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

[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!
6/11 - $6 for coffee and soda for work. Slacker
6/12 - $0!!!
6/13 - $25 for more clearance diapers at Rite Aid!!!
6/14 - $0!!!
6/15 - $50 copay for DH to go to the ER, $30 for lunch for everyone on the way home, $30 for gas, and $15 for just junk. Not a good day.

Total for the month: $509
Remaining for the month: $491 Keeping my fingers crossed.....

 

[charming23]

Got groceries today and only spent $25.25 at save-a-lot for fresh fruit, veggies, milk, and bread as we have everything else in house already. This next week is a pantry/freezer meal week.

My June Budget is:

Groceries- $200/ $45.08 left
Household- $50/ $15.79 left
Gas/Car- $50/ $32.24 Left
Eating Out/ Entertainment- $50/ $20.14 left
Misc- $50/ $26.40

Total budget: $400/ $140.27 left

Goal of 17 no buy days.

8/17 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
6/11- $17.76 Gas
6/12- $0
6/13- $0
6/14- $0
6/15- $25.25 groceries
Coupon/Store Savings: $83.82

 

[Virgderon]

Jen- I hope DH is okay.

I have no ice cream or Cracker Jacks in the house, which means my tv snack tonight is not going to be fun at all , but I do have a 0 spend day!

>>> UPDATE - DH brought home Crackers Jacks and ice cream, but I still get a no spend day because it was not coming out of my budget. Life is good....<<<<

Running Total: Spent $297
$1000...703 left
$0 Days: 6
Goal is 10 or more!
coupon savings $126

Groceries- $200-22-32-10-15-31-32-10= 48

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)
June 11 0
June 12 34 (14 purse, 10 gas, 10 cleaning supplies/misc)
June 13 32 ( groceries, spent $32, saved $21)
June 14 20 ( 10 cleaning supplies, 10 pop)
June 15 0

 

[ronnmel]

No Buy Days Goal: 5/9
Gas : 24$
Car repairs :
Groceries : 112$
Eating out (and snacks) : 55$
Non-necessities : 20$

6/1 : 7$ (eating out)
6/2 : 0$
6/3 : 70$ (groceries)
6/4 : 6$ (eating out)
6/5 : 0$
6/6 : 0$
6/7 : 0$
6/8 : 7$ (eating out)
6/9 : 0$
6/10 : 42$ (groceries)
6/11 : 24$ (gas)
6/12 : 25$ (clothes + snack)
6/13 : 0$
6/14 : 30$ (pizza delivery)
6/15 : 0$

 

[lougoofy]

more on 6/14/10: $3.25 laundry, $2.00 lottery, and $1.75 drink

6/15/10: $2.95 Hardee's

 

[MickeyMomOfThree]

I made this as a New Year's Resolution so after this month I will be half way to making it! 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
June 11- Streak Over. $3 bread and milk, $8 gummy spiders for DD11's Bronze Award presentation tomorrow, $34.98 gas, $5 (really $18 but we had $13 left on a gift card) lunch date with hubby <3 ,Walmart (pillows) $34 ish, have to find the receipt, $4 Silly Bandz (for a b-day gift, my kids have enough!) And finally $19 pizza night for the family.ETA- $72 Bon Jovi Tickets!!!!
June 12- Day out with the family (using all coupons!) $30.18 for lunch at Friendly's, a game of bowing and Slushies on the way home.
June 13- $21 eating out when off visiting friends' new baby
June 14- Clothes shopping for DD15 $69.21 & $111.67 (this also included a new softball bat for DD8) and a CREDIT of <$24.41> (clothes for me.)
Bought DD lunch after finals (I did not eat) $6.47
Groceries $90.57
After all that I was too tired to cook so I did what I rarely do, we got pizza on a weeknight $9.45
June 15- Chaperoned DD11's class trip, $15 (yes, I had to pay my own way.)
Lunch and Ice Cream on the trip $12
Envelopes $1.08
Stamps $7.92
Gave DD money to go to lunch with her friends after exams $4
Took kids out to Family Night at a local restaurant for dinner. We ate, played and had ice cream for a total of $7 with coupons.
Hoping to be back on track tomorrow (though only for one day, kids stuff Thursday)...



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**Totals**

No Spend Days! 6/15
Gas-$54.98

Groceries- $432.18 (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- $701.37

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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!

 

[MickeyMomOfThree]

Jen, Hope your DH is doing OK.

 

[SunnieRN]

Decided I needed to go to the Dr. today, so co-pay and antibiotics later I am hopefully on the faster track toward recovery!!

June 12: $0
June 13: $0
June 14: $0
June 15: $20 copay, 17.25 for meds.

3 0ut of 6 $0 days

 

[Jen_in_NH]

Thanks everyone. DH is fine. He slipped while pulling something with a hammer, and cut his upper lip with the claw end. Enough of a cut that I couldn't Steri-Strip him at home.

I swear, between him and my son, they should name the ER after us

Sunnie - hope you're feeling better soon

 

[A.Mickey]

Running Total: Spent $357
$0 Days:7

Groceries- $212
Eating Out- $89
Misc. (Shopping/Entertainment) $56
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
8- $0
9- $0
10- $17 (McDonald's-Eating Out), $18 (Trader Joe's-Groceries), $5 (Jewel-Groceries)
11- $0
12- $12 (Target- Shopping), $30 (Eating Out)
13- $42 (Eating Out), $30 (Joe Caputo-Groceries)
14- $0
15- $0


$0 Days: 7: 47%
Budget: $600....60%
Month: 15/30: 50%

My savings from coupons and sales: $363.63

 

[Tiggerish]

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

Auto $75/ $57 left
Eating Out/Entertainment $100 / $63 left
Giving $125 / $75 left
Groceries/Household Goods $300 / $222 left
Medical $50
Misc. $100 / $39 left

No spend days = 5/10
Coupon savings $92.27
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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)
6/11 Groceries $22
6/12 Gas $18; Groceries $5
6/13 Giving $25 (church); Groceries $6
6/14 Eating out $3 (BK breakfast)
6/15 Groceries $6

 

[figment3258]

I am just joining in and here is what I have so far

June
10 0$
11 on vacation
12 vacation
13 vacation and groceries 99.00$
14 0$
15 zoo trip 26.25$ water at zoo 2$ and 51.99 at walmart graceries
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
Not too bad so far. Two zero days! I am trying for 8 zero dollar days this 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)
6/10 $349.96 Pet Meds, $18.67 Avon, $15.30 Meds
6/11 $32.33 Groceries (saved $18.42), $12.31 BBW Sale
6/12 $20 Gas, $38.43 Skin care, $17.78 Hollister, $19.18 Workout clothes, -$29.88 Return, $47.77 BBW sale, $3.21 Redbox, $17.01 DH clothes, $10.68 Sports bras
6/13 $20.12 Dinner out (3/6), $1.61 Newspaper
6/14 $0
6/15 $33.45 Gas

Totals:
Dinner Out 54.39 (3/6)
Gas 139.4
Groceries 180.94 (saved 76.05)
Incidentals 134.85
Gifts 61.35
Splurge 90 (spa)
Medicine 48.16
Pet Meds 349.96
Clothes 64.65
Returns -38.44
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1085.26
$0 Days 3

 

[thebeesknees]

Jen, glad your DH is OK. Sunnie, hope you get to feeling better soon!
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
6/11 $0
6/12 $28 Walmart
6/13 $0
6/14 $0
6/15 $82 school uniform order, $12 Dollar Tree

The uniform thing is killing me because it is their "formal uniform", only required one day a month - how dumb is that? I told DH that if I'm paying $40 for a skirt and $20 each for vests, the kids are going to wear them every day!

8 of 12 no-buy days

 

[figment3258]

15 zoo trip 26.25$ water at zoo 2$ and 51.99 at walmart groceries forgot to add 38$ on gas

 

[littlec]

My main goal is to put at least $125 in savings at the end of the month and write down what I spend each day.

$0 Days so far:6 out of 10!

1- Not counting...was in Disney!
2- Not counting...was in Disney!
3- Not counting...was in Disney!
4- Not counting...was in Disney!
5- $37.47 (Bertucci's...dinner and drinks out, ouch)
6- $60 (BigY...groceries)
7- $0
8- $20 (ATM...dinner out before work event, popcorn & soda at work event), $1.29 (Toy Story Pez)
9- $0
10- $0
11- $0
12- $12.96 (Trader Joe's, groceries), $13.43 (Target, household cleaning supplies), $39.99 (Target, entertainment...Toy Story Lego Pizza Planet Truck ), $37.12 (Eddie Bauer, clothing---this was shipped to me in error and will be returned/refused...ARGGHH!)
13- $2.89 (Target, groceries), $10.00 (Target, toys/entertainment), $1.79 (movie snack-leftover $ from last month's budget), $8.25 (movie (Shrek) leftover $ from last month's budget), $2.29 (movie snack-leftover $ from last month's budget)
14-$0
15- $12.99 (iTunes, season of one TV show-I don't have TV/cable), $20.70 (Package store--"beverages" for upcoming weekend get-together), $37.83 (Target-groceries and new Toy Story 3 game for DS), $46.59 (Big Y, on-budget grocery shopping--more than enough food for a week!)
16-$0

 

[charming23]

My June Budget is:

Groceries- $200/ $45.08 left
Household- $50/ $15.79 left
Gas/Car- $50/ $32.24 Left
Eating Out/ Entertainment- $50/ $20.14 left
Misc- $50/ $26.40

Total budget: $400/ $140.27 left

Goal of 17 no buy days.

9/17 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
6/11- $17.76 Gas
6/12- $0
6/13- $0
6/14- $0
6/15- $25.25 groceries
6/16- $0

Coupon/Store Savings: $83.82

 

[SunnieRN]

June 12: $0
June 13: $0
June 14: $0
June 15: $20 copay, 17.25 for meds.
June 16: $0

4 0ut of 6 $0 days

Thanks everyone. DH is fine. He slipped while pulling something with a hammer, and cut his upper lip with the claw end. Enough of a cut that I couldn't Steri-Strip him at home.

I swear, between him and my son, they should name the ER after us

Sunnie - hope you're feeling better soon

Ouch Jen, I feel for your DH, that must have hurt like heck. Thank God he didn't break teeth also! TY for the feeling better wishes, so far my ears hurt less, but still coughing.

Jen, glad your DH is OK. Sunnie, hope you get to feeling better soon!
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
6/11 $0
6/12 $28 Walmart
6/13 $0
6/14 $0
6/15 $82 school uniform order, $12 Dollar Tree

The uniform thing is killing me because it is their "formal uniform", only required one day a month - how dumb is that? I told DH that if I'm paying $40 for a skirt and $20 each for vests, the kids are going to wear them every day!

8 of 12 no-buy days

Thank you beesknees!! My frippen goodness sakes. What kind of "official" uniform do you wear once a month?

 

[Tiggerish]

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

Auto $75/ $57 left
Eating Out/Entertainment $100 / $63 left
Giving $125 / $75 left
Groceries/Household Goods $300 / $225 left
Medical $50
Misc. $100 / $39 left

No spend days = 6/10
Coupon savings $92.27
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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)
6/11 Groceries $22
6/12 Gas $18; Groceries $5
6/13 Giving $25 (church); Groceries $6
6/14 Eating out $3 (BK breakfast)
6/15 Groceries $6
6/16 $0

 

[thebeesknees]

My frippen goodness sakes. What kind of "official" uniform do you wear once a month?

It's a plaid skirt and a sweater vest that is embroidered with the name of the school. I just think it's ridiculous that it is only required one day a month. The rest of the month, they just wear khaki pants/skirt and a polo shirt. At least I did the thrifty thing and bought the skirt a size too big (adjustable waist and 3 inch hem - she had about 8 inches of elastic from that waist pulled out on each side!), so hopefully she will get 2 years out of it, not just one. It'll be long this year, but there's no rule about that, just that it can't be shorter than her knee.