No Buy January 2010

[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
1/6 - $0
1/7 - $6.14 Jewel
1/7 - $31.50 GoPicnic
1/8 - $8.59 Marie's
1/9 - $0
1/10 - $21.76 Trader Joe's
1/11 - $0
1/12 - $1.30 CVS
1/13 - $0

$167.27/$202.78
$35.51 left
$0 days: 6

 

[erikawolf2004]

Originally Posted by erikawolf2004
I'm coming late to the party, but want to join in...I can only remember a couple of days back, so will go for 10 $0 days and hope to move it up to 12 next month.

1/1 $0 1/12
1/2 $0 2/12
1/3 Dinner out $24
1/4 $70, $10 Patterns, $24 Walgreens, $6 carwash and $30 eating out
1/5 $0 3/12
1/6 $120, $11 Starbucks, $3 Toysrus, $106 Raleys
1/7 $205=$25 lunch out, $30 William Sonoma, $25 babygap, $6 donuts,
$130 Winco, misc $22
1/8 $25=$4 lunch, $7 movie, $4 Redbox and $10 groceries
1/9 $0 4/12
1/10 $0 5/12
1/11 $40 groceries
1/12 $0 6/12

I back tracked and updated my totals, so am now going for 12 days this month...thanks for doing this, gets me motivated and realize we need to stop eating out so much!!!

Erika


1/13 $47, $13 lunch, $34 Hallmark

 

[lougoofy]

1/13/10: $1.05 cup of coffee and a free refill

$1 for snack at work

 

[Shmily1]

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)
1/6--trip to Walgreens--$0 (got some meds on the FSA-already in budget- and some great deals on the coupon items)
1/7--$.08--went to Walgreens and got me some free cookies and Walmart--$7.81 for stuff to make spaghetti
1/8--42.96--dog and cat food, plus a few more things we needed to make it through the weekend foodwise
1/9--$0
1/10--$18.61--Walmart for the few things I needed for the next 3 meals. (This made enough stuff to make chicken pot pie, chili, and hamburgers!) $3.50 newspapers
1/11--This could be a $0 day, but I may get some ribs to cook so DH has some for lunch tomorrow... just have to wait and see I guess. If I get them, it will only be less than $10.--I didn't buy anything so it was a $0!!
1/12--I spent $490 on car tags for my car and DS and DD but that doesn't count here since that's in the "hardcore" budget. That leaves me with $0 spent!!!
1/13--$20 on gas; $7.22 dinner for DH and me

Total number of $0 days--5


I'm still planning on that food budget this coming payday. I just need to sit down and write it out... I bet that will cost me $300 just to get the stuff to make!

 

[preschoolmom]

I had a $0 day yesterday! I'm still new to this thread - and yesterday was gymbucks redemption at Gymboree - and I emptied my cart and gave my gymbucks to a friend! It was really hard. My girls don't NEED anything, though. And I NEED to save money.

 

[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)
1/10 = $0
1/11 = $31 ($182/$700 f/h/g)
1/12 = $36 ($218/$700 f/h/g)
1/13 = ($70.14) ($257/$700 f/h/g, $442.32/$800 school)
1/14 = $0

I don't think there are any expenses for today. I have to return one frame that is broken to Michaels but that's a quick in and out since I'll have both boys with me. The boys have swim lessons this morning and younger DD has gymnastics tonight so should be a $0 day.

 

[A.Mickey]

Running Total: Spent $398
$700...$302 left
$0 Days:7
Goal is 15 or more!

Groceries- $250...$73 left
Gas- $150...$90 left
Eating Out- $100...$80 left
Misc. (Shopping/Entertainment) $200...$58 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)
9- $29 (Joe Caputo- Groceries)
10- $20 (Gas), $10 (Jewel- Groceries), $10 (Disney Store- Shopping), $18 (Taco-Bell and Sbarro's- Eating Out)
11- $0
12- $0
13- $0
14- $0

$0 Days: 7/15: 47%
$700 Limit: $398: 57%
Month: 13/31: 42%

My Savings from coupons and sales: $212.02

 

[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
January 9th = $15 (Williams-sonoma. Saved $10 with coupon.) $42.17 (Costco. Saved $13 with coupons.) $61.67 (Petco. Saved $7.40 with coupons. $50 of that total was just a bag of dog food.)
January 10th = $0
January 11th = $31.53 (grocery store)
January 12th = $25 (doctor visit co-pay)
January 13th = $55.56 at Walmart. $16.45 at Target. (Practically all stuff for our trip!)
January 14th = $0 (the day just started but I'm 99% sure we aren't spending anything today.)

Total so far = $474.90

Zero dollar days so far = 6/10

*We leave for Disney World in 6 days!

I decided that when we get back from vacation, I am not going to include vacation spending into my daily spending since it's obviously not something we do every month. So basically the 20th - 27th will not have any info.

 

[donnajean17]

Monthly Budget/Amount Used so far
Groceries: $600/$251.38
Misc/Eating Out: $325.00/-$494.49 (thanks to unexpected car repair!)
Gas: $230/$113.83
$0 Days/4 of 15 goal

1/1 $129.12 Groceries, $7.61 Taco Bell
1/2 $0
1/3 $0
1/4 $9.72 groceries
1/5 $34.00 DH gas
1/6 .27 cents (balance at Dunkins after using Gift Card)
1/7 $11.67 Wendy's, $43.83 my gas
1/8 $7.44 Target, $20.00 cash for roller skating with DD and DS
1/9 $131.18 groceries, $22.50 Old Navy- gift for neices bday
1/10 $0
1/11 $30 DH got his hair cut (man I wish he would just go to the barber!)
1/12 $0
1/13 $36.00 DH gas, $18.65 groceries
1/14 $65.00 entry fee for Emmy awards (I work in TV), $700.00!! unexpected car repairs to allow DH car to pass inspection! (darn volkswagons so expensive to fix!), $20.00 cash for me as I am out of the office for work today and tomorrow and need $$ to eat

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[PeytonSdiz]

Monthly Budget/Amount Used so far
Groceries: $600/$251.38
Misc/Eating Out: $325.00/-$494.49 (thanks to unexpected car repair!)
Gas: $230/$113.83
$0 Days/4 of 15 goal

1/1 $129.12 Groceries, $7.61 Taco Bell
1/2 $0
1/3 $0
1/4 $9.72 groceries
1/5 $34.00 DH gas
1/6 .27 cents (balance at Dunkins after using Gift Card)
1/7 $11.67 Wendy's, $43.83 my gas
1/8 $7.44 Target, $20.00 cash for roller skating with DD and DS
1/9 $131.18 groceries, $22.50 Old Navy- gift for neices bday
1/10 $0
1/11 $30 DH got his hair cut (man I wish he would just go to the barber!)
1/12 $0
1/13 $36.00 DH gas, $18.65 groceries
1/14 $65.00 entry fee for Emmy awards (I work in TV), $700.00!! unexpected car repairs to allow DH car to pass inspection! (darn volkswagons so expensive to fix!), $20.00 cash for me as I am out of the office for work today and tomorrow and need $$ to eat

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Dang! Sorry about the car stuff!

 

[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
1-10-10 $70.00 Groceries
$5.90 Target for Wrapping paper and card
$51.00 Birthday gift and warm pants for DD 9 who suddenly has grown out of everything again.
1-11-10 $0.00
1-12-10 $148.00 from food money. Seeds and garden plants
1-13-10 $5.00 for DD field trip lunch money. It makes me crazy when the school stops at McDonalds after field trips.
6/13 $0.00 day
6/14 Bad day for me too. I got my stupid car stuck in my parents stupid driveway.....they are in Florida and I was going up to their house to look for something I know my DM has and I got stuck in about 3 feet of snow in their driveway. DH had to buy tow chains $65.00 for the tractor and is on his way home to pull me out. Hopefully he can.
I also saw that other thread about the WII dance game that looked so fun I ordered it, free shipping and $26.00. If I had known I would get stuck today I may not have spent the money on it. Oh well, hopefully the game will get us moving a little, it's too cold to do much.
$316.91 food money left out of $900.00 budget
$100.00 out of my $100.00 allowance!

 

[ssdeverell]

preschoolmom - way to go at Gymboree!!

donnajean - too bad about the car.

Another $0 day yesterday, and hoping for one today.

My budget for this month:

Groceries/Household $300 ($82.39 left)
Lunches Out at Work $40 (we go out on Friday each week)
Entertainment/Eating Out $125 ($76.66 left)
Gas (me) $250 (I drive 2 hours a day for work) ($174.23 left)
Gas (DH) $100 ($77.45 left)
Clothes $25 ($13.25 left)
DS's birthday present $55

7/10 $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
Jan 9: $12.08 Ace Hardware; $33.83 Bi-lo; $31.46 Jenkins for dinner
Jan 10: $11.40 Wendy's
Jan 11: $37.86 gas; $22.55 gas for DH
Jan 12: $0
Jan 13: $0

 

[delmar411]

Monthly Budget/Amount Used so far
Groceries: $600/$251.38
Misc/Eating Out: $325.00/-$494.49 (thanks to unexpected car repair!)
Gas: $230/$113.83
$0 Days/4 of 15 goal

1/1 $129.12 Groceries, $7.61 Taco Bell
1/2 $0
1/3 $0
1/4 $9.72 groceries
1/5 $34.00 DH gas
1/6 .27 cents (balance at Dunkins after using Gift Card)
1/7 $11.67 Wendy's, $43.83 my gas
1/8 $7.44 Target, $20.00 cash for roller skating with DD and DS
1/9 $131.18 groceries, $22.50 Old Navy- gift for neices bday
1/10 $0
1/11 $30 DH got his hair cut (man I wish he would just go to the barber!)
1/12 $0
1/13 $36.00 DH gas, $18.65 groceries
1/14 $65.00 entry fee for Emmy awards (I work in TV), $700.00!! unexpected car repairs to allow DH car to pass inspection! (darn volkswagons so expensive to fix!), $20.00 cash for me as I am out of the office for work today and tomorrow and need $$ to eat

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car repairs are the worst! I'm sorry you got hit with those. Hopefully the car will be good to go for a long time now.

 

[delmar411]

I had a $0 day yesterday! I'm still new to this thread - and yesterday was gymbucks redemption at Gymboree - and I emptied my cart and gave my gymbucks to a friend! It was really hard. My girls don't NEED anything, though. And I NEED to save money.

I'm really impressed! I've got gymbucks to use up as well and I honestly can't think of a thing the kids need. I'm going to do a sort through today to see if there are any obvious gaps but I think my gymbucks might get unused by me as well.

I refuse to go to the mall to check out what is in the store too since I'm sure I could find some bargains that are just too inexpensive to pass up but will end up wasted money since the kids have so many clothes they don't even fit into their dressers!

 

[casper_jj11]

groceries $525 $471.05 left
gas $375 $313.05 left
cat food $90 $37.31 left
DD bday party (cake, balloons, some loot stuff) $80 $53.01 over
paint DS3's room $200
other things for DS3's room $150 $60.87left
ballet registration $100 $0 left
swimming registration (3kiddos) $400
DD's bday pics $180 $9 over
my spending $150
DH spending $150 $352 over

Total: $2400 $1218.30 left

8 - DS2's room (garbage can/Mater pillow) $40; ballet registration $100; milk $4; bedroom things for DS $32.19; cat food 40.95
9- skates for DH $477.00; bike show $25
10- gas 61.95; meds for DH 16.37; rug for DS room 16.94;
11- DD's bday pics $189; kitty litter $11.74; cookie cutters for DD's bday party $4.75; decorations and lootbag stuff for party $30ish
12- bday party supplies $10.24; groceries 12.37;
13 - party supplies $88.02 (holy crap! a few dollars here and there are really adding up) ; groceries 21.21;
14 - heading to gymboree for gymbucks today... getting summer clothes only so trying to justify it.... also need more groceries ...

 

[Swmr359]

Uggh getting two kittens spayed is expensive! But at least we are all done with monthy vet visits.
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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; +$7
Jan. 9: $0
Jan. 10: $0
Jan. 11: $0
Jan. 12: $0
Jan. 13: $44 groceries; $24 Target; $239 plane tickets
Jan. 14: $10 Petsmart; $809 kittens

Groceries: $81/$100 (I think I'm done for the month though)
Eat out: 1/2 ($16)
Misc.: $96-$7

Total: $186
Other: $1048 (these don't count toward my monthly total, but I need to have them written down somewhere!)
8 no buy days so far

 

[lougoofy]

1/13/10: $1.05 cup of coffee and a free refill

1/14/20: $2.00 laundry and $2.96 (Mcd's) cappucino

 

[charming23]

Had to run out for stamps to mail some bills and a birthday card to my cousin,

I have a goal for 15 $0 days

Grocery/Household- $300/$133.43 Left (still working the pantry challange)
Gas- $50
Entertainment/Eating Out- $50/$29.34 left
Emergency/Misc- $100/$53.57 left

Total for January- $500/$266.44 left

Coupn and store svaings: $45.25

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.
1/10 $0
1/11 $2.49 at Walmart for a new ladle
1/12 $60.03 At Giant Eagle
1/13 $0
1/14 $8.20 for stamps

 

[Tiggerish]

Budget for the month is $300 because of some high fixed expenses this month.

Groceries - $150 / $88 left
Auto - $40
Medical - $10
Eating Out - $25 / $18 left
Misc. - $75 /$29 left
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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
1/10 $0
1/11 Eating out $3 for a fancy coffee
1/12 $0
1/13 Misc. $17 for crafting stuff
1/14 Groceries $22; Misc. $31 (two ink cartridges and postage)

Being on the budget board just saved me $16 - when I was looking at my receipts to make my post, I discovered the store had charged me twice for one of the ink cartridges. So I put on my coat and drove back and the customer service desk straightened it out and refunded the over charge. If I didn't have to post my spending, I probably would have just thrown the receipt away without looking at it again.

 

[Debbie]

Donnajean, so sorry to hear about the car. Tinkerooni, hope you are out of the snowdrift, now. Swmr, you did right by fixin' the kittin's but that was some bill!

Budget: 444/800 left
$0 days: 5/10

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: $27 at the drugstore (candy/Christmas cards)
Jan 9: $28 gas
Jan 10: $0
Jan 11: $10 (salmon was on sale) + $10 postage for parcel for DD
Jan 12: $73 groceries
Jan 13: $0
Jan 14: $0