No Buy December 2009

[PixiePlanner]

I have been so bad! I didn't finish No Buy October and didn't even attempt November! Today I am turning over a new leaf. I have to get back under control. I have to budget in my groceries for DD's birthday but the presents are done. Goal is to keep groceries <$450 for the month. Hard-seems like less has cost me more these last two months. I also want at least 15 $0 days.

12/01 $0
12/02 $0
12/03 $2.51 Gallon of milk
12/04 $6.59 Treated myself to lunch. Needed my junkfood fix.


groceries $0/450

Broke down and got take out for lunch. Mmmmmm my horseshoe was yummy.

Tomorrow I will be making my first trip to the grocery store this month... wish me luck. My goal is to eat out of my freezer & pantry mostly.

 

[Swmr359]

Another 0 day.... Kroger wouldn't except my check; apparently becuase I'm out of state I'm going to write bad checks and run
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Dec.1 $21 at Petsmart $7 at Target
Dec.2 $0
Dec.3 $0
Dec.4 $0

Groceries: $7/$100
Ice cream: 0/2
Eat out: 0/2
Christmas gifts:$0
Misc.:$21
Total:$28
0 days: 3/15[/QUOTE]

 

[CherylA]

Another 0 day.... Kroger wouldn't except my check; apparently becuase I'm out of state I'm going to write bad checks and run
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Dec.1 $21 at Petsmart $7 at Target
Dec.2 $0
Dec.3 $0
Dec.4 $0

Groceries: $7/$100
Ice cream: 0/2
Eat out: 0/2
Christmas gifts:$0
Misc.:$21
Total:$28
0 days: 3/15

Ughh and I bet you had all your stuff picked out. What a PAIN! Sorry

 

[smiller]

12/1 - $15.00 Newleaf Natural
12/1 - $12.00 Dinner Meeting
12/2 - $14.21 Aldi
12/3 - $5.75 Picture Show

Total: $46.96/$260.00

No, I'm not being old-fashioned. The cheap theater by my family in the 'burbs is actually called Picture Show!

So, for $5.75 I enjoyed the Harry Potter film, popcorn, pop, and a small candy. Can't beat that!

 

[CherylA]

Spent some quality time eating lunch out with hubby today, bought some containers for Christmas cookies too. Tonight may be eating out, not sure yet...

Clothing $60

Grocery $470
-5.99 costco
-19.40 trader joes
-15.22 M&M farms
-5.00 Weight Watchers 'Fruitees' Candies
-30.00 school lunch program
=394.39

House Upkeep/Decorating $90

Unexpected Spending $250
-23.00 Target (xtra gift EB Pen) & Alvin CD for kids
-1.00 CVS candy for me
=226.00

Gifts $60

Entertainment $370
-10.60 Burger King
-12.24 Poncheros
=347.16

Christmas

Immediate Family $114.23 remains from last month
-6.00 Chocolate Coins from Trader Joes (stocking filler)
=108.23


Other gifts $188.64 remains from last month
-4.25 fortune cookie boxes CVS
=184.39


Xtra food and events (dinners out, food for xmas dinner)
$230
-40 Yacht Club Xmas dinner & drinks
=190

Dec 1- Costco groceries 5.99, Burger King 10.60, Yacht Club Holiday dinner & drinks $40.00
Dec 2- 0 Yippie!
Dec 3- Weight Watchers Candy 5.00, Trader Joes 25.40 (19.40 grocery/6.00 xmas), 15.22 M&M farms
Dec 4- Target misc 23.00, lunch w hubby Pancheros 12.24, CVS 4.25 xmas containers, 1.00 candy for me misc, 30.00 school lunch program (I'm counting this as grocery)

1/10 no buy days

 

[charming23]

Got the rest of my Christmas Shopping done today. I also hit Aldi's for some supplies for making chocolates and had lunch out while I was shopping. The weekend should be $0 days as I am babysitting my friend's daughter and then helpingmy Aunt with decorating her house.

Grocery/Household- $300/$208.98 left (I am really going to work this month at cleaning out the pantry and freezer)
Entertainment/Dining Out-$75/$53.65
Car/Gas- $50
Misc/Emergency- $150

Total for the month- $575/$462.55

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

 

[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)



December:

Groceries - 141.80/350 (giving myself $50 extra for Christmas dinner)
Eating out - 43.77/150

 

[Tiggerish]

Total budget for December is $520.

Groceries - $220
Automobile - $50
Giving - $50
Eating Out - $50
Misc. - $100 / $90 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

 

[Swmr359]

Ughh and I bet you had all your stuff picked out. What a PAIN! Sorry

Thanks It was the last straw for me, I ended up at home in tears. My wonderful brother took pity on me and bought me pizza for dinner.
I guess I did save 40 bucks though.........

 

[A.Mickey]

Running Total: Spent $200
$650...$450 left
$0 Days:1
Goal is 15 or more!

Groceries- $250...$173 left
Gas- $100...$67 left
Eating Out- $100...$98 left
Misc. (Shopping/Entertainment) $200...$112 left
I always round up to the nearest dollar.

1- $40 (Barnes and Noble- Christmas Presents for me and DH)
2- $0
3- $2 (Wendy's-Eating out for Aaron and I) $33 (Gas) $44 (Groceries- Meijer) $48 (Shopping-Meijer)
4- $26 (Groceries-Jewel they had some really good deals this week) $7 (Groceries-Walgreens)

My Savings: $131.24

 

[charming23]

Babysitting today so not spending anything actually making some cash (I feel 16 again).

Grocery/Household- $300/$208.98 left (I am really going to work this month at cleaning out the pantry and freezer)
Entertainment/Dining Out-$75/$53.65
Car/Gas- $50
Misc/Emergency- $150

Total for the month- $575/$462.55

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

 

[lougoofy]

Dec. 3: $12.03 home decor/collectibles store

Dec. 4: $3.55 dollar store, $9.81 chinese food, $2.00 beer, $1.59 dollar store and $5.29 a six pack

 

[Swmr359]

Shopping tomorrow, I need timers for the chirstmas lights
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Dec.1 $21 at Petsmart $7 at Target
Dec.2 $0
Dec.3 $0
Dec.4 $0
Dec.5 $0

Groceries: $7/$100
Ice cream: 0/2
Eat out: 0/2
Christmas gifts:$0
Misc.:$21
Total:$28
0 days: 4/15

 

[A.Mickey]

Running Total: Spent $200
$650...$450 left
$0 Days:2
Goal is 15 or more!

Groceries- $250...$173 left
Gas- $100...$67 left
Eating Out- $100...$98 left
Misc. (Shopping/Entertainment) $200...$112 left
I always round up to the nearest dollar.

1- $40 (Barnes and Noble- Christmas Presents for me and DH)
2- $0
3- $2 (Wendy's-Eating out for Aaron and I) $33 (Gas) $44 (Groceries- Meijer) $48 (Shopping-Meijer)
4- $26 (Groceries-Jewel they had some really good deals this week) $7 (Groceries-Walgreens)
5- $0

My Savings: $131.24

 

[Tiggerish]

Total budget for December is $520.

Groceries - $220
Automobile - $50
Giving - $50
Eating Out - $50
Misc. - $100 / $83 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)

 

[Where'sPiglet?]

Welcome to No Buy!

The point of this thread is to keep track of your discretionary spending on each day of the month. The goal is to have as many $0 days as possible.

The beauty of this challenge is that each person gets to set their own spending goals and choose how they would like to post their results. Most people choose to post their spending for each day on a daily basis, as well as keep a running total of the monthly spending. Some people break it into categories, while other people do not. You can also list exceptions to your spending, such as holiday purchases or vacations. It is entirely up to you!

Good luck to everyone. December is sure to be a tough one!

CherylA, thanks for starting this. I faded away from the November thread, but I lurked through to the end and I saw you mentioned you copied my post.

I'm back for December! Last month was a bit kooky for me; I had family come in from out of state and I had a terrible time tracking spending. We celebrated Christmas (gift exchange part) with Thanksgiving so this month SHOULD be a good month for me.

However, this month is FULL of events! Two Christmas parties, a new Disney movie (The Princess and the Frog) that I want to see sooooooo badly, and a Christmas event in the park. We also have coupons to a museum and Outback Steakhouse that expire this month that I want to take advantage of. My friend's birthday is in January. The activity she wants to do is $45; I don't know if I have to pay for it this month or next, nor am I sure if I'm going to list it or if that activity is going to be an exception.

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

Total:
$0 Days: 2/15: 13% (13 left)
$600 Limit: $115.70: 19% (484.30 left)

 

[smiller]

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

Total: $61.96/$260.00

Phew - finally had a $0 day! Plus, I bartended yesterday and made a LOT more money than I expected - I'll be adding most of that to my monthly allowance, so it looks like my worries about affording Christmas dinners/outings this month will be solved!

 

[Siouxstone]

Dec 1-$62 Grocery/Household budget
Dec 2-$13 Lowes
Dec 3-$0
Dec 4-$16 Rosa's
Dec 5-$7 Chickfila, $14 Whataburger

Groceries/Household/Eating out: $800/$688 left
Holiday Fun Budget: $125
Liquor Store: $50
Employee days: $60
Christmas gifts: $500
Haircuts: $60

Ack! Already "eating" our way through the budget. I've got to spend today getting more organized for next week. We kind of crashed and burned on our daily dinner plans. After today, I only have two days off between now and Xmas day, so it will be a shopping day as I must get to Sam's if nowhere else. Plus, I broke the star topper when putting up the tree last night.

 

[Where'sPiglet?]

Ack! Already "eating" our way through the budget. I've got to spend today getting more organized for next week. We kind of crashed and burned on our daily dinner plans. After today, I only have two days off between now and Xmas day, so it will be a shopping day as I must get to Sam's if nowhere else. Plus, I broke the star topper when putting up the tree last night.

I don't know how fancy your star topper was, but I got a cute star topper at Walgreens a couple days ago for $1.99. It's small, but it looks nice. They had a few different designs - some were a lot nicer than others.

 

[Siouxstone]

I don't know how fancy your star topper was, but I got a cute star topper at Walgreens a couple days ago for $1.99. It's small, but it looks nice. They had a few different designs - some were a lot nicer than others.

Not fancy at all. I think I paid $3 at Big Lots years ago. DS is five and I always hated trees that were too nice to touch as a little kid, so I won't have one for years to come. I'll check them out. I'm more worried about the other temptations that come with shopping in the Xmas departments.