July 8 -- No buy #7
July 9 -- $2.15 for a drink at Pie Five -- I got a free pizza though!
July 10 -- $11.33 for lunch , and then $7.14 for a drink afterwards (FELL OFF THE WAGON)
July 11 -- $30 on prime day crap ... booooooo
July 12 -- another $10 on something I should have bought yesterday on Prime Day
July 13 -- No buy #8!
July 14 -- No buy #9
July 15 -- No buy #10
July 16 -- $14 for balls for a baby ball pit. I couldn't help myself. (Yes, I have a baby)
July 17 -- $23 dinner out with wife, $500 Disney gift card (yay? or boo during No buy July which is quickly turning out to not be no buy July)
July 18 -- No buy #11
July 19 -- No buy #12
July 20 -- No buy #13
July 21 -- Lunch out -- $9
July 22 -- Rented a movie on Amazon $4
July 23 -- Traveled to see my folks, so $12 at burger King and a book $4 (Disney War)
July 24 -- Ice creams at McDonalds $3 ... what a waste of a day! haha
July 25 -- Drinks out $10
July 26 -- Dinner out $30
July 27 -- No buy #14

This month fell apart! I especially wish I hadn't spent that $3 on ice cream and killed a whole day! LOL.
Still ... 14 is nothing to look down on.

 

[Shughart]

I need this so badly right now. You have no idea. So even though we're almost mid month I'm jumping in. Let's see, there are 19 days left of the month I'll ease myself in and say 10 no spend days out of the remaining 19...starting today. I don't count bills/gas/groceries.

July 12 - No spend day #1
July 13 - No spend day #2
July 14 - Payday lots of purchases
July 15 - No spend #3
July 16 - No spend #4
July 17 - Ice cream
July 18 - No spend day #5
July 19 - Amazon
July 20 - Amazon
July 21 - $12 @ the ice cream truck
July 22 - $30 at the bar for a friend's birthday and $9.99 from Amazon for Disney Descendants 2
July 23 - No spend day #6
July 24 - Ordered a custom pencil case from etsy for my son's bts $25
July 25 - No spend day #7
July 26 - Plastic drawers to help my daughter organize her room better $10
July 27 - No spend day #8
July 28 - Tickets for the play my daughter is in $15 and dinner for all of us beforehand $30ish.
July 29 -
July 30 -
July 31 -

Jesus. Someone take my amazon away!!
8/10 no spend days goal starting late this month. I might squeak in just under the wire. Not bad for starting almost mid month.

 

[bladiator]

Oh man.. I might be too late to join this one. I'll have to join again next month in August!

Don't forget!

 

[bladiator]

I have failed you as your July No Buy leader .... we'll get them again next year. I do get a day back because I returned the items though, yay!

July 1 -- No buy #1
July 2 -- No buy #2
July 3 -- No buy #3
July 4 -- No buy #4
July 5 -- No buy #5
July 6 -- No buy #6
July 7 -- $31 for drinks and appetizer as a celebration of doing so well not buying anything lol
July 8 -- No buy #7
July 9 -- $2.15 for a drink at Pie Five -- I got a free pizza though!
July 10 -- $11.33 for lunch , and then $7.14 for a drink afterwards (FELL OFF THE WAGON)
July 11 -- $30 on prime day crap ... booooooo
July 12 -- another $10 on something I should have bought yesterday on Prime Day
July 13 -- No buy #8!
July 14 -- No buy #9
July 15 -- No buy #10
July 16 -- No buy!! #15 I guess I'll add.
July 17 -- $23 dinner out with wife, $500 Disney gift card (yay? or boo during No buy July which is quickly turning out to not be no buy July)
July 18 -- No buy #11
July 19 -- No buy #12
July 20 -- No buy #13
July 21 -- Lunch out -- $9
July 22 -- Rented a movie on Amazon $4
July 23 -- Traveled to see my folks, so $12 at burger King and a book $4 (Disney War)
July 24 -- Ice creams at McDonalds $3 ... what a waste of a day! haha
July 25 -- Drinks out $10
July 26 -- Dinner out $30
July 27 -- No buy #14
July 28 -- No buy #16
July 29 -- No buy #17
July 30 -- Lunch out with family $30

I was close!

 

[marcyleecorgan]

EEEESH

July 1 -- No buy #1
July 2 -- No buy #2
July 3 -- No buy #3
July 4 -- No buy #4
July 5 -- No buy #5
July 6 -- $41 Calaway Park day
July 7 -- No buy #6
July 8 -- No buy #7
July 9 -- No buy #8
July 10 -- $40 Value Village
July 11 -- No buy #9
July 12 -- $180 Safeway
July 13 -- No buy #10!
July 14 -- No buy #11
July 15 -- No buy #12
July 16 -- No buy #13
July 17 -- No buy #14
July 18 -- No buy #15
July 19 -- No buy #16
July 20 -- No buy #17
July 21 -- No buy #18
July 22 -- No buy #19
July 23 -- No buy #20
July 24 -- No buy #21
July 25 -- No buy #22
July 26 -- No buy #23
July 27 -- No buy #24
July 28 -- $65 zoo
July 29 -- No buy #25
July 30 -- No buy #26

Today I have to re-stock perishables like TP, milk, butter, etc. so it definitely will NOT be a No-Buy Day! Well... let's see how we do in August.

 

[Diane Rybski]

So hope you do this for August would love to job onboard!!

 

[Shughart]

I need this so badly right now. You have no idea. So even though we're almost mid month I'm jumping in. Let's see, there are 19 days left of the month I'll ease myself in and say 10 no spend days out of the remaining 19...starting today. I don't count bills/gas/groceries.

July 12 - No spend day #1
July 13 - No spend day #2
July 14 - Payday lots of purchases
July 15 - No spend #3
July 16 - No spend #4
July 17 - Ice cream
July 18 - No spend day #5
July 19 - Amazon
July 20 - Amazon
July 21 - $12 @ the ice cream truck
July 22 - $30 at the bar for a friend's birthday and $9.99 from Amazon for Disney Descendants 2
July 23 - No spend day #6
July 24 - Ordered a custom pencil case from etsy for my son's bts $25
July 25 - No spend day #7
July 26 - Plastic drawers to help my daughter organize her room better $10
July 27 - No spend day #8
July 28 - Tickets for the play my daughter is in $15 and dinner for all of us beforehand $30ish.
July 29 - No spend day #9
July 30 - No spend day #10 Huzzah!
July 31 - $20 for the chiro, $12 on bras for the kid, $9 on ice creams at DQ

Jesus. Someone take my amazon away!!
10/10 no spend days goal starting late this month. I did eet! Next month I need a bigger goal though. Going for 15 no spend days. If I make it gradual, surely I can make it a habit right?!

 

[marcyleecorgan]

Jesus. Someone take my amazon away!!
10/10 no spend days goal starting late this month. I did eet! Next month I need a bigger goal though. Going for 15 no spend days. If I make it gradual, surely I can make it a habit right?!

LOL Amazon is a dangerous place!
We could totally do a half-marathon August NO-BUY! I started the thread for us all... since I didn't see one yet.

So hope you do this for August would love to job onboard!!

Join us in the August thread here: https://www.disboards.com/threads/august-no-buy-2017.3622931/