March 2014 ~ No buy thread

[QVCshopper]

I am SO slacking this month!!!! I hope to get better once I get through this weekend. On the plus side, I saved $3.40 off each gallon of gas--so 23 gallons for $6, thanks to Giant gas rewards!

3/1 Spend
3/2 Spend
3/3 Spend
3/4 No-buy #1
3/5 Spend
3/6 Spend
3/7 Spend

1/15

 

[charming23]

Our local kmart is closing, so I went and scored some good deals.

3/1 $73.89 Heinen's
3/2 $0
3/3 $0
3/4 $7.45 Chick fil a, $29.62 Giant Eagle, and $14.95 Drugmart
3/5 $25.61 Gas @circle k, and $101.96 Target
3/6 $61.28 Kmart, $5 Mr. Hero, and $25.00 Laundromat

2/15 No buy days
$10 in savings

 

[wishesuponastar]

To those of you having a hard time this month, I hope next week will be better.

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

3/1 - lunch
3/2 - $20 haircut for DH, $2.00 newspaper
3/3 - no buy
3/4 - Target, Starbucks (reloaded card), gas, Dance (team jacket), lunch
3/5 - Grocery store, Michaels
3/6 - spend can't remember what
3/7 - spend DD's birthday cake
3/8 - DD's birthday present

 

[charming23]

This month has been rough so far. Hopefully next week will get better.

Yesterday I managed to squeak out a no buy day. I did add my mom to my cell phone plan but it cost nothing upfront as her phone was free.

Today I did some more stocking up at target, got my mom some accessories for her new phone, and picked up some groceries.

3/1 $73.89 Heinen's
3/2 $0
3/3 $0
3/4 $7.45 Chick fil a, $29.62 Giant Eagle, and $14.95 Drugmart
3/5 $25.61 Gas @circle k, and $101.96 Target
3/6 $61.28 Kmart, $5 Mr. Hero, and $25.00 Laundromat
3/7 $0
3/8 $16.20 Five Below, $99.79 Target (saved $42.64), & $18.18 Heinens

3/15 No buy days
$15 in savings

 

[stayhomemom77]

Alright! Let's keep the budget tight for another month so we can save more for Disney!!

As with last month...I am just tracking my WAM (walking around money) since that is really the only area where I can conserve.


March

1-$3.95 (dollar store for pencils, thank you cards, bday card and choc bar)
2-$0
3-$0
4-$12.50 Mother Daughter Date night
5-$0
6-$0 (housebound with two sick kiddies won't be venturing out!)
7-$0
8-$0
9-$0
10-$0
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31

8/20 No Buy Days

 

[QVCshopper]

Lowering my goal to 12... which sorta evens out last month when I raised it to 15!

3/1 Spend
3/2 Spend
3/3 Spend
3/4 No-buy #1
3/5 Spend
3/6 Spend
3/7 Spend
3/8 Spend
3/9 Spend
3/10 No-buy #2

2/12

 

[charming23]

Yesterday I stayed home and had a lazy day.

Today I took my mom out after work to run errands. It was a big day because it was the first time since my mom had major surgery in october that she has been able to go out without a wheelchair

3/1 $73.89 Heinen's
3/2 $0
3/3 $0
3/4 $7.45 Chick fil a, $29.62 Giant Eagle, and $14.95 Drugmart
3/5 $25.61 Gas @circle k, and $101.96 Target
3/6 $61.28 Kmart, $5 Mr. Hero, and $25.00 Laundromat
3/7 $0
3/8 $16.20 Five Below, $99.79 Target (saved $42.64), & $18.18 Heinens
3/9 $0
3/10 $29.56 Dinner out, $64.32 Old Navy, and $28.76 Kmart

4/15 No buy days
$20 in savings

 

[QVCshopper]

Doing a little better, but need to food shop again.

3/1 Spend
3/2 Spend
3/3 Spend
3/4 No-buy #1
3/5 Spend
3/6 Spend
3/7 Spend
3/8 Spend
3/9 Spend
3/10 No-buy #2
3/11 No-buy #3

3/12

 

[Thingy 1]

Got to jump in on this one. If for no other reason than being curious as to how I will do! lol

1. $87 Grocery shopping
2. $0
3. $0
4. $0
5. $170 Gas, lunch and pymt on son's Orlando school trip
6. $115 Lunch and pharmacy
7. $168 Shopping for baseball gear and lunch
8. $156 Grocery Shopping
9. $0
10. $0
11. $0
Not too bad so far considering 2 of these larger expenses are one time deals.
06/11

 

[stayhomemom77]

Alright! Let's keep the budget tight for another month so we can save more for Disney!!

As with last month...I am just tracking my WAM (walking around money) since that is really the only area where I can conserve.


March

1-$3.95 (dollar store for pencils, thank you cards, bday card and choc bar)
2-$0
3-$0
4-$12.50 Mother Daughter Date night
5-$0
6-$0 (housebound with two sick kiddies won't be venturing out!)
7-$0
8-$0
9-$0
10-$0
11-$20 (Mickey tumbler from the Disney store $6.77, snack for three at the mall food court $10.33, $2.90 in the Disney jar, spent nothing at the zoo)
12-$0 I caught the kids' cold, so we're having a lazy housebound day
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31

9/20 No Buy Days

 

[charming23]

Yesterday I met a friend for lunch and ran into Aldi's for a few items.

Today we got hit with a snow/ice storm so I only went to work and came home

3/1 $73.89 Heinen's
3/2 $0
3/3 $0
3/4 $7.45 Chick fil a, $29.62 Giant Eagle, and $14.95 Drugmart
3/5 $25.61 Gas @circle k, and $101.96 Target
3/6 $61.28 Kmart, $5 Mr. Hero, and $25.00 Laundromat
3/7 $0
3/8 $16.20 Five Below, $99.79 Target (saved $42.64), & $18.18 Heinens
3/9 $0
3/10 $29.56 Dinner out, $64.32 Old Navy, and $28.76 Kmart
3/11 $3.30 Peet's Coffee & Tea, $8.75 Chipotle, and $25.91 Aldi
3/12 $0

5/15 No buy days
$25 in savings jar

 

[QVCshopper]

Just shopped for food. I might not count food next month; usually don't buy much else and it'd hard to run to multiple food stores on one day with my toddler in tow.

3/1 Spend
3/2 Spend
3/3 Spend
3/4 No-buy #1
3/5 Spend
3/6 Spend
3/7 Spend
3/8 Spend
3/9 Spend
3/10 No-buy #2
3/11 No-buy #3
3/12 No-buy #4
3/13 Spend
3/14 No-buy #5
3/15 Spend
3/16 Spend
3/17 No-buy #6

6/12

 

[charming23]

I went to work and then came home. No spending today.

3/1 $73.89 Heinen's
3/2 $0
3/3 $0
3/4 $7.45 Chick fil a, $29.62 Giant Eagle, and $14.95 Drugmart
3/5 $25.61 Gas @circle k, and $101.96 Target
3/6 $61.28 Kmart, $5 Mr. Hero, and $25.00 Laundromat
3/7 $0
3/8 $16.20 Five Below, $99.79 Target (saved $42.64), & $18.18 Heinens
3/9 $0
3/10 $29.56 Dinner out, $64.32 Old Navy, and $28.76 Kmart
3/11 $3.30 Peet's Coffee & Tea, $8.75 Chipotle, and $25.91 Aldi
3/12 $0
3/13 $0

6/15 No buy days
$30 in savings jar

 

[wishesuponastar]

This month I am hoping for 12 no-buy days and a grocery budget of $500 (for a family of 4)

Good luck everyone!

March
1 - Spend
2 $80 groceries
3 no buy#1
4 haircuts
5 no buy#2
6 no buy #3
7 $100 total Supermarket & Costco (I got out of Costco cheap just $42)
8 $8 grocery
9 $5 shamrock shakes & clothes at mall
10 $50 groceries & 2 coffees
11 No buy #4
12 No Buy #5
13 - $66 Costco, $10 Walmart
14 - no buy # 6
15- spend coffee
16- spend breakfast out and $8 farmers market

Groceries as of 3/16 are $312. My budget for the month is $500 and with 2 weeks left of the month I hope I can pull it off.

 

[stayhomemom77]

Alright! Let's keep the budget tight for another month so we can save more for Disney!!

As with last month...I am just tracking my WAM (walking around money) since that is really the only area where I can conserve.


March

1-$3.95 (dollar store for pencils, thank you cards, bday card and choc bar)
2-$0
3-$0
4-$12.50 Mother Daughter Date night
5-$0
6-$0 (housebound with two sick kiddies won't be venturing out!)
7-$0
8-$0
9-$0
10-$0
11-$20 (Mickey tumbler from the Disney store $6.77, snack for three at the mall food court $10.33, $2.90 in the Disney jar, spent nothing at the zoo)
12-$0 I caught the kids' cold, so we're having a lazy housebound day
13-$0
14-$11.68 Tim Hortons
15-$0 (Went to the movies on gift cards again!)
16-$0
17-$0
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31

13/20 No Buy Days

 

[charming23]

Happy St. Patrick's day

3/1 $73.89 Heinen's
3/2 $0
3/3 $0
3/4 $7.45 Chick fil a, $29.62 Giant Eagle, and $14.95 Drugmart
3/5 $25.61 Gas @circle k, and $101.96 Target
3/6 $61.28 Kmart, $5 Mr. Hero, and $25.00 Laundromat
3/7 $0
3/8 $16.20 Five Below, $99.79 Target (saved $42.64), & $18.18 Heinens
3/9 $0
3/10 $29.56 Dinner out, $64.32 Old Navy, and $28.76 Kmart
3/11 $3.30 Peet's Coffee & Tea, $8.75 Chipotle, and $25.91 Aldi
3/12 $0
3/13 $0
3/14 $78.18 Target
3/15 $0
3/16 $25.63 gas and $84.63 giant eagle
3/17 $0

8/15 No buy days
$40 in savings jar

 

[Thingy 1]

1. $87 Grocery shopping
2. $0
3. $0
4. $0
5. $170 Gas, lunch and pymt on son's Orlando school trip
6. $115 Lunch and pharmacy
7. $168 Shopping for baseball gear and lunch
8. $156 Grocery Shopping
9. $0
10. $0
11. $0
12. $39.81 lunch for family of 4
13. $56.78 Lunch and menchies frozen yogurt, gas
14. $22.10 dinner
15. $97.98 groceries
16. $0
17. $0
18. $0
Definitely spent too much on lunch so far this month. I work out of town and home school my son so we eat lunch out at least 2 days a week. This month we have had drs. appts out of town that required our family of 4 so I've spent more on lunch than normal. Hoping to do better the rest of the month.

 

[QVCshopper]

Updating through tomorrow...

3/1 Spend
3/2 Spend
3/3 Spend
3/4 No-buy #1
3/5 Spend
3/6 Spend
3/7 Spend
3/8 Spend
3/9 Spend
3/10 No-buy #2
3/11 No-buy #3
3/12 No-buy #4
3/13 Spend
3/14 No-buy #5
3/15 Spend
3/16 Spend
3/17 No-buy #6
3/18 Spend
3/19 No-buy #7

7/12

 

[charming23]

Did some couponinh/stock up at Target today. I saved $46 and got items we will use. Plus I returned a few items that I did not really need.

3/1 $73.89 Heinen's
3/2 $0
3/3 $0
3/4 $7.45 Chick fil a, $29.62 Giant Eagle, and $14.95 Drugmart
3/5 $25.61 Gas @circle k, and $101.96 Target
3/6 $61.28 Kmart, $5 Mr. Hero, and $25.00 Laundromat
3/7 $0
3/8 $16.20 Five Below, $99.79 Target (saved $42.64), & $18.18 Heinens
3/9 $0
3/10 $29.56 Dinner out, $64.32 Old Navy, and $28.76 Kmart
3/11 $3.30 Peet's Coffee & Tea, $8.75 Chipotle, and $25.91 Aldi
3/12 $0
3/13 $0
3/14 $78.18 Target
3/15 $0
3/16 $25.63 gas and $84.63 giant eagle
3/17 $0
3/18 ($27.65 target return), $91.65 Target, and $9.55 Jersey mikes subs

8/15 No buy days
$40 in savings jar