MAY we interest you in a month of No Buy???

[Virgderon]

Used a Living Social deal that I got a couple months ago to get a haircut at Regis, so I only had to pay the tip today. I got some groceries too- I'm cutting it close on the grocery budget this month! I also forgot to record sending a $50 check to my Dad for his birthday, so I am adding that to today.

Running Total: Spent $630
$948 budget... $318 left
$0 Days: 8
Goal is 9 or more!
coupon/sale savings : 62

Groceries budget- $250 -18-28-39-78-26-24= 37 left

May 1 : 76 (Mothers day gift , card & misc.)
May 2 : 0
May 3 : 18 ( groceries, misc)
May 4: 0
May 5: 0
May 6 : 28
May 7: 37 ( garage sale finds)
May 8: 55 ( movie, groceries)
May 9: 8 (Walgreens)
May 10: 0
May 11: 0
May 12 : 29 ( red robin dinner, magazine)
May 13: 21 ( Wendys and food at the game)
May 14 : 54 (21 lunch, 21 bathing suit, 12 soap)
May 15: 124 (20 gas, 26 spa, 78 groceries)
May 16: 0
May 17: 26 ( frozen pizza. pop and a couple misc things)
May 18: 0
May 19: 0
May 20 : 43 (19 Walgreens, 24 Cracker Barrell)
May 21 : 40 (20 parking at hockey game, 20 food a hockey game)
May 22 : 89 (15 tip, 24 groceries, 50 bd gift)

 

[Debbie]

Went to Costco with DD today, and came out $70 lighter. I need not to take DD when I shop! Calling tomorrow early, since it is a holiday, we got our gas today, and no stores are open. (and if I go get plants, I'll change it)
Budget: (last month expenses)
Gas: $300($337)
Groceries/Household: $600($675)
Drug co-pays/medicine/lens: $30 ($149)
Misc including gifts: $150( $395)
Pool opening expenses: $600 ($0)
Dining: $60 ($0)

May 1: groceries $60
May 2: $0
May 3: gas $45 (does include gas for the lawnmower)
May 4: groceries $60, supper $30, Mother's Day gift $23
May 5: $0
May 6: $0
May 7: market $21 (bread and flowers to go with my Mother's Day gift), card, $4, groceries, $30, gas $55
May 8: $0
May 9: Darn! DH spent $2 on hot dog buns!
May 10: $0
May 11: gas $55, medical $25 (I don't remember it costing this much for stuff for my last colonoscopy), clear fluids stuff at the grocery store $11, chlorine $17
May 12: hospital parking $9, lunch $25, groceries, $14
May 13: $0
May 14: Yep, I went to the Scholar's Choice Warehouse sale. I bought little (math) books, plus a box of coils (we can make books!), and GIFTS! I bought: Father's Day, birthday, moving into residence and Christmas gifts. All told it was $92 with my discount, $19 was for school and the rest gifts. DH did his shopping and it was $45 for groceries.
May 15: DH went to the grocery store to buy pie and get the free ice cream. Spent $18
May 16: Workshop for me, offsite. Lunch+dessert: $12
May 17: Gas $48
May 18: $0 (although DD bought icing sugar to make candy for her bake sale tomorrow)
May 19: $5 donation at DD's final string concert. $38 on a book for teaching
May 20: $0
May 21: DH did his weekly "after Church" shopping $54
May 22: gas for lawn and car: $48, groceries $110 (should be good for groceries for most of the week, now)
May 23: $0

Gas: $251
Groceries/Household: $410
Drug co-pays/medicine/hospital parking: $34
Misc including gifts: $172
Pool: $17
Dining: $67

No Buy days: 9/12

 

[ronnmel]

No Buy Days : 5/9
Gas : 0$ (max 120$)
Car : 372$ (oil change + oil leak)
Groceries : 68$ (max 200$)
Eating out (and snacks) : 60$ (max 100$)
Non-necessities : 167$ (max 200$)

05/08 : 44$ (dinner + flowers)
05/09 : 5$ (parking)
05/10 : 0$
05/11 : 78$
05/12 : 172$ (oil change & other small fixes, books)
05/13 : 150$ (fixing oil leak)
05/14 : 0$
05/15 : 38$ (groceries)
05/16 : 0$
05/17 : 17$ (dinner)
05/18 : 0$
05/19 : 77$ (donation + fixing oil leak, again)
05/20 : 22$ (lunch + dinner)
05/21 : 0$
05/22 : 64$ (books, movie, DeSerres)

 

[Where'sPiglet?]

I have been doing the $400 for the month as a whole, and I'm going to try something different this month just to see how it works. I'm going to try a limit of $40 for each 3 day period. $400/30 days is the same amount as $40/3 days over the month, but mentally it's a very different approach. I only have $40 to spend, but I only have to make it last 3 days! I have no idea if this will work or not, but it's worth a try.

I'm tracking groceries, eating out, and miscellaneous only in this top part.

CASH:
1: $0!

2: $0!
3: $23.50 Winn-Dixie
4: $0!
Subtotal: $23.50
$40-$23.50= $16.50 left

5: $11.27 McDonald's
6: $0!
7: $0!
Subtotal: $11.27
$40-$11.27= $28.73 left

8: $84.45 Walgreens, Starbucks, McDonald's, Rouses
9: $0!
10: $0!
Subtotal: 84.45
$40-$40=$0 left
$45.23-$44.45=$0.78 overage left

11: $5.81 McDonald's
12: $7.75 snowballs & misc
13: $0!
Subtotal: $13.56
$40-$13.56=$26.44 left

14: $0!
15: $0!
16: $40.58 Rouses
$40-$40=$0 left
$27.22-$0.58=$26.64 overage left

17: $6.00 Coke & parking
18: $1.00 school charity thing
19: $1.00 Coke
$40-$8.00=$32.00 left

20: $1.00 Coke
21: $0!
22: $82.95 Walgreens, Popeyes, Rouses, Winn-Dixie
Subtotal: $83.95
$40-$40.00=$0
$58.64 overage left-$43.95=$14.69 overage left

23:
24:
25:
$40-$0

CASH $0 Days: 11

GAS:
2 - $21.00 ($3.68/gallon)
8 - $13.75 ($3.59/gallon)
16 - $18.06 ($3.58/gallon)
Gas Subtotal: $52.81

TOTAL: $318.12


WOW! I have TAGS!!! I wonder when I got those! I just now noticed!

 

[wlake]

5/1: $110 for DS6's birthday party (so worth it!)
5/2:
5/3:
5/4: $30 dinner out
5/5: $15 jacket for DS (I just realized how small the one he's wearing is. I can't believe I let him out of the house in it.), $50 water shoes for DS and pants for me, $30 for field trips
5/6:
5/7: $84 Target, ? potting soil, ? lunch out, and ??? (the other three went out to buy a Mother's Day gift, so I wasn't with them! Guess I'll find out tomorrow! )
5/8: $18 Target (a case for my Mother's Day iPhone!!), ? groceries
5/9:
5/10: $35 dinner out
5/11:
5/12: $12 ice cream out to celebrate DS8's concert
5/13:
5/14: $40 pharmacy, $I-already-forgot Target, $85 BJ's, $95 hair cut and color, $31 things for school, $60 gas
5/15: ? groceries
5/16: $26 prescriptions at pharmacy #1; $18 prescription at pharmacy #2, $12 OTC eyedrops at pharmacy #3. $5 dinner out because I couldn't stand the thought of cooking! (We had a GC and coupons for free kids' meals.)
5/17:
5/18:
5/19: $12 ice cream out to celebrate the boys' art show
5/20:
5/21: $10 baseball socks, $10 party goods, $85 for ONE contact lens!, $3 fabric, $52 gas, $16 lunch, $20 birthday gifts for DS8, $24 Target, $30 BJ's, $4 laundry soap (*whispering* and I might order myself an iPad tonight to replace my work computer which I have to turn in next month. First I have to get over the extravagance of it.)
5/22: $44 garden store, $70 groceries

no buy days: 9/10
longest no buy streak: 3 days
dinners out: 3/5
days since our last dinner out: 6
longest no meals out streak: 10

 

[A.Mickey]

Running Total: Spent $1064.35
$0 Days:11/14

Groceries ($186-$6/day)- $142.76
Eating Out ($217-$7/day)- $186.03
Misc. (Shopping/Entertainment) ($713-$23/day) 1st Month Tuition for preschool $460
Gas $300- $42.07 (5/3-$4.44/gal), $7.07 (5/8-$4.59/gal), $68.58 (5/10-$4.33/gal), $42.84 (5/12-$4.39/gal), $40 (5/19-$4.25/gal), $72 (5/22-$4.13/gal)= $275.56

1- $22.82 (Walgreens-Groceries), $15.03 (Dominick's-Groceries), (Meijer-Groceries), $8.18 (Meijer- Groceries), $100 (Fry's Electronics-Hubby's Birthday)
2- $0
3- $0
4- $2.03 (Meijer-Groceries), $10.96 (Walgreens-Groceries), $3.82 (Jewel-Osco-Groceries), $.57 (Wal-Mart-Groceries)
5- $0
6- $0
7- $4.10 (Jewel-Osco-Groceries), $2.37 (Walgreens-Groceries), $2 (Dollar Tree-Papers), $30 (Lou Malnati's-Eating Out), $10 (McDonald's-Eating Out)
8- $8 (Parking), $1 (Puppetbikeshow-tip), $19 (Superdawg-Eating Out), $5 (Starbucks-1/2 price fraps-Eating Out), $318 (Broadway in Chicago Tickets- this is for 12 tickets (6 shows x2)...we will probably be selling our tickets to see the Osmond's too, so we will make some of this back)
9- $0
10- $6.15 (Wendy's-Eating Out), $5.46 (Target-Groceries), $14.29 (Jewel-Groceries)
11- $0
12- $0
13- $7.95 (McDonald's-Eating Out), $6.32 (Jewel-Osco-Groceries)
14- $2 (Dollar Tree-Papers), $18 (parking), $25 (Eating Out) $9 (Toys), $13 (Dessert)
15- $0
16- $26.79 (Joe Caputo-Groceries)
17- $0
18- $8.37 (Wendy's-Eating Out), $4.80 (Meijer-Groceries), $1.03 (Jewel-Groceries)
19- $18 (McDonalds/Burger King-Eating Out), $4.33 (Meijer-Groceries)
20- $0
21- $0
22- $2 (Dollar Tree), $3.11 (Walgreens-Groceries), $9.56 (McDonalds-Eating Out), $27 (TeddyFabz-Eating Out), $6.75 (Jewel-Groceries), $7 (DQ-Orange Julius-Eating Out)


Budget: $1416....75%
Month: 22/31: 71%
No Buy: 11/14: 79%

My savings from coupons and sales: $636.70

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

 

[WAMUMOF4]

As you can see we are already over on the grocery's we started our DS on a high protein diet last week and it blew our grocery's out of the water but it is worth it he lost 4 kilos in a week

grocery's- $500(-$679.92)
Fuel/gas - $800(-$517.61)
football fees -$200(-$260)
Tyres -$220(-$198)
flights $5500 left(-$1500)
happy to get as much of as possible but would love them to be paid. Miscalculated how much we had paid so had to add $500

The kids and i are on a lets see if we can spend $100 a week on grocery's our normal bill would be between $200-$250+

May 1 $0
May2 $148
May 3 $60
May 4 $0
MAY 5 $1126.43
May 6 $228
May 7 $0
May 8 $0
May 9 $0
May 10 $147.36
May 11 $0
May 12 $134.10
May 13 $500.00 ($500 over to car hire instead of flights)
May 14 $255.52 (got 2 DS shirts when paid fees so added it on to fees)
May 15 $86.24
May 16 $23.32
May 17 $27.79
May 18 $59.63
May 19 $1597.00 (paid $1500 of car hire instead of flights)
May 20 $578.00
May 21 $220.77
May 22 $0
May 23
May 24
May 25
May 26
May 27
May 28
May 29
May 30

$0 = 7/12 I am surprised we have maid so many
Still feeling a bit dissapointed that i wont meet our flights paid of goal but at least our car hire is paid and when DW refund me will have and the $1000 or so to go of the flights.
Can some one please tell me how long a billing cycle is the USA

 

[charming23]

Today is a $0 day. I had a job interview this morning and then dropped off more applications on my way home.


May 2011 Budget

Groceries/household- $300/ $21.47 Left
Car/Gas- $50/$23.17 left
Cat Supplies-$50/ $27.77 Left
Eating Out- $50/$22.82 left
Entertainment/Misc- $100/ $64.29 left

Total Budget $550/ $169.50 left

Goal of 15 No Buy Days

Week One
4/30- $99.35 Groceries/Household and $5.69 Cat Supplies
5/1- $0
5/2- $0
5/3- $0
5/4- $22.73 Groceries/Household, $26.83 Gas, and $5.07 Eating Out
5/5- $0
5/6- $0

Week Two
5/7- $27.58 Groceries
5/8- $0
5/9- $7.11 Lunch at the Zoo
5/10- $0
5/11- $56.21 Groceries/houshold
5/12- $14.68 at Ulta
5/13- $0

Week Three
5/14- $0
5/15- $7.92 Grocery, $15 Chinese dinner, and $7 Dots
5/16- $0
5/17- $0
5/18- $0
5/19- $14.96 Aldi's, $4.03 Post Office, and $39.29 Giant Eagle
5/20- $10 Target

Week Four
5/21- $0
5/22- $11.49 Grocery and $16.54 Cat Supplies
5/23- $0
5/24
5/25
5/26
5/27

14/15 No Buy Days

Store/Coupon Savings- $80.07

 

[Virgderon]

Charming good luck on the job search. I know how tough it is. Did you check Craigslist in your area for jobs? I found a few on there that were not listed in other places.

Made my no buy goal today.

Running Total: Spent $630
$948 budget... $318 left
$0 Days: 9
Goal is 9 or more!
coupon/sale savings : 65

Groceries budget- $250 -18-28-39-78-26-24= 37 left

May 1 : 76 (Mothers day gift , card & misc.)
May 2 : 0
May 3 : 18 ( groceries, misc)
May 4: 0
May 5: 0
May 6 : 28
May 7: 37 ( garage sale finds)
May 8: 55 ( movie, groceries)
May 9: 8 (Walgreens)
May 10: 0
May 11: 0
May 12 : 29 ( red robin dinner, magazine)
May 13: 21 ( Wendys and food at the game)
May 14 : 54 (21 lunch, 21 bathing suit, 12 soap)
May 15: 124 (20 gas, 26 spa, 78 groceries)
May 16: 0
May 17: 26 ( frozen pizza. pop and a couple misc things)
May 18: 0
May 19: 0
May 20 : 43 (19 Walgreens, 24 Cracker Barrell)
May 21 : 40 (20 parking at hockey game, 20 food at hockey game)
May 22 : 89 (15 tip, 24 groceries, 50 bd gift)
May 23: 0

 

[wlake]

Edited to add: bought an iPad tonight. I'm alternating between excited and horrified at how much it was!

5/1: $110 for DS6's birthday party (so worth it!)
5/2:
5/3:
5/4: $30 dinner out
5/5: $15 jacket for DS (I just realized how small the one he's wearing is. I can't believe I let him out of the house in it.), $50 water shoes for DS and pants for me, $30 for field trips
5/6:
5/7: $84 Target, ? potting soil, ? lunch out, and ??? (the other three went out to buy a Mother's Day gift, so I wasn't with them! Guess I'll find out tomorrow! )
5/8: $18 Target (a case for my Mother's Day iPhone!!), ? groceries
5/9:
5/10: $35 dinner out
5/11:
5/12: $12 ice cream out to celebrate DS8's concert
5/13:
5/14: $40 pharmacy, $I-already-forgot Target, $85 BJ's, $95 hair cut and color, $31 things for school, $60 gas
5/15: ? groceries
5/16: $26 prescriptions at pharmacy #1; $18 prescription at pharmacy #2, $12 OTC eyedrops at pharmacy #3. $5 dinner out because I couldn't stand the thought of cooking! (We had a GC and coupons for free kids' meals.)
5/17:
5/18:
5/19: $12 ice cream out to celebrate the boys' art show
5/20:
5/21: $10 baseball socks, $10 party goods, $85 for ONE contact lens!, $3 fabric, $52 gas, $16 lunch, $20 birthday gifts for DS8, $24 Target, $30 BJ's, $4 laundry soap (*whispering* and I might order myself an iPad tonight to replace my work computer which I have to turn in next month. First I have to get over the extravagance of it.)
5/22: $44 garden store, $70 groceries
5/23: take out, $783 Apple store

no buy days: 9/10
longest no buy streak: 3 days
dinners out: 4/5
days since our last dinner out: 0
longest no meals out streak: 10

 

[Debbie]

Soooo I have to change today's $0. I bought Avon online ($140 ) and DH bought chemicals for the pool Back to 8 No Buy days....but, my, I'll have my moisturizer for the, er, mature, for a year! $62

Budget: (last month expenses)
Gas: $300($337)
Groceries/Household: $600($675)
Drug co-pays/medicine/lens: $30 ($149)
Misc including gifts: $150( $395)
Pool opening expenses: $600 ($0)
Dining: $60 ($0)

May 1: groceries $60
May 2: $0
May 3: gas $45 (does include gas for the lawnmower)
May 4: groceries $60, supper $30, Mother's Day gift $23
May 5: $0
May 6: $0
May 7: market $21 (bread and flowers to go with my Mother's Day gift), card, $4, groceries, $30, gas $55
May 8: $0
May 9: Darn! DH spent $2 on hot dog buns!
May 10: $0
May 11: gas $55, medical $25 (I don't remember it costing this much for stuff for my last colonoscopy), clear fluids stuff at the grocery store $11, chlorine $17
May 12: hospital parking $9, lunch $25, groceries, $14
May 13: $0
May 14: Yep, I went to the Scholar's Choice Warehouse sale. I bought little (math) books, plus a box of coils (we can make books!), and GIFTS! I bought: Father's Day, birthday, moving into residence and Christmas gifts. All told it was $92 with my discount, $19 was for school and the rest gifts. DH did his shopping and it was $45 for groceries.
May 15: DH went to the grocery store to buy pie and get the free ice cream. Spent $18
May 16: Workshop for me, offsite. Lunch+dessert: $12
May 17: Gas $48
May 18: $0 (although DD bought icing sugar to make candy for her bake sale tomorrow)
May 19: $5 donation at DD's final string concert. $38 on a book for teaching
May 20: $0
May 21: DH did his weekly "after Church" shopping $54
May 22: gas for lawn and car: $48, groceries $110 (should be good for groceries for most of the week, now)
May 23: $0

Gas: $251
Groceries/Household: $410
Drug co-pays/medicine/hospital parking: $34
Misc including gifts: $312
Pool: $79
Dining: $67

No Buy days: 8/12

 

[WAMUMOF4]

As you can see we are already over on the grocery's we started our DS on a high protein diet last week and it blew our grocery's out of the water but it is worth it he lost 4 kilos in a week

grocery's- $500(-$685.34)
Fuel/gas - $800(-$517.61)
football fees -$200(-$260)
Tyres -$220(-$198)
flights $5500 left(-$1500)
happy to get as much of as possible but would love them to be paid. Miscalculated how much we had paid so had to add $500

The kids and i are on a lets see if we can spend $100 a week on grocery's our normal bill would be between $200-$250+

May 1 $0
May2 $148
May 3 $60
May 4 $0
MAY 5 $1126.43
May 6 $228
May 7 $0
May 8 $0
May 9 $0
May 10 $147.36
May 11 $0
May 12 $134.10
May 13 $500.00 ($500 over to car hire instead of flights)
May 14 $255.52 (got 2 DS shirts when paid fees so added it on to fees)
May 15 $86.24
May 16 $23.32
May 17 $27.79
May 18 $59.63
May 19 $1597.00 (paid $1500 of car hire instead of flights)
May 20 $578.00
May 21 $220.77
May 22 $0
May 23 $0
May 24 $22.41 ($16.99 on hayfever medication unbudgeted for)
May 25
May 26
May 27
May 28
May 29
May 30

$0 = 8/12 I am surprised we have made so many
Still feeling a bit dissapointed that i wont meet our flights paid of goal but at least our car hire is paid and when DW refund me will have and the $1000 or so to go of the flights.

Can some one please tell me how long a billing cycle is the USA

 

[A.Mickey]

Running Total: Spent $1125.31
$0 Days:11/14

Groceries ($186-$6/day)- $161.72
Eating Out ($217-$7/day)- $186.03
Misc. (Shopping/Entertainment) ($713-$23/day) 1st Month Tuition for preschool $502
Gas $300- $42.07 (5/3-$4.44/gal), $7.07 (5/8-$4.59/gal), $68.58 (5/10-$4.33/gal), $42.84 (5/12-$4.39/gal), $40 (5/19-$4.25/gal), $72 (5/22-$4.13/gal)= $275.56

1- $22.82 (Walgreens-Groceries), $15.03 (Dominick's-Groceries), (Meijer-Groceries), $8.18 (Meijer- Groceries), $100 (Fry's Electronics-Hubby's Birthday)
2- $0
3- $0
4- $2.03 (Meijer-Groceries), $10.96 (Walgreens-Groceries), $3.82 (Jewel-Osco-Groceries), $.57 (Wal-Mart-Groceries)
5- $0
6- $0
7- $4.10 (Jewel-Osco-Groceries), $2.37 (Walgreens-Groceries), $2 (Dollar Tree-Papers), $30 (Lou Malnati's-Eating Out), $10 (McDonald's-Eating Out)
8- $8 (Parking), $1 (Puppetbikeshow-tip), $19 (Superdawg-Eating Out), $5 (Starbucks-1/2 price fraps-Eating Out), $318 (Broadway in Chicago Tickets- this is for 12 tickets (6 shows x2)...we will probably be selling our tickets to see the Osmond's too, so we will make some of this back)
9- $0
10- $6.15 (Wendy's-Eating Out), $5.46 (Target-Groceries), $14.29 (Jewel-Groceries)
11- $0
12- $0
13- $7.95 (McDonald's-Eating Out), $6.32 (Jewel-Osco-Groceries)
14- $2 (Dollar Tree-Papers), $18 (parking), $25 (Eating Out) $9 (Toys), $13 (Dessert)
15- $0
16- $26.79 (Joe Caputo-Groceries)
17- $0
18- $8.37 (Wendy's-Eating Out), $4.80 (Meijer-Groceries), $1.03 (Jewel-Groceries)
19- $18 (McDonalds/Burger King-Eating Out), $4.33 (Meijer-Groceries)
20- $0
21- $0
22- $2 (Dollar Tree), $3.11 (Walgreens-Groceries), $9.56 (McDonalds-Eating Out), $27 (TeddyFabz-Eating Out), $6.75 (Jewel-Groceries), $7 (DQ-Orange Julius-Eating Out)
23- $33 (Buyzooka-4 pack to Santa's Village), $8 (2 AMC movie tickets, Pooh and Cars are coming out), $1 (Lady Gaga's new CD and Cloud service), $13.20 (Joe Caputo-Groceries), $5.76 (Trader Joe's- Groceries)


Budget: $1416....79%
Month: 23/31: 74%
No Buy: 11/14: 79%

My savings from coupons and sales: $656.95

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

 

[dizluvah]

Spend days Sat and Sun. Mon. was no buy. Today (Tues) is spend day..I'll update weekend $ spent totals later
Gas $500 ($267 left)
Groceries $250 (OVER BUDGET $150)
Dining Out $200 (40 left)
RX Copays $150 (4 left)
Misc $300 (OVER BUDGET by $230.00)

But I commit to 15 no buy days for May.
10/15 No Buy Days so far

5/1 $155 ticket (MISC), $39 Gas, $25 breakfast (Dining Out) $219 total spent
5/2 $0
5/3 $0
5/4 $52.87 (RXs), $58.54 (Market Basket), $21.77 (Shaw's), $2.18 (McDs), $43.29 (Gas), $25 (MISC -Doc visit copay)
5/5 $47.97 (DDs photo session), $11.70 (baby food), $2.18 Breakfast
5/6 $ 7.77 (DH Breakfast), $29.99 Staples, $ 60 CVS, $56 (KCs Ribs -dining out)
5/7 $34 (Petting Zoo), $61.70 Kcup store, $$27.11 Kids Consignment, $ 25.95 (Supercuts DH), $63.42 and $36.92 (Walmart- baby stuff and mother's day gifts)
5/8 $18.04 (Beefside dining out), $2.50 newspaper
5/9 $0
5/10 $0
5/11 $66.19 Gas
5/12 $0
5/13 $7.77 Dunkin Donuts, $12 McDs
5/14 $0
5/15 $28 Gas, $78 Groceries, $2.40 (Coke and snack), $25 5Guys- dining out
5/16 $20 (PackNPlay from craigslist), $54.44 gas, $20 pictures, $120 Walmart
5/17 $0
5/18 $0
5/19 $34 Cat food (from vet), $33 CVS (3 RXs and bubble envelope mailer), $47 (Market Basket), $8.80 (Stamps), $3.27 (McDs)
5/20 $0
5/21 $$$ Will add details
5/22 $$$ Must add details
5/23 $0
5/24 Copay for Dr's appt.

 

[WAMUMOF4]

WOW! I have TAGS!!! I wonder when I got those! I just now noticed!

What's a tag ?
Could you please tell me how long a billing cycle is in the USA?
Thanks

 

[Virgderon]

Gave in and bought the Allure Beauty Box today. There were many items I would use, and DDs will use the rest. It seemed like a good deal.

Running Total: Spent $704
$948 budget... $244 left
$0 Days: 9
Goal is 9 or more!
coupon/sale savings : 65

Groceries budget- $250 -18-28-39-78-26-24= 37 left

May 1 : 76 (Mothers day gift , card & misc.)
May 2 : 0
May 3 : 18 ( groceries, misc)
May 4: 0
May 5: 0
May 6 : 28
May 7: 37 ( garage sale finds)
May 8: 55 ( movie, groceries)
May 9: 8 (Walgreens)
May 10: 0
May 11: 0
May 12 : 29 ( red robin dinner, magazine)
May 13: 21 ( Wendys and food at the game)
May 14 : 54 (21 lunch, 21 bathing suit, 12 soap)
May 15: 124 (20 gas, 26 spa, 78 groceries)
May 16: 0
May 17: 26 ( frozen pizza. pop and a couple misc things)
May 18: 0
May 19: 0
May 20 : 43 (19 Walgreens, 24 Cracker Barrell)
May 21 : 40 (20 parking at hockey game, 20 food at hockey game)
May 22 : 89 (15 tip, 24 groceries, 50 bd gift)
May 23: 0
May 24; 74 ( 20 Walgreens, 54 Allure box)

 

[ronnmel]

No Buy Days : 6/9
Gas : 0$ (max 120$)
Car : 372$ (oil change + oil leak)
Groceries : 68$ (max 200$)
Eating out (and snacks) : 60$ (max 100$)
Non-necessities : 187$ (max 200$)

05/08 : 44$ (dinner + flowers)
05/09 : 5$ (parking)
05/10 : 0$
05/11 : 78$
05/12 : 172$ (oil change & other small fixes, books)
05/13 : 150$ (fixing oil leak)
05/14 : 0$
05/15 : 38$ (groceries)
05/16 : 0$
05/17 : 17$ (dinner)
05/18 : 0$
05/19 : 77$ (donation + fixing oil leak, again)
05/20 : 22$ (lunch + dinner)
05/21 : 0$
05/22 : 64$ (books, movie, DeSerres)
05/23 : 0$
05/24 : 20$ (thank you cards)

 

[charming23]

I have another job interview on Thursday!!!!!! I am so excited about this one. It is with a company I have been dying to work for so if you can spare some pixie dust I would appreciate it.

Had a busy day today but did not spend any money out of pocket. I used a gift card for coffee and a snack with friends.


May 2011 Budget

Groceries/household- $300/ $21.47 Left
Car/Gas- $50/$23.17 left
Cat Supplies-$50/ $27.77 Left
Eating Out- $50/$22.82 left
Entertainment/Misc- $100/ $64.29 left

Total Budget $550/ $169.50 left

Goal of 15 No Buy Days

Week One
4/30- $99.35 Groceries/Household and $5.69 Cat Supplies
5/1- $0
5/2- $0
5/3- $0
5/4- $22.73 Groceries/Household, $26.83 Gas, and $5.07 Eating Out
5/5- $0
5/6- $0

Week Two
5/7- $27.58 Groceries
5/8- $0
5/9- $7.11 Lunch at the Zoo
5/10- $0
5/11- $56.21 Groceries/houshold
5/12- $14.68 at Ulta
5/13- $0

Week Three
5/14- $0
5/15- $7.92 Grocery, $15 Chinese dinner, and $7 Dots
5/16- $0
5/17- $0
5/18- $0
5/19- $14.96 Aldi's, $4.03 Post Office, and $39.29 Giant Eagle
5/20- $10 Target

Week Four
5/21- $0
5/22- $11.49 Grocery and $16.54 Cat Supplies
5/23- $0
5/24- $0
5/25
5/26
5/27

15/15 No Buy Days

Store/Coupon Savings- $80.07

 

[A.Mickey]

Running Total: Spent $1154.88
$0 Days:11/14

Groceries ($186-$6/day)- $178.56
Eating Out ($217-$7/day)- $194.76
Misc. (Shopping/Entertainment) ($713-$23/day) 1st Month Tuition for preschool $506
Gas $300- $42.07 (5/3-$4.44/gal), $7.07 (5/8-$4.59/gal), $68.58 (5/10-$4.33/gal), $42.84 (5/12-$4.39/gal), $40 (5/19-$4.25/gal), $72 (5/22-$4.13/gal)= $275.56

1- $22.82 (Walgreens-Groceries), $15.03 (Dominick's-Groceries), (Meijer-Groceries), $8.18 (Meijer- Groceries), $100 (Fry's Electronics-Hubby's Birthday)
2- $0
3- $0
4- $2.03 (Meijer-Groceries), $10.96 (Walgreens-Groceries), $3.82 (Jewel-Osco-Groceries), $.57 (Wal-Mart-Groceries)
5- $0
6- $0
7- $4.10 (Jewel-Osco-Groceries), $2.37 (Walgreens-Groceries), $2 (Dollar Tree-Papers), $30 (Lou Malnati's-Eating Out), $10 (McDonald's-Eating Out)
8- $8 (Parking), $1 (Puppetbikeshow-tip), $19 (Superdawg-Eating Out), $5 (Starbucks-1/2 price fraps-Eating Out), $318 (Broadway in Chicago Tickets- this is for 12 tickets (6 shows x2)...we will probably be selling our tickets to see the Osmond's too, so we will make some of this back)
9- $0
10- $6.15 (Wendy's-Eating Out), $5.46 (Target-Groceries), $14.29 (Jewel-Groceries)
11- $0
12- $0
13- $7.95 (McDonald's-Eating Out), $6.32 (Jewel-Osco-Groceries)
14- $2 (Dollar Tree-Papers), $18 (parking), $25 (Eating Out) $9 (Toys), $13 (Dessert)
15- $0
16- $26.79 (Joe Caputo-Groceries)
17- $0
18- $8.37 (Wendy's-Eating Out), $4.80 (Meijer-Groceries), $1.03 (Jewel-Groceries)
19- $18 (McDonalds/Burger King-Eating Out), $4.33 (Meijer-Groceries)
20- $0
21- $0
22- $2 (Dollar Tree), $3.11 (Walgreens-Groceries), $9.56 (McDonalds-Eating Out), $27 (TeddyFabz-Eating Out), $6.75 (Jewel-Groceries), $7 (DQ-Orange Julius-Eating Out)
23- $33 (Buyzooka-4 pack to Santa's Village), $8 (2 AMC movie tickets, Pooh and Cars are coming out), $1 (Lady Gaga's new CD and Cloud service), $13.20 (Joe Caputo-Groceries), $5.76 (Trader Joe's- Groceries)
24- $4 (Admission for Kid's Play Place), $13.31 (Walgreens-Groceries), $3.53 (Meijer-Groceries), $8.73 (Wendy's-Eating Out)


Budget: $1416....82%
Month: 24/31: 77%
No Buy: 11/14: 79%

My savings from coupons and sales: $673.64

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

 

[bigmama67]

charming23, good luck!!!

Behind on tracking again...sigh...