July No Buy--Let the sizzlin' summer savings begin!!

[snarlingcoyote]

1st - No buy day #1
2nd - No buy day #2
3rd - $4 parking at natural area, $22 waterproofing renewal for raincoats.
4th - No buy day #3
5th - No buy day #4
6th - $14 - Ebay for shorts (I didn't think I'd win - they're $45 shorts at Dicks, Academy and Bass Pro.)
7th - $22 - lunch for myself and two other ladies at work because I lost the fitness challenge this month. $20 - Goodwill (No comment. I fell off the wagon and feel no guilt.)
8th - $18 - Diet cinnamon rolls, $7 Egg Foo Yung for lunch
9th - $90 - perm
10th - No buy day #5 (Did not go hiking. Mowed my front and my back lawns with the rotary mower.)
11th -$28 - two pairs of shorts from Ebay. I was supposed to be looking for a new tank top to wear when exercising. (I shouldn't go on Ebay or Amazon without supervision.) $14 book on Acadia National Forest (where I will be weekend after next). Cutting myself off NOW.
11th Update - Prime Day. Grrrr. . . Found a 20% off Warehouse Deals coupon on Google soooo - $91 for some new fake diamond stud earrings (for travel - real ones stay home in the jewelry box), a new, good leather purse (old one is beginning to look crummy) and a solar charger for my phone. $100 - upgrade to 1st class on a 7 hour trip. (If that's not impractical, I don't know what is. I justified it to myself with no checked bag fees and free breakfast, lunch and drinks.)
12th - $50 Bose earbuds $23 - an extra Kindle, an older one but one with free 3G and a keyboard. $7 - leather case for new Kindle.
13th - Cancelled the Bose earbuds. <$50>. Sony earphones I really like, Ebay $9. Cheap underwear to ruin while hiking - $25
14th - $25 at Dollar Tree, $12 - pair of shorts (the last pair I plan on buying this summer)
15th - No buy #6

 

[Jen and Ashwin]

Stayed home and watched movies on Netflix. Lazy Friday.

July
1- Spend - $17 on Culver's while driving to parent's house
2- No Spend #1
3- No Spend #2
4- No Spend #3
5- Spend - $13 on pens for DH
6- No Spend #4
7- No Spend #5
8- No Spend #6
9- No Spend #7
10- Spend - $19 on a $24 movie theatre gift card
11- No Spend #8
12- Spend - $50 on $60 Amazon gift card credit, $11.50 on bike lock, $20 on wifi plug, $13 on bike seat bag
13- No Spend #9
14- No Spend #10
15- No Spend #11

11/20

 

[charming23]

Playing catch up.

Friday I worked early and then ran a few errands on my way home.

Saturday I worked all day and fell asleep by 8pm. A no buy for me

Today we had an early morning meeting, plus I worked all. Also grabbed ice cream on the way home for dinner, best part of being an adult.

7/1- $21.66 pizza and $25.60 Drugstore
7/2- $0
7/3- $0
7/4- $4.05 breakfast on the way to work and $34.66 Walmart
7/5- $0
7/6- $0
7/7- $10 co-pay, $3.94 drinks at McDonald's, and $210.56 Target
7/8- $0
7/9- $21 Giant eagle, $24.78 dollar tree, and $19.77 CVS
7/10- $0
7/11- $102.33 Giant eagle (food and cat stuff), $24.66 Walgreens, $36 prescriptions for mom (lasts 3 months) and $24.18 Ace hardware
7/12- $0
7/13- $0
7/14- $13.45 pizza and $118.99 Target
7/15- $23.55 deli, $24.66 gas, $92.65 Ulta and $19.87 five below
7/16- $0
7/17- $6.65 Starbucks, $29.16 Harry buffalo, and $9.89 Dairy Queen

 

[SunnieRN]

JULY:

1- No buy #1!!
2- No buy #2!
3- Well not a no buy day. We went to Marshalls and I found a bathroom shelf, for above the toilet. I've been looking for one I like and score!!!! It was only $16.99. Went to dinner, but used a gift card, but got coffee, $6.53. (Which I never do, so it was a treat for us!!! )
4- I can call this one now, lol, were not going anywhere today and we have leftovers from yesterday, lol. No buy #3!!! I will report if this does change, but very doubtful!
5- Able to call this one early. Staying home! #4
6- No buy #5. Went to dinner and out with my daughter, but she bought dinner!! Yes, I'm spoiled. And it was fun to go to a nice/trendy restaurant that the boys would have hated, lol.
7- No buy #6
8- Well I took meat out of the freezer, but than I bought an instant pot, as our rice cooker died, (it was $10 7 years ago at a black Friday sale, as well as the crock of my crock pot getting broken in our move, so this one pressure, slow, rice, Brown's and sautees!
9- I am amazed! I went grocery shopping and got crickets, cricket food, ear cleaner for our Wolfie,, groceries and nothing else!!!! All necessities!! I love my grandmunchkins, but it was much easier to get a no buy day alone, lol. No buy #7!!
10- Yay, stayed home and enjoyed looking at instant pot recipes, so no buy #8!!
11- No buy #9! But the r especially two things I'm hoping to find discounted for Prime Day!!!!!
12- Bought my new IP, but returning the one to Wal Mart that was $30 more and wanted to buy a lot more things, but didn't. I won't claim a no buy, as I did spend money though.
13- Yay, my instant pot came today, a day early!!!! Stayed home today so no buy #10!!
14- No buy #11 and I cooked a roast in my IP and it turned out wonderful!!!! Tomorrow and Saturday May not be no buy days, but I will be returning my more expensive IP to Wal Mart so will use that money on Friday. So that may actually turn out to be a no spend day, since I already counted that money!
15- Returned the IP to Wal Mart, we went to Durant to celebrate my birthday!!! I ended up spending less than the amount I got back, so no buy #12!
16- Yay! My grandmunchkins came home and my daughter bought our lunch so no buy #13!!
17- Stayed home, spent my day with the grandmunchkins, cooked in my IP, no buy #14!!
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My July goal is 20 no buy days.

 

[DisneyArie]

4th- $50 parking fee & dinner
5th - no buy #1
6th - $23.72 care package for DH's trip (out of town until Sunday )
7th - no buy #2
8th - no buy #3
9th - $25 2 dozen cookies
10th - no buy #4
11 - no buy #5
12 - no buy #6 (I only purchased household items on Prime Day. They were at such a good steal! I am counting this as a "no buy" day because the money is coming from the grocery/household budget)
13- no buy #7
14 - no buy #8
15 - no buy #9
16 - no buy #10
17 - $14.96 lunch for the boys & me...long day & I was too tired to cook :/ --This turned out to be a waste of money since my little didn't eat a single bite of his food...I should have known better and just shared mine

 

[Jen and Ashwin]

So I spent a lot of money this weekend. First, I ordered a Sotheby's catalog for the upcoming auction of David Bowie's personal art collection. I would love to travel to New York in September to see the collection in person, but I am just settling for the catalog that pictures and describes all 400+ pieces. I have already sold enough quilting fabric to cover the cost of this. And then I bought football tickets for the Wisconsin v. Michigan game. I am very excited for this but now I need to come up about $180 by the end of the month in order to not add this as debt in the budget. I will be posting some items on eBay once I return from my work trip this week. I will also redouble my efforts to sell some items in Facebook groups/Craigslist. Hopefully I will earn enough to cover everything!

July
1- Spend - $17 on Culver's while driving to parent's house
2- No Spend #1
3- No Spend #2
4- No Spend #3
5- Spend - $13 on pens for DH
6- No Spend #4
7- No Spend #5
8- No Spend #6
9- No Spend #7
10- Spend - $19 on a $24 movie theatre gift card
11- No Spend #8
12- Spend - $50 on $60 Amazon gift card credit, $11.50 on bike lock, $20 on wifi plug, $13 on bike seat bag
13- No Spend #9
14- No Spend #10
15- No Spend #11
16- Spend - $143 Sotheby's catalog, $280 football tickets
17- No Spend #12
18- No Spend #13

13/20

 

[SunnieRN]

JULY:

1- No buy #1!!
2- No buy #2!
3- Well not a no buy day. We went to Marshalls and I found a bathroom shelf, for above the toilet. I've been looking for one I like and score!!!! It was only $16.99. Went to dinner, but used a gift card, but got coffee, $6.53. (Which I never do, so it was a treat for us!!! )
4- I can call this one now, lol, were not going anywhere today and we have leftovers from yesterday, lol. No buy #3!!! I will report if this does change, but very doubtful!
5- Able to call this one early. Staying home! #4
6- No buy #5. Went to dinner and out with my daughter, but she bought dinner!! Yes, I'm spoiled. And it was fun to go to a nice/trendy restaurant that the boys would have hated, lol.
7- No buy #6
8- Well I took meat out of the freezer, but than I bought an instant pot, as our rice cooker died, (it was $10 7 years ago at a black Friday sale, as well as the crock of my crock pot getting broken in our move, so this one pressure, slow, rice, Brown's and sautees!
9- I am amazed! I went grocery shopping and got crickets, cricket food, ear cleaner for our Wolfie,, groceries and nothing else!!!! All necessities!! I love my grandmunchkins, but it was much easier to get a no buy day alone, lol. No buy #7!!
10- Yay, stayed home and enjoyed looking at instant pot recipes, so no buy #8!!
11- No buy #9! But the r especially two things I'm hoping to find discounted for Prime Day!!!!!
12- Bought my new IP, but returning the one to Wal Mart that was $30 more and wanted to buy a lot more things, but didn't. I won't claim a no buy, as I did spend money though.
13- Yay, my instant pot came today, a day early!!!! Stayed home today so no buy #10!!
14- No buy #11 and I cooked a roast in my IP and it turned out wonderful!!!! Tomorrow and Saturday May not be no buy days, but I will be returning my more expensive IP to Wal Mart so will use that money on Friday. So that may actually turn out to be a no spend day, since I already counted that money!
15- Returned the IP to Wal Mart, we went to Durant to celebrate my birthday!!! I ended up spending less than the amount I got back, so no buy #12!
16- Yay! My grandmunchkins came home and my daughter bought our lunch so no buy #13!!
17- Stayed home, spent my day with the grandmunchkins, cooked in my IP, no buy #14!!
18- Somehow I threw my back out, so I ordered the grandmunchkins pizza. I had a gift card so I'm not counting this. I made my daughter and I some cheesy chicken rice in the IP so I'm calling this no buy #15. If my back is better I need to go to the store tomorrow though.
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My July goal is 20 no buy days.

4th- $50 parking fee & dinner
5th - no buy #1
6th - $23.72 care package for DH's trip (out of town until Sunday )
7th - no buy #2
8th - no buy #3
9th - $25 2 dozen cookies
10th - no buy #4
11 - no buy #5
12 - no buy #6 (I only purchased household items on Prime Day. They were at such a good steal! I am counting this as a "no buy" day because the money is coming from the grocery/household budget)
13- no buy #7
14 - no buy #8
15 - no buy #9
16 - no buy #10
17 - $14.96 lunch for the boys & me...long day & I was too tired to cook :/ --This turned out to be a waste of money since my little didn't eat a single bite of his food...I should have known better and just shared mine

I'm sure it's been rough! My grandmunchkins surprise me so much with what they will and won't eat. It changes all the time!! I hope you get some good rest tonight!!! The 25th is getting closer!!!!

So I spent a lot of money this weekend. First, I ordered a Sotheby's catalog for the upcoming auction of David Bowie's personal art collection. I would love to travel to New York in September to see the collection in person, but I am just settling for the catalog that pictures and describes all 400+ pieces. I have already sold enough quilting fabric to cover the cost of this. And then I bought football tickets for the Wisconsin v. Michigan game. I am very excited for this but now I need to come up about $180 by the end of the month in order to not add this as debt in the budget. I will be posting some items on eBay once I return from my work trip this week. I will also redouble my efforts to sell some items in Facebook groups/Craigslist. Hopefully I will earn enough to cover everything!

July
1- Spend - $17 on Culver's while driving to parent's house
2- No Spend #1
3- No Spend #2
4- No Spend #3
5- Spend - $13 on pens for DH
6- No Spend #4
7- No Spend #5
8- No Spend #6
9- No Spend #7
10- Spend - $19 on a $24 movie theatre gift card
11- No Spend #8
12- Spend - $50 on $60 Amazon gift card credit, $11.50 on bike lock, $20 on wifi plug, $13 on bike seat bag
13- No Spend #9
14- No Spend #10
15- No Spend #11
16- Spend - $143 Sotheby's catalog, $280 football tickets
17- No Spend #12
18- No Spend #13

13/20

I never would have thought of buying the catalog. That's such an awesome idea! And how great that you have sold enough fabric to pay for the catalog!!!

 

[snarlingcoyote]

1st - No buy day #1
2nd - No buy day #2
3rd - $4 parking at natural area, $22 waterproofing renewal for raincoats.
4th - No buy day #3
5th - No buy day #4
6th - $14 - Ebay for shorts (I didn't think I'd win - they're $45 shorts at Dicks, Academy and Bass Pro.)
7th - $22 - lunch for myself and two other ladies at work because I lost the fitness challenge this month. $20 - Goodwill (No comment. I fell off the wagon and feel no guilt.)
8th - $18 - Diet cinnamon rolls, $7 Egg Foo Yung for lunch
9th - $90 - perm
10th - No buy day #5 (Did not go hiking. Mowed my front and my back lawns with the rotary mower.)
11th -$28 - two pairs of shorts from Ebay. I was supposed to be looking for a new tank top to wear when exercising. (I shouldn't go on Ebay or Amazon without supervision.) $14 book on Acadia National Forest (where I will be weekend after next). Cutting myself off NOW.
11th Update - Prime Day. Grrrr. . . Found a 20% off Warehouse Deals coupon on Google soooo - $91 for some new fake diamond stud earrings (for travel - real ones stay home in the jewelry box), a new, good leather purse (old one is beginning to look crummy) and a solar charger for my phone. $100 - upgrade to 1st class on a 7 hour trip. (If that's not impractical, I don't know what is. I justified it to myself with no checked bag fees and free breakfast, lunch and drinks.)
12th - $50 Bose earbuds $23 - an extra Kindle, an older one but one with free 3G and a keyboard. $7 - leather case for new Kindle.
13th - Cancelled the Bose earbuds. <$50>. Sony earphones I really like, Ebay $9. Cheap underwear to ruin while hiking - $25
14th - $25 at Dollar Tree, $12 - pair of shorts (the last pair I plan on buying this summer)
15th - No buy #6
16th - No buy #7
17th - $80 on various things at flea markets while visiting with family (I got quilt that I think, from the quality and design, was probably in a quilt show at one point for only $40!), $30 on pet toys for family pets
18th - No buy #8
19th - Dollar General for things I forgot to pack - $12

 

[Jen and Ashwin]

I never would have thought of buying the catalog. That's such an awesome idea!

If I had the money, I would buy two and hold onto the second one to sell later. These catalogs often go for much more than they cost later on. I haven't totally ruled out a trip to NYC in Sept. But I would have to save up $600 between now and then to cover hotel, fuel and food. I have a hotel reserved just in case I am able to swing it but unless some big unexpected money shows up, its probably a no go.

 

[SunnieRN]

JULY:

1- No buy #1!!
2- No buy #2!
3- Well not a no buy day. We went to Marshalls and I found a bathroom shelf, for above the toilet. I've been looking for one I like and score!!!! It was only $16.99. Went to dinner, but used a gift card, but got coffee, $6.53. (Which I never do, so it was a treat for us!!! )
4- I can call this one now, lol, were not going anywhere today and we have leftovers from yesterday, lol. No buy #3!!! I will report if this does change, but very doubtful!
5- Able to call this one early. Staying home! #4
6- No buy #5. Went to dinner and out with my daughter, but she bought dinner!! Yes, I'm spoiled. And it was fun to go to a nice/trendy restaurant that the boys would have hated, lol.
7- No buy #6
8- Well I took meat out of the freezer, but than I bought an instant pot, as our rice cooker died, (it was $10 7 years ago at a black Friday sale, as well as the crock of my crock pot getting broken in our move, so this one pressure, slow, rice, Brown's and sautees!
9- I am amazed! I went grocery shopping and got crickets, cricket food, ear cleaner for our Wolfie,, groceries and nothing else!!!! All necessities!! I love my grandmunchkins, but it was much easier to get a no buy day alone, lol. No buy #7!!
10- Yay, stayed home and enjoyed looking at instant pot recipes, so no buy #8!!
11- No buy #9! But the r especially two things I'm hoping to find discounted for Prime Day!!!!!
12- Bought my new IP, but returning the one to Wal Mart that was $30 more and wanted to buy a lot more things, but didn't. I won't claim a no buy, as I did spend money though.
13- Yay, my instant pot came today, a day early!!!! Stayed home today so no buy #10!!
14- No buy #11 and I cooked a roast in my IP and it turned out wonderful!!!! Tomorrow and Saturday May not be no buy days, but I will be returning my more expensive IP to Wal Mart so will use that money on Friday. So that may actually turn out to be a no spend day, since I already counted that money!
15- Returned the IP to Wal Mart, we went to Durant to celebrate my birthday!!! I ended up spending less than the amount I got back, so no buy #12!
16- Yay! My grandmunchkins came home and my daughter bought our lunch so no buy #13!!
17- Stayed home, spent my day with the grandmunchkins, cooked in my IP, no buy #14!!
18- Somehow I threw my back out, so I ordered the grandmunchkins pizza. I had a gift card so I'm not counting this. I made my daughter and I some cheesy chicken rice in the IP so I'm calling this no buy #15. If my back is better I need to go to the store tomorrow though.
19- Not a no buy day. Went to lunch and got the boys a game I promised them. I got it before we bought groceries so they were extra good at the store lol.
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My July goal is 20 no buy days.

Jen, maybe you should buy 2, so that you can sell one after. So that even if you're a bit short for your trip, you can sell it after and recoup some of the money!


Edited to add that I shopped at Old Navy yesterday, partially with a gift certificate, partly without. Even though my grandmunchkins are home schooled, I got them some of the uniform pants. They were on sale for $10 a pair. They are 'hardy' pants and with a t shirt look nice.

 

[DisneyArie]

4th- $50 parking fee & dinner
5th - no buy #1
6th - $23.72 care package for DH's trip (out of town until Sunday )
7th - no buy #2
8th - no buy #3
9th - $25 2 dozen cookies
10th - no buy #4
11 - no buy #5
12 - no buy #6 (I only purchased household items on Prime Day. They were at such a good steal! I am counting this as a "no buy" day because the money is coming from the grocery/household budget)
13- no buy #7
14 - no buy #8
15 - no buy #9
16 - no buy #10
17 - $14.96 lunch for the boys & me...long day & I was too tired to cook :/ --This turned out to be a waste of money since my little didn't eat a single bite of his food...I should have known better and just shared mine
18 - no buy #11
19 - no buy #12

12/20

It is helping sooooo much that I'm drowning in work haha. I'm way too busy to spend. I did gain a new bill though (pretty big one) because I had to hire a nanny while my husband is away (possibly for 3 weeks)...sucks. I'm saving money, but I have to spend it ugh. I can't win.

 

[SunnieRN]

JULY:

1- No buy #1!!
2- No buy #2!
3- Well not a no buy day. We went to Marshalls and I found a bathroom shelf, for above the toilet. I've been looking for one I like and score!!!! It was only $16.99. Went to dinner, but used a gift card, but got coffee, $6.53. (Which I never do, so it was a treat for us!!! )
4- I can call this one now, lol, were not going anywhere today and we have leftovers from yesterday, lol. No buy #3!!! I will report if this does change, but very doubtful!
5- Able to call this one early. Staying home! #4
6- No buy #5. Went to dinner and out with my daughter, but she bought dinner!! Yes, I'm spoiled. And it was fun to go to a nice/trendy restaurant that the boys would have hated, lol.
7- No buy #6
8- Well I took meat out of the freezer, but than I bought an instant pot, as our rice cooker died, (it was $10 7 years ago at a black Friday sale, as well as the crock of my crock pot getting broken in our move, so this one pressure, slow, rice, Brown's and sautees!
9- I am amazed! I went grocery shopping and got crickets, cricket food, ear cleaner for our Wolfie,, groceries and nothing else!!!! All necessities!! I love my grandmunchkins, but it was much easier to get a no buy day alone, lol. No buy #7!!
10- Yay, stayed home and enjoyed looking at instant pot recipes, so no buy #8!!
11- No buy #9! But the r especially two things I'm hoping to find discounted for Prime Day!!!!!
12- Bought my new IP, but returning the one to Wal Mart that was $30 more and wanted to buy a lot more things, but didn't. I won't claim a no buy, as I did spend money though.
13- Yay, my instant pot came today, a day early!!!! Stayed home today so no buy #10!!
14- No buy #11 and I cooked a roast in my IP and it turned out wonderful!!!! Tomorrow and Saturday May not be no buy days, but I will be returning my more expensive IP to Wal Mart so will use that money on Friday. So that may actually turn out to be a no spend day, since I already counted that money!
15- Returned the IP to Wal Mart, we went to Durant to celebrate my birthday!!! I ended up spending less than the amount I got back, so no buy #12!
16- Yay! My grandmunchkins came home and my daughter bought our lunch so no buy #13!!
17- Stayed home, spent my day with the grandmunchkins, cooked in my IP, no buy #14!!
18- Somehow I threw my back out, so I ordered the grandmunchkins pizza. I had a gift card so I'm not counting this. I made my daughter and I some cheesy chicken rice in the IP so I'm calling this no buy #15. If my back is better I need to go to the store tomorrow though.
19- Not a no buy day. Went to lunch and got the boys a game I promised them. I got it before we bought groceries so they were extra good at the store lol.
20- I'd like to say it was a no buy day but I'd be lying. I ordered accessories for my IP.
21- Edited to add today. No buy #16.
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My July goal is 20 no buy days.

Jen, I'm sorry you're going through all of this!

 

[charming23]

Playing catch up.

Monday I was off and met a friend for lunch and shopping

Tuesday I was off and spent the day at home cleaning

Wednesday I worked late and came straight home

Today I grocery shopped, and BOUGHT A NEW CAR I wasn't expecting to get one so quickly but it was a great deal and financing was good. Now I need no buy days to pay for the car, lol

7/1- $21.66 pizza and $25.60 Drugstore
7/2- $0
7/3- $0
7/4- $4.05 breakfast on the way to work and $34.66 Walmart
7/5- $0
7/6- $0
7/7- $10 co-pay, $3.94 drinks at McDonald's, and $210.56 Target
7/8- $0
7/9- $21 Giant eagle, $24.78 dollar tree, and $19.77 CVS
7/10- $0
7/11- $102.33 Giant eagle (food and cat stuff), $24.66 Walgreens, $36 prescriptions for mom (lasts 3 months) and $24.18 Ace hardware
7/12- $0
7/13- $0
7/14- $13.45 pizza and $118.99 Target
7/15- $23.55 deli, $24.66 gas, $92.65 Ulta and $19.87 five below
7/16- $0
7/17- $6.65 Starbucks, $29.16 Harry buffalo, and $9.89 Dairy Queen
7/18- $24.88 lunch out and $149.67 shopping with my bff
7/19- $0
7/20- $0
7/22- 92.44 grocery shopping and bought a new car

 

[DisneyArie]

4th- $50 parking fee & dinner
5th - no buy #1
6th - $23.72 care package for DH's trip (out of town until Sunday )
7th - no buy #2
8th - no buy #3
9th - $25 2 dozen cookies
10th - no buy #4
11 - no buy #5
12 - no buy #6 (I only purchased household items on Prime Day. They were at such a good steal! I am counting this as a "no buy" day because the money is coming from the grocery/household budget)
13- no buy #7
14 - no buy #8
15 - no buy #9
16 - no buy #10
17 - $14.96 lunch for the boys & me...long day & I was too tired to cook :/ --This turned out to be a waste of money since my little didn't eat a single bite of his food...I should have known better and just shared mine
18 - no buy #11
19 - no buy #12
20- no buy #13
21- no buy #14 --I spent $41.96 backpacks & lunch kits for the boys (Toys R Us has a buy a backpack, get a lunch kit free promo). I am counting this as a no buy day since school supplies are needed and not an "extra" or "unnecessary" expense. The boys' backpacks from last year were falling apart

14/20

 

[Grendalynn]

Jumping on board late in the game because I feel like I purge money out my ears in the summer!!! I have been thinking about this thread for weeks now - finally getting in on it!

July
18 - $25 CVS & Dollar tree for odds 'n ends and Tide sale - ongoing summer cleaning project
19 - $60 - Took family to drive-in for Retro Tuesday (Goonies & Indian Jones - making memories and totally worth it) for Dinner, snacks & Movie
20- $150 in Grocery Shopping (although I only went in for a handful of things), but skimped by to use up stuff in the cupboards/freezer
21- $0
22 - $7.... tried to make it the day - but had to go get Starbucks instant refresher packs to last me the weekend and next week. Cuts down on impulse trips to Starbucks & Beyond!
23 - $0
24- $0
25- $0 .... really spending $25 on a Rug washer rental but I am charging it to my Husband's business account - so technically is $0 out of pocket!
26-$0
27- Groceries $200
28-$0
29-$0
30- $0
31- $0

 

[Jen and Ashwin]

Was traveling for work this week so food and such is all reimbursed. DH and I were invited over to a friend's for dinner tonight. I offered to make sangria or bring something else, but they said just to bring ourselves. It will be a homemade pasta party so pretty excited! I did spend money today. I got a free $10 gift reward from Nordstrom and combined it with an Anniversary Sale deal on a set of Duralex glasses to replace a few broken ones. Happy to spend just 1/3 the normal price on these!

July
1- Spend - $17 on Culver's while driving to parent's house
2- No Spend #1
3- No Spend #2
4- No Spend #3
5- Spend - $13 on pens for DH
6- No Spend #4
7- No Spend #5
8- No Spend #6
9- No Spend #7
10- Spend - $19 on a $24 movie theatre gift card
11- No Spend #8
12- Spend - $50 on $60 Amazon gift card credit, $11.50 on bike lock, $20 on wifi plug, $13 on bike seat bag
13- No Spend #9
14- No Spend #10
15- No Spend #11
16- Spend - $143 Sotheby's catalog, $280 football tickets
17- No Spend #12
18- No Spend #13
19- No Spend #14
20- No Spend #15
21- No Spend #16
22- Spend - $11 for 6 duralex picardie glasses

16/20

 

[SunnieRN]

JULY:

1- No buy #1!!
2- No buy #2!
3- Well not a no buy day. We went to Marshalls and I found a bathroom shelf, for above the toilet. I've been looking for one I like and score!!!! It was only $16.99. Went to dinner, but used a gift card, but got coffee, $6.53. (Which I never do, so it was a treat for us!!! )
4- I can call this one now, lol, were not going anywhere today and we have leftovers from yesterday, lol. No buy #3!!! I will report if this does change, but very doubtful!
5- Able to call this one early. Staying home! #4
6- No buy #5. Went to dinner and out with my daughter, but she bought dinner!! Yes, I'm spoiled. And it was fun to go to a nice/trendy restaurant that the boys would have hated, lol.
7- No buy #6
8- Well I took meat out of the freezer, but than I bought an instant pot, as our rice cooker died, (it was $10 7 years ago at a black Friday sale, as well as the crock of my crock pot getting broken in our move, so this one pressure, slow, rice, Brown's and sautees!
9- I am amazed! I went grocery shopping and got crickets, cricket food, ear cleaner for our Wolfie,, groceries and nothing else!!!! All necessities!! I love my grandmunchkins, but it was much easier to get a no buy day alone, lol. No buy #7!!
10- Yay, stayed home and enjoyed looking at instant pot recipes, so no buy #8!!
11- No buy #9! But the r especially two things I'm hoping to find discounted for Prime Day!!!!!
12- Bought my new IP, but returning the one to Wal Mart that was $30 more and wanted to buy a lot more things, but didn't. I won't claim a no buy, as I did spend money though.
13- Yay, my instant pot came today, a day early!!!! Stayed home today so no buy #10!!
14- No buy #11 and I cooked a roast in my IP and it turned out wonderful!!!! Tomorrow and Saturday May not be no buy days, but I will be returning my more expensive IP to Wal Mart so will use that money on Friday. So that may actually turn out to be a no spend day, since I already counted that money!
15- Returned the IP to Wal Mart, we went to Durant to celebrate my birthday!!! I ended up spending less than the amount I got back, so no buy #12!
16- Yay! My grandmunchkins came home and my daughter bought our lunch so no buy #13!!
17- Stayed home, spent my day with the grandmunchkins, cooked in my IP, no buy #14!!
18- Somehow I threw my back out, so I ordered the grandmunchkins pizza. I had a gift card so I'm not counting this. I made my daughter and I some cheesy chicken rice in the IP so I'm calling this no buy #15. If my back is better I need to go to the store tomorrow though.
19- Not a no buy day. Went to lunch and got the boys a game I promised them. I got it before we bought groceries so they were extra good at the store lol.
20- I'd like to say it was a no buy day but I'd be lying. I ordered accessories for my IP.
21- Edited to add today. No buy #16.
22- No buy #17
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My July goal is 20 no buy days.

 

[DisneyArie]

4th- $50 parking fee & dinner
5th - no buy #1
6th - $23.72 care package for DH's trip (out of town until Sunday )
7th - no buy #2
8th - no buy #3
9th - $25 2 dozen cookies
10th - no buy #4
11 - no buy #5
12 - no buy #6 (I only purchased household items on Prime Day. They were at such a good steal! I am counting this as a "no buy" day because the money is coming from the grocery/household budget)
13- no buy #7
14 - no buy #8
15 - no buy #9
16 - no buy #10
17 - $14.96 lunch for the boys & me...long day & I was too tired to cook :/ --This turned out to be a waste of money since my little didn't eat a single bite of his food...I should have known better and just shared mine
18 - no buy #11
19 - no buy #12
20- no buy #13
21- no buy #14 --I spent $41.96 backpacks & lunch kits for the boys (Toys R Us has a buy a backpack, get a lunch kit free promo). I am counting this as a no buy day since school supplies are needed and not an "extra" or "unnecessary" expense. The boys' backpacks from last year were falling apart
22- $8.88 food scale; $28.00 pizza for movie night

14/20


Can you guys believe I let 50 papa John's rewards point expire? Ugh! I had to spend almost $30 on pizza last night.

 

[Jen and Ashwin]

Can you guys believe I let 50 papa John's rewards point expire? Ugh! I had to spend almost $30 on pizza last night.

I hate when I let rewards or freebies expire. I let my Redbox free reward expire last month and still think about it!

 

[Jen and Ashwin]

I ordered a bunch of grocery items from Costco through Google Express today using the Groupon vouchers that I got last month. I also get back $30 in Amex statement credits, so I ended up with $144.25 worth of product for just $56.09! This all came out of our monthly grocery budget, so it was still a no buy day today. And on top of all that, I sold $75 worth of items on eBay and did a $10 mystery shop. I only need another $100 by the end of the month to cover the remainder of the football tickets. I have some more items listed up on eBay, so hopefully they will sell.

July
1- Spend - $17 on Culver's while driving to parent's house
2- No Spend #1
3- No Spend #2
4- No Spend #3
5- Spend - $13 on pens for DH
6- No Spend #4
7- No Spend #5
8- No Spend #6
9- No Spend #7
10- Spend - $19 on a $24 movie theatre gift card
11- No Spend #8
12- Spend - $50 on $60 Amazon gift card credit, $11.50 on bike lock, $20 on wifi plug, $13 on bike seat bag
13- No Spend #9
14- No Spend #10
15- No Spend #11
16- Spend - $143 Sotheby's catalog, $280 football tickets
17- No Spend #12
18- No Spend #13
19- No Spend #14
20- No Spend #15
21- No Spend #16
22- Spend - $11 for 6 duralex picardie glasses
23- No Spend #17

17/20