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

[santadog]

Fri 6/18 Free Toy Story Tickets - spent $6 on Popcorn though!
Went out with friends to eat, I used a Restaurants dot com coupon for my share $0

Saturday 6/19 Free Blues Picnic in the park, packed our own lunch and walked down. $0
Went to Grocery Story $45

Spent/Budget
Gas $37/$100
Food $130/$200
Misc/Entertainment $163/$160
Sophie's Allowance $20/$40

Total $350/$400
Goal 18 No buy Days
Achieved 11/18

 

[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 / $87 left
Medical $50 /$46 left
Misc. $100 / $54 over

No spend days = 6/10
Coupon savings $99.77
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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
6/17 Misc. $29 - Father's Day gifts, postage and a haircut; Groceries $91; Medical $4 prescription
6/18 Misc. $64 - more Father's Day gifts; stuff for a box to mail to my nephew-in-law in Afghanistan
6/19 Groceries $48

 

[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
6/16 $0
6/17 $6.41 VS sale, $13.88 BBW sale, $26.69 YC sale, $13.51 Groceries (saved $17.80)
6/18 $24.00 Dinner out (4/6)
6/19 $7.45 Groceries (saved $5.00), $50 Gift (father's day), $144.11 Cocktail dress

Totals:
Dinner Out 78.39 (4/6)
Gas 139.40
Groceries 201.90 (saved 98.85)
Incidentals 181.83
Gifts 111.35
Splurge 90 (spa)
Medicine 48.16
Pet Meds 349.96
Clothes 208.76
Returns -38.44
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1371.31
$0 Days 4

 

[thebigkahuna]

well, I've completely lost track....but I do know that I haven't had any zero spend days since I last posted. I've hit McDonald's for lunch and dinner a few times, went to the post office and I stopped into CVS ~ it's been a hectic few days!

I'll try harder next week!!

 

[Tiggerish]

Sunday is never a "no spend" day 'cause of church but except for collection I made it a zero day. Too bad you cannot get a coupon or a rebate for tithing.

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

Auto $75/ $57 left
Eating Out/Entertainment $100 / $63 left
Giving $125 / $50 left
Groceries/Household Goods $300 / $87 left
Medical $50 /$46 left
Misc. $100 / $54 over

No spend days = 6/10
Coupon savings $99.77
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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
6/17 Misc. $29 - Father's Day gifts, postage and a haircut; Groceries $91; Medical $4 prescription
6/18 Misc. $64 - more Father's Day gifts; stuff for a box to mail to my nephew-in-law in Afghanistan
6/19 Groceries $48
6/20 Giving $25 (church)

 

[Virgderon]

Good day at the flea market. 3 books for free ( traded some of my books), $1.50 for another book, $1.00 for veggies and $3.50 for shampoo and crackers at the grocery vendor. Had to put gas in my car, but now should be set for a few days. Hoping for a couple no buy days this week!

Running Total: Spent $410
$1000...590 left
$0 Days: 7
Goal is 10 or more!
coupon savings $174

Groceries- $200-22-32-10-15-31-32-10-10- 16-5-3= 14 left

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
June 16 0
June 17 52 (32 birthday gift, 10 pop & 10 misc)
June 18 16 (groceries)
June 19 24 (misc, 5 groceries at Walgreens)
June 20 21 (15 gas, $1.50 book, $2 shampoo $2.50 groceries)

 

[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.
6/16 - $8 for milk and bread.
6/17 - $0!!!
6/18 - $15 for gas and coffee
6/19 - $25 for groceries
6/20 - $0!!!

Total for the month: $557
Remaining for the month: $443 Keeping my fingers crossed, but it's looking good!!!! Camping trip coming up might kill me though

 

[SunnieRN]

June 12: $0
June 13: $0
June 14: $0
June 15: $20 copay, 17.25 for meds.
June 16: $0
June 17: $0
June 18: $52.78 Groceries, ($13.43 Coupons)
June 19: $June 20: $20 co-pay, again; $26.98 prescriptions (3 this time); $15.98 for Fathers Day pizza for lunch.

6 0ut of 6 $0 days, so I will up this to 12, to make it a true challenge!!

This would have been a $0 day, but one of our Docs last night read me the riot act last night for going back to work. Admitted I wasn't contagious, but told me he was going to admit me to the hospital, told the Nrsg. Supervisor to take me off work for tonight! So, trip to the doc, sinus infection/impaction. I truly know I had this also all along, but on another antibiotic now.

 

[charming23]

Spent today doing homework and watching some of my dad's favorite movies. Was going to see Toy Story 3 tonight but decided to wait until tomorrow cause I am not going to spend $18 for two tickets when tomorrow we can both see it for $9.

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.

13/17 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
6/17- $0
6/18- $0
6/19- $0
6/20- $0

Coupon/Store Savings: $83.82

 

[Feistygirl916]

argh!

I went to post my lengthy list and it took me so long to type it that I had to re-sign in and now it's not there... ! Grr!

 

[Feistygirl916]

Let's try this again... I completely lost track of spending for the past week or so, so most of this is a guess, but thanks to online banking I was able to see most of it.



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 $400 - Money left: $0
$0 Days:
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 )
6/10: $23 (Target... Need I say more? I am lucky to have gotten outta there under $50 )
6/11: $12 (Ice cream Friday!)
6/12: $14 (coffee and street fair)
6/13: $0
6/14: $49 (coffee and gas for the hog)
6/15: $0
6/16: $0
6/17: $27 (Petsmart)
6/18: $10 (Chuck E Cheese tokens )
6/19: $38 (summer classes and a couple garage sales )
6/20: $0

 

[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
6/11 $0
6/12 $28 Walmart
6/13 $0
6/14 $0
6/15 $82 school uniform order, $12 Dollar Tree
6/16 $40 Walmart quilt supplies, $2.65 Joann Fabrics
6/17 $7 Dollar Tree, $30 Target, $10 Bed, Bath and Beyond
6/18 $0
6/19 $9 Target Kellogg's cereal for the free movie ticket codes
6/20 $13 Father's Day lunch, $20 Kroger groceries

9 of 12 no-buy days

 

[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.
June 16-$0
June 17- $29.25 Kids School Night at the Ball Park. Cost for eveything (dinner, parking, etc)
Tring to catch up from memory after a busy weekend...
June 18- $2.25 DD11 bought lunch, Pizza for kids $10, Date with hubby about $20, Father's Day gifts Walmart $50ish, Redbox $3, Cereal for the last free movie tickets about $15
June 19- Day out with my girls Breakfast $4, Michael's about $20, b-day gift and a book at Ollie's about $7, lunch $9, DD8's Little Leage night at the ballpark about $28, groceries about $50
June 20- Father's Day- Toy Story 3 in 3D for 5 and a bucket of popcorn $1.50 Thanks to all the cereal! And $8 drinks to take in with us from the gas station, Bowling $2 thanks to coupons, late lunch at Outback $53 but I did have a coupon so that wasn't too bad for a family of 5, ice cream out for dinner $10.
I will record all these below after I confirm the numbers with my bank account, I just felt I needed to catch up sine this was the longest I have gone without recording.
Shooting for a $0 today...we will see!




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**Totals**

No Spend Days! 7/15
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- $730.62

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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!

 

[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
6/16 $0
6/17 $6.41 VS sale, $13.88 BBW sale, $26.69 YC sale, $13.51 Groceries (saved $17.80)
6/18 $24.00 Dinner out (4/6)
6/19 $7.45 Groceries (saved $5.00), $50 Gift (father's day), $144.11 Cocktail dress
6/20 $13.80 Gas, $1.61 Newspaper

Totals:
Dinner Out 78.39 (4/6)
Gas 153.20
Groceries 201.90 (saved 98.85)
Incidentals 183.44
Gifts 111.35
Splurge 90 (spa)
Medicine 48.16
Pet Meds 349.96
Clothes 208.76
Returns -38.44
_____
1386.72
$0 Days 4

 

[figment3258]

June 2010
6/10 0$
6/11 on vacation
6/12 vacation
6/13 vacation and groceries 99.00$
6/14 0$
6/15 zoo trip 26.25$ water at zoo 2$ and 51.99 at walmart groceries and gas 38$
6/16 0$ also 300$ in savings today!
6/17 35.28 at walmart had to get fathers day cards and some small stuff
6/18 diner out with hubby 84.88$
6/19 spent 10$ at subway grrr to hot to cook
6/20 spent 15$at target pharmacy 30$at movies and 5$ at subway
6/21
6/22
6/23
6/24
6/25
6/26
6/27
6/28
6/29
6/30

3/8 no spend days so far

 

[dtr_angel]

this month is getting expensive! At least my husband is now home

My brother and I are leaving this afternoon to go on a 5 hour roadtrip (to the beach!) to check out the new university he is transferring to & to go to orientation, we're staying 2 nights. I paid for the hotel ($132.xx for 2 nights, & free breakfast!) and he is paying for gas. Hopefully we can eat lunch & dinner cheap.

Prior to June 15 – 4 no spend days

15 - $4.81 eating out, $47.44 gas
16 - $5.06 eating out
17 - $5.73 eating out, $100.87 groceries (my husband will be home Saturday, yay!!!)
18 - $100.70 car repairs, $9.56 CVS (misc), $17.23 Dollar store(misc)
19- $8 misc (parking at the airport),$57.16 eating out (took my mom out to a nice dinner at Reb Lobster since she drove with us to the airport to pick up my husband), $6.88 misc (BBW outlet), $20.13 misc (PacSun outlet), $12.70 Kirkland’s
20- $9.54 eating out, $46.67 gas

 

[disneydreamersx4]

MissBritt, if you wouldn't mind my commenting, WOW $349. for petmeds....why so much?

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[/B], $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
6/16 $0
6/17 $6.41 VS sale, $13.88 BBW sale, $26.69 YC sale, $13.51 Groceries (saved $17.80)
6/18 $24.00 Dinner out (4/6)
6/19 $7.45 Groceries (saved $5.00), $50 Gift (father's day), $144.11 Cocktail dress

Totals:
Dinner Out 78.39 (4/6)
Gas 139.40
Groceries 201.90 (saved 98.85)
Incidentals 181.83
Gifts 111.35
Splurge 90 (spa)
Medicine 48.16
Pet Meds 349.96
Clothes 208.76
Returns -38.44
_____
1371.31
$0 Days 4

 

[disneydreamersx4]

No buy
This is my first time here......I hope I can come under budget for groceries. Last month was $500.

June 16 - $7.50 Rite Aid 2 deodorants
June 17 - $30 groceries and all I got was 8 cans of tuna, 4 brownie mixes, watermelon, 4 banquet meals, oj, 8 (4-packs of pudding!! Had to stock up for the kids getting out of school next week.
June 18 - $0
June 19 - $35 Chinese takeout while at the inlaws
June 20 - $0
June 21 - $1 dunkin donuts

 

[lougoofy]

6/19/10: $3.18 McD's, $1.10 candy (DGMarket) and $16.96 fan (DGMarket)

6/20/10: $4.31 Wendy's and $2.80 newspaper and candy

 

[MissBritt]

MissBritt, if you wouldn't mind my commenting, WOW $349. for petmeds....why so much?

I don't mind... it's 12 months of heartworm and flea meds for 2 large breed dogs... we have had to treat both for heartworms in their early years due to lapse in prevention meds when we got them from breeders (miscommunication on their part and naivete on ours), and treatment of course is FAR more costly than keeping them on prevention, so we don't take chances.