June 2017 No Buy

[drante]

June 1 - Juice bar treat $12.99
June 2 - No buy #1
June 3 - We took a friend out to eat. About $65.
June 4 - No buy #2
June 5 - Farmer's market (which I consider a treat due to how expensive it is) $30
June 6 - Bought two dresses online at Modcloth, had store credit, so it came out to $57 ish
June 7 - No buy #3
June 8 - Bought fancy cupcakes about $9
June 9 - No buy #4 (already know I won't be spending money today )
June 10 - Tea at Starbucks - $1.95
June 11 - No buy #5
June 12 - A vegan donut, mineral bath packet, bunch of protein bars about $25
June 13 - No buy #6
June 14 - No buy #7

I already know the next two days are going to be no buys because I won't be near any stores and because yesterday I had to get a new gym membership and the startup fees were high enough to stop me from buying anything for a while! The gym falls in my exempt category so that's why it's not included in the list above.

Goal: 20 days of no buy.

 

[snarlingcoyote]

June 1 - No Buy!
June 2 - Lunch with co-workers $12 (Bought flowers for mother's birthday, in excluded category - $28)
June 3 - No buy (Excluded categories - movies for anniversary $25ish)
June 4 - No buy (Excluded categories - $4 parking at state park)
June 5 - No buy (Ebay removed my vendor)
June 6 - $57 Thrift store
June 7 - $27 Thrift store
June 8 - No buy #5
June 9 - On the balance, I put more in than I took out, but. . .I spent.
June 10 - No buy #6
June 11 - No buy #7 (Excluded $4 parking at state park)
June 12 - $9 pants; $5 waist belt for one of my backpacks $5 lunch with co-workers (Once I'd spent the $9, the other spends just domino'ed)
June 13 - No buy #8

I messed up my days somehow! I just corrected it and am calling today to keep me from running to the thrift store on the way home from work. I purposely haven't unpacked my thrift finds from last week, so each bag I pull out of the car will give me a new dopamine hit as I review my haul. . .

 

[olliesmom]

June 1 - Take-out for dinner
June 2 - Take-out for dinner
June 3 - No buy #1 (excluding groceries $100)
June 4 - No buy #2
June 5 - No buy #3 (excluding cat litter $6)
June 6 - No buy #4
June 7 - Dinner out
June 8 - Drugstore toiletries (shampoo, conditioner, deodorant, new toothbrushes)
June 9 - Dinner out + car cleaning supplies
June 10 - No buy #5 (excluding groceries $100)
June 11 - No buy #6
June 12 - No buy #7 (excluding groceries $5)
June 13 - No buy #8
June 14 - No buy #9

 

[snarlingcoyote]

June 1 - No Buy!
June 2 - Lunch with co-workers $12 (Bought flowers for mother's birthday, in excluded category - $28)
June 3 - No buy (Excluded categories - movies for anniversary $25ish)
June 4 - No buy (Excluded categories - $4 parking at state park)
June 5 - No buy (Ebay removed my vendor)
June 6 - $57 Thrift store
June 7 - $27 Thrift store
June 8 - No buy #5
June 9 - On the balance, I put more in than I took out, but. . .I spent.
June 10 - No buy #6
June 11 - No buy #7 (Excluded $4 parking at state park)
June 12 - $9 pants; $5 waist belt for one of my backpacks $5 lunch with co-workers (Once I'd spent the $9, the other spends just domino'ed)
June 13 - No buy #8
June 14 - No buy #9 I'm calling it now as I need to run to get expensive cat treats for the allergic one and know I'll be tempted otherwise.

 

[drante]

June 1 - Juice bar treat $12.99
June 2 - No buy #1
June 3 - We took a friend out to eat. About $65.
June 4 - No buy #2
June 5 - Farmer's market (which I consider a treat due to how expensive it is) $30
June 6 - Bought two dresses online at Modcloth, had store credit, so it came out to $57 ish
June 7 - No buy #3
June 8 - Bought fancy cupcakes about $9
June 9 - No buy #4 (already know I won't be spending money today )
June 10 - Tea at Starbucks - $1.95
June 11 - No buy #5
June 12 - A vegan donut, mineral bath packet, bunch of protein bars about $25
June 13 - No buy #6
June 14 - No buy #7
June 15 - No buy #8

Goal: 20 days of no buy.

Received the dresses I bought on the 6th but am going to be returning them!

 

[LilTinkFan]

Ok I have zero discipline in following this. Today we had several large thunderstorms move in that caused flash flooding. So I had every intention of going to a favorite boutique that is closing to buy things I don't NEED but want. But the road was closed to the store and I just came home instead.

 

[drante]

Ok I have zero discipline in following this. Today we had several large thunderstorms move in that caused flash flooding. So I had every intention of going to a favorite boutique that is closing to buy things I don't NEED but want. But the road was closed to the store and I just came home instead.

We're only halfway through the month! Plenty of time to reach some goals.

 

[snarlingcoyote]

June 1 - No Buy!
June 2 - Lunch with co-workers $12 (Bought flowers for mother's birthday, in excluded category - $28)
June 3 - No buy (Excluded categories - movies for anniversary $25ish)
June 4 - No buy (Excluded categories - $4 parking at state park)
June 5 - No buy (Ebay removed my vendor)
June 6 - $57 Thrift store
June 7 - $27 Thrift store
June 8 - No buy #5
June 9 - On the balance, I put more in than I took out, but. . .I spent.
June 10 - No buy #6
June 11 - No buy #7 (Excluded $4 parking at state park)
June 12 - $9 pants; $5 waist belt for one of my backpacks $5 lunch with co-workers (Once I'd spent the $9, the other spends just domino'ed)
June 13 - No buy #8
June 14 - No buy #9
June 15 - Went thrifting. . .but I got a brand new, never been used oil free/air fryer for $10; the model is on the shelves at Walmart for $100. (I also rifled through a shopping cart full of scarves 2/$1 and found a cashmere scarf and what I think is a real pashimina scarf. It's crazy thin, definitely cashmerey type wool and has a Nepalese tag on it. . .could be a knock-off, but we'll see. In the part of town this thrift store is in, there's a good chance it's a real pashmina. The cashmere scarf is 100% real for sure.)

 

[drante]

June 1 - Juice bar treat $12.99
June 2 - No buy #1
June 3 - We took a friend out to eat. About $65.
June 4 - No buy #2
June 5 - Farmer's market (which I consider a treat due to how expensive it is) $30
June 6 - Bought two dresses online at Modcloth, had store credit, so it came out to $57 ish <- returned for full refund
June 7 - No buy #3
June 8 - Bought fancy cupcakes about $9
June 9 - No buy #4 (already know I won't be spending money today )
June 10 - Tea at Starbucks - $1.95
June 11 - No buy #5
June 12 - A vegan donut, mineral bath packet, bunch of protein bars about $25
June 13 - No buy #6
June 14 - No buy #7
June 15 - No buy #8
June 16 - Bought unnecessary snacks while grocery shopping $10

Goal: 20 days of no buy.

 

[drante]

June 1 - Juice bar treat $12.99
June 2 - No buy #1
June 3 - We took a friend out to eat. About $65.
June 4 - No buy #2
June 5 - Farmer's market (which I consider a treat due to how expensive it is) $30
June 6 - Bought two dresses online at Modcloth, had store credit, so it came out to $57 ish <- returned for full refund
June 7 - No buy #3
June 8 - Bought fancy cupcakes about $9
June 9 - No buy #4 (already know I won't be spending money today )
June 10 - Tea at Starbucks - $1.95
June 11 - No buy #5
June 12 - A vegan donut, mineral bath packet, bunch of protein bars about $25
June 13 - No buy #6
June 14 - No buy #7
June 15 - No buy #8
June 16 - Bought unnecessary snacks while grocery shopping $10
June 17 - Tea at Starbucks, and tickets to wonder woman (had a gift card) $13.45

14 days left in the month and 12 of those have to be no buy

Goal: 20 days of no buy.

 

[snarlingcoyote]

June 1 - No Buy!
June 2 - Lunch with co-workers $12 (Bought flowers for mother's birthday, in excluded category - $28)
June 3 - No buy (Excluded categories - movies for anniversary $25ish)
June 4 - No buy (Excluded categories - $4 parking at state park)
June 5 - No buy (Ebay removed my vendor)
June 6 - $57 Thrift store
June 7 - $27 Thrift store
June 8 - No buy #5
June 9 - On the balance, I put more in than I took out, but. . .I spent.
June 10 - No buy #6
June 11 - No buy #7 (Excluded $4 parking at state park)
June 12 - $9 pants; $5 waist belt for one of my backpacks $5 lunch with co-workers (Once I'd spent the $9, the other spends just domino'ed)
June 13 - No buy #8
June 14 - No buy #9
June 15 - Went thrifting.
June 16 - No buy #10
June 17 - No buy #11
June 18 - No buy #12 - calling it so I don't give in and shop.

 

[snarlingcoyote]

14 days left in the month and 12 of those have to be no buy

Goal: 20 days of no buy.

Just do your best! Have you spent less this month?

 

[Alice Sr.]

I need to retrain my brain so I am jumping on late (better late than never). My problem right now is I have no bills so I'm treating my entire paycheck like disposable income - not good. I am not going to go backwards because what is gone is gone. I'm going to try to get through the rest of this month without spending any money on anyone else. I think I am biting off more than I can chew but acknowledgement is half the battle.

 

[drante]

Just do your best! Have you spent less this month?

I've spent a little more on groceries than usual. Food is definitely a category where I can cut the cost. I also had that new gym membership that I started this month, which is in my exempt category.. but still! It just means I need to watch the rest of my spending a little more closely.

I need to retrain my brain so I am jumping on late (better late than never). My problem right now is I have no bills so I'm treating my entire paycheck like disposable income - not good. I am not going to go backwards because what is gone is gone. I'm going to try to get through the rest of this month without spending any money on anyone else. I think I am biting off more than I can chew but acknowledgement is half the battle.

Never too late to start!

 

[drante]

June 1 - Juice bar treat $12.99
June 2 - No buy #1
June 3 - We took a friend out to eat. About $65.
June 4 - No buy #2
June 5 - Farmer's market (which I consider a treat due to how expensive it is) $30
June 6 - Bought two dresses online at Modcloth, had store credit, so it came out to $57 ish <- returned for full refund
June 7 - No buy #3
June 8 - Bought fancy cupcakes about $9
June 9 - No buy #4 (already know I won't be spending money today )
June 10 - Tea at Starbucks - $1.95
June 11 - No buy #5
June 12 - A vegan donut, mineral bath packet, bunch of protein bars about $25
June 13 - No buy #6
June 14 - No buy #7
June 15 - No buy #8
June 16 - Bought unnecessary snacks while grocery shopping $10
June 17 - Tea at Starbucks, and tickets to wonder woman (had a gift card) $13.45
June 18 - No buy #9

Goal: 20 days of no buy.

 

[drante]

June 1 - Juice bar treat $12.99
June 2 - No buy #1
June 3 - We took a friend out to eat. About $65.
June 4 - No buy #2
June 5 - Farmer's market (which I consider a treat due to how expensive it is) $30
June 6 - Bought two dresses online at Modcloth, had store credit, so it came out to $57 ish <- returned for full refund
June 7 - No buy #3
June 8 - Bought fancy cupcakes about $9
June 9 - No buy #4 (already know I won't be spending money today )
June 10 - Tea at Starbucks - $1.95
June 11 - No buy #5
June 12 - A vegan donut, mineral bath packet, bunch of protein bars about $25
June 13 - No buy #6
June 14 - No buy #7
June 15 - No buy #8
June 16 - Bought unnecessary snacks while grocery shopping $10
June 17 - Tea at Starbucks, and tickets to wonder woman (had a gift card) $13.45
June 18 - No buy #9
June 19 - Running clothes and a wax $200 total
June 20 - No buy #10
June 21 - No buy#11
June 22 - No buy #12

Goal: 20 days of no buy.

Calling the next three days!

Our car is at the shop and the repair bill is going to be pretty high. Hopefully I can do no buy for the rest of June.

 

[Alice Sr.]

June 18 - No buy
June 19 - No buy
June 20 - No buy

 

[snarlingcoyote]

June 1 - No Buy!
June 2 - Lunch with co-workers $12 (Bought flowers for mother's birthday, in excluded category - $28)
June 3 - No buy (Excluded categories - movies for anniversary $25ish)
June 4 - No buy (Excluded categories - $4 parking at state park)
June 5 - No buy (Ebay removed my vendor)
June 6 - $57 Thrift store
June 7 - $27 Thrift store
June 8 - No buy #5
June 9 - On the balance, I put more in than I took out, but. . .I spent.
June 10 - No buy #6
June 11 - No buy #7 (Excluded $4 parking at state park)
June 12 - $9 pants; $5 waist belt for one of my backpacks $5 lunch with co-workers (Once I'd spent the $9, the other spends just domino'ed)
June 13 - No buy #8
June 14 - No buy #9
June 15 - Went thrifting.
June 16 - No buy #10
June 17 - No buy #11
June 18 - Spend - Found cheap silver earrings for christmas presents and cooling towels were on a lightning deal on Amazon.
June 19 - No buy #12
June 20 - Bought, but hey Walmart had winter tights for $1 and earrings for $.25. . .

I have 10 days to get 8 no buys in. . .I gotta power through, so far the best I've done is 3 no buys in a row and one of those was thanks to ebay cancelling my order! New mini-goal: No buy until next Monday; that will put me at 17.

 

[Alice Sr.]

June 18 - No buy
June 19 - No buy
June 20 - No buy, nope didn't make it, spent $1,274.85 for 3 Park Hoppers for my DD and her family at UT flash sale
June 21 - No buy (although I am hesitant to call it given what happened last night)

 

[snarlingcoyote]

June 1 - No Buy!
June 2 - Lunch with co-workers $12 (Bought flowers for mother's birthday, in excluded category - $28)
June 3 - No buy (Excluded categories - movies for anniversary $25ish)
June 4 - No buy (Excluded categories - $4 parking at state park)
June 5 - No buy (Ebay removed my vendor)
June 6 - $57 Thrift store
June 7 - $27 Thrift store
June 8 - No buy #5
June 9 - On the balance, I put more in than I took out, but. . .I spent.
June 10 - No buy #6
June 11 - No buy #7 (Excluded $4 parking at state park)
June 12 - $9 pants; $5 waist belt for one of my backpacks $5 lunch with co-workers (Once I'd spent the $9, the other spends just domino'ed)
June 13 - No buy #8
June 14 - No buy #9
June 15 - Went thrifting.
June 16 - No buy #10
June 17 - No buy #11
June 18 - Spend - Found cheap silver earrings for christmas presents and cooling towels were on a lightning deal on Amazon.
June 19 - No buy #12
June 20 - Bought/Kinda' no buy - I bought a t-shirt for a conference I'm attending in July, but it's a fundraiser to pay for coffee and such. . .not sure if that's a buy or not. I did NOT give into temptation and buy anything else, so I think I'm calling it a no buy, because if I hadn't contributed by buying the shirt I would feel crazy guilty, and I will totally drink my weight in coffee at the event, more than paying for the shirt (and I get a nice shirt).