No Buy April- come join us!

[lougoofy]

4/18/10: $2.10 Wendy's

4/19/10: $1.50 bus fare, $.50 coffee, $1.95 coffee, TOO MUCH spent on hanging out and $4.00 fries

4/20/10: $2.49 Hardee's, $2.25 laundry and $2.04 v8 fusion and a snack bar

 

[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

Gas: $202

"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

Medical: $30.00, $25.00

$0 Days= 10 (4/1, 4/2, 4/5, 4/7, 4/8, 4/12, 4/13, 4/18, 4/19, 4/20)

Tomorrow, probably won't be a no buy day because there is some photocopying I want to do at the library with the $4.00 I found in my wallet today. I check out around 5 cookbooks this week and I found quite a few recipes that I want to add to my collection! We'll see though!

 

[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 7$ (fast food)

No buy days goal: 7/10

 

[vickiemariko]

Picked up a shirt from the dry cleaners today, $5.82. I also finally found a cute swim suit for our trip! I had two $25 gift cards for Target, which is where I bought it, so it didn't cost me any cash out of pocket.

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

Total- $215.28
Left to Spend- $234.72

 

[A.Mickey]

Running Total: Spent $493
$600...$107 left
$0 Days:9
Goal is 15 or more!

Groceries- $250...$76 left
Eating Out- $150...-$59 over
Misc. (Shopping/Entertainment) $200...$90 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)
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



$0 Days: 9: 60%
$600 Limit: $493: 82%
Month: 19/30: 67%

My savings from coupons and sales: $633.95

 

[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 today ~Tomorrow is another day! (hopefully a NO SPEND DAY!)
04-10 - NO $PEND!
04-11 - NO $PEND! and I stayed in my grocery budget! Shopped wisely & came home with change!!
04-12 - PLUS $57.60 (sold some old jewelry) minus $15.14 (lunch) Profit = $42.46
Not a zero spend day, but I'm still ahead of the game!
04-13 - NO $PEND!
04-14 - $37.09 Target.
04-15 - $9.90 dinner
04-16 - $8.07 breakfast, $33.xx post office $21.29 mall $28.00 Online shopping $ 6.60 McDonald's $5.29 snack/dinner later
04-17 No Spend day!!!
04-18 $9.44 food - skipped breakfast & lunch, so I was out & famished. Not my best decision!
04-19 $14.82 lunch
04-20 $9.xx at CVS. I was out of bread, and needed some toiletries,
They had Alberto V05 shampoo & conditioner for 66 cents a bottle! Full size bottles! I couldn't resist. Even if I hate it in a month, I've gotten my moneys worth!
They also had a BOGO on NYC cosmetics, so I picked up a lipgloss & a nail polish - total for both was under 2 $
I used my Extra Bucks & got $3.00 off, and something I bought got me another extra buck
AND, I was repaid $7.00 that someone owed me, so + $7.00

GOAL: 10 NO $PEND DAYS
# OF NO $PENDS: 8


DISNEY BUCKET MONEY: $40.00!!

 

[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



8 no spend days/3 to go.

 

[charming23]

Used a giftcard at Walmart today to stock up on snack foods to get me through the rest of the semester. No money out of pocket today

Groceries/Household- $250/ $94.22 left
Gas/Car- $50/ $29.31
Entertainment/Eating Out- $75/ $50.23 Left
Misc/Emergency- $75/ $26 left

Total- $450/ $199.76 Left

14/15 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

 

[lougoofy]

4/19/10: $1.50 bus fare, $.50 coffee, $1.95 coffee, TOO MUCH spent on hanging out and $4.00 fries

4/20/10: $2.49 Hardee's, $2.25 laundry and $2.04 v8 fusion and a snack bar

4/21/10: $2.25 laundry, $1.05 sandwich, $1.50 bus fare, $2.84 taco bell, $7.96 Big Lots, $4.18 Deals and $6.27 Kroger's and $1.59 v8 fusion

 

[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
4/8-63.97 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


*Goals for the month of April*

12/20 goal-No buy days
63.90-Eating Out and Entertainment
61.98-Non-Necessity
97.14 spent-Groceries(first month with REAL couponing, wish me luck)
96.15-Spent for Gas
110.31-Spent for Other

 

[Tiggerish]

The budget is $700 and 10 no spend days.

Automobile $75 / $45 left
Eating Out/Entertainment $75 / $44 left
Giving $120 / $55 left
Groceries/Household Goods $250 / $63 left
Medical $15 /$5 left
Misc. $165 / $55 left

No Spend Days Achieved = 6
Coupon Savings $36.38
-----------------------------------------------------
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

 

[wdwfan16]

4/1 - $0
4/4 - $0
4/6 - $0
4/7 - $0
4/8 - $0
4/11 - $0
4/13 - $0
4/14 - $0
4/15 - $0
4/18 - $0
4/20 - $0
4/21 - $0

 

[QVCshopper]

No-buys: 11/15

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)

 

[A.Mickey]

Running Total: Spent $518
$600...$82 left
$0 Days:9
Goal is 15 or more!

Groceries- $250...$70 left
Eating Out- $150...-$78 over
Misc. (Shopping/Entertainment) $200...$90 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)
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)



$0 Days: 9: 60%
$600 Limit: $518: 86%
Month: 21/30: 70%

My savings from coupons and sales: $685.30

 

[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 today ~Tomorrow is another day! (hopefully a NO SPEND DAY!)
04-10 - NO $PEND!
04-11 - NO $PEND! and I stayed in my grocery budget! Shopped wisely & came home with change!!
04-12 - PLUS $57.60 (sold some old jewelry) minus $15.14 (lunch) Profit = $42.46
Not a zero spend day, but I'm still ahead of the game!
04-13 - NO $PEND!
04-14 - $37.09 Target.
04-15 - $9.90 dinner
04-16 - $8.07 breakfast, $33.xx post office $21.29 mall $28.00 Online shopping $ 6.60 McDonald's $5.29 snack/dinner later
04-17 No Spend day!!!
04-18 $9.44 food - skipped breakfast & lunch, so I was out & famished. Not my best decision!
04-19 $14.82 lunch
04-20 $9.xx at CVS. I was out of bread, and needed some toiletries,
They had Alberto V05 shampoo & conditioner for 66 cents a bottle! Full size bottles! I couldn't resist. Even if I hate it in a month, I've gotten my moneys worth!
They also had a BOGO on NYC cosmetics, so I picked up a lipgloss & a nail polish - total for both was under 2 $
I used my Extra Bucks & got $3.00 off, and something I bought got me another extra buck
AND, I was repaid $7.00 that someone owed me, so + $7.00
04-21- $1.65 soda & chips (I caved! )
04-22 $10.10 breakfast.

GOAL: 10 NO $PEND DAYS
# OF NO $PENDS: 8


DISNEY BUCKET MONEY: $40.00!!

 

[thebeesknees]

4/1 $0
4/2 $0
4/3 $0
4/4 $50 groceries
4/5 $23 Dollar Tree groceries, $70 Target vacation stuff and household items
4/6 $62 Walmart miscellaneous
4/7 $0
4/8 $0
4/9 $11 AAA travel stuff, $3 Dollar Tree
4/10 $0
4/21 $0
4/22 $0

8 of 10 no-buy days.

 

[Ava]

4/1 - $14.93 cat food/litter
4/2 - $9.86 lunch, $5.00 tip for Red Cap, $27.93 DD Easter/Birthday gifts
4/3 - $0!
4/4 - $0!
4/5 - $24.00 laundry
4/6 - $8.20 post office, $21.52 grocery, +$200.00 birthday $
4/7 - $11.40 DP lunch, $1.50 grocery
4/8 - $263.00 balance due on CSA membership, $9.75 me lunch, $1.56 postage, $71.63 grocery
4/9 - $3.21 Starbucks, $39.35 clothes for DD
4/10 - $23.01 lunch out, $62.98 clothes for DD, $18.95 shoes for me, $3.00 sodas, +$50.77 returns to Target & BRU
4/11 - $58.84 grocery, $5.76 cat litter, $9.03 drugstore, $76.85 printer ink
4/12 - $24.00 laundry, $2.01 postage
4/13 - $3.37 grocery, $0.80 snack, $4.85 laundry
4/14 - $9.75 me lunch, $5.00 DP lunch, $110.00 medical bill
4/15 - $14.89 drugstore, $1.25 bottle water, +$250.00 focus group
4/16 - $18.32 drugstore, $9.81 tie dye kit
4/17 - $82.35 grocery
4/18 - $3.78 dollar store, $110.00 CSA fruit share
4/19 - $8.65 grocery, $2.07 postage, $43.90 Disney movie club
4/20 - $20.00 laundry, $85.00 zoo membership renewal, +$96.40 sold camera
4/21 - $3.29 milk
4/22 - +$15.13 Half.com sales

I feel like I'm spending a lot of money this month on random things that keep coming up. But I've also made a good bit of extra money, and I'm not even listing my tax refunds here. (I still have to decide how that money will be doled out.) The only really unnecessary thing I see is the Disney movie club, but I justify it in the fact that we have to buy 3 more movies @ regular price to fulfill our commitment anyway, and they were giving free shipping if you bought 2 movies @ reg price. So we bought 2. I hate paying shipping on things.

 

[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



8 no spend days/3 to go.

 

[Tiggerish]

The budget is $700 and 10 no spend days.

Automobile $75 / $45 left
Eating Out/Entertainment $75 / $44 left
Giving $120 / $55 left
Groceries/Household Goods $250 / $63 left
Medical $15 /$5 left
Misc. $165 / $55 left

No Spend Days Achieved = 7
Coupon Savings $36.38
-----------------------------------------------------
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

 

[charming23]

Groceries/Household- $250/ $94.22 left
Gas/Car- $50/ $29.31
Entertainment/Eating Out- $75/ $50.23 Left
Misc/Emergency- $75/ $26 left

Total- $450/ $199.76 Left

15/15 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