No Buy January 2010

[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.)
January 7th = $0 (stayed in again today.)
January 8th = $0

Total so far = $227.52

Zero dollar days so far = 4/10

 

[ssdeverell]

I am behind in posting, too. We are having yucky weather here in TN, so I am home today. Here is my update for the 6th-8th, since I am not going out today. Also, realized I forgot to record my gas on the 5th, so I am correcting that. I am really proud of us on the entertainment and eating out. We normally spend the $50 the first weekend, but we only bought my mom some lunch, so that worked out really well. No promises we won't spend it this weekend, though, after being in the house for a few days.

My budget for this month:

Groceries/Household $300 ($128.30 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) ($212.09 left)
Gas (DH) $100
Clothes $25 ($13.25 left)
DS's birthday present $55

5/10 $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: $37.91 gas
Jan. 6: $39.94 groceries at Publix
Jan. 7: $0
Jan. 8: $0

 

[CherylA]

I've had some spending days but yesterday blew them all away. I'm trying not to feel too guilty, it's all accounted for, it's all in the budget, I just can't have another day like yesterday for the rest of the month (maybe two)

Clothing $60+ $25 bday gift from my Noni, I'm spending it on clothes=$85
- 6.00 DH tee shirts
-29.97 childrens place
-48.63 NY & Co
= .40

Unexpected Spending $250
-7.00 car wash 1/5
=243.00

Gifts $350 (I am including in this all spending for my DD turning 5's bday gifts and parties)

Entertainment $380
-26.00 pizza 12/1
-30.00 princess parking & snax 12/1
-25.00 movie Alvin
-1.00 redbox
-5.30 deli 12/4
-3.05 Wendys 1/5
-3.80 Starbucks
=285.85

Grocery $440
-39.36 S&S grocery
-5.00 xtramart
-13.02 S&S 1/4
-26.70 target 1/7
-115.95 costco 1/7
-32.96 S&S 1/7
-16.75 Alice.com 1/7
-19.00 Jerrys meat 1/7
-3.00 milk 1/7
=184.28

House Upkeep $60
-30 Bed Bath Bey toaster oven
=30.00

Jan1- Pizza 26.00, Princesses on ice parking 5.00, Princesses on ice treats 25.00
Jan 2- Alvin Sqeakqual movie 25.00, redbox 1.00, S&S grocery 39.36, xtra mart 5.00, 6.00 DH tee shirts
Jan 3- 0
Jan 4- sandwich 5.30, S&S grocery 13.02
Jan 5- car wash 7.00, Wendys 3.05
Jan 6- 0
Jan 7- target grocery 26.70, costco grocery 115.95, S&S grocery 32.96, Bed Bath Bey household 30.00, Jerrys meat grocery 19.00, Alice.com grocery 16.75, Starbucks entertainment 3.80, Childrens Place clothing 29.97, NY& Co clothing 48.63, xtra mart milk 3.00
Jan 8-

2/10 no buy days!

 

[delmar411]

I hope the surgery is just minor and that all goes well.

Aw thanks.

He went in for a vasectomy and all seems to have gone well. He's taken over the couch so I have to make sure none of the kids leap onto him but they seem to be sympathetic and behaving so far.

 

[estherhead]

Jan 1st: $2.95 on McDonald's; $19.97 for I-Max movie and gas money.
Jan 2nd: $44.00 Walmart toy clearance; $202.00 groceries.
Jan 3rd: $0.00
Jan 4th: $0.00
Jan 5th: $9.98 a cow mug
Jan 6th: $41.53 on organizing tools for my girl's room
Jan 7th: $0.00
Jan 8th: $6.35 Taco Bell (I paid for my mom) $34.60 Walmart. A few groceries and a pack of diapers and a new potty chair so I can stop buying diapers!

 

[IMALOVNDISNEY]

01/01 -0-Traditional breakfast out, but, had a Gift Card.
01/02 -0-
01/03 -0-
01/04 -0- $15.00 for DD's school lunch for the week. This was already added in the budget.
01/05 -0- So far. Made my breakfast at home and brought it to work along with 2 bottles of soda. B.K. is really going to miss me.
01/06 -0- Breakfast and lunch both came from home today...But, had the best dinner at Olive Garden tonight. It was FREE . The In-laws paid. Thank you.
01/07 $5.00 lunch for me.
01/08 $32.00 at Walmart for dog food and other household. Comes out of groceries. And filled my van $36.00.

What's left
Groceries $518.00/550.00
Gas $124.00/160.00
Entertainment/Eat out $145.00/150.00
DD's School Lunch $$35.00/50.00
10/15 -0- days left

 

[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
1-7-10 Decided to pay the pork off today, $296. and $6.00 for the school lunches.
1-8-10 $20.00 Phooey, DH had to stop at the store, picked up stuff for his lunches next week and some health items I didn't realize I was out of.

$539.97 food money left out of $900.00 budget.

 

[lougoofy]

1/06/10: $1.00 bugles (at work snack)
1/07/10: $4.12 hardees and $13 a few groceries (dollar general marketplace) and & $1 snack at work
1/08/10: $1.50 bus fare, $3.90 taco bell, $5.30 (ent.) book and music exchange, $3.00 redeye at heine bro.s coffee and $39.63 walgreens (various things)

1/08/10: $25.21 dollar store and $10.06 12 pack

 

[wdwfan16]

Aw thanks.

He went in for a vasectomy and all seems to have gone well. He's taken over the couch so I have to make sure none of the kids leap onto him but they seem to be sympathetic and behaving so far.

That is not was I was envisioning!!!



1/1 - $0
1/3 - $0
1/6 - $0
1/7 - $0
1/8 - $0

 

[delmar411]

That is not was I was envisioning!!!

It's something I'm trying not to envision at all!

 

[A.Mickey]

Spent a ton of money today, but got alot of good deals on groceries. I still have to go to the Caputo fruit market tomorrow and we are finally going out to eat tomorrow too, but I shouldn't be spending too much for a while, well besides some more gas!

Running Total: Spent $311
$700...$389 left
$0 Days:3
Goal is 15 or more!

Groceries- $250...$112 left
Gas- $150...$110 left
Eating Out- $100...$98 left
Misc. (Shopping/Entertainment) $200...$68 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
7- $22 (2 Reduced tickets for Ren Faire this summer-Shopping)
8- $8 (Aldi-Groceries), $12 (Dominick's-Groceries), $25 (Meijer-Groceries), $12 (Target-Groceries) $8 (Target-Shopping) $30 (Sister Cash for X-mas Present Misc.) $20 (Gas)

$0 Days: 3/15: 20%
$700 Limit: $311: 44%
Month: 7/31: 26%

My Savings from coupons and sales: $169.24

 

[luvsJack]

Well, yesterday wasn't a $0 day but not too bad. Another horrible day at work added to the fact that it was cooooolllllldddd and we were expecting icy roads, so some people were late coming in and I had a headache from hades.

Anyway- bought drinks and snacks in the campus bookstore

1/8 $5

Today we will get groceries and dh will have to stock up his truck (he's a truck driver and carries some food items with him so it doesn't cost so much on the road), so it won't be $0 today, either.

I have also got to order some things for my Avon business and haven't really sold much in the past couple of weeks (everyone ELSE trying to have those $0 days ), so that will be a little bit of a cost.

Other than that, shouldn't be any spending going on.

 

[MickeyMomOfThree]

Well yesterday should have been a $0 day, but DH called and forgot his wallet at home and had a doctor's appointment. So I took him his wallet and he took me to lunch. We had a coupon so we spent $12 with tip. We had the all you can eat soup and small pizza at Unos and both filled up on soup and brought our pizzas home, so we ate those for dinner and got 2 kids meals for the younger kids for $6.48, so we wound up spending $18.48 for 2 meals out. Not too bad though for a date for mom and dad and dinner for everyone.

 

[Debbie]

I'm have started the month with a budget of $800. I'm aiming for 10 $0 days, too.

Budget: 492/800 left
$0 days: 2/10

Jan 1: $0
Jan 2: $49 groceries $48 gas and windshield washer fluid
Jan 3: $64 Costco groceries
Jan 4: $0
Jan 5: $10 for an emergency fast food stop for DD + $ 51 groceries
Jan 6: $31 gas + $8 hot chocolate stop while waiting for DS
Jan 7: $gas 20....you sure can tell the boys are home and need to go in and out of the city!
Jan 8: This was supposed to be a $0, but I realized that DD needed stuff for her choir 'camp' this weekend, and then I got some great deals on Christmas cards/paper/gift card holders. Couldn't leave them in the store $27

 

[Swmr359]

So in October I bought a new kind a cat litter, which turned out to be horrible. I wrote a letter to the company to ask for a refund, I had about given up on seeing my money again since it has been so long. But yesterday I got a check for $7.16 from the cat litter company!! The rest of today should be a 0 day; I'll be too tried from swim practice to do anything until work.
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Jan. 1: $0
Jan. 2: $3
Jan. 3: $0
Jan. 4: $26
Jan. 5: $0
Jan. 6: $16
Jan. 7: $0
Jan. 8: $37 groceries; $33 gas
Jan. 9: +$7

Groceries: $37/$100
Eat out: 1/2 ($16)
Misc.: $62-$7

Total: $108

 

[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)
1/7 = $7.60 ($85/$700 f/h/g)
1/8 = $772.05 ($112/$700 f/h/g, $746/$600 surgery)
1/9 = $39.21 ($151/$700 f/h/g)
$1.09 stopped for coffee on the way to school to wake up and defrost myself
$38.12 groceries

 

[charming23]

Went out early this morning with my mom for breakfast and some essential shopping while we have a break in the weather. We had breakfast at Denny's using my discount card from the high school for 10% off. We went to Walmart were we got cat food. litter, some food stuff and a few non essentials like new Valentine's themed jammies for me and a few new tops on clearance for mom as well as some beauty products and back to school supplies.

I have a goal for 15 $0 days

Grocery/Household- $300/$196.46 Left (still working the pantry challange)
Gas- $50
Entertainment/Eating Out- $50/$29.34 left
Emergency/Misc- $100/$64.26 left

Total for January- $500/$340.16 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
1/7 $0
1/8 $0
1/9 $14.86 Denny's, $60 on grocery/household between walmart and Marc's, $35.74 at Walmart on Misc.

 

[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
1-7-10 $$302 pork and school lunches
1-8-10 $20.00 DH grocery store
1-9-10 $0.00

5/9 $0.00 days
$539.97 food money left out of $900.00 budget

Staying at home, organizing recipes, a closet and will get my seed order ready for maybe tomorrow. Too cold to go anywhere although DH offered we could go out to eat and use a gift card. I'll save it for a day when I don't have to wear hip waders to get out of the house.
Stay warm everybody!

 

[Tiggerish]

Budget for the month is $300 because of some high fixed expenses this month. My Chicago project has ended so no more expense account. Now I just have to wait to be reimbursed for the $4,200 I spent for the two months I was there. Money is coming through the court system so I know it will be awhile coming but I am assured of getting it.

Groceries - $150 / $110 left
Auto - $40
Medical - $10
Eating Out - $25 / $21 left
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
1/7 $0
1/8 Eating out $4
1/9 $0

 

[eeyoresmom]

OK, so far:
4 no spend days out of 15 ( but I'm shooting for 15 no spend days until the 23rd of the month, so I've got to ramp up the no spend days!)
1/01-$13
1/02-$14
1/03-$1
1/04-$0
1/05-$0
1/06-$13
1/07-$10
1/08-$0
1/09-$0
Total $ spent=$51 out of $160 ( which is half of my gas/spending $ for the month)