No Buy January 2010

[Pooki]

And low & behold while we were at Disney I get a call from the farmer asking me how I want my cow cut up. He had bought it for me!!! When we got home my b-i-l went to pick it up for us & now my freezer is FULL of meat!

So I bought him the cutest cow mug on ebay and sent it to him. How's that for No Buy?

Wow!! What a generous man! I just hope that the many people he encounters in his life catch a little of his kindness and pays it forward


Our van is on the fritz at the moment, and since I'm desperately in need of groceries, I had to buy only a day's worth since I was walking home. I really would rather just shop one big day, but for the next day or two I suppose I'll be stuck with no $0 due to buying groceries that way

Groceries: 18.05/$500 ($125/week)
Clothing: 0/$100
Entertainment/Dining: 128.42/$200
Misc: 0/$100
Total Spent: 146.47/$900
No Buy Days: 2/5

Day 1: $0! (Helps that everything is closed!)
Day 2: $16.06 (Starbucks, $112.36 Yen withdrawal) (both Entertainment fund)
Day 3: $0 (used cash withdrawn)
Day 4: $0
Day 5: $18.05 (groceries)

 

[smiller]

1/1 - $0
1/2 - $38.84 Whole Foods
1/3 - $11.60 Whole Foods
1/3 - $17.54 Trader Joe's
1/4 - $0
1/5 - $30.00 Annual Dues

$97.98/$202.78

I've got annual membership dues for three organizations this year - I'll be paying one each month for Jan, Feb, Mar to help even out the cost.

 

[luvsJack]

1/5 Dd did have to go to the dr. $24.00 for that (co-pay plus a little left on the bill from last time), but that's in the budget.

But then I decided to go back and get take out because she said she was hungry and she hasn't been eating too much lately. $12.00 for the two of us!! It is ridiculous!


So that will have to come from the grocery budget. (212.00 left for the month)

We are always running by and grabbing fast food, I guess I just never paid much attention to the price. I could have bought at least 3 chickens for what those 3 legs and one thigh cost!!!

That is one thing we will be cutting out this year! No fast food.


Almost forgot, had to run by the dollar store and grab some chips for our lunch at work today and some Tylenol for dd, $8.00.

So, if the other comes out of the budget; that leaves yesterday at

1/5-$8

 

[Shmily1]

OMG!! Here we go with more eating!!!

1/1--groceries/household stuff--181.53 (includes baby stuff DGS needed)
1/2--$0!!
1/3--$26.34 Subway for lunch and $3.50 for newspapers (gotta have my coupons!)
1/4--$44.84-snacks for DH's lunch, cokes, and a sippy cup for DGS and $6.49 for DH's supper while he was at work
1/5--$3.06 for DGS's Nursery water (got three gallons on sale at Harvey's and he only had enough for one more bottle anyway!) and $22.43 at the meat store (enough for 5 meals)

Total number of $0 days--1
This is just plain ugly!!!

 

[SnowWhite607]

Groceries (including paper products and cat stuff) - 400.00

Eating out - 200.00

Party for DD - 100.00

Dec 31 - 122.03 groceries (277.97 left)
Jan 1 - Wendy's 14.54 eating out (185.46 left)
Jan 2 - ZERO!
Jan 3- ZERO
Jan 4 - 1.08 drink at Sonic
Jan 5 - ZERO

 

[ssdeverell]

Another $0 day for me yesterday.

My budget for this month:

Groceries/Household $300 ($168.24 left)
Lunches Out at Work $40 (we go out on Friday each week)
Entertainment/Eating Out $125 ($119.52 left)
Gas (me) $250 (I drive 2 hours a day for work)
Gas (DH) $100
Clothes $25 ($13.25 left)
DS's birthday present $55

4/10 $0 days

Dec. 31: $109.27 groceries, $11.75 tights for DD
Jan. 1: $0
Jan. 2: $22.49 groceries for sick Mom/birthday cupcakes for the dog; $5.48 KFC for sick Mom; also had lunch out, but had GC to cover that
Jan 3: $0
Jan 4: $0
Jan. 5: $0

 

[delmar411]

1/1 = $75.88 ($25/$700 f/h/g , $50.88 planned exp)
1/2 = $0
1/3 = $0
1/4 = $27 ($52/$700 f/h/g)
1/5 = $1375.49 ($77/$700 f/h/g, $723.60 planned exp, $551.46/$800 school)
1/6 = $133.70 ($133.70/$80 activity fees)
the extra is from paying for the following session swim fees so I know it's done

 

[PeytonSdiz]

January 1st = $19.57 (calendar and dvd)
January 2nd = $31.66 (random stuff at Shopko)
January 3rd = $38.35 (gas for my DH's car)
January 4th = $0
January 5th = $70.87 (Costco, mostly paper products that will last a long time.) $33.66 (grocery store), $2.41 (gas for the snow blower), $31 (pet licensing for 2010.)
January 6th = $0 (it's snowing so I know we won't be going anywhere today.)

Total so far = $227.52

I will be lucky if I have five zero dollar days since it's a month with a vacation. But I guess I have to start somewhere, right? I'll still shoot for 10 though.

Zero dollar days so far = 2/10

 

[wdwfan16]

Still only 2 $0 days. I think today will be another and maybe even tomorrow.


1/1 - $0
1/3 - $0

 

[tinkarooni]

1-1-10 $0.00
1-2-10 $60.00 Husband gadgets
1-3-10 $0.00
1-4-10 $0.00
1-5-10 $27.98 Groceries
$10.05 Panera for lunch
+55.11 Credit from Target
+31.00 Credit from Walmart

1-6-10 $0.00

I have been having a little show down with my kids about food. They are usually pretty good eaters, we garden and raise our own meat chickens and have egg layers. Beef and pork comes from a local farmer. A lot of our money still goes to food or eating out etc. I am trying to rein that in and one of the ways I am doing that is eating up what we have when we have it available. The kids (DS 11 and DD9) aren't really going for that. They are used to there being an endless amount of choices. There is still plenty to eat but the choices may be this or this so we can use up that last stray banana or the last lonely rice cakes. I am sticking to my guns around here. I am determined to make it this month on this food budget, my goal is leftover money. I have payments for pork and beef going out this month so this would be an enormous accomplishment. We have so much food in this house I know it can be done with a little extra effort and creativity.

 

[PeytonSdiz]

1-1-10 $0.00
1-2-10 $60.00 Husband gadgets
1-3-10 $0.00
1-4-10 $0.00
1-5-10 $27.98 Groceries
$10.05 Panera for lunch
+55.11 Credit from Target
+31.00 Credit from Walmart

1-6-10 $0.00

I have been having a little show down with my kids about food. They are usually pretty good eaters, we garden and raise our own meat chickens and have egg layers. Beef and pork comes from a local farmer. A lot of our money still goes to food or eating out etc. I am trying to rein that in and one of the ways I am doing that is eating up what we have when we have it available. The kids (DS 11 and DD9) aren't really going for that. They are used to there being an endless amount of choices. There is still plenty to eat but the choices may be this or this so we can use up that last stray banana or the last lonely rice cakes. I am sticking to my guns around here. I am determined to make it this month on this food budget, my goal is leftover money. I have payments for pork and beef going out this month so this would be an enormous accomplishment. We have so much food in this house I know it can be done with a little extra effort and creativity.

I wish we had a garden. That would be cool.

We're going to try our best not to eat out at all this month. Well, with the exception of while we're out at Disneyworld, of course.

 

[tinkarooni]

I wish we had a garden. That would be cool.

Do you have the space for one? It can really be as complicated or as easy as you make it. If you don't have any ground space how about a couple of 5 gallon buckets with some veggies you like to eat in them. Two tomato plants in good dirt can provide more tomoatoes than most people can eat off the vine.

We have about 7500 square feet of fenced in garden, but it has taken us about 14 years to get to this. We started very small and now grow enough to essentially feed ourselves (and guests) for most of the year and we live in Pennsylvania, growing season can be short but I've learned to stretch it with cold frames for spinach and scallions. This is what makes it even more frustrating to me that my food budget is so high. I am paying very very careful attention to the food money this month. I think that we may be dipping into it for other things....little bits here and there. Not this month.

 

[PeytonSdiz]

Do you have the space for one? It can really be as complicated or as easy as you make it. If you don't have any ground space how about a couple of 5 gallon buckets with some veggies you like to eat in them. Two tomato plants in good dirt can provide more tomoatoes than most people can eat off the vine.

We have about 7500 square feet of fenced in garden, but it has taken us about 14 years to get to this. We started very small and now grow enough to essentially feed ourselves (and guests) for most of the year and we live in Pennsylvania, growing season can be short but I've learned to stretch it with cold frames for spinach and scallions. This is what makes it even more frustrating to me that my food budget is so high. I am paying very very careful attention to the food money this month. I think that we may be dipping into it for other things....little bits here and there. Not this month.

Sadly, no. Not much room. Just a small yard that our dog uses as a bathroom. Also, our soil is that horrible clay soil. Right now it's underneath a few feet of snow!

Our neighbors planted a tiny garden. They put in a big wooden box and I think they only planted tomatoes last year. (I don't eat tomatoes but they gave us a couple.)

I have a black thumb and don't know the first time about gardening. I wouldn't know what time of year to plant anything or what to do. I also don't know what things can grow in our climate.

 

[littlered]

1/4-8.27 for 8 boxes of cheerioos at Vons. I guess I could say 0$ since its part of the grocery budget.

1/5 0$!(DH did go to store but thats grocery money as well)

1/6 1.39 for a Sonic Chiller(used a coupon though!), 43.00 for Preschool sign up for son(not bad a 8 week, 2x/week course and 3 bounce house days), and I am going to drop off some alterations tonight...

This thread is great it is keeping me so accountable. I am doing pretty good at lunch packing too!

 

[Tiggerish]

Budget for the month is $300 because I had to pay my quarterly car and life insurance and my annual licensing fee on the 1st which came to $650.
So I am going to have to be very tightfisted for the rest of the month.

Groceries - $150 / $110 left
Auto - $40
Medical - $10
Eating Out - $25
Misc. - $75
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1/1 $0
1/2 $ Groceries $40
1/3 $0
1/4 $0
1/5 $0
1/6 Misc. $2 for battery for the smoke detector (it was "chirping" and making me crazy.)

 

[lougoofy]

1/05/10: $3.18 Mcdonald's and $7.00 laundry

1/06/10: $2.52 Wendy's and $4.86 groceries

 

[Pooki]

Groceries: 107.40/$500 ($125/week)
Clothing: 0/$100
Entertainment/Dining: 128.42/$200
Misc: 42.41/$100
Total Spent: 425.70/$900
No Buy Days: 3/6

Day 1: $0! (Helps that everything is closed!)
Day 2: $16.06 (Starbucks, $112.36 Yen withdrawal) (both Entertainment fund)
Day 3: $0 (used cash withdrawn)
Day 4: $0
Day 5: $18.05 (groceries)
Day 6: $89.35 (groceries); $5.34 (book DH bought - misc.); $17.07 (tarp & rope for Christmas tree packing - misc.); $20 (DD's book club's "spa" day payment - misc.)

 

[wdwfan16]

1/1 - $0
1/3 - $0
1/6 - $0

 

[charming23]

Stayed home and had lazy day today with wathcing movies and drinking hot chocolate. I did make my first installment payment for school but that comes out of a seperate budget.

I have a goal for 15 $0 days

Grocery/Household- $300/$25.46 Left (still working the pantry challange)
Gas- $50
Entertainment/Eating Out- $50/$44.20 left
Emergency/Misc- $100

Total for January- $500/$450.76 left

I do have a huge execption this month and it is my Grandmother's 90th birthday. Still not sure how we are going to celebrate it yet but I will not be including it in this budget.

1/1 $0
1/2 $0
1/3 $0
1/4 $43.54 Save-a-lot, $5.80 Lunch at McDonald's
1/5 $0
1/6 $0

 

[A.Mickey]

Running Total: Spent $175
$700...$525 left
$0 Days:3
Goal is 15 or more!

Groceries- $250...$169 left
Gas- $150...$130 left
Eating Out- $100...$98 left
Misc. (Shopping/Entertainment) $200...$128 left
I always round up to the nearest dollar.

1- $0
2- $14 (Norton Anti-virus Shopping), $50 (Wal-mart and Meijer-Shopping), $69 (Meijer- Groceries)
3- $0
4- $2 (Wendy's- Eating Out), $8 (Target-Shopping), $12 (Target-Groceries)
5- $20 (Gas)
6- $0

$0 Days: 3/15: 20%
$700 Limit: $175: 25%
Month: 6/31: 19%

My Savings from coupons and sales: $96.53