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

[disneydreamersx4]

oh, for twelve months, I see. Sorry they had to have treatment for heartworm, hope your furbabies are doing well now

 

[Virgderon]

Had to run an errand for work, and I really wanted to buy some of my beloved Diet Dr. Pepper, but I wanted the no buy day more....

Running Total: Spent $410
$1000...590 left
$0 Days: 8
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)
June 21 0

 

[MickeyMomOfThree]

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 Went to Chuck E Cheese too but used free token coupons and spent no money there.
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 since this was the longest I have gone without recording.
June 21- $0 Finally back on track, though short lived, tomorrow can't be.



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**Totals**

No Spend Days! 8/15
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!

 

[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
6/21 $33 Sunflower market for fresh produce

9 of 12 no-buy days

 

[charming23]

Today is a no buy as my grandma convinced us to wait until Wednesday to see TS3 because she wants to see it as well. Tomorrow will not be a no buy because it is grocery shopping day.

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.

14/17 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
6/21-$0

Coupon/Store Savings: $83.82

 

[ronnmel]

No Buy Days Goal: 8/9
Gas : 24$
Car repairs :
Groceries : 127$
Eating out (and snacks) : 55$
Non-necessities : 139$

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$
6/16 : 0$
6/17 : 0$
6/18 : 0$
6/19 : 30$ (gift)
6/20 : 89$ (shoes + movie rental)
6/21 : 15$ (groceries)

 

[Tiggerish]

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

Auto $75/ $57 left
Eating Out/Entertainment $100 / $40 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
--------------------------------------
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)
6/21 Eating out $23

 

[A.Mickey]

Running Total: Spent $500
$0 Days:10

Groceries- $273
Eating Out- $89
Misc. (Shopping/Entertainment) $138
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
16- $2 (Jewel-Groceries), $12 (Walgreens-Groceries), $10 (CVS-Groceries)
17- $0
18- $0
19- $1 (TS3-Misc...used free tix from TS1 and TS2 and P&F deal), $2 (Dollar Tree-Shopping), $52 (CVS-Shopping), $19 (Sears-Shopping), $8 (Target-Shopping)
20- $0
21- $5 (Jewel-Groceries), $11 (Trader Joe's-Groceries), $21 (Walgreens-Groceries)


$0 Days: 10: 67%
Budget: $600....83%
Month: 21/30: 70%

My savings from coupons and sales: $592.54

 

[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
6/21 $0

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
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1386.72
$0 Days 5

 

[Tiggerish]

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

Auto $75/ $57 left
Eating Out/Entertainment $100 / $40 left
Giving $125 / $50 left
Groceries/Household Goods $300 / $87 left
Medical $50 /$46 left
Misc. $100 / $54 over

No spend days = 7/10
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)
6/21 Eating out $23
6/22 $0

 

[tinkarooni]

I am so far behind in posting but I will catch up in the next couple of days......I am still within food budget and I am counting down to the end of the month.

I really just wanted to post here because this is my 1000th post!



I had to make it a budget board post because this is where I spend all my time.

 

[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
6/21 $33 Sunflower market for fresh produce
6/22 $0

10 of 12 no-buy days

 

[ronnmel]

I reached my No Buy Days goal!!! Well, that is unless I go out again today and buy some stuff... which is a very real possibility. Haha Still, because there is over a week left to the month, I will raise my goal by 2 days.

No Buy Days Goal: 9/9
New No Buy Days Goal : 9/11
Gas : 24$
Car repairs :
Groceries : 127$
Eating out (and snacks) : 55$
Non-necessities : 139$

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$
6/16 : 0$
6/17 : 0$
6/18 : 0$
6/19 : 30$ (gift)
6/20 : 89$ (shoes + movie rental)
6/21 : 15$ (groceries)
6/22 : 0$

 

[Virgderon]

Congratulations tinkarooni on your 1000th post!

Running Total: Spent $410
$1000...590 left
$0 Days: 9
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)
June 21 0
June 22 0

 

[lougoofy]

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

6/21/10: $7.45 tickled pink and $2.75 laundry
6/22/10: $1.50 bus fare, $2.12 Taco Bell, $3.75 Big Lots (food) and $4.81 Kroger's (food)

 

[charming23]

Today was grocery shoppig day. I got tons of fresh fruit and veggies plus milk, bread, popsicles, peanut butter, pop, toilet paper, paper towels and kitty litter. I also got gas.

My June Budget is:

Groceries- $200/ $6.75 left
Household- $50/ $2.78 left
Gas/Car- $50/ $7.89 Left
Eating Out/ Entertainment- $50/ $20.14 left
Misc- $50/ $26.40

Total budget: $400/ $64.58 left

Goal of 17 no buy days.

14/17 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
6/21- $0
6/22- $24.35 Gas, $38.33 Groceries, and $13.01 household

Coupon/Store Savings: $92.24

 

[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!!!
6/21 - $125 between Target and RA. Needed DH's birthday present, some new sheets, and a bunch of little stuff.
6/22 - $100 Groceries for camping trip

Total for the month: $782
Remaining for the month: $218 Keeping my fingers crossed, but it's looking good!!!! Camping trip coming up might kill me though

 

[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 $404 - Money left: -$4
$0 Days: 12
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
6/21: $4 (Coffee+tip, had to have it on a Monday! )
6/22: $0 (Running on fumes but had to have a no buy day! )

 

[MickeyMomOfThree]

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 Went to Chuck E Cheese too but used free token coupons and spent no money there.
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 since this was the longest I have gone without recording.
June 21- $0 Finally back on track, though short lived, tomorrow can't be.
June 22- $50.27 Walmart, teachers and coaches gifts for last day of school and softball tomorrow plus 2 new beach towels that we actually do need. $8 took the kids out to dinner, used a pile of coupons so we ate the kids (21 didn't go) shared an ice cream, and we enjoyed all the free activities of Family Night (crafts, games, prizes, face painting, balloons etc.)



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**Totals**

No Spend Days! 8/15
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![/QUOTE]

 

[MickeyMomOfThree]

I just realized it will be impossible for me to make my goal this month, and I am a little bummed about that but at the same time there were days I could have but the kids had school functions or other things that I was not willing to cut out in exchange for them missing. Guess that comes with he end of the school year and while I realized it, it is more obvious when you are recording day by day.
On top of tat we just moved up our vacation so we will be going to grandma's 3 days early, Saturday, and with going out for ice cream to celebrate DD8's last softball game tonight and dinner out with my DD11's Girl Scout troop to celebrating going to middle school tomorrow and a graduation on Friday I am near hopeless, so at this point I will have to be happy with 10, well, 9 for now but working for 10.
But like my DH reminds me, even Suze Orman says people first, then money, then things. Things was not my problem this month. It was having fun with the people I love so I am not going to be too hard on myself.