June 2011 No Buy Thread- Keeping our summer spending in check

[charming23]

We were supposed to head over to the local Greek Festival today but mom is not feeling well so we will go tomorrow. Which means another no buy day for us.

June 2011 Budget
Groceries/Household- $350/$113.17 Left
Cat Supplies- $30/$13.07 left
Car/Gas- $70/$20.22 left
Eating Out- $50/$30.60 left
Entertainment/Misc- $100/$53.31 Left

Total- $600/$186.45 left

Goal of 14 No Buy Days

Week One
5/29- $36.93 Grocery, $7.76 Cat Supplies, and $29.78 Gas
5/30- $3.79 Cat Supplies, $18.55 Misc, and $1.50 McDonalds
5/31- $0
6/1- $54.75 Marc's (groceries)
6/2- $7.30 Starbucks
6/3- $16.16 Clothing for me, and $11 dinner with a friend
6/4- $5.38 Petco

Week Two
6/5- $0
6/6- $0
6/7- $0
6/8- $53.69 Marc's, $2.98 Pat Catan's, $2 McDonald's, and $7.95 Jersey Mike's
6/9- $9 Movie tickets (2) and $20 Gas
6/10- $0
6/11- $0

Week Three
6/12- $28.18 Grocery
6/13- $0
6/14- $0
6/15- $0
6/16- $7.95 Jersey Mike's
6/17- $53.74 Groceries/Household
6/18- $0

Week Four
6/19
6/20
6/21
6/22
6/23
6/24
6/25


10/14 No Buy Days

Store and Coupon Savings- $84.41

 

[3goofyboys]

Hello No Buy Friends! After a few months off I'm back. We're in our new house, all unpacked and ready to move forward with this phase of our life. I'm still a little iffy on my budget because I haven't gotten a set of utility bills for the new house yet. We're in a much bigger house in a new city with new providers, so I have no real idea what to expect. For this month, I'm hoping for 7 no buys and 7 days under $10. I'm so glad to be back!

June 1 $20 Dh's PT, $35 groceries, $7 took the boys to the movies- tickets were $1 each and I got us all a water to drink, $15 Subway after the movies.

June 2 $6 took the boys bowling- the games were free but I had to pay for shoe rental.

June 3 $40 groceries- had dinner with my parents, they wanted me to bring a few different things so I had to stop at the store and get a few misc. groceries.

June 4 $55 race fees for DH and both boys, $40 celebratory pancakes after the race.

June 5 $90 groceries. I'm hopeful tomorrow will be a no buy day. Getting back in to the swing of this is tough!

June 6 $25 gas- DH didn't know it was a no buy day and he put in some gas. Oh well! $11 car wash-since Dh ruined the no buy day, I figured I'd get my car washed.

June 7 $56 pet supplies, $40 Target, $20-took the boys to ride a local train, tickets are $.75 each, and then out to dinner

June 8 $175 groceries, $57 date night


June 9 $0

June 10 $45 supplies for oil changes in the cars. We actually bought enough to cover the next set as well, so we should be golden for awhile on oil changes. Tomorrow should be a no buy day because I have my nephews and DH has to work and there is NO WAY I'm taking 4 little boys 5 and under out of the house by myself.

June 11 $0


June 12 $0 Took the boys to the local swim beach with a picnic. We had a great time and it was totally free!


June 13 $0 We are starting to get into serious Summer sport season. Starting today, the boys have some type of practice or lesson 5 days a week. The good news is that I might not have the time to spend money!

June 14 $40 renewed my Sam's Club membership. I wish we'd get a Costco up here, I hate Sam's. $40 in Sams, $15 groceries, $17 took the boys to the theater, $20 gas, $55 my cleaning lady came today, YAY!

June 15 $12 took the boys to a local water park, $18 McD after swimming, $175 groceries (holy cow can the men in my life EAT), $25 new t-ball bat

June 16 $0 Took the boys to our local story teller in the park and then fishing for the afternoon. Great free fun!

June 17 $77 Dh and I both had to renew our fishing licenses, $7 new fishing line, $22 lunch, $25 DS's riding lesson

June 17 $95 ARC- I did get a ton of service-ware for a party we're having this week and many, many clothes for back to school. $50 charity event for our local theater. $21 lunch- eating out is killing me, I need to have a more realistic view of how long we're going to be out and act accordingly.

5/7 No Buy Days
1/7 Under $10 Days

 

[ronnmel]

Finally finished my report cards, so to "celebrate" I bought myself the next two books in a series I've been reading. I know I should have waited for the soft cover to come out (at half the price), but oh well.

No Buy Days : 7/12
Gas : 71$ (max 120$)
Car : HOPEFULLY 0$
Groceries : 193$ (max 200$)
Eating out (and snacks) : 68$ (max 100$)
Non-necessities : 37$ (max 200$)

01/06 : 0$
02/06 : 0$
03/06 : 0$
04/06 : 5$ (fries)
05/06 : 88$ (ice cream + groceries)
06/06 : 17$ (groceries)
07/06 : 0$
08/06 : 47$ (gas + dinner)
09/06 : 8$ (dinner)
10/06 : 27$ (dinner)
11/06 : 54$ (cat litter & food + juice)
12/06 : 0$
13/06 : 35$
14/06 : 13$ (groceries)
15/06 : 30$ (groceries; yet again!)
16/06 : 0$
17/06 : 0$
18/06 : 45$ (books + take out)

 

[Virgderon]

Had a good Disney day today- we were all over Epcot and now I am super tired.Reported what I spent under " Disney weekend" budget.

Running Total: Spent $560
$1100 budget... $540 left
$0 Days: 5
Goal is 8 or more!
coupon/sale savings : 75

Groceries budget- $350-54-1-63= 232
Wedding dress budget $1100 -105-17-22= 956
Disney weekend budget $550 -150-117= 283

June 1: 33 ( 20 post office, 13 gas)
June 2: 54 ( groceries)
June 3: 0
June 4: 20 ( 13 lunch, 7 Target)
June 5 : 24 ( 20 shorts, 4 hot pretzel & drink)
June 6 : 0
June 7 : 22 ( 19 gas 3 post office)
June 8 : 28 ( 23 Walgreens, 4 Chick - Fil-A, 1 Publix)
June 9 : 0
June 10: 89 (18 tp & other supplies, 71 hotel room on Hotwire for my other DD who is driving to Tampa)
June 11: 93 ( 8 fathers day stuff, 6 wendys cause I was starving after getting my hair done, 63 hair color/ tip, 11 gas station, 5 water at indoor football game)
June 12 : 63 ( groceries)
June 13: 77 ( 25 fathers day, 12 Old Navy for DD, (used 20 groupon), 40 Changs for celebratory dinner)
June 14 : 0
June 15 : 33 ( dinner out)
June 16: 0
June 17: 24 ( gas)
June 18: -

 

[A.Mickey]

Running Total: Spent $592.10
$0 Days:10

Groceries ($150-$5/day)- $111.94
Eating Out ($210-$6/day)- $197.16
Misc. (Shopping/Entertainment) ($390-$13/day) $55
Gas $250- $65 ($4.08/gal 6/4), $43 ($4.29/gal 6/6), $55 ($3.78/gal-Wisconsin 6/12), $15 ($4.15/gal 6/14), $50 ($4.05/gal 6/18)= Total $228

1- $0
2- $0
3- $0
4- $40 (Eating Out-Stray Dog); $15 (Eating Out-Portillo's); $7 (Eating Out-Ice Cream), $9.28 (Groceries-Meijer)
5- $0
6- $0
7- $26.43 (Groceries-Meijer); $8.14 (Eating Out-Wendy's)
8- $0
9- $7.73 (Meijer-Groceries); $18.26 (Jewel-Groceries); $19.34 (Mr. Beef-Eating Out)
10- $0 Technically $1,000, but will include it at the end of the month. My earnest money for our CONDO! We found one that we love!!
11- $0
12- $13.68 (Culver's-Eating Out); $10.40 (Meijer-Groceries)
13- $20.69 (Joe Caputo-Groceries); $10 (Eating Out- Hot Dogs)
14- $20 (McDonald's-Eating Out); $8.63 (Meijer-Groceries)
15- $0
16- $0
17- $12 (Dairy Queen-Eating Out), $12 (Locker-Misc.)
18- $41 (Bass Pro Shops-Fishing Poles for Aaron and I), $42 (Home Run Inn-Eating Out), $2 (Dollar Tree-Newspapers), $10 (Ice Cream-Museum), $10.52 (Meijer-Groceries)


Budget: $1000....59%
Month: 18/30: 60%
No Buy: 10/13: 77%

Money for our 1st mortgage: $1,000 (earnest money-6/10), $285 (home inspection-6/13), $425 (Lawyer fees-paying at closing),

My savings from coupons and sales: $243.70

August: $300 Hotel Room for Cedar Point
October: ~$250 Rental Car1

 

[neatokimmo]

Groceries and lunch were right at $30 yesterday. I will update the exact costs when the charge comes through. We also went to the farmers market and I spent $4.85 in cash on 5 cucumbers, 2 cabbages and a coke. DD also got a new pair of flip flop sporty type sandals to replace the ones she's worn out ($8.75).

Today will be spendy, I am picking up 12 pounds of fancy coffee from a friend and I will probably need gas.


6-18 $30ish lunch and groceries, $4.85 farmers market, $8.75 shoes for little one
6-17 zero
6-16 $6.50ish tacos
6-15 26.99 groceries and bath stuff
6-14 38.64 (food and gas)
6-13 $7.44 McDs
6-12 $1.10 DDs breakfast
6-11 $54.15 lunch & groceries & gas
6-10 $12.59 (pizza and diet coke)
6-9 zero
6-8 $16.53 cats & bath, $400 cruise
6-7 taco bell $2.19
6-6 zumba, shoes, tea, leotard & phone
6-5 zero
6-4 $93.54 (bug killer, pool, sprinkler, flowers, lunch & groceries)
6-3 $1.10 for tea
6-2 $105 for heat pump repair
6-1 $35.33 + 5.57 (car repair and mcDs)

 

[charming23]

Today my mom, Grandma, and I went over to our local Greek Festival and ate our way through it. My Grandma treated so we did not spend any money there.

We did stop at Target for some cat supplies to last until the end of the month.

June 2011 Budget
Groceries/Household- $350/$113.17 Left
Cat Supplies- $30/$0.13 left
Car/Gas- $70/$20.22 left
Eating Out- $50/$30.60 left
Entertainment/Misc- $100/$53.31 Left

Total- $600/$173.51 left

Goal of 14 No Buy Days

Week One
5/29- $36.93 Grocery, $7.76 Cat Supplies, and $29.78 Gas
5/30- $3.79 Cat Supplies, $18.55 Misc, and $1.50 McDonalds
5/31- $0
6/1- $54.75 Marc's (groceries)
6/2- $7.30 Starbucks
6/3- $16.16 Clothing for me, and $11 dinner with a friend
6/4- $5.38 Petco

Week Two
6/5- $0
6/6- $0
6/7- $0
6/8- $53.69 Marc's, $2.98 Pat Catan's, $2 McDonald's, and $7.95 Jersey Mike's
6/9- $9 Movie tickets (2) and $20 Gas
6/10- $0
6/11- $0

Week Three
6/12- $28.18 Grocery
6/13- $0
6/14- $0
6/15- $0
6/16- $7.95 Jersey Mike's
6/17- $53.74 Groceries/Household
6/18- $0

Week Four
6/19- $12.94 Cat Supplies
6/20
6/21
6/22
6/23
6/24
6/25


10/14 No Buy Days

Store and Coupon Savings- $84.41

 

[Debbie]

Hope everyone had a wonderful Sunday. We went out to eat, and DS#2 treated

Budget: Actual (last month expenses)
Gas: $400 $336 ($295)
Groceries/Household: $600 $419 ($564)
Drug co-pays/medicine/lens: $40 $75 ($35)
Misc including gifts: $250 $319 ( 505)
Pool expenses: $200 $0 ($79)
Dining: $150 $81 ($67) (birthday, Father's Day, graduation)
Egypt: $2000 1170

June 1: gas $49, groceries $52
June 2: $0
June 3: birthday gift for DS $45 (was supposed to be $70, but I got a deal!), drug store stuff $22, stuff for school $19
June 4: gas $47 (yep, DS is home and we're runnin' again ) Costco $22
June 5: McD's cold drinks $2
June 6: $0
June 7: $0
June 8: groceries $45, medical $29, gas $45
June 9: overnight at university Head Start programme-lodging $100, food $20
June 10: groceries $55, gas $49, food at university Head Start programme $30
June 11: Costco $12 (junk food for DD ), groceries $37
June 12: $5 tip for the brunch/theatre (already paid for), $15 medical stuff
June 13: DH had scopes from both ends, so off to the hospital we went. Parking $9, Fish and Chips when he was done $17-he hadn't had any food since Saturday, so when we finished late this afternoon, it was the least I could do Had a coupon for hamburgers (boxed), so paid $3 instead of the usual $8
June 14: Oh, dear, it was a spendy day. We're having a retirement tea tomorrow after school for 3 co-workers, I ended up spending, $25 for that (I'll misc. that one) and while I was in the stores anyway , spent $40 on groceries, plus the $50 gas bill. AND since it was DD's FINAL final concert $3 at Timmy's for ice capp and donut
June 15: Too busy to shop-$0
June 16: Hey! Another $0
June 17: gas $50, groceries $61
June 18: Farmers market $42, Costco was a mix of misc (fan, magazine and household stuff, plus books for school) $120 car maintenance (unexpected ) [I'll update when DH gets home]
June 19: gas $46, Tim Hortons for Father's Day treat $2

No Buy Days: 5/10

 

[Virgderon]

We were all over the place ( literally!) on our spending today. We did not do Disney, because DD had a huge blister. We did go get her shoes, which cost more than her dress. Thats under the wedding budget.

Then we went to Tarpon Springs and did a little shopping and had lunch. I put that under the Disney weekend budget, because it started off as the Disney weekend so it works for me.

Running Total: Spent $560
$1100 budget... $540 left
$0 Days: 5
Goal is 8 or more!
coupon/sale savings : 95

Groceries budget- $350-54-1-63= 232
Wedding dress budget $1100 -105-17-22-169= 787 left
Disney weekend budget $550 -150-117-108= 175 left

June 1: 33 ( 20 post office, 13 gas)
June 2: 54 ( groceries)
June 3: 0
June 4: 20 ( 13 lunch, 7 Target)
June 5 : 24 ( 20 shorts, 4 hot pretzel & drink)
June 6 : 0
June 7 : 22 ( 19 gas 3 post office)
June 8 : 28 ( 23 Walgreens, 4 Chick - Fil-A, 1 Publix)
June 9 : 0
June 10: 89 (18 tp & other supplies, 71 hotel room on Hotwire for my other DD who is driving to Tampa)
June 11: 93 ( 8 fathers day stuff, 6 wendys cause I was starving after getting my hair done, 63 hair color/ tip, 11 gas station, 5 water at indoor football game)
June 12 : 63 ( groceries)
June 13: 77 ( 25 fathers day, 12 Old Navy for DD, (used 20 groupon), 40 Changs for celebratory dinner)
June 14 : 0
June 15 : 33 ( dinner out)
June 16: 0
June 17: 24 ( gas)
June 18: -
June 19: - ( Disney weekend)

 

[wlake]

6/1:
6/2:
6/3:
6/4: $20 sunglasses, $2 baseball concession stand, $28 gas, $58 clothes for DS, present for DH, and shoes for me, $37 garden supplies, and a few more things I'm too lazy to get off the couch to remember!
6/5: $100 DS9's roller skating birthday party, $43 dinner
6/6:
6/7:
6/8: $4 party supplies for work
6/9:
6/10: buy
6/11: buy
6/12: buy
6/13: buy
6/14: dinner out
6/15:
6/16:
6/17: mini golf, dinner out to celebrate the boys' last day of school
6/18: buy
6/19:

no buy days: 9/12
longest no buy streak: 3
meals out: 3/5
current no dinner out streak: 2
longest no dinner out streak: 1

 

[ronnmel]

The bridges have been falling apart here so there is construction everywhere. Unfortunately, DD lives on the complete opposite side from us so we have to cross two bridges to drop her off. We went to go see a movie after dropping her off in hopes of avoiding traffic, but nopw it was still there at 9:30pm. Sigh.

No Buy Days : 7/12
Gas : 71$ (max 120$)
Car : HOPEFULLY 0$
Groceries : 193$ (max 200$)
Eating out (and snacks) : 68$ (max 100$)
Non-necessities : 60$ (max 200$)

01/06 : 0$
02/06 : 0$
03/06 : 0$
04/06 : 5$ (fries)
05/06 : 88$ (ice cream + groceries)
06/06 : 17$ (groceries)
07/06 : 0$
08/06 : 47$ (gas + dinner)
09/06 : 8$ (dinner)
10/06 : 27$ (dinner)
11/06 : 54$ (cat litter & food + juice)
12/06 : 0$
13/06 : 35$
14/06 : 13$ (groceries)
15/06 : 30$ (groceries; yet again!)
16/06 : 0$
17/06 : 0$
18/06 : 45$ (books + take out)
19/06 : 23$ (movie)

 

[neatokimmo]

I spent $75 on coffee beans today.


6-19 $75 coffee beans
6-18 $30ish lunch and groceries, $4.85 farmers market, $8.75 shoes for little one
6-17 zero
6-16 $6.50ish tacos
6-15 26.99 groceries and bath stuff
6-14 38.64 (food and gas)
6-13 $7.44 McDs
6-12 $1.10 DDs breakfast
6-11 $54.15 lunch & groceries & gas
6-10 $12.59 (pizza and diet coke)
6-9 zero
6-8 $16.53 cats & bath, $400 cruise
6-7 taco bell $2.19
6-6 zumba, shoes, tea, leotard & phone
6-5 zero
6-4 $93.54 (bug killer, pool, sprinkler, flowers, lunch & groceries)
6-3 $1.10 for tea
6-2 $105 for heat pump repair
6-1 $35.33 + 5.57 (car repair and mcDs)[/QUOTE]

 

[YukiPhnx]

I'm a couple of days behind. I can never find time for the internet when I visit my family.

I went over on gas this month because of that sudden huge increase a couple of weeks ago.

Hope everybody had a great Father's Day!


Overall budget: $123.06/400
Gas: $78/70
No buys: 6/10
Eating out: 3/6

I'm going to try to limit how many times I can shop for certain items
Clothing: 0/5
The Body Shop: 0/4
Gifts: 1/4

1-$10.98 (groceries)
2-$2.09 (Burger King)
3-$0
___
$40-13.07=$26.93 (so far, so good!)

4-$5.37 (Second Cup)
5-$20.91 (an iced cappuccino and lunch at Spring Rolls)
6-$28.53 (groceries)
___
$40-54.81=$-14.81

7-$7.56 (an iced coffee and box of bandaids for the blisters I got from a bad choice of boots...)
8-$0
9-$0
___
$25.19-7.56=$17.63

10-$9.75 (birthday cake for friend)
11-$0
12-$6.95
___
$40-16.70=$23.30

13-$24.42 (haircut at FCH)
14-$0
15-$6.50 (take-out for dinner)
___
$40-30.92=$9.08

16-$3.93 (McDees)
17-$12 (Sephora for brush cleaner and foundation sponge)
18-$12 (a bra and shorts at La Senza)
___
$40-27.93=$12.07

19-$0
20-
21-
___
40-

 

[IMALOVNDISNEY]

Boy am I late at getting started here. Page 7 already.
May was another failed month for tracking. As was April.. Although I stayed within my budget. Just no time to get on the computer....So, here I am trying again.

06/01 -0- Not a cool day today. Tornados ripped through my hometown and other surrounding towns and city. Only 4 miles from my home, and we got nothing.
06/02$38.00 $12.00 for lunch w/friend. $26.00 supplies for friend that has no electricity. (batteries, extra flash lights, tarp, ice,). Spent the day in town locating family and friends. Thank you God for keeping them all safe. The total loss of life was only 4. I know 4 is still to many, but, this could have been so much worse.
06/03-0- Today was just a numb day.
06/04 Approx. $30.00 on food and water. Spent the day in Springfield volunteering were ever needed. Sadly the town I was born and raised in refused our helpI think they were just overwhelmed. We don't get tornados up here. Today was an AWESOME DAY!! We just picked a house that looked like they needed help. With chain saws in hand we just jumped in.
06/05Approx $60.00 $25.00 fastfood and water. $25.00 Bought some groceries for one of our new friends. $10 ordered pizza for dinner tonight. But I got to use a $10.00 coupon. Back in Springfield for the day.We are very Blessed to have met some increditable people. This experience has forever changed my family and I.
06/06-0- Forgot what a no buy day was like.
06/07 $32.00 at CVS in 2 seperate transactions. But, got $30 back in ECB
06/08-0- It was just to hot to go anywhere but home and work.
06/09 -0-
06/10$76.00 $50 gas, $26.00 groceries
06/11 -0- Shopped at CVS today, but spent -0- oop. Did the Dove deal and got milk. Used ECB that were about to expire. Plus got back $5.00 more ECB.
06/12 -0- Today was a migraine day. All day!! Went to church this morning, stopped at Walgreens for Disney GC's. Spent no oop money for these. I do local surveys and focus groups for $$. That money is always put in the change jug. So, I used $200 of that money to purchase Disney cards and I got 4 free gc tins (this weeks promo). And then it was back home in bed for most of the day.
06/13 $46.00 at Costco. $20 of it for grub killer, $10 for dinner. (love the chicken bakes. Plus, I was being lazy). The rest was for milk and stuff. This is the cheapest I have ever gotten out of Costo's. but, then again, I left my DH home. lol.
06/14 $33.00 groceries. But saved $37.00 in coupons 5 free Hydro razors, 4 free toothpastes, free ice cream,
06/15 -0-Another migraine day. Going home from work and going to bed.
06/16-0- to busy to spend money.
06/17[/B $148.00 $50.00 gas, $98.00 on 3 Father's Day gifts
06/18-0- Got caught up on yard work
06/19 $125.00 all on food. What started out to be a small cook out for 5 ended up being 16. Shopped without a plan and in a rush. And we had desided to have the cook out to save $$ instead of eating out.

Auto 100.00/$280.00(raised alot due to the prices)
Groceries/Household Goods $1257.00/$250.00(raised for picinics and strawberry pickiing.
Eating Out/Entertainment $87.00/$150.00 (raised for Father's Day)
Misc $118.00/$250.00 (raised for Father's Day)
No Buy days 10/10
Coupon savings $128.00

 

[MomtoGKC]

OK - I knew this week was going to be a bust, but didn't realize how bad it would get!! Our fancy dinner out was about double what I thought it would be. I guessed about $130, it was about $250!! Then we bought beer a few times for the beach. Then we went out for Father's day lunch which wasn't planned. Then we went to a museum which wasn't planned...

Thank goodness it is a new week!!!


WEEK 2 TOTAL 1004/400 (879/400 if I don't include party & dr. which should really come out of a different part of my budget)

June 13 - $30 gas, $33 Lands End (bathing suits for girls), $135 Publix, $65 basketball court rental for DS party

6/14 - $3 donuts, $60 doctor co-pay, $11 Target

6/15 - $17 Target (father's day present), $55 violin books, $35 dog food, $13 DH spending treats for kids

6/16 - $4 snacks, $12 beer, $16 CVS (DH went with no coupons!) $3 DH coffee

6/17 - $9 DH breakfast, $3 DH parking (when there are no meters about 20 yards down the street!), $3 DH coffee, $20 Publilx, $52 pre-dinner bar tab, $196 dinner!!!

6/18 - $26 Publix, $22 beer & ice, $33 Michaels (father's day present), $6 Wendys, $4 card

6/19 - $47 Publix, $65 lunch out, $26 museum


WEEK 1 TOTAL 382/400

6/1-5 - $942- tons of stuff, some needed, some not
6/6- $145- groceries
6/7- $13 - Target (b-day present, lemon, chore chart $1)
6/8 - $0!!
6/9- $23 vet, $14 post office, $25 gas, $9 movie tickets
6/10 - $17 groceries, $2 library fine, $28 DH rum & mixers
6/11 - $41 michaels, $7 publix, $12 walgreens, $17 wendys (ouch!)
6/12 - $22 publix, $7 DD shirt

 

[charming23]

Spent the day getting bills paid and cleaning up around the house. No money spent out of pocket.

June 2011 Budget
Groceries/Household- $350/$113.17 Left
Cat Supplies- $30/$0.13 left
Car/Gas- $70/$20.22 left
Eating Out- $50/$30.60 left
Entertainment/Misc- $100/$53.31 Left

Total- $600/$173.51 left

Goal of 14 No Buy Days

Week One
5/29- $36.93 Grocery, $7.76 Cat Supplies, and $29.78 Gas
5/30- $3.79 Cat Supplies, $18.55 Misc, and $1.50 McDonalds
5/31- $0
6/1- $54.75 Marc's (groceries)
6/2- $7.30 Starbucks
6/3- $16.16 Clothing for me, and $11 dinner with a friend
6/4- $5.38 Petco

Week Two
6/5- $0
6/6- $0
6/7- $0
6/8- $53.69 Marc's, $2.98 Pat Catan's, $2 McDonald's, and $7.95 Jersey Mike's
6/9- $9 Movie tickets (2) and $20 Gas
6/10- $0
6/11- $0

Week Three
6/12- $28.18 Grocery
6/13- $0
6/14- $0
6/15- $0
6/16- $7.95 Jersey Mike's
6/17- $53.74 Groceries/Household
6/18- $0

Week Four
6/19- $12.94 Cat Supplies
6/20- $0
6/21
6/22
6/23
6/24
6/25


11/14 No Buy Days

Store and Coupon Savings- $84.41

 

[QVCshopper]

Just catching up. I also spent $500 in Disney gift cards at ACME b/c I got $100 back in Catalinas for free groceries. I'll use the $500 to pay off our upcoming trip, so it's like getting 20% off the trip. Will probably buy another $200 in gift cards to pay for the meal plan since the deal is still going on. And, we got a slightly better room rate, saving another 5%. Oh well; it's still a lot of money.

6/1-$0
6/2-$0
6/3-$0
6/4-$44 Wegmans, $2 Target
6/5-$7.50 Zoo, $12 Wendys, $12 Trader Joes
6/6-$0
6/7-$1.50 Pool snack, $4 Work dinner, $5 Target, $3 AC Moore, $31 Wegmans, $5 Pizza dinner
6/8-$2 Gymboree, $3 Kohls
6/9-$10 Target, $10 Lands End, $9 Wendys, $15 Dance pictures
6/10-$0
6/11-13-$100 Food (will have to update later with exact amount)
6/14-$5 Food, $9 K-cups, $10 Pizza dinner with in-laws (Can't beat 2 large pizzas for $10. Hello eating out on Tuesdays for the foreseeable future. I can't buy groceries for that cheap.)
6/15-$12 BK/Pool
6/16-$2 Popsicles for kids, $21 Wegmans, $20 to my Dad for Father's Day
6/17-$5 McD, $12 Michaels for Father's Day crafts, $2 Ice cream
6/18-$0
6/19-$6 McD, $4 Wawa, $20 Dinner
6/20-$6 Wawa, $15 Hair cut (for me, finally!)

 

[Virgderon]

Today is a much needed 0.

Running Total: Spent $560
$1100 budget... $540 left
$0 Days: 6
Goal is 8 or more!
coupon/sale savings : 95

Groceries budget- $350-54-1-63= 232
Wedding dress budget $1100 -105-17-22-169= 787 left
Disney weekend budget $550 -150-117-108= 175 left

June 1: 33 ( 20 post office, 13 gas)
June 2: 54 ( groceries)
June 3: 0
June 4: 20 ( 13 lunch, 7 Target)
June 5 : 24 ( 20 shorts, 4 hot pretzel & drink)
June 6 : 0
June 7 : 22 ( 19 gas 3 post office)
June 8 : 28 ( 23 Walgreens, 4 Chick - Fil-A, 1 Publix)
June 9 : 0
June 10: 89 (18 tp & other supplies, 71 hotel room on Hotwire for my other DD who is driving to Tampa)
June 11: 93 ( 8 fathers day stuff, 6 wendys cause I was starving after getting my hair done, 63 hair color/ tip, 11 gas station, 5 water at indoor football game)
June 12 : 63 ( groceries)
June 13: 77 ( 25 fathers day, 12 Old Navy for DD, (used 20 groupon), 40 Changs for celebratory dinner)
June 14 : 0
June 15 : 33 ( dinner out)
June 16: 0
June 17: 24 ( gas)
June 18: -
June 19: - ( Disney weekend)
June 20: 0

 

[3goofyboys]

Hello No Buy Friends! After a few months off I'm back. We're in our new house, all unpacked and ready to move forward with this phase of our life. I'm still a little iffy on my budget because I haven't gotten a set of utility bills for the new house yet. We're in a much bigger house in a new city with new providers, so I have no real idea what to expect. For this month, I'm hoping for 7 no buys and 7 days under $10. I'm so glad to be back!

June 1 $20 Dh's PT, $35 groceries, $7 took the boys to the movies- tickets were $1 each and I got us all a water to drink, $15 Subway after the movies.

June 2 $6 took the boys bowling- the games were free but I had to pay for shoe rental.

June 3 $40 groceries- had dinner with my parents, they wanted me to bring a few different things so I had to stop at the store and get a few misc. groceries.

June 4 $55 race fees for DH and both boys, $40 celebratory pancakes after the race.

June 5 $90 groceries. I'm hopeful tomorrow will be a no buy day. Getting back in to the swing of this is tough!

June 6 $25 gas- DH didn't know it was a no buy day and he put in some gas. Oh well! $11 car wash-since Dh ruined the no buy day, I figured I'd get my car washed.

June 7 $56 pet supplies, $40 Target, $20-took the boys to ride a local train, tickets are $.75 each, and then out to dinner

June 8 $175 groceries, $57 date night


June 9 $0

June 10 $45 supplies for oil changes in the cars. We actually bought enough to cover the next set as well, so we should be golden for awhile on oil changes. Tomorrow should be a no buy day because I have my nephews and DH has to work and there is NO WAY I'm taking 4 little boys 5 and under out of the house by myself.

June 11 $0


June 12 $0 Took the boys to the local swim beach with a picnic. We had a great time and it was totally free!


June 13 $0 We are starting to get into serious Summer sport season. Starting today, the boys have some type of practice or lesson 5 days a week. The good news is that I might not have the time to spend money!

June 14 $40 renewed my Sam's Club membership. I wish we'd get a Costco up here, I hate Sam's. $40 in Sams, $15 groceries, $17 took the boys to the theater, $20 gas, $55 my cleaning lady came today, YAY!

June 15 $12 took the boys to a local water park, $18 McD after swimming, $175 groceries (holy cow can the men in my life EAT), $25 new t-ball bat

June 16 $0 Took the boys to our local story teller in the park and then fishing for the afternoon. Great free fun!

June 17 $77 Dh and I both had to renew our fishing licenses, $7 new fishing line, $22 lunch, $25 DS's riding lesson

June 18 $95 ARC- I did get a ton of service-ware for a party we're having this week and many, many clothes for back to school. $50 charity event for our local theater. $21 lunch- eating out is killing me, I need to have a more realistic view of how long we're going to be out and act accordingly.

June 19 HUGE spend day today. I got all of the groceries for our party. We're expecting 50, so it adds up fast. I love to entertain, but man is it expensive! $101 Target, $160 Sams, $100 King Soopers.

June 20 $40 Target


5/7 No Buy Days
1/7 Under $10 Days

 

[ronnmel]

No Buy Days : 8/12
Gas : 71$ (max 120$)
Car : HOPEFULLY 0$
Groceries : 193$ (max 200$)
Eating out (and snacks) : 68$ (max 100$)
Non-necessities : 60$ (max 200$)

01/06 : 0$
02/06 : 0$
03/06 : 0$
04/06 : 5$ (fries)
05/06 : 88$ (ice cream + groceries)
06/06 : 17$ (groceries)
07/06 : 0$
08/06 : 47$ (gas + dinner)
09/06 : 8$ (dinner)
10/06 : 27$ (dinner)
11/06 : 54$ (cat litter & food + juice)
12/06 : 0$
13/06 : 35$
14/06 : 13$ (groceries)
15/06 : 30$ (groceries; yet again!)
16/06 : 0$
17/06 : 0$
18/06 : 45$ (books + take out)
19/06 : 23$ (movie)
20/06 : 0$