No Buy April- come join us!

[thebigkahuna]

04-01 No Spend Day!
04-02 No Spend!
04-03 No Spend! OH! I found .36 cents! so +.36 !
04-04 $46.01 Gas. (unbudgeted)
04-05 -$2.54 bread & two chocolates that were 50% off!
04-06 - $15.86 Target - groceries. (Note to self: STOP shopping without a list. Thank you.)
04-07 - $2.44 Dunkin' Donuts. Bad day = a bagel "pickmeup"
04-08 - NO SPEND!
04-09 -$7.00 breakfast, $8.00 co-workers breakfast. $15.98 Sephora, $17.57 Jewelry Kiosk in the mall. Wow. I lost a bit of my grip todayTomorrow is another day! (hopefully a NO SPEND DAY!)


GOAL: 10 NO $PEND DAYS
# OF NO $PENDS: 4

DISNEY BUCKET MONEY: $20.00

 

[disney fan 2013]

I've been following this thread on and off for the past year! I've had an Excel spreadsheet going and have been doing fine ever since then, but I need to buy a new car - hopefully in June - so I really need to buckle down! My budget here will not include rent, cell phone, gym membership, etc. Here are my goals for the month:

$100 Spending/Miscellaneous $30.58 left
$100 Groceries $84.50 left
$24 Movies (go to $6 movie night every week with friends - have for as long as I can remember...!)
$140 Gas $99 left(most difficult category for me! I drive around 80+ miles round-trip every weekday and my current car is not the best on gas.)
$100 "Going Out"

15 $0 Days (5 so far)


4/1 - $69.42 Running Clothes (Dick's & Target)/$30.58 left Spending
4/2 - $31.00 Gas
4/3 - $15.50 Stop & Shop
4/4 - $0
4/5 - $10 Gas
4/6 - $0 (missed $6 movie night because I was still at work!)
4/7 - $0
4/8 - $0
4/9 - $0

I spent way too much time at work this week because most of our employees cannot get to work from the aftermath of the flooding in RI. I'm exhausted, but it means overtime $ and no time to shop, so I'll take what I can get!

 

[VirataMama4]

4/9- $0
4/10- should be a $0 day!

4/10- $0 days

 

[Tiggerish]

The budget is $700 and 10 no spend days.

Automobile $75 / $45 left
Eating Out/Entertainment $75 / $44 left
Giving $120 / $100 left
Groceries/Household Goods $250 / $156 left
Medical $15
Misc. $165 / $124 left

No Spend Days Achieved = 2
Coupon Savings $10.35

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4/1 Groceries $8
4/2 Eating out $19
4/3 Groceries $9; Misc. $21 for printer ink
4/4 Giving $20 (church); Groceries $24
4/5 Groceries $15
4/6 Groceries $2; Eating out $7.
4/7 $0
4/8 Groceries $2; Eating out $64
4/9 $0
4/10 Groceries $34; Gas $30

 

[PeytonSdiz]

Goals = Spend $650 (or less) and have at least 15 $0 days. Also...to only eat out once this month. (Unless we go out of town to visit family, because then we basically have to eat fast food a little.)

1st = $52 (groceries)
2nd = $36 (gas for husband's car)
3rd = $0
4th = $0
5th = $0
6th = $0
7th = $0
8th = $63 (groceries)
9th = $0

Total so far = $141

Zero dollar days = 6/15

 

[ronnmel]

4/1 don't remember
4/2 don't remember
4/3 55$ (dinner + bachelorette gift)
4/4 0$
4/5 0$
4/6 30$ (gas + dinner)
4/7 23$ (breakfast + groceries)
4/8 0$
4/9 52$ (groceries + lunch)
4/10 0$ (so far!)

No buy days goal: 4/10

 

[SunnieRN]

My month so far:

4/1 Pd bills only $0

4/2 $30 Pizza, family over

4/3 $67.20 Groceries

4/4 $0

4/5 $18.50 Clutch for gift

4/6 $25.16 Daughters birthday lunch

4/7 $0

4/8 $0

4/9 $0 (not by choice)

4/10 $0

$0 days 6 out of 10!

 

[lougoofy]

4/09/10: $2.07 tickled pink (local knic knac, furn. and decor store)

4/10/10: $4.41 Hardee's breakfast plus a sausage biscuit for at lunch time, $10.89 Dollar General Store (Groceries)

 

[MommyBell08]

4/1-81.15 for groceries at Kroger, Meijer and Target
4/2-0
4/3-0
4/4-0
4/5-6.04 groceries and personal items at Kmart(double coupons up to $2)
4/6-0
4/7-54.01 for groceries and 11.06 for Target
4/8-87.96 crocs.com...AHHH I did get 5 pairs though Time to buckle down I need 6 more by the 15th. Wow my goal sux. I can do it?
4/9-0
4/10-0
4/11-
4/12-
4/13-
4/14-
4/15-

*Goals for the month of April*

6/20 goal-No buy days
0/80-Eating Out and Entertainment
-35.08/0-Non-Necessity
81.15 spent/ 88.80 left-Groceries(first month with REAL couponing, wish me luck)
-Spent for Gas
-Spent for Other
125.30+ in Coupon Savings

 

[QVCshopper]

Trying for a no buy tomorrow, but I did enjoy shopping at Target and Sears yesterday. Easter and Lands End sales are the best! Plus, I didn't have to make dinner tonight.

No-buys: 4/15

4/1-$0
4/2-$10 gift for nephew; $3.20 candy
4/3-$40 Wegmans (food)
4/4-$0
4/5-$17.09 Target (after Easter, snacks); found .60
4/6-$0; found .25
4/7-$51 Wegmans/Redners (food); $5.61 BK (lunch); found .25
4/8-$0
4/9-$22.70 Target (Easter, snacks), $10.15 Wegmans (food), $2.40 Sears (clothes), found .25
4/10-$10 ice cream, $16.43 Chinese food, $6.88 Genuardis (food), found .02
4/11-
4/12-
4/13-
4/14-
4/15-

 

[charming23]

Groceries/Household- $250/ $165.20 left
Gas/Car- $50
Entertainment/Eating Out- $75/ $50.23 Left
Misc/Emergency- $75/ $51

Total- $450/ $316.43 Left

7/15 No Buy Days

4/1- $45.00 Groceries
4/2- $0
4/3- $24.77 Dinner Out and $24 Office Max
4/4- $0
4/5- $0
4/6- $0
4/7- $0
4/8- $39.80 Marc's (Groceries)
4/9- $0
4/10- $0

 

[AKL_Megs]

I already goofed up April... I was going to try and do this this month. Oh well. I'll see you in May.

 

[PeytonSdiz]

Goals = Spend $650 (or less) and have at least 15 $0 days. Also...to only eat out once this month. (Unless we go out of town to visit family, because then we basically have to eat fast food a little.)

1st = $52 (groceries)
2nd = $36 (gas for husband's car)
3rd = $0
4th = $0
5th = $0
6th = $0
7th = $0
8th = $63 (groceries)
9th = $0
10th = $100 (home improvement store)

Total so far = $241

Zero dollar days = 6/15

 

[A.Mickey]

Running Total: Spent $163
$600...$437 left
$0 Days:4
Goal is 15 or more!

Groceries- $250...$189 left
Eating Out- $150...$84 left
Misc. (Shopping/Entertainment) $200...$164 left
I always round up to the nearest dollar.

1- $34 (Shopping-Target). My son's 3rd birthday is tomorrow-picked up a Disney Preschool computer software, diapers, wrapping paper and a few toys.
2- 0
3- $18 (Eating Out- Chipotle), $6 (Groceries-Walgreens), $2 (Shopping-Dollar Tree), $13 (Groceries- Jewel)
4- 0
5- 0
6- 0
7- $2 (Eating Out- Wendy's), $5 (Groceries- Jewel), $1 (Groceries- Walgreens)
8- $2 (Groceries- Walgreens), $9 (Groceries- Jewel)
9- $19 (Groceries- Walgreens), $4 (Groceries- CVS)
10- $25 (Eating Out- Museum), $21 (Eating Out- Ice Cream Museum), $2 (Groceries- Target)


$0 Days: 4: 27%
$600 Limit: $163: 27%
Month: 10/30: 33%

My savings from coupons and sales: $346.63
Year to Date Total from Coupons and sales: $2858.66
Year to Date Spent: $2346

 

[MickeyMomOfThree]

I shopped so much today, I can't even get myself to gather the receipts. I hated doing it too. But tomorrow is hubby's birthday and I needed a gift and took the kids to get him gifts, I had to get the supplies to make him a cheesecake, I had to buy some shirts for me for vacation next week (I am not one to buy clothes for me ever. All I usually wear is tshirts and while that is all I bought, I bought some nicer ts.) And we needed a new grill, went all summer last year without one and hubby's friends are coming over tomorrow for his b-day and grilling was what he so wanted to do so we sprung and got a new one. I probably spent $500 today. Ugg, but, it was all CASH and he will have a very happy b-day tomorrow.

Anyway, I will record tomorrow. I am too sleepy.

 

[bisone]

I'm a newbie, but I have followed the no buy threads for a couple of months. We have a trip coming up in June so I would like to take the next couple of months to save up a little extra. We do our household budget weekly(fri-thurs), so I will plan weekly here(it will be easier on me). I would like to shoot for 10 no buy days for the month. My first week will be 4/2-4/8. Here is the plan for the week:
25 - gas - zero left
125 - groceries/household - zero left
25 - dog
50 - misc - zero left

4/2 - Sams (42.56), Target (12.83), Aldi (17.32), Wal-mart (81.13), DD (5.00)
4/3 - Taco Bell (11.15) I really didn't want to do this, but we were so busy getting ready for Easter
4/4 - Zero Day!!
4/5 - I did some returning today that put some money back into groceries/household and misc, but spent it at Starbucks (6.32), Wal-mart (17.25), Field Trip (2.00), McDs (3.20)
4/6 - gas (25.00), Burger King (5.68)
4/7 - Zero Day!!
4/8 - Zero Day!!

My budget for the week of 4/9-4/15 is:
25 - dog (carried over from last week)
125 - groceries/household
25 - gas
50 - gift
50 - misc
25 - home maint

4/9 -
4/10 -
4/11 -
4/12 -
4/13 -
4/14 -
4/15 -
I will have to update later, I need to go to bed

 

[tolemommy]

I just found this thread & I love, love, love it! I am going to go back and read March's No Buy thread as well. I hope to post my No Buy goal for the remainder of April tomorrow. Hoping this will help me stock pile some vacation money, pay down debt, and be more mindful of what I'm spending. Thanks to all.

 

[cherry-pops]

I'm going to be following you wonderful people as you go through April, you'll inspire me to start my own 'no buy' project for the month of May.

 

[vickiemariko]

I'm starting to get excited about not spending money! Yesterday I was going to go out and buy my DD a black tutu for our Disney vacation (she's getting a pirate makeover) but I remembered I had a bunch of black tulle in the Halloween decorations. So I was crafty and made her a tutu. It turned out super cute. We even glued gems all over it to make it extra fancy Then to make my money saving day even better....I got one of those $5 Walmart shopping cards in the mail! I was so excited. Now I can go buy 3 disposable ponchos and a box of crystal light drink packets for our trip, with hardly any out of pocket expense.
Today I'm not anticipating any spending so I'm posting early.
Best wishes to all of my "No Buy" Disers!!

April 1- $5.99 crocs for DD6
April 2- $1.39 @ grocery store
April 3- $8.50 movie ticket
April 4- $0
April 5- $7.50 Classic Fun Center
April 6- $0
April 7- $0
April 8- $0
April 9- $49.78 groceries
April 10- $0
April 11- $0

Total- $73.16
Left to Spend- $376.84

 

[Tiggerish]

The budget is $700 and 10 no spend days.

Automobile $75 / $45 left
Eating Out/Entertainment $75 / $44 left
Giving $120 / $100 left
Groceries/Household Goods $250 / $156 left
Medical $15
Misc. $165 / $97 left

No Spend Days Achieved = 2
Coupon Savings $10.35

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4/1 Groceries $8
4/2 Eating out $19
4/3 Groceries $9; Misc. $21 for printer ink
4/4 Giving $20 (church); Groceries $24
4/5 Groceries $15
4/6 Groceries $2; Eating out $7.
4/7 $0
4/8 Groceries $2; Eating out $64
4/9 $0
4/10 Groceries $34; Gas $30
4/11 Giving $20 (church collection); Misc. $28 for a new disney guide book


Last week I received a windfall of a small amount if money and a doubling of my monthly income from now on. Then my sister mentioned the she had received a free dining pin. I have vacationed with her and her family for the past 20 years and this year because of very tight times we were doing three days in Chicago with a $500 budget. Now we are doing 6 nights and 7 days in WDW instead. We are still on a tight budget but it is wonderful to have the opportunity to make some memories. In 2007 I was dx with a incurable, chronic condition that is stealing away my ability to walk, to use my hands and to a minor extent some of my cognitive skills so it is especially important to do it now rather than save for a more deluxe later.