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

[santadog]

Second day in a row, I behaved myself and spent zero

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 5/18

 

[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)
9 – $3.39 eating out, $18.60 misc (stamps)

 

[Virgderon]

Thank you Figaro! Your coupon savings is really impressive!

I keep track of the coupon savings to see if it is worth the work and time to coupon. So far it is.

In May I spent $168 less in groceries/cleaning supplies etc. than I did in April. If I can do it again in June , I'm going to open an ING account and put $100 a month in it so I can save to go see DD in Japan. I want to make sure I can keep doing it before I commit to it.

Maybe just maybe I can go to Disney in Toyko.

 

[Praise2Him]

Groceries/Household - $301/550
Eating Out - $10/105
Extras (Haircuts, Books, Postage, Misc.) - $44/145
No Buy Goal - 15/30 days
No Buy Days - 5/15

6/1 - $46 (Groceries/Save a Lot), $214 (Groceries/WalMart)
6/2 - $0
6/3 - $4 (Groceries/Winn Dixie), $11 (Household/Ace Hardware), $32 (Books), $3 (Postage), $1 (Eating Out/Sonic)
6/4 - $27 (Household/Walmart),$31 Refund (Walmart), $3 (Postage), $3 (Eating Out/Casa Fiesta tip), $5 (Eating Out/Chick-fil-A), $26 (Household/Walgreens)
6/5 - $0
6/6 - $0
6/7 - $0
6/8 - $6 (Postage), $3 (Eating Out/Hardees), $4 (Groceries/Walgreens), $1 (Eating Out/Coffee)
6/9 - $0

 

[wheresmygoofy]

I'm new at this. Like this idea. Sign me up for 10 no spend days, please. I'll start thinking about budget cuts next month.

 

[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
6/8 $2.14 Redbox, $34.95 Gas
6/9 $21.07 Groceries (saved $6.62)

Totals:
Dinner Out 34.27 (2/6)
Gas 85.95
Groceries 148.61 (saved 57.63)
Incidentals 34.20
Gifts 40
Splurge 90 (spa)
Medicine 32.86
Returns -8.56
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457.33
$0 Days 2

 

[lougoofy]

6/09/10: $4.75 chinese (restaurant) food

$2.00 snacks

 

[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. $5.63 @ the post office
06-09 The DMV charged me twice, so I'm out $50.00 instead of $25.00 The DMV tells me not to worry, that they will refund the additional charge, but I won't believe it till I see it.
On a happier note: NO $PEND DAY!! (I don't count the DMV mistake as spending)
06-10 $5.00 Company fundraiser
This weekend brings the purchase of tires, which were not budgeted for

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

 

[Magical Mama]

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June's Monthly Budget

Groceries $600/ $515 left
Gas & Auto $200
Entertainment $100/ $81 left
Allowance $50/ $30 left
June Budget $950/ $826 left

Coupon savings $83
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Monthly Goal 3/10 No Buy Days

6/1 No Buy Day!
6/2 DH spent his allowance, so still a buy
6/3 $18.57 on eating out
6/4 Groceries Spent $84 Saved $80 between Publix and CVS
6/5 Cake for coworker's last day $20
6/6 No Buy Day!
6/7 WDW
6/8 WDW
6/9 WDW
6/10 No Buy Day!

 

[charming23]

I picked my best friends daughter from daycare this morning and treated her to lunch at McDonald's before dropping her off at her Grandma's.

My June Budget is:

Groceries- $200/ $70.33left
Household- $50/ $15.79 left
Gas/Car- $50
Eating Out/ Entertainment- $50/ $20.14 left
Misc- $50/ $26.40

Total budget: $400/ $183.28 left

Goal of 17 no buy days.

5/17 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
6/9- $0
6/10- $8.79 Lunch at McDonald's

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
6/9 $0
6/10 $0

5 of 12 no-buy days

 

[Virgderon]

Might not make it on the grocery budget this month, but I like how the month is going overall.

Running Total: Spent $211
$1000...789 left
$0 Days: 4
Goal is 10 or more!
coupon savings $72

Groceries- $200-22-32-10-15-31= 90

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 (15 groceries, $25 for fathers day gift, book)
June 9 0
June 10 41 (31 groceries, 10 misc)

 

[Feistygirl916]

Excluding basic necessities (such as rent/cell phone/utilities/groceries) I am budgeting $400 for all the "leftovers".

Gas
Gifts
Misc.


Budget: $400
Running Total: Spent $227 - Money left: $173
$0 Days: 7
Goal is 15 or more!


6/01: $0
6/02: $0
6/03: $0 (this was a difficult day; those damn frappes were calling out to me!)
6/04: $0
6/05: $0
6/06: $0
6/07: $0
6/08: $197 ($156 to vet bill for our two cats, Tigerlily and Pocahontas and $41 went to parking and copies of birth certificates)
6/09: $30 (gas... damn gas hog )




So far so good today, but I was thinking about going to Target.

 

[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
6/8 $2.14 Redbox, $34.95 Gas
6/9 $21.07 Groceries (saved $6.62)
6/10 $349.96 Pet Meds, $18.67 Avon, $15.30 Meds

Totals:
Dinner Out 34.27 (2/6)
Gas 85.95
Groceries 148.61 (saved 57.63)
Incidentals 52.87
Gifts 40
Splurge 90 (spa)
Medicine 48.16
Pet Meds 349.96
Returns -8.56
_____
841.26
$0 Days 2

 

[Virgderon]

MissBritt! Holy cow on the pet meds! I hope the poor dog (cat?) is going to be alright.

That would blow my budget right out of the water. I understand tho. My brother spent over $1000 to have a rubber ball removed from his dogs stomach. Dog surgery is not cheap. And dogs have always been part of our family.

 

[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 / $39 left

No spend days = 5/10
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
6/9 $0
6/10 Misc. $12 (postage)

 

[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.
June 9-$0
June 10-$0 DD11 was too tired to go out for ice cream (none of her friends were going either, and DH and I were going to sip away for a date but we too were both tired so we took a nap together instead and that was free!



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**Totals**

No Spend Days! 6/15
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!

 

[Praise2Him]

Groceries/Household - $301/550
Eating Out - $16/105
Extras (Haircuts, Books, Postage, Misc.) - $44/145
No Buy Goal - 15/30 days
No Buy Days - 5/15

6/1 - $46 (Groceries/Save a Lot), $214 (Groceries/WalMart)
6/2 - $0
6/3 - $4 (Groceries/Winn Dixie), $11 (Household/Ace Hardware), $32 (Books), $3 (Postage), $1 (Eating Out/Sonic)
6/4 - $27 (Household/Walmart),$31 Refund (Walmart), $3 (Postage), $3 (Eating Out/Casa Fiesta tip), $5 (Eating Out/Chick-fil-A), $26 (Household/Walgreens)
6/5 - $0
6/6 - $0
6/7 - $0
6/8 - $6 (Postage), $3 (Eating Out/Hardees), $4 (Groceries/Walgreens), $1 (Eating Out/Coffee)
6/9 - $0
6/10 - $6 (Eating Out/Golden Dragon)

 

[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.
6/9 - $0!!!
6/10 - Rite Aid'ing $15 for a ton of stuff. Have to go back for more clearance diapers!

Total for the month: $348
Remaining for the month: $652 Keeping my fingers crossed.....

 

[santadog]

DD's "Graduation" from preschool - so I took some friends out to dinner to celebrate. I figured as long as I'd blown a "no spend" day, I may as well fill the gas tank.

Spent/Budget
Gas $37/$100
Food $77/$200
Misc/Entertainment $148/$160
Sophie's Allowance $10/$40

Total $272/$400
Goal 18 No buy Days
Achieved 5/18