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

[neatokimmo]

Aw man, I didn't escape my Sat lunch out. We went car shopping, I found an awesome car at an awesome price but it was the wrong color. I got the song and dance, we only have it in the color, they don't make many of these, we can't order one yada ya. Let's see if they get off their rears and find me a white one

I spent $7.97 at BK. Cheaper than Chinese but the ice cream at the end ran it up

I also spent 36.18 at Kroger. I got a free eggs and free salad dressing coupon in the mail. It was a great trip, all of our favorites were on sale!


6-11 $44.15 lunch & groceries
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]

 

[Debbie]

Ugh! I'm SEVEN pages behind! Between reports, taking DD to visit her new university, not having access to the internet for a day, bathing the cat, and being (June) exhausted I haven't been able to update for ages. I've only had about three minutes to read all of the posts, so I won't be able to comment, but know that I am rooting for y'all!

Budget: Actual (last month expenses)
Gas: $400 $190 ($295)
Groceries/Household: $600 $223 ($564)
Drug co-pays/medicine/lens: $40 $51 ($35)
Misc including gifts: $250 $164 ( 505)
Pool expenses: $200 $0 ($79)
Dining: $150 $52 ($67) (birthday, Father's Day, graduation)

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

No Buy Days: 3/10

 

[YukiPhnx]

Ugh! I'm SEVEN pages behind! Between reports, taking DD to visit her new university, not having access to the internet for a day, bathing the cat, and being (June) exhausted I haven't been able to update for ages. I've only had about three minutes to read all of the posts, so I won't be able to comment, but know that I am rooting for y'all!

Congrats on your daughter's grad! What uni is she going to? She must be so excited!


Spent half a day at the amusement park, but have season passes that I previously bought, so it's a $0 day for me!

Overall budget: $85.19/400
Gas: $46/70
No buys: 4/10
Eating out: 2/6

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: 0/4

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-
___
$40-

 

[Debbie]

Congrats on your daughter's grad! What uni is she going to? She must be so excited!

Thanks YukiPhnx, she's going into Music Therapy, so had her choice of Windsor and Laurier. She chose Windsor because she starts right into the programme, AND when she is done, she'll be accredited in both Canada and the US. It's a good fit for her, and she is very excited.

 

[YukiPhnx]

Thanks YukiPhnx, she's going into Music Therapy, so had her choice of Windsor and Laurier. She chose Windsor because she starts right into the programme, AND when she is done, she'll be accredited in both Canada and the US. It's a good fit for her, and she is very excited.

Oh, she's going to love Windsor! It sounds like a great choice! Their climate is really nice and warm.

 

[charming23]

Spent the day getting ready for a party I am hosting tomorrow. We also went out to dinner for my cousin's birthday but mu uncle treated.

June 2011 Budget
Groceries/Household- $350/$204.65 Left
Cat Supplies- $30/$13.07 left
Car/Gas- $70/$20.22 left
Eating Out- $50/$38.55 left
Entertainment/Misc- $100/$53.31 Left

Total- $600/$285.32 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

6/14 No Buy Days

Store and Coupon Savings- $78.05

 

[MissBritt]

I'd just like to keep my non-bill spending under $1000.

1- $32.99 Amazon
2- $59.27 Publix (saved $37.29)
3- $11.00 Seafood, $14.69 Target (saved $2.75), $26.16 Mother Earth, $52.00 Gas
4- $0
5- $53.61 Gymboree
6- $0
7- $6.25 Post Office, $21.83 Deli, $8.35 Pharmacy, $21.01 Pizzeria
8- $0
9- $30.50 Gas, $5.50 Etsy, $12.30 Barbeque
10- $0
11- $21.00 Gas, $17.00 Yankee Candle, $42.38 B&BW, $15.82 Childrens Place, $11.55 Deli, $22.25 Hibbett Sports (after $50 gift card), -$1.90 Michaels (after exchange)

Sale&Coupon Savings: $40.04

 

[Virgderon]

Had a 50% coupon at Regis that expired June 31, so I got my hair colored and trimmed. Tomorrow will be a food spending day since both DDs are visiting this coming week. I have not had both DDs together since Christmas of 2009, so this is very exciting.

Running Total: Spent $363
$1100 budget... $737 left
$0 Days: 3
Goal is 8 or more!
coupon/sale savings : 62

Groceries budget- $350-54-1= 295
Wedding dress budget $1100
Disney weekend budget $550

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)

 

[Debbie]

charming, you are doing well with the $0 this week! Way to go. missbritt, you, too, are well under so far. Virgderon, enjoy those girls. Now that mine are spread out, we don't get together as a family much anymore, and I treasure each time all 5 are with me!

 

[neatokimmo]

Oops I forgot that I bought $10 in gas yesterday, I'll add it.

I gave DD $1.10 to buy a biscuit with Nana before church, it's their thing. I am not going to spend anything else today.

I really wanted to just spend $1000 this month including my cruise deposit. That is going to be tough.

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)

 

[Virgderon]

Did some grocery shopping in anticipation of DDs visit. My DH and I noticed that grocery prices are higher at Publix than they are at Target, so we will shop Target for awhile, and only use Publix for BOGOs that we can use.

Running Total: Spent $426
$1100 budget... $674 left
$0 Days: 3
Goal is 8 or more!
coupon/sale savings : 75

Groceries budget- $350-54-1-63= 232
Wedding dress budget $1100
Disney weekend budget $550

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)

 

[YukiPhnx]

Went shopping at Costco today with DBF. Since he bought some stuff for me, I paid for lunch! I don't think I'll count this as "eating out".

Overall budget: $92.14/400
Gas: $46/70
No buys: 4/10
Eating out: 2/6

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: 0/4

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-
14-
15-
___
40-

 

[ronnmel]

No Buy Days : 5/12
Gas : 36$ (max 120$)
Car : HOPEFULLY 0$
Groceries : 150$ (max 200$)
Eating out (and snacks) : 60$ (max 100$)
Non-necessities : 0$ (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$

 

[charming23]

I hosted a Jewelry party today for a friend and because I was the hostess and my party did well I recieved about $200 in free jewelry . I also did our grocery shopping for the week this after noon.

June 2011 Budget
Groceries/Household- $350/$176.47 Left
Cat Supplies- $30/$13.07 left
Car/Gas- $70/$20.22 left
Eating Out- $50/$38.55 left
Entertainment/Misc- $100/$53.31 Left

Total- $600/$257.14 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
6/14
6/15
6/16
6/17
6/18


6/14 No Buy Days

Store and Coupon Savings- $82.41

 

[A.Mickey]

Congrats on finding a condo!

Congrats on finding a condo!

Thank you! The inspection is tomorrow in the morning! I hope all goes well! It will be nice to start building equity

 

[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!

3/7 No Buy Days
1/7 Under $10 Days

 

[A.Mickey]

Running Total: Spent $338.26
$0 Days:8

Groceries ($150-$5/day)- $72.10
Eating Out ($210-$6/day)- $103.16
Misc. (Shopping/Entertainment) ($390-$13/day) $0
Gas $250- $65 ($4.08/gal 6/4), $43 ($4.29/gal 6/6), $55 ($3.78/gal-Wisconsin 6/12)= Total $163

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)


Budget: $1000....34%
Month: 12/30: 40%
No Buy: 8/13: 62%

Money for our 1st mortgage: $1,000 (earnest money), $285 (home inspection-Monday), $....Lawyer,

My savings from coupons and sales: $153.80

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

 

[Where'sPiglet?]

I am so far derailed. I'll be back in July. Good luck, everybody!

 

[QVCshopper]

Congrats A.Mickey on the condo! Enjoy your daughters, Virgderon. Will miss you, Where'sPiglet, but enjoy the rest of the month. I took a much needed break in May.

 

[IMALOVNDISNEY]

Oh my gosh! check it out!

I haven't been to McDonalds in over a week. A WEEK! I think my next mini goal will not to go out for lunch this weekend. It's so easy on Saturday after running errands to pop into the chinese place. They have awesome tilapia and shrimp...but I can be good!

LOL. I completely understand where you're coming from. My big thing was Burger King. I used to go there sometimes twice a day. Stopped for breakfast, and then would go back for either for lunch or a large soda later in the day. It's right near my office and was way to easy. But, have only been there twice since Easter. I have given up all fast food and soda. Plus I needed to be accountable here. And wanted to have -0- days. For awhile I was putting what I would have spent a day into the change jar. It added up fast.
Keep up the good work