No Buy June - Everybody welcome, jump on the bandwagon!

[neatokimmo]

An ear cleaning became a $150 bill at the vet this morning (I'm switching vets). I also spent $15ish on the last bit of groceries we needed.

7- $165ish
6- zero! zilch! nada!
5- $100ish
4 - $4.08 (18.15)
3 - $8.34 (14.07)
2 - $4.08 (5.73 running total)
1 - $1.65[/QUOTE]

 

[MissBritt]

6/1 $25.62 Walmart, $18.41 Dinner Out (1/6), $13 Gas
6/2 $58.88 Groceries (saved $27.65)
6/3 $38 Gas, $63.37 Groceries (saved $23.36), -$8.56 Return, $20 Gift (nephew's birthday)
6/4 $0
6/5 $90 Spa, $3.23 Post office, $5.29 Groceries, $32.86 Meds
6/6 $3.21 Newspapers, $20 VBS dessert auction, $15.86 Dinner Out (2/6)
6/7 $0

Totals:
Dinner Out 34.27 (2/6)
Gas 51
Groceries 127.54 (saved 51.01)
Incidentals 32.06
Gifts 40
Splurge 90 (spa)
Medicine 32.86
Returns -8.56
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399.17
$0 Days 2

 

[MickeyMomOfThree]

I had a super busy weekend so I am just now catching up. I took my DD11’s Girl Scout troop to the Aquarium of Niagara for a sleepover. It was so cool, we had a great time, but add that to all the other things we did (lots of them free! Home Depot, Michael’s, Free Cone Day at Friendly’s,) well it was a bit expensive and busy weekend. So, here is my catch up…
I made this as a New Year's Resolution so after this month I will be half way to doing a whole year resolution and while this is the best I have ever done at one, I am excited to think I might do one for the whole year! That would be something! My goal is to surpass my normal goal of 15 No Spend Days.

June 1-
$4.50 Kids bought lunch (We got in too late from vacation to grocery shop)
$1.08 Redbox
$20.00 Gas
$114.94 Groceries
$5 DD11's end of year class trip
June 2-$0
June 3-$0 Took the kids to 2 Walgreen's for Silly Bandz but that is all we got and they used their own money.
June 4- Was a $0 day till hubby came home with "free" baseball game tickets. I debated, but it was a beautiful night and free glove night for kids and the girls had friends going so we went. There went the $0 day. We spent just under $30on dinner and parking. I am quoting Suze Orman right now, "People first, then money, then things." It was a nice family evening out so worth losing the day.
June 5- Taco Bell-$14.59 Michael’s (Scout stuff, Father’s Day gifts and frames) $45.76, $15.63 Dairy Queen with GS troop, $17 (added DD8 to the sleepover, her troop hates sleepover so I will probably never get here there otherwise so her sister invited her) $4 sleepover patches, $10 ornament (I like to collect these when we go places)
June 6- $7.81 McD’s breakfast on the way home, Sam’s (groceries, gifts, clothes, shampoo, 5 bottles of sunscreen, etc) $191.99 (I’ll say the $91.99 was groceries, roughly,) Snack at Sam’s $3.43 Wegman’s groceries $154.68 (that is what I get for bringing DH) Amazon order (right around) $30, 2 CDs for DH for Father’s Day and some Disney Silly Bandz
June 7-$0 Technically I won $7 in Silly Bandz off eBay, but the kids are paying for them so my OOP was $0


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**Totals**

No Spend Days! 3/15
Gas-$20.00

Groceries- $361.61

Extras- $288.80

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Happy About Record Since Joining No Buy-
January-14 Days
February-13 Days
March-17 Days
April-15 Days
May-15 Days
Longest Streak-4 Days in a Row!

 

[lougoofy]

6/07/10: $1something tickled pink and $3.75 dgmarket and $9.50 drinks and tip

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[A.Mickey]

Running Total: Spent $203
$0 Days:2

Groceries- $159
Eating Out- $0
Misc. (Shopping/Entertainment) $44
I always round up to the nearest dollar.

1- $25 (Joe Caputo-Groceries), $16 (Walgreens-Groceries), $3 (Jewel-Groceries)
2- $3 (Target-Groceries), $38 (Dominick's-Groceries), $7 (Walgreens-Groceries), $13 (Meijer-Groceries), $7 (Jewel-Groceries)
3- $24 (Joe Caputo- Groceries)
4- $0
5- $6 (Target- Shopping), $2 (Dollar-Tree, Shopping), $25 (Mall-Gift Card for Friend's Bday), $9 (Meijer-Groceries)
6- $11 (Locker Rental); $14 (Strawberries at a U-Pick)
7- $0


$0 Days: 2: 13%
Budget: $600....34%
Month: 6/30: 23%

My savings from coupons and sales: $269.63

 

[tinkarooni]

:

So, a funny story. I'm the spender & DH is the saver, so I try anything I can to help me not spend on the little things (envelopes, this thread, etc.) DH thought it was kinda weird having "no buy" days, but whatever.
So yesterday I had to go to the emergency room for a few hours (I'm okay) & on the way home I really wanted to stop at McDonalds for a vanilla latte. Then a few minutes later I said, "No, don't stop because I'll have to write it down and it won't be a "no buy" day."
Today, DH calls me from work and says, "We need milk. Do you want me to stop on the way home, or is it a "no buy" day? I think he's convinced now! (and I told him I'd get it tomorrow, because it IS a "no buy" day)

I hope you are well, but congratulations on the no buy day.

 

[tinkarooni]

June 1 - $12.00 groceries
June 2 - $0.00
June 3 - 123.48 groceries
$12.00 Dicks (clothing budget, soccer shorts for DS)
June 4 - $55.00 from my allowance (pretty nails)
June 5 - $45.00 out of food money. Eating out.
Target $47.13 out of fun money. Tennis rackets for the kids
June 6 - $0.00
June 7 - $10.07 Subway. Ugg. Food money

Remaining:
Groceries 709.45/$900.00
My allowance: $65.00/$120
Fun Money: $52.00/$100

 

[santadog]

Had lunch out, and bought dd dinner on the way home

Spent/Budget
Gas $0/$100
Food $77/$200
Misc/Entertainment $113/$160
Sophie's Allowance $10/$40

Total $120/$400
Goal 18 No buy Days
Achieved 3/18

 

[polineedyan]

Ok, Im in too.Enough lurking.We leave July 7th.

June 7- $8.00 two flashlights for daughters school party
June 6- $5.00 gas to work.
June 5- $3.50 Mocha Frappe
June 4- $25.hardware, $25 lawn+garden, $22 cigarettes.

Going for a second no spend day today I work this morning and know what Im cooking for dinner.

 

[thebigkahuna]

6-1 - NO $PEND.
6-2 - $8.60 breakfast
6-3 NO $PEND
6-4 - $8.39 breakfast, $31.93 non-budgeted, unexpected spending, $135.26 more non-budgeted unexpected spending.
06-05 - NO $PEND!!!
06-06 - did grocery shopping today, but did not go over budget, and did not shop needlessly. (does this count as a no spend?)
06-07 - Forgot toilet paper when I was grocery shopping got it at CVS along with a frapachino from the cooler...$8.29
06-08 - $48.00 gifts. (not budgeted, but I couldnt resist!) $25.00 DMV. Mailing some bills today - Not technically in the budget, but I count it as part of paying the bills.


3!! of 15 NO $PEND DAY$ 12 No $pend day$ to go!

 

[Tiggerish]

Budget for June is $750 with 10 no spend days.

Auto $75
Eating Out/Entertainment $100 / $66 left
Giving $125 / $100 left
Groceries/Household Goods $300 / $269 left
Medical $50
Misc. $100 / $52 left

No spend days = 4/10
Coupon savings $33
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6/1 $0
6/2 Groceries $14
6/3 $0
6/4 $0
6/5 Groceries $27; Misc. $14 for a new cell phone cover
6/6 Giving $25 (church collection)
6/7 Misc. $34 (two pair of shorts); Eating out $34
6/8 $0

 

[Jen_in_NH]

6/1 - $25 for groceries for work.
6/2 - $25 at work for lunch out with the girls
6/3 - $40 at Staples for printer ink, $30 for groceries, and $5 for breakfast on the way to the hospital
6/4 - $0!!!!
6/5 - $30 at Target for camping stuff
6/6 - $0!!
6/7 - Groceries $175
6/8 - $8 for a cookout we're going to.

Total for the month: $333
Remaining for the month: $667 Keeping my fingers crossed.....

 

[Keishag]

I need to jump back on this thread, it's been a while but we have a Disney trip in site, so I have motivation to do better! I've got to start saving and NOT spending! Family of 4 planning our return to Disney next June. I'd love to have it paid off long before we actually leave in entirety (plane tickets, room, DDP, park tickets, etc.)

My first mini goal is to Chacha for my $200 deposit that I can make, once I get the funds. I'm going to chacha for as much of this as I can which will be a struggle b/c I'm on the Disboards WAY too much to be an effecitve Chacha-er. LOL

I'll start yesterday since we spent there and shouldn't have!

6/7- $8 frozen yogurt treats that we didn't need!
6/8- $0
6/9- $11 McDonalds, $300 for a table on Craigslist. (Booo!)
6/10- $0
6/11- $0
6/12- $8 hot dogs and buns
6/13- $0
6/14- $5 for tip at On the border, had gc for meal
6/15- $16- $10 for gas, $6 for sugar and spaghetti sauce I forgot
6/16- $40 lunch for the kids and I...I caved. , then dh and I went to dinner while kids were at VBS
6/17-$15 gas
6/18-

 

[lougoofy]

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6/08/10: $2.25 laundry

 

[charming23]

Today was my grocery shopping day. I went to both Trader Joe's and Giant Eagle and spent $53.07. Not too bad in my book. Also popped into Border's and bought the next in the Sookie Stackhouse Series I need.

My June Budget is:

Groceries- $200/ $70.33left
Household- $50/ $15.79 left
Gas/Car- $50
Eating Out/ Entertainment- $50/ $28.93 left
Misc- $50/ $26.40

Total budget: $400/ $192.07 left

Goal of 17 no buy days.

4/17 No Buy days

6/1- $21.07 Lunch, $60.78 Groceries, $4.06 Household, and $14.99 Alice in Wonderland
6/2- $0
6/3- $5.69 Walgreen's
6/4- $15.82 Groceries and $21.32 Household
6/5- $0
6/6- $0
6/7- $0
6/8- $45.42 at Trader Joe's, $10.17 at Giant Eagle, and $8.61 at Borders

Coupon/Store Savings: $83.82

 

[thebeesknees]

6/1 $0
6/2 $9
6/3 $44 Artscow photo books, $23 Alice.com household items
6/4 $105 Target groceries/household/birthday gifts/clothing
6/5 $52 Target (stuff DH needed), $150 groceries, $7 thrift store
6/6 $0
6/7 $0
6/8 $35 Walmart Father's Day stuff, $24 Dollar Tree camp stuff/frozen food, $107 camp

 

[Virgderon]

Caved and bought the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo used on Amazon today. I really want to read it. I have the follow up book that I found at the flea market for $2.50, but just didn't want to wait anymore for the first one.


Running Total: Spent $170
$1000...830 left
$0 Days: 3
Goal is 10 or more!
coupon savings $38

Groceries- $200-22-32-10-15= 121

June 1 27 - ( groceries/bd cards)
June 2 32 - ( groceries)
June 3 0
June 4 10 ( groceries/cold meds)
June 5 51 ( bad day for me- broke one of my personal shopping rules- no fast food unless you have a coupon! Bought used books at the flea market , got Wendys and 2 pairs of shoes at Payless (BOGO, plus a $3 coupon, plus 10% AAA discount and I still feel guilty)
June 6 0
June 7 0
June 8 50 ( groceries, $25 for fathers day gift, book)

 

[MickeyMomOfThree]

I made this as a New Year's Resolution so after this month I will be half way to doing a whole year resolution and while this is the best I have ever done at one, I am excited to think I might do one for the whole year! That would be something! My goal is to surpass my normal goal of 15 No Spend Days.

June 1-
$4.50 Kids bought lunch (We got in too late from vacation to grocery shop)
$1.08 Redbox
$20.00 Gas
$114.94 Groceries
$5 DD11's end of year class trip
June 2-$0
June 3-$0 Took the kids to 2 Walgreen's for Silly Bandz but that is all we got and they used their own money.
June 4- Was a $0 day till hubby came home with "free" baseball game tickets. I debated, but it was a beautiful night and free glove night for kids and the girls had friends going so we went. There went the $0 day. We spent just under $30on dinner and parking. I am quoting Suze Orman right now, "People first, then money, then things." It was a nice family evening out so worth losing the day.
June 5- Taco Bell-$14.59 Michael’s (Scout stuff, Father’s Day gifts and frames) $45.76, $15.63 Dairy Queen with GS troop, $17 (added DD8 to the sleepover, her troop hates sleepover so I will probably never get here there otherwise so her sister invited her) $4 sleepover patches, $10 ornament (I like to collect these when we go places)
June 6- $7.81 McD’s breakfast on the way home, Sam’s (groceries, gifts, clothes, shampoo, 5 bottles of sunscreen, etc) $191.99 (I’ll say the $91.99 was groceries, roughly,) Snack at Sam’s $3.43 Wegman’s groceries $154.68 (that is what I get for bringing DH) Amazon order (right around) $30, 2 CDs for DH for Father’s Day and some Disney Silly Bandz
June 7-$0 Technically I won $7 in Silly Bandz off eBay, but the kids are paying for them so my OOP was $0
June 8-$0 Spent the day cooking and filling my naked freezer. I froze about 15 dinners so far and more are in the crock pot overnight and will be frozen in the morning. I usually do this every 6-8 weeks but it all seemed to go really fast this time since we have had so many busy nights.


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**Totals**

No Spend Days! 4/15
Gas-$20.00

Groceries- $361.61 (Did my major freezer stock up where I cook for 2 days and fill the freezer with quick meals, plus I took DH with me shopping and that added to the bill!)

Extras- $288.80

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Happy About Record Since Joining No Buy-
January-14 Days
February-13 Days
March-17 Days
April-15 Days
May-15 Days
Longest Streak-4 Days in a Row!

 

[dtr_angel]

I'm totally in. I did this for the first time in March and did pretty well. I didn't join in April & May because they were serious spending months. I need to pipe down in June My husband started a new job and is away for 6 weeks (we're halfway there) so because of his new income and adjusting, I don't have a set budget for gas/groceries/food or anything like that, but I need to spend less and the no buy thread really helps with that since I like those no buy days No goals, just will account for what I spend!

1 - $0
2 - $0
3 -$5.37 eating out, $22.08 groceries
4 - $0
5 - $4.26 groceries
6 - $3.98 misc (newspapers)
7 - $25.01 gas
8 - $3.17 eating out, $10.93 misc (CVS, total was over $66 before coupons! I earned $16 in ECB), $36.24 (gifts)

 

[figaromeetsmarie]

Groceries $275.00/$216.57
Clothes $80.00/$38.25
Misc $100.00/$63.83
Eating Out $60.00/$35.86
Total $1235.00
(Gas always varies significantly..so i'm not including it)


Went to the Outlets today:
Moes $9
Walmart $15.74
Cake decorating stuff $5.75
Organic Bread Mix $6.49
Harry and David $8.19
Carter's $11.75