No Buy March

[paulasillars]

Long time, no see ... glad to see some old faces and loads of new ones... its been <mumble> months since I was last here and I've seriously fallen off the wagon but its all paying for our next trip and I've had very little frivolous spending so its not all been in vain.

Thanks to no-buy, I'm going to be holidaying on cash with the only debt being paid off immediately on arrival home - just have to use a CC sometimes...

I think I need to come back, I miss my no-buy buddies!

Little steps - hoping for a no buy weekend!

 

[Debbie]

Long time, no see ... glad to see some old faces and loads of new ones... its been <mumble> months since I was last here and I've seriously fallen off the wagon but its all paying for our next trip and I've had very little frivolous spending so its not all been in vain.

Thanks to no-buy, I'm going to be holidaying on cash with the only debt being paid off immediately on arrival home - just have to use a CC sometimes...

I think I need to come back, I miss my no-buy buddies!

Little steps - hoping for a no buy weekend!

Hi Paula! Welcome home! We missed you! Congratulations on having your trip paid for. It is such a great feeling. Kind of like having only one bill-all paid- after Christmas. Good luck on the weekend!

 

[hmack]

03/01 - 7.50 - school lunches for youngest dd
03/02 - 0
03/03 - $30 gas - $56.59 between Walgreens, Shaws & Hannaford.
03/04 - 0
03/05 - 0
03/06 - $30 gas - $37 Burlington Coat (but I got both my oldest DD's semi-formal dress and my youngest's easter dress) + $76 TJ Maxx (spring clothes) = $113 clothes - $13 Tim Hortons for lunch - $8 groceries
03/07 - $96 weekly groceries (pretty good for me), $13 Cold Stone Ice Cream
03/08 - $17 meeting DH for lunch, $6 groceries, $7.50 school lunch
03/09 - $40 gas - $15 dd fundraiser - $14 new book (this month's book club book)
03/10 - 0
03/11 - $36 - groceries (did some pantry stocking up with coupons)
03/12 - 0
03/13 - gas $40, groceries $14, gelato fiasco (the splurge) $41
03/14 - groceries $90, ydd school lunch $5, sent away for a certified copy of odd's birthcertificate $10.
03/15 - 0
03/16 - $9 - Walgreens, $30 gasoline
03/17 - 0
03/18 - $3 - groceries, $37 for three Threadless Ts (one for me and one for each girl's Easter gift)



11 goal - 7 accomplished = 4 more to go.

 

[CherylA]

Those darn Girl Scout cookies are pushing me over in my grocery category. At this point I'm looking at trying to stay in the total budget number, not so much which category it's coming from. So even though I have $50 left in clothing I will not be buying myself a new jacket because if I do I can't spend anything on groceries for the next week and half!


Clothing 50.00

Groceries 400.00
- 1.00 toast 3/1
- 25.10 coffee kcups 3/1
-13.60 s&s 3/1
-21.00 School lunch program 3/4
-2.50 milk 3/4
-18.69 M&M produce 3/4
-15.50 weight watchers bars @ meeting 3/4
-27.00 Target 3/4
-31.34 Adams grocery 3/5
-118.56 Costco 3/6
-11.96 S&S 3/6
-5.00 S&S 3/5
-2.70 milk 3/9
-4.00 S&S 3/10
-14.00 hubby work groceries 3/12
-56.65 Target 3/16
-10 M&M farms 3/18
-20.00 ww bars 3/18
-16.00 GC cookies Tiff 3/16
-20.00 Girl Scout Cookies Shelli 3/18
= negative 34.60



House Upkeep/Decorating 40.00
-7.00 furnace air filters 3/4
=33.00

Misc Spending 140.00
-20.50 NH Register newspaper subscription 3/4
-10.00 car wash hubby 3/10
-1.60 rest.com gc 3/12
-5.00 izzy bangs trimmed 3/18
-5.00 Pokeno pot
= 97.90

Gifts
35.00
-10.10 fruit salad M&M farms sis bday 3/6
-21.75 pokeno & me stuff @ target 3/18
=3.15

Entertainment
200.00
-110.00 dinner and drinks sis bday 3/5
-6.00 lunch 3/9
-9.5 lunch w hubby 3/10
-15.00 Buffalo Wild Wings w friends 3/12
-23.00 hubby and kids pizza out 3/12
-10.00 sandwich/tips scrap weekend 3/13
-10.00 hubby Chilis w/guys 3/13
-14.65 Princess & frog 3/16
=1.85


8/9 no buy days (Mar 2nd) (Mar 3rd) (Mar 7th) (Mar 8th) (Mar 11)(Mar 14) (Mar 15) (Mar 17)
$151.30 remaining of $865 total budget

 

[thebeesknees]

3/1 $0
3/2 $0
3/3 $0
3/4 $0
3/5 $35 gas, $44 Dollar Tree for birthday party stuff for tomorrow, $6 lunch, $16 pictures for DD, $77 groceries
3/6 $22 groceries, $15 haircut for DD
3/7 $8 passport photo for DH, $165 Sam's Club groceries, etc.
3/8 $0
3/9 $4 Lands' End swimwear for DD
3/10 $185 passports for DH and DS
3/11 $0
3/12 $99 Target household items, $14 Dollar Tree cards & snack items, $19 Sunflower Market fresh produce
3/13 $25 Target, $45 Safeway - hit the cereal stock up sale and got dairy items
3/14 $0
3/15 $83 pay medical bill
3/16 $13 Dollar Tree frozen vegetables & sympathy cards, $20 King Soopers cheese/Rx, $10 Goodwill 2 new dresses for DD & 1 shirt for DH
3/17 $0
3/18 $15 Walmart crafts for DD's party next week
3/19 $0 looks like we won't be going out because it's snowing heavily here. Good thing we homeschool!

9 of 10 no-buy days so far.

 

[CherylA]

3/1 $0

3/19 $0 looks like we won't be going out because it's snowing heavily here. Good thing we homeschool!

9 of 10 no-buy days so far.

Really, snow? Where are you located?

 

[PeytonSdiz]

Goals = Spend $650 (or less) and have at least 15 $0 days. Also...to only eat out once this month. (Unless we go out of town to visit family, because then we basically have to eat fast food a little.)

1st = $0
2nd = $0
3rd = $94 (groceries)
4th = $0
5th = $0
6th = $17 (cookies) $31 (restaurant)
7th = $15 (car wash)
8th = $0
9th = $0
10th = $68 (groceries)
11th = $0
12th = $0
13th = $0
14th = $8 (fast food for my husband)
15th = $0
16th = $212 (grocery store, target, walmart)
17th = $0
18th = $150 (hardware store and Costco)

Total so far = $595 (well, I can already tell I'm going to go over $650. Boo.)

Zero dollar days so far = 11/15

 

[thebeesknees]

Really, snow? Where are you located?

Colorado - it was warm enough on St. Patrick's Day that everyone was in tank tops and flip flops, and snow today!

 

[thebigkahuna]

March 1st - $10.00 groceries. I forgot cheese!
March 2nd - $11.70 lunch, around $10.00 for dinner <--- eating out is one of my biggest expenses - I'm trying very hard to cut back in this area.
March 3rd - $0.00!
March 4th - Around $6.00 for dinner
March 5th - $30.60 Avon (I ordered this last month, but it just came in today)
March 6th - $16.00 worked late & bought dinner
March 7th - $61.00 Wal-Mart. Evil, evil Wal-Mart.
March 8th - $15.00 lunch
March 9th - $5.00 lunch, $13.00 movie & snacks
March 10th - Zero Spend Day!!!
March 11th - NO SPEND DAY!! (good thing I got one more in too....before the storm that was this weekend)
March 12th - $11.30 present for a friend, $37.70 lunch (I was captive waiting for the car, which brings me to...) $122.99 car repairs, $64.00 rental car.
March 13th - $15.01 gas for rental car, $181.51 car repairs (yes, the same car) $18.30 post office, $11.76 lunch.
March 14th - $20.04 gas, @47.00 at the Grocery store.
March 15th - $21.69 Petsmart
March 16th - ZERO SPEND! woo hoo!
March 17th - $7.44 Post Office, around $13.00 Misc. items
March 18th - $8.60 Breakfast, $16.50 and $15.98 @ the mall on lunch, $182.00 car repairs (not un-expected, i've known about it for a week, but certainly not budgeted!)
March 19th - $7.33 lunch



4 of 10 no spend days! I'm getting there!

 

[Tiggerish]

Budget is a tight $475 for a long month.

Automobile $50 /$24 left
Eating Out/Entertainment $25 / $5 over
Giving $50 / $20 left
Groceries/Household Goods $200 / $62 left
Medical $25
Misc. $100 / $60 left
Easter Baskets $25 / $4.50 left
Coupon savings $43.79
_________________________________
3/1 $0
3/2 $0
3/3 Eating out $13; Groceries $2
3/4 $0
3/5 Groceries $44
3/6 $0
3/7 Giving $20, Eating out $4
3/8 $0
3/9 Groceries $17; Eating out $13
3/10 Misc. $23 (haircut and printer ink)
3/11 Auto $26 for gas; Easter baskets $2
3/12 $0
3/13 Groceries $40
3/14 Giving $10; Misc. $10 (ordered a flower for Easter from kids club at church)
3/15 $0
3/16 $0
3/17 Misc. $7 for craft supplies; Groceries $7; Easter Basket stuff $13
3/18 Groceries $30; Easter Basket stuff $4.50
3/19 $0

 

[CherylA]

Colorado - it was warm enough on St. Patrick's Day that everyone was in tank tops and flip flops, and snow today!

Don't you love the mood swings the weather has. I guess in Colorado snow can be expected. It's 72 in Connecticut today. It's not supposed to last though Still, we're enjoying it while we can!

 

[lougoofy]

3/18/10: $1.50 bus fare, $4.63 taco bell, $10.59 walgreens (med.), $8.?? dollar general (groceries) and $1.58 dairy mart soda

3/19/10: $1.79 snack and tea, $7.63 panera bread, $1.50 bus fare, $1.50 bus fare, $2.64 Dick's (shoe laces), $2.92 Off Broadway (socks), $2.00 Penn Station (lemonade) and $18.60 Pic Pac (groceries)

 

[thebigkahuna]

March 1st - $10.00 groceries. I forgot cheese!
March 2nd - $11.70 lunch, around $10.00 for dinner <--- eating out is one of my biggest expenses - I'm trying very hard to cut back in this area.
March 3rd - $0.00!
March 4th - Around $6.00 for dinner
March 5th - $30.60 Avon (I ordered this last month, but it just came in today)
March 6th - $16.00 worked late & bought dinner
March 7th - $61.00 Wal-Mart. Evil, evil Wal-Mart.
March 8th - $15.00 lunch
March 9th - $5.00 lunch, $13.00 movie & snacks
March 10th - Zero Spend Day!!!
March 11th - NO SPEND DAY!! (good thing I got one more in too....before the storm that was this weekend)
March 12th - $11.30 present for a friend, $37.70 lunch (I was captive waiting for the car, which brings me to...) $122.99 car repairs, $64.00 rental car.
March 13th - $15.01 gas for rental car, $181.51 car repairs (yes, the same car) $18.30 post office, $11.76 lunch.
March 14th - $20.04 gas, @47.00 at the Grocery store.
March 15th - $21.69 Petsmart
March 16th - ZERO SPEND! woo hoo!
March 17th - $7.44 Post Office, around $13.00 Misc. items
March 18th - $8.60 Breakfast, $16.50 and $15.98 @ the mall on lunch, $182.00 car repairs (not un-expected, I've known about it for a week, but certainly not budgeted!)
March 19th - $7.33 lunch, $21.63 at the Grocery store.



4 of 10 no spend days! I'm getting there!

 

[Mickey1Fan]

Well, I thought I was at three no buy days but it is only two.

Transportation 32.19/17.13
Food/Household 92.30/122.76 -29.74
Entertainment 13.84/40.37 -26.52
Pets 24.15/26.80 -2.65
Clothing/Gifts 14.61/27.76 -13.15

It is not going so well...

The next two weeks look like this:

Transportation 29.20
Food/Household 100.02/96.34
Entertainment 13.84
Pets 13.84
Clothing/Gifts 13.84

Still eight no spend days to go and son and daughter in law arrive next Friday - changes of eight more = zero!

 

[Debbie]

Mar 15: Groceries $42 + DQ ice cream cake $17
Mar 16: Gas $29 + Groceries $56 + Candy $24
Mar 17: $0
Mar 18: Groceries $74
Mar 19: Gas $31 + Bananas $1 + Eating out $30 (DH and I took DD to a university open house)

Week 3 Budget -24/250

No Buy Days: 6/10
Week 2: 81/250
Week 1: 137/250

 

[MickeyMomOfThree]

March 1 $0
March 2 $84 groceries, $109 dance tuition, $7 DH prescription
March 3 $5 Much needed HipHop Shoes (from the resale box at dance!)
March 4 $0
March 5 $0
March 6- Movie $49. Sam's Club $131. Taco Bell $14
March 7- Date With hubby $16 Red Robin, Gas $39.74, Wegman's $30.92 and Easter Basket things $26.88
March 8- $0
March 9- $0
March 10- $86 AP Test for DD15 (she better pass it!) $101.34 groceries $.50 ice cream treat (went to lunch with DD8)
March 11- $0
March 12- $0
March 13- $315.49 Mostly clothes and some groceries and lunch out with the kids and date night with hubby.
March 14- $0
March 15- $0
March 16- $0
March 17- $185.41--Dance clothes, groceries, DVD
March 18- $0
March 19- Should have been a $0 day but instead was $26.97 Was doing well, worked an extra shift and was going to make a meatloaf for dinner but DH invited a friend over to watch the basketball game so we ordered pizza. Oh well, they are having fun and that is more important then another $0 day.



# of $0 Spend Days- 11 PROUD OF THIS! (Trying for 15)

Total Spent $1283.25 in 19 days NOT PROUD OF THIS!

 

[charming23]

Grocery/Household- $250/$110.03 Left
Gas- $50/ $29.46
Eating Out/Entertainment- $75/ $37.26 Left
Emergency/Misc- $75/$42.88 Left

Total- $450/ $219.52 Left

10/15 No Buy days

3/1- $41.26 Groceries
3/2- $0
3/3- $0
3/4- $12.06 Qudoba Lunch
3/5- $20.54 Gas
3/6- $0
3/7- $35.75 Groceries
3/8- $0
3/9- $5.15 Walgreen's
3/10- $0
3/11- $0
3/12- $25.68 Dinner at El Rodeo
3/13- $0
3/14- $23.12 Groceries at Giant Eagle
3/15- $39.84 Groceries and Household from Marc's and $12.07 at Kinkos
3/16- $14.99 for The Princess and the Frog
3/17- $0
3/18- $0
3/19- $0

 

[PeytonSdiz]

Goals = Spend $650 (or less) and have at least 15 $0 days. Also...to only eat out once this month. (Unless we go out of town to visit family, because then we basically have to eat fast food a little.)

1st = $0
2nd = $0
3rd = $94 (groceries)
4th = $0
5th = $0
6th = $17 (cookies) $31 (restaurant)
7th = $15 (car wash)
8th = $0
9th = $0
10th = $68 (groceries)
11th = $0
12th = $0
13th = $0
14th = $8 (fast food for my husband)
15th = $0
16th = $212 (grocery store, target, walmart)
17th = $0
18th = $150 (hardware store and Costco)
19th = $0

Total so far = $595 (well, I can already tell I'm going to go over $650. Boo.)

Zero dollar days so far = 12/15

 

[A.Mickey]

Running Total: Spent $389
$600...$211 left
$0 Days:8
Goal is 15 or more!

Groceries- $300...$86 left
Eating Out- $100...$30 left
Misc. (Shopping/Entertainment) $200...$111 left
I always round up to the nearest dollar.

1- $0
2- $8 (Groceries-Jewel)
3- $7 (Eating Out-McDonald's), $2 (Groceries-Jewel), $1 (Groceries-Walgreens)
4- $36 (Groceries-Meijer) $16 (Eating Out-Ikea), $59 (Shopping-Amazon Aaron Needs a Toddler Bed, he is almost 3!!)
5- $6 (Eating Out- Mario's), $1 (Groceries- Jewel)
6- $6 (Eating Out- McDonald's), $23 (Groceries- Joe Caputo), $10 (Groceries- Aldi), $13 (Groceries-Jewel), $2 (Shopping-Dollar Tree, for 2 Sunday Papers for the coupons!)
7- $0
8- $0
9- $2 (Eating Out- Wendy's), $18 (Groceries-Jewel), $6 (Groceries-Target)
10- $12 (Groceries- Jewel) They have had some great catalina's with sales going on and I keep rolling them! Saved $120 dollars on today's shopping trip with my coupons and cats! Paid $12 and got $13.50 in cats back! All that shopping in March has paid off! $7 (Groceries- Meijer)
11- $0
12- $0
13- $21 (Eating Out- Portillo's), $7 (Groceries-Walgreens), $3 (Groceries-CVS), $4 (Shopping-Dollartree), $7 (Groceries-Dominick's)
14- $24 (Eating Out- Fuddrucker's), $20 (Groceries- Target), $22 (Shopping-Target)
15- $0
16- $4 (Eating Out- Wendy's & DQ), $4 (Groceries-Jewel), $2 (Shopping-Family Dollar Easter Basket and goodies), $12 (Groceries-Target)
17- $0
18- $0
19- $10 (Groceries-Jewel), $14 (Groceries-Meijer)


$0 Days: 8/15: 53%
$600 Limit: $389 : 65%
Month: 19/31: 61%

My savings from coupons and sales: $741.61

 

[hmack]

03/01 - 7.50 - school lunches for youngest dd
03/02 - 0
03/03 - $30 gas - $56.59 between Walgreens, Shaws & Hannaford.
03/04 - 0
03/05 - 0
03/06 - $30 gas - $37 Burlington Coat (but I got both my oldest DD's semi-formal dress and my youngest's easter dress) + $76 TJ Maxx (spring clothes) = $113 clothes - $13 Tim Hortons for lunch - $8 groceries
03/07 - $96 weekly groceries (pretty good for me), $13 Cold Stone Ice Cream
03/08 - $17 meeting DH for lunch, $6 groceries, $7.50 school lunch
03/09 - $40 gas - $15 dd fundraiser - $14 new book (this month's book club book)
03/10 - 0
03/11 - $36 - groceries (did some pantry stocking up with coupons)
03/12 - 0
03/13 - gas $40, groceries $14, gelato fiasco (the splurge) $41
03/14 - groceries $90, ydd school lunch $5, sent away for a certified copy of odd's birthcertificate $10.
03/15 - 0
03/16 - $9 - Walgreens, $30 gasoline
03/17 - 0
03/18 - $3 - groceries, $37 for three Threadless Ts (one for me and one for each girl's Easter gift)
03/19 - $38 - DD's athletic fee, $27 - treating dh to dinner



11 goal - 7 accomplished = 4 more to go.