No Buy December 2009

[lougoofy]

Dec. 7 so far: $1.50 bus fare and $4.12 Dollar Tree

Dec. 7: $4.25 one load of laundry and $9.50 a twelve pack

 

[SnowWhite607]

67.62 groceries for December (bought on Nov 29)

Dec 1 - pizza 28.25
Dec 2- -------
Dec 3 - eating out 15.52
Dec 4- groceries 74.18 (I include toiletries and things llike cat food and washing powder in this as well)
Dec 5 - 31.03 groceries, we were asked over to BIL and SIL's house to watch the game and I needed some stuff to bring.
Dec 6 - ----------
Dec 7 - 15.00 eating out for my book club Christmas party

December:

Groceries - 172.83/350 (giving myself $50 extra for Christmas dinner)
Eating out - 58.77/150

 

[CherylA]

I made alot of chicken last night for dinner and I took the juices from the pan and added a lot of water and cut up carrots that were going bad, some celery and onion that I bought yesterday for .90. Cut up some of the leftover chicken from last night. I took one breast with me to work today and another breast for lunch tomorrow. Then I broke the stock with the chicken and vegetables in half and froze the one half after it was cooked. Then I cooked some noodles separately and added to 1/2 of the vegetable chicken stock. I have approx. 3 quarts of Chicken noodle soup made! And another 3 quarts in the freezer, just waiting for the noodles . So for approx. 3.50 including the cost of the chicken. I made a gallon and 1/2 of soup!

Thats great! Chicken soup is one of my best money stretchers too!

 

[casper_jj11]

groceries $700 $530.64 leftgas $500 $440 left
cat food $90 $45.34 left
DD3 Birthday party supplies $80
DD3 and DS2 playgroup $200
car repair/tire changing x 2 $160 $12.73 over... and we haven't done the Mazda yet! DS7 winter boots $50
$24.99 left DONE
DS2 and DS7 haircuts $36
New Years fun stuff for kids $20
my spending $150 $106.66 left
DH spending $150

Christmas carryover:

Dad $57
DMil $79 $54 left
BIL $50 $23.31 over
shipping pkg to BIL family $50 $11.23 left DONE
DH for me $200 ( hopefully he sticks to it)
Gifts for family the church is helping $50 $6.39 over
Teachers gift cards $80

Socks:
DD3 $40
DS2 $35
DS7 $25
DH $30

Total: $2832 ... quite honestly, if I stick to this I'll be shocked! - $2340.66 left

1 - lunch with co-worker $13.74; $16 ornaments for our tree outside
2 - cat food $3.71; coffee $13.99; gift for church $27.98; groceries $4; gift for DMil $13; christmas paper... but I have to return it because it was Santa's paper and DS7 saw it
3- cat food 40.95; DS7's boots 25.01; music book for ds7 13.60; gift for church $5.62
4- BIL gift 73.31
5- gas $60
6- groceries $151.37
7- gift for church $22.53; price adjustment one of DD's gifts -$56.50; postage for BIL gifts $38.77; MIL gift $12; DH gift $12
8- car repairs $172.73 -- so ticked off! Brought it in to get the tires changed. Told them the passenger power locks weren't working properly. They called when they just looked at one side and said $200 to fix! WTH! I don't need it that bad. My max was $50 but it was $94 already done to tell me the freaking problem! Now they're saying ok, we won't fix but you still have to pay the $94 for labour and they could seize so you can't open the doors even manually... why the hell not???? There are 50yr old clunkers out there that the doors can still open! Really regretting buying a Dodge Caravan instead of a Honda or Toyota. Piece of junk!

 

[PixiePlanner]

Only spent $62.45 at the grocery store Saturday! DH was thrilled. Trying to clean out the pantry & freezer. Told DD we would be eating out of the freezer and she said, "Can you at least heat the food? Otherwise it will be cold." DH & I had a good chuckle over that! We just explained that we might be eating some different combinations of food but that I would heating it up.

 

[lougoofy]

Dec. 7: $4.25 one load of laundry and $9.50 a twelve pack

Dec. 8: $88.64 postage, $29.66 drug store, $3.00 gas, $3.18 donut shop drinks and $10.11 Sears essentials store (bought some non-essentials)

 

[Swmr359]

It's just too dang cold to go shopping...
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Dec.1 $21 at Petsmart $7 at Target
Dec.2 $0
Dec.3 $0
Dec.4 $0
Dec.5 $0
Dec.6 $9, $22 at the Andersons, $5 at Michaels'
Dec.7 $7 at Target
Dec. $0

Groceries: $36/$100
Ice cream: 0/2
Eat out: 0/2
Christmas gifts:$14
Misc.:$21
Total:$71
0 days: 5/15

 

[Where'sPiglet?]

Goals: 15 $0 Days; stay within $600 for food, gas, and misc.

1 - $0
2 - $0
3 - $47.81: Winn-Dixie
4 - $51.18: Walgreens, Walmart, McDonald's
5 - $16.71: Winn-Dixie, gas station
6 - $0
7 - $0
8 - $0

Totals:
$0 Days: 5/15: 33% (10 left)
$600 Limit: $115.70: 19% (484.30 left)
Month: 8/31: 26%

 

[Tiggerish]

Total budget for December is $520.

Groceries - $220 / $200 left
Automobile - $50
Giving - $50
Eating Out - $50 / $42 left
Misc. - $100 / $58 left
Christmas - $50 /$15 left
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12/1 Misc. $10 postage
12/2 Christmas $4 - for 12 candy bar type items for the stockings
12/3 Christmas $29 - I think this completes my Christmas
12/4 $0
12/5 Misc. $7 - theatre ticket for niece's first stage manager gig (college)
12/6 $0
12/7 Misc. $28 for Christmas lights; $20 groceries; and $8 for coffees
12/8 $0

 

[charming23]

Went out for dinner tonight. We were going to go to steak and shake since we had coupons but they were busy so we hit our favorite Chinese food place. Went to Marc's and did our big shopping for the month of things like pop, garbage bags, toilet paper, laundry detergent, and some food items. Hope to not go back until right before Chirstmas now. Also stopped for gas.

Grocery/Household- $300/$135.11 left (I am really going to work this month at cleaning out the pantry and freezer)
Entertainment/Dining Out-$75/$36.55
Car/Gas- $50/$26.17
Misc/Emergency- $150

Total for the month- $575/$347.75

Goal for 15 $0 days

12/1 $0
12/2 $16.06 Lunch at Geraci's, $10.20 Bagels from Bialy's, $9.45 at Aladdin's Bakery, $40.41 at Marc's and $4.99 for cat litter at Giant Eagle
12/3 $0
12/4 $25.97 at Aldi's and $5.29 for lunch at Target
12/5 $0
12/6 $0
12/7 $23.83 gas, $73.87 Marc's, $17.10 at Jackie Chen's

 

[A.Mickey]

Running Total: Spent $303
$650...$347 left
$0 Days:4
Goal is 15 or more!

Groceries- $250...$140 left
Gas- $100...$51 left
Eating Out- $100...$98 left
Misc. (Shopping/Entertainment) $200...$58 left
I always round up to the nearest dollar.

1- $40 (Barnes and Noble- Shopping)
2- $0
3- $2 (Wendy's-Eating out) $33 (Gas) $44 (Groceries- Meijer) $48 (Shopping-Meijer)
4- $26 (Groceries-Jewel) $7 (Groceries-Walgreens)
5- $0
6- $3 (Shopping- Flea Market) $33 (Groceries-Joe Caputo) $35 (Shopping-Liquor Store) $16 (Gas) $16 (Shopping-Menard's)
7- $0
8- $0

My Savings: $142.90

 

[Tiggerish]

Total budget for December is $520.

Groceries - $220 / $200 left
Automobile - $50
Giving - $50
Eating Out - $50 / $42 left
Misc. - $100 / $58 left
Christmas - $50 /$15 left

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12/1 Misc. $10 postage
12/2 Christmas $4 - for 12 candy bar type items for the stockings
12/3 Christmas $29 - I think this completes my Christmas
12/4 $0
12/5 Misc. $7 - theatre ticket for niece's first stage manager gig (college)
12/6 $0
12/7 Misc. $28 for Christmas lights; $20 groceries; and $8 for coffees
12/8 $0
12/9 $0

 

[charming23]

Stayed home today and did some organizing since the wind is blowing like no other today.

Grocery/Household- $300/$135.11 left (I am really going to work this month at cleaning out the pantry and freezer)
Entertainment/Dining Out-$75/$36.55
Car/Gas- $50/$26.17
Misc/Emergency- $150

Total for the month- $575/$347.75

Goal for 15 $0 days

12/1 $0
12/2 $16.06 Lunch at Geraci's, $10.20 Bagels from Bialy's, $9.45 at Aladdin's Bakery, $40.41 at Marc's and $4.99 for cat litter at Giant Eagle
12/3 $0
12/4 $25.97 at Aldi's and $5.29 for lunch at Target
12/5 $0
12/6 $0
12/7 $0
12/8 $23.83 gas, $73.87 Marc's, $17.10 at Jackie Chen's
12/9 $0

 

[Swmr359]

I had the day off work and it's cold and windy so there was no way I was leaving the house today!
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Dec.1 $21 at Petsmart $7 at Target
Dec.2 $0
Dec.3 $0
Dec.4 $0
Dec.5 $0
Dec.6 $9, $22 at the Andersons, $5 at Michaels'
Dec.7 $7 at Target
Dec.8 $0
Dec.9 $0

Groceries: $36/$100
Ice cream: 0/2
Eat out: 0/2
Christmas gifts:$14
Misc.:$21
Total:$71
0 days: 6/15

 

[SnowWhite607]

67.62 groceries for December (bought on Nov 29)

Dec 1 - pizza 28.25
Dec 2- -------
Dec 3 - eating out 15.52
Dec 4- groceries 74.18 (I include toiletries and things like cat food and washing powder in this as well)
Dec 5 - 31.03 groceries, we were asked over to BIL and SIL's house to watch the game and I needed some stuff to bring.
Dec 6 - ----------
Dec 7 - 15.00 eating out for my book club Christmas party
Dec 8 - ---------------
Dec 9 - eating out 33.08

December:

Groceries - 172.83/350 (giving myself $50 extra for Christmas dinner)
Eating out - 91.85/150
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[A.Mickey]

Running Total: Spent $303
$650...$347 left
$0 Days:5
Goal is 15 or more!

Groceries- $250...$140 left
Gas- $100...$51 left
Eating Out- $100...$98 left
Misc. (Shopping/Entertainment) $200...$58 left
I always round up to the nearest dollar.

1- $40 (Barnes and Noble- Shopping)
2- $0
3- $2 (Wendy's-Eating out) $33 (Gas) $44 (Groceries- Meijer) $48 (Shopping-Meijer)
4- $26 (Groceries-Jewel) $7 (Groceries-Walgreens)
5- $0
6- $3 (Shopping- Flea Market) $33 (Groceries-Joe Caputo) $35 (Shopping-Liquor Store) $16 (Gas) $16 (Shopping-Menard's)
7- $0
8- $0
9- $0

My Savings: $142.90

 

[charming23]

It is really cold weather today so another day at home. I did do some shopping online at Old Navy using a giftcard I got as an early Christmas present so no money out of pocket.

Grocery/Household- $300/$135.11 left (I am really going to work this month at cleaning out the pantry and freezer)
Entertainment/Dining Out-$75/$36.55
Car/Gas- $50/$26.17
Misc/Emergency- $150

Total for the month- $575/$347.75

Goal for 15 $0 days

12/1 $0
12/2 $16.06 Lunch at Geraci's, $10.20 Bagels from Bialy's, $9.45 at Aladdin's Bakery, $40.41 at Marc's and $4.99 for cat litter at Giant Eagle
12/3 $0
12/4 $25.97 at Aldi's and $5.29 for lunch at Target
12/5 $0
12/6 $0
12/7 $0
12/8 $23.83 gas, $73.87 Marc's, $17.10 at Jackie Chen's
12/9 $0
12/10 $0

 

[lougoofy]

Dec. 8: $88.64 postage, $29.66 drug store, $3.00 gas, $3.18 donut shop drinks and $10.11 Sears essentials store (bought some non-essentials)

Dec. 9: Cold, very windy day so I wasn't out much. $4.75 dollar store and $1.00 snack

 

[smiller]

It's just too dang cold to go shopping...

I totally agree! It sounds like many of us are experiencing the wonderful Midwestern winter wind.

I DID mean to pick up some milk on the way home from work today, but I must have "forgot" - or maybe it was the -18 degree windchill.

12/1 - $15.00 Newleaf Natural
12/1 - $12.00 Dinner Meeting
12/2 - $14.21 Aldi
12/3 - $5.75 Picture Show
12/4 - $15.00 Out with Roomie
12/5 - $0
12/6 - $12.54 Aldi
12/6 - $18.37 Trader Joe's
12/6 - $2.83 Green Grocer
12/7 - $3.14 Andy's Fruit Ranch
12/8 - $24.24 Dominick's (BDay Present for DSis)
12/8 - $9.33 Trader Joe's
12/8 - $17.85 Newleaf Natural
12/9 - $0.56 CVS

Total: $150.91/$408.00

I hope I've got everything recorded - my computer cord busted so I haven't been able to use my laptop. Thankfully, I can float the $90 or so it cost for a new one - I love having emergency savings!

 

[CherylA]

I totally agree! It sounds like many of us are experiencing the wonderful Midwestern winter wind.

I DID mean to pick up some milk on the way home from work today, but I must have "forgot" - or maybe it was the -18 degree windchill.

Well the weather stinks but look how much money you're saving. I'm keeping track of my spending on paper right now. I hope to update it tomorrow. Lets just say that even though Connecticut has been chilly the past few days I've still managed not to have a 0 day since Dec 2nd. I'll never hit my 10. It's so sad! I need a really good blizzard, oh and I need to loose my internet connection so I can't buy online!