No Buy April- come join us!

[MickeyMomOfThree]

April 1- School Fundaiser Night at Chuck E Cheese $19.06
New Moon DVD, socks for Easter Baskets and popcorn for resale at Walmart $20.36 ($5.40 for the popcorn.)
Total- $39.42 paid out
April 2- $0 ~~~I am counting this as a $0 spend day because all I spent on was taking my DD8 to the eye doctor ($60 copay) and because her eye is not getting better they had to patch it, so $12 for a patch. This to me is the same as a morgage, insurance and all that. It is a necessity. So while I am writing it down for my benefit to know where the money went, I am calling today a no spend day. Total- $72.96 It was a day off from school so I'd be lying if I said I wasn't tempted to do something with them, but we played outside (it was 86 today) and made peanut butter playdough (like at Coral Reef.)
April 3- Busy Day but financially not too bad. We did 3 eggs hunts (town, Adventure Landing and Girl Scouts) and 2 free crafts (Michael's and Home Depot) and played at the park.
$5 Donation to Make a Wish
$1.50 for a mid day slush for the kids (it was 88 degrees in upstate NY!)
$10 gas
$19.38 pizza for dinner
$1.08 New Moon DVD(second copy, this one is for charity.)
$4.50 New Disney Family Stickers for the van, mine are beyond peeling. This is not a necessity, I know, but I bought them anyway. I got them off eBay for a lot less then the ones I bought in Disney.
Total- $41.46
April 4-
Walmart (razors and medicine) $18
Easter Dinner Out (with coupons) $24
Ice Cream for Dessert $3
Groceries $99
Total- $144
April 5- $0
April 6-
$61.95 Produce and meat (shopping on Easter night, these dept. were lacking)
$109 dance tuition
$11 Recital Trophies
$15 gas
Total- $196.95
April 7- $0
April 8- $0 Day 4, so how do we get that $20, Paypal???
April 9- $0
April 10-
Gas- $48.68
Best Buy (DH's B-day gifts)-$124.18
Target(spring clothes)-$117.23
Lunch for the kids- $3.24
Target (spring clothes)- $38.56
Target (spring clothes)- $26.29
Little Cesears (dinner)- $13.98
Lowes (new grill and cover)- $194.95
Ulta (my makeup)-$27.00
Total-$594.11
April11-
Longhorn Steakhouse (DH's b-day lunch)- $38.37
Bed, Bath, Beyond (Mother's Day gifts on clearance, Keurig Mini for travel for DH and a big box of Keurig cups)- $76.10
Marshalls' (clothes for me)- $20.79
Wegman's (groceries)- $28.57
Total-$163.83
April 12-
$60-X-Ray copay DD (Hand not broken! )
$15.98- 10 pair of Mudd Sunglasses (couldn't resist)
Total- $75.98
April 13-
$15.69- Dinner Date with hubby
$103.30- Wegman's Groceries
Total- $118.99
April 14- ***-$0$14 DD8's softball shorts had to be paid for. UGGG, and it was finally going to be a $0 day. This has been a bad month for me.
April 15- $0 FINALLY!!!
April 16- $0
April 17-April 25 Vacation. 3 $ 0 Spend days and about $125 spent. I did not keep exact track but took $150 with me and came home with about $25.
April 26- $160 groceries, we had nothing in the house when we got home.
April 27- $0 Back from vacation and back on track!!!
April 28- $0
April 29- $0 See, back from vacation and doing so well again!

***Aprll 14 I had to pay to order DD8 new softball shorts, but despite paying on time they accidently did not get ordered so I will be given a refund and can hopefully make do with last years, if not I will have to try to find some. Anyway, I now will be calling that a $0 day since the money is being refunded.***




Total No Buy Days--- 14

Total Spent- $1715.51

 

[vickiemariko]

The last few days have been ok. My fridge is getting very bare! We are on our last half gallon of milk. We do have half a gallon of soy milk though, so hopefully it will last until we leave on Tuesday. My family is getting tired of canned and frozen veggies though. I think I may have to make one last grocery run for a few apples, bananas, and baby carrots tomorrow. But we're almost there! And I've saved so much cash-o-la this month! Thank you guys for keeping me motivated!
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
April 12- $1.07 Redbox, $41.47 gas
April 13- $0
April 14- $66.29 gas
April 15- $0
April 16- $27.47 clothes, gift cards
April 17- $0
April 18- $0
April 19- $0
April 20- $5.82 dry cleaning
April 21- $0
April 22- $6 doggie day care
April 23- $0
April 24- $0
April 25- $129.32
April 26- $6
April 27- $12.12 doggie daycare, ice cream
April 28- $0
April 29- $10.31 prescription

Total- $379.03

Left to Spend- $70.97

 

[butterflygirl3]

I tried this several months ago and dropped the ball I figured I would go ahead and start now (since I'm thinking about it) and get a heads up for May

April:
29th-$0 (Yeah !!! )

 

[hmack]

04/01 - ZERO SPEND DAY
04/02 - Easter gifts - $22
04/03 - lunch out - $17, clothes - $57, easter gifts - $10, gas - 40, groceries, $153
04/04 - ZERO SPEND DAY
04/05 - ZERO SPEND DAY
04/06 - ZERO SPEND DAY
04/07 - gas $40, groceries - $16
04/08 -
04/09 - ZERO SPEND DAY
04/10 - groceries - $79.37
04/11 - lunch out - $42, Borders (book & cd) $18
04/12 - pizza out - $11
04/13 - gas $40, groceries $7
04/14 - ZERO SPEND DAY
04/15 - ZERO SPEND DAY
04/16 - $38 Oil change
04/17 - groceries $147
04/18 - 5K registration fee - $20, gas $40, lunch out $38
04/19 - TJMaxx $24 (clothes $11, grocery $5, household good $8), Snack at Arby's $12
04/20 - ZERO SPEND DAY
04/21 - gas $40, groceries $15
4/22 - ZERO SPEND DAY
04/23 - ZERO SPEND DAY
04/24 - eating out $33, clothes (including new bathingsuit for DD who wants to do a sprint triathalon so I wanted to get a good quality suit) $105
04/25 - groceries $70
04/26 ZERO SPEND DAY
04/27 - ZERO SPEND DAY
04/28 - gas $40, groceries $42
04/29 - walgreens run $27
(so far) 04/30 - dd's high school yearbook $55


0 more to go! - goal achieved

I'm not ending the month on great note - but I'm glad that I achieved my 11 day goal.

Here's looking forward to May!

 

[Tiggerish]

The budget was $700 and 10 no spend days and ended up spending $536 and having 12 no spend days.

Automobile $75 / $45 left
Eating Out/Entertainment $75 / $17 left
Giving $120 / $55 left
Groceries/Household Goods $250 / $39 left
Medical $15 /$5 left
Misc. $165 / $3 left

No Spend Days Achieved = 12
Coupon Savings $43.38
-----------------------------------------------------
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 $4
4/9 $0
4/10 Groceries $34; Gas $30
4/11 Giving $20 (church collection); Misc. $28 for a new Disney guide book
4/12 $0
4/13/$0
4/14 Misc. $10
4/15 $0
4/16 Groceries $62; Medical $10 (prescription); and Misc. $11 (postage)
4/17 Misc. $14 (gift for friend)
4/18 Giving $25 (church collection)
4/19 $0
4/20 Groceries $57
4/21 Misc. $7 for postage
4/22 $0
4/23 Eating out $3
4/24 Groceries $17(cheese store); Entertainment $7; Misc $20
4/25 $0
4/26 $0
4/27 $0
4/28 $0
4/29 $0
4/30 Groceries $7; Misc. $32 (Mother's Day present); and Eating out $17

 

[bas71873]

I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ready for April to be over. This, as my first month, has been really, really eye-opening. It's frightening . I have been working on a budget for May, so come on Saturday!

 

[MickeyMomOfThree]

April 1- School Fundaiser Night at Chuck E Cheese $19.06
New Moon DVD, socks for Easter Baskets and popcorn for resale at Walmart $20.36 ($5.40 for the popcorn.)
Total- $39.42 paid out
April 2- $0 ~~~I am counting this as a $0 spend day because all I spent on was taking my DD8 to the eye doctor ($60 copay) and because her eye is not getting better they had to patch it, so $12 for a patch. This to me is the same as a morgage, insurance and all that. It is a necessity. So while I am writing it down for my benefit to know where the money went, I am calling today a no spend day. Total- $72.96 It was a day off from school so I'd be lying if I said I wasn't tempted to do something with them, but we played outside (it was 86 today) and made peanut butter playdough (like at Coral Reef.)
April 3- Busy Day but financially not too bad. We did 3 eggs hunts (town, Adventure Landing and Girl Scouts) and 2 free crafts (Michael's and Home Depot) and played at the park.
$5 Donation to Make a Wish
$1.50 for a mid day slush for the kids (it was 88 degrees in upstate NY!)
$10 gas
$19.38 pizza for dinner
$1.08 New Moon DVD(second copy, this one is for charity.)
$4.50 New Disney Family Stickers for the van, mine are beyond peeling. This is not a necessity, I know, but I bought them anyway. I got them off eBay for a lot less then the ones I bought in Disney.
Total- $41.46
April 4-
Walmart (razors and medicine) $18
Easter Dinner Out (with coupons) $24
Ice Cream for Dessert $3
Groceries $99
Total- $144
April 5- $0
April 6-
$61.95 Produce and meat (shopping on Easter night, these dept. were lacking)
$109 dance tuition
$11 Recital Trophies
$15 gas
Total- $196.95
April 7- $0
April 8- $0 Day 4, so how do we get that $20, Paypal???
April 9- $0
April 10-
Gas- $48.68
Best Buy (DH's B-day gifts)-$124.18
Target(spring clothes)-$117.23
Lunch for the kids- $3.24
Target (spring clothes)- $38.56
Target (spring clothes)- $26.29
Little Cesears (dinner)- $13.98
Lowes (new grill and cover)- $194.95
Ulta (my makeup)-$27.00
Total-$594.11
April11-
Longhorn Steakhouse (DH's b-day lunch)- $38.37
Bed, Bath, Beyond (Mother's Day gifts on clearance, Keurig Mini for travel for DH and a big box of Keurig cups)- $76.10
Marshalls' (clothes for me)- $20.79
Wegman's (groceries)- $28.57
Total-$163.83
April 12-
$60-X-Ray copay DD (Hand not broken! )
$15.98- 10 pair of Mudd Sunglasses (couldn't resist)
Total- $75.98
April 13-
$15.69- Dinner Date with hubby
$103.30- Wegman's Groceries
Total- $118.99
April 14- ***-$0$14 DD8's softball shorts had to be paid for. UGGG, and it was finally going to be a $0 day. This has been a bad month for me.
April 15- $0 FINALLY!!!
April 16- $0
April 17-April 25 Vacation. 3 $ 0 Spend days and about $125 spent. I did not keep exact track but took $150 with me and came home with about $25.
April 26- $160 groceries, we had nothing in the house when we got home.
April 27- $0 Back from vacation and back on track!!!
April 28- $0
April 29- $0 See, back from vacation and doing so well again!
April 30- $0 My 15th out of a goal of 15!

***Aprll 14 I had to pay to order DD8 new softball shorts, but despite paying on time they accidently did not get ordered so I will be given a refund and can hopefully make do with last years, if not I will have to try to find some. Anyway, I now will be calling that a $0 day since the money is being refunded.***




Total No Buy Days--- 15 Despite a rough start, DH's b-day and vacation I made the goal I set for myself. I am happy about that. I was going to set a lower goal this month because of those things but figured it would give me something to stive for (though I didn't expect to reach it.) Yesterday and today were $0 days because of that goal. Today was DD10's teacher's b-day. She really likes her and wanted to buy her a gift. Instead we decorated a flower pot we had and an old glass decanter we had and planted flowers we had gotten free for Earth Day in the pot and she picked a half dozen tulips from our garden and put them in the vase. She had fun decorating them and they were really pretty and it cost us nothing. Tonight we have a Girl Scout sleepover and we are all need to bring a snack to share. With items in my pantry I made Puppy Chow and Smores in a Cup so I was able to make it a $0 day today too. I can't believe I made my goal this month. Sorry to go on, I am just really happy about it!

Total Spent- $1715.51

 

[MickeyMomOfThree]

I thought I'd start May for those of us ready for a new month! Good Luck everyone!

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=36474902#post36474902

 

[lougoofy]

4/28/10: $3.17 shake (Hardee's) and $2.65 gardening tool (DGMarketplace)

4/29/10: $1.50 bus fare, $2.?? taco bell, $14.50 hair cut and $22.52 groceries (Kroger's)
4/30/10: $1.06 Blt (Rally's), $3.00 groceries (pic pac) and $3.00 ribs

 

[QVCshopper]

We spent some $ today, but it's been a pretty good month overall. Not sure about May yet... may just track my no-buy days or take a break. Spent just over $700 for the month (not including gas for the car); found about $4.50. I think that's OK for a family of four.

No-buys: 16/15

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-$0
4/12-$20 Wegmans (prescriptions and food)
4/13-$0
4/14-$0
4/15-$0
4/16-$0
4/17-$32.73 ACME/Genuardis (food); found $2
4/18-$0
4/19-$0
4/20-$9 Haircut; $24 Target/Goodwill; $25 School fundraising; McD/Bagel $5; Wegmans $30
4/21-$5.61 BK; $56 ACME/Redners (food/stamps)
4/22-$11 Disney Store; found .38
4/23-$0; found a very bent penny
4/24-$3 Breakfast; $19.25 Wegmans (food/med); $30 Dinner; found .38
4/25-$60 LLBean (will get $10 gc back); $56 shoes; $3 Gymboree; $44 Target; $12 snacks out
4/26-$0; found .25
4/27-$0; found .25
4/28-$0
4/29-$0; found .11
4/30-$17.60 Wegmans (food); $12.70 Borders (books); $25.45 Disney Store; $8.50 McDs; found .02

 

[charming23]

Thank heavens April is over.

Groceries/Household- $250/ -$4.86 left
Gas/Car- $50/ $3.29 left
Entertainment/Eating Out- $75/ -$1.23 Left
Misc/Emergency- $75/ $26 left

Total- $450/ $23.19 Left

19/15 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
4/11- $0
4/12- $20.69 Gas and $7.03 Deli (Lunchmeat)
4/13- $13.46 Groceries from save-a-lot
4/14- $0
4/15- $0
4/16- $51.49 Marc's
4/17- $0
4/18- $0
4/19- $0
4/20- $25 Target
4/21- $0
4/22- $0
4/23- $26.02 Gas and $20 Movie Tickets
4/24- $46.26 Groceries
4/25- $0
4/26- $0
4/27- $24.68 Bubba Q's (Dinner) and $6.78 Mitchell's Ice Cream
4/28- $0
4/29- $52.83 Trader Joe's Stock up
4/30- $0

 

[MommyBell08]

MommyBell08;36451314]MommyBell08;36394701]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
4/8-63.97 crocs.com..(edit. returned mine.. not cute...DH and DS so cute though
4/9-0
4/10-0
4/11-0
4/12-10.31 Malys
4/13-0
4/14-63.90 year membership renewal at Toledo Zoo!
4/15-58.80 Meijers stamps and Misc.
4-16-0
4-17-15.99 Kroger DH
4-18-0
4-19-0
4-20-0
4-21-61.61 Gas 6.98 Swimsuit for DS
4-22-0
4-23-0
4-24-0
4-25-0
4-26-0
4-27-coupon shopping with overage total spent $6.41 Target
4-28-0
4/29-0
4-30- 32.00 Meijers 37.37 gas for DH (taking it from Mays budget)


*Goals for the month of April*

19/20 goal-No buy days
63.90-Eating Out and Entertainment
68.98-Non-Necessity
135.55 spent-Groceries(first month with REAL couponing, wish me luck)
156.76-Spent for Gas
110.31-Spent for Other

 

[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$
4/11 10$ (ice cream)
4/12 50$ (groceries)
4/13 5$ (fast food)
4/14 0$
4/15 0$
4/16 7$ (fast food)
4/17 20$ (groceries)
4/18 30$ (breakfast & lunch)
4/19 0$
4/20 120$ (fast food + cable bill)
4/21 100$ (clothes + Disney book. )
4/22 70$ (more clothes...)
4/23 135$ (car + lunch + walmart)
4/24 130$ (shoes + lunch + gas)
4/25 90$ (rain jacket + cheesecake)
4/26 30$ (groceries)
4/27 0$
4/28 70$
4/29 10$ (dry cleaner)
4/30 4$ (used books)

TOTAL: 941$

No buy days goal: 8/10

I'm going to have to be waaayyyyyyy better next month. If I calculate the money that goes for rent, student loan, insurance, electricity and cell phone bills, then that means that I spent more this month than I made at work. That's not good.

 

[A.Mickey]

Running Total: Spent $872
$600...-$272 over
$0 Days:14
Goal is 15 or more!

Groceries- $250...$11 left
Eating Out- $150...-$123 over
Misc. (Shopping/Entertainment) $200...-$162 over
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)
11- $13 (Eating Out- Subway), $20 (Eating Out- Bakery), $7 (Shopping-Dollar Tree)
12- 0
13- $9 (Eating Out- McDonald's), $8 (Groceries- Jewel), $42 (Groceries-Dominick's), $4 (Groceries- Walgreens)
14- 0
15- 0
16- $42 (Groceries- Mejier) $2 (Groceries- CVS), $15 (Groceries- Target), $23 (Shopping-Target)
17- $35 (Eating Out- foodlife), $8 (Eating Out- Ghirardelli's)
18- $25 (Eating Out- Old Country Buffet), $44 (Shopping- Disney Store) $33 (Eating Out- Ruby Tuesday's)
19- 0
20- 0
21- $19 (Eating Out- McDonald's), $6 (Groceries- Dominick's) $30 (Misc. New Licence)
22- 0
23- 0
24- $2 (Eating Out- Wendy's), $17 (Groceries- Meijer), $3 (Groceries- Jewel), $12 (Groceries- Walgreens)
25- $68 (Shopping- Carson Pirie Scott, nice pair of pants, a shirt and a nice tie), $81 (Shopping- Lane Bryant- Bought 2 shirts, a dress, and 3 bras), $54 (Shopping- Crocs- For 5 pairs of Crocs), $19 (Shopping-Barnes and Noble-Actually bought a book!!) Since my budget was blown mind as well keep blowing it... $12 (Eating Out- Ikea), $22 (Eating Out- Five Guys)...IF one positive came out of today....Everything I bought should have cost over $600 if I paid retail.
26- 0
27- $16 (Groceries- Jewel), $4 (Groceries- Dominick's)
28- $7 (Groceries- Meijer), $7 (Eating Out- Wendy's)
29- 0
30- 0


$0 Days: 14: 93%
$600 Limit: $872: 145%
Month: 30/30: 100%

My savings from coupons and sales: $1404.61

 

[DisneyCrafter]

Groceries/Necessities: $31.57, $8.58, $16.48, $5.75, $24.92, $7.98, $1.72, $3.45, $17.01, $23.07, $6.06, $15.08, $47.90, $33.79, $22.50, $6.75, $1.59, .51, $1.78

Total for Groceries/Necessities: $276.49

**This was actually a pretty typical month for us when it comes to groceries but the total is a lot higher than I'd like it to be. Ideally I'd like it to be around $200. I think that is a fair budget.**

Gas: $272

"Extras": $42.12, $32.70, $2.10, $49.73 x 2, $15, $22.34, $38.49, $59.41, $118.26, $114.63, $26.99, $119.96, $7.67, $13.61, $7.79, $13.90, $302.40, $9.00, $4.40, $16.04, $17.47, $30.00, $16.14, $1.59, $9.81, $15.95, $4.61

Total for "Extras": $1161.84

**I am ashamed to say that most of it was put on the CC. We bought a new exercise bike, I got some new clothes, we bought gifts for some people, I got some new scrapbooking materials. It was a bad month. As soon as we get the $$ from our taxes $302.40 will be paid off for the exercise bike. That leaves $859.44 some of which was paid in cash for. Next month I will mark CC next to the amounts I put on the CC which better be $0.**

Medical: $30.00, $25.00, $25.00, $9.96, $6.12

Total for Medical: $96.08

**This was all paid for in cash except for $9.96.**

$0 Days= 12 (4/1, 4/2, 4/5, 4/7, 4/8, 4/12, 4/13, 4/18, 4/19, 4/20, 4/24, 4/27)

This really allowed me to track my spending and be held accountable for all of our purchases! I hate CC, I never used to use them until we got married and I don't know what happened. I need to take them out of my purse and tell DH to take his out of his wallet.

Now to think about next months goals...

 

[hmack]

04/01 - ZERO SPEND DAY
04/02 - Easter gifts - $22
04/03 - lunch out - $17, clothes - $57, easter gifts - $10, gas - 40, groceries, $153
04/04 - ZERO SPEND DAY
04/05 - ZERO SPEND DAY
04/06 - ZERO SPEND DAY
04/07 - gas $40, groceries - $16
04/08 -
04/09 - ZERO SPEND DAY
04/10 - groceries - $79.37
04/11 - lunch out - $42, Borders (book & cd) $18
04/12 - pizza out - $11
04/13 - gas $40, groceries $7
04/14 - ZERO SPEND DAY
04/15 - ZERO SPEND DAY
04/16 - $38 Oil change
04/17 - groceries $147
04/18 - 5K registration fee - $20, gas $40, lunch out $38
04/19 - TJMaxx $24 (clothes $11, grocery $5, household good $8), Snack at Arby's $12
04/20 - ZERO SPEND DAY
04/21 - gas $40, groceries $15
4/22 - ZERO SPEND DAY
04/23 - ZERO SPEND DAY
04/24 - eating out $33, clothes (including new bathingsuit for DD who wants to do a sprint triathalon so I wanted to get a good quality suit) $105
04/25 - groceries $70
04/26 ZERO SPEND DAY
04/27 - ZERO SPEND DAY
04/28 - gas $40, groceries $42
04/29 - walgreens run $27
04/30 - dd's high school yearbook $55, china way - $18


0 more to go! - goal achieved

I'm not ending the month on great note - but I'm glad that I achieved my 11 day goal.