No Buy March

[lougoofy]

3/3/10: a few grocery items $4.37 (dollar general)

3/4/10: $1.26 coffee, $1.50 bus fare, $8.63 meal (buffet and mongolian grill) tips included, $68.34 Wal-mart (groceries and a shirt) and $.88 bill payment fee

 

[IMALOVNDISNEY]

I'm in, just haven't had time to post my budget yet.

 

[summersalt]

March 01 - $0.00
March 02 - $0.00
March 03 - $19.74 Groceries and Birthday Gift
March 04 - $0.00

 

[darthspud]

3/1 $0
3/2 $14.10/ $250 groceries
3/3 $0
3/4 .25c/ $200 misc items (bought a snack at the school's store)

2/10 no buy days

 

[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.)

March 1st = $0
March 2nd = $0
March 3rd = $94 (groceries)
March 4th = $0

Total so far = $94

Zero dollar days so far = 3/15

 

[MickeyMomOfThree]

March 1 $0
March 2 $84 groceries, $109 dance tuition, $7 DH prescription
March 3 $5 HipHop Shoes

So, today should have been a $0 day, but DD10 needed HipHop shoes. I was waiting till they go on sale on March 15 but today someone put a pair in her size, just about brand new in the resale box. They never have HipHop shoes so I grabbed them. Had I waited they would have been gone. We are talking $60 shoes for $5!!! So, I feel like it was a wise purchase. PLUS, it would have been almost $5 in gas just to get to the dance store, so I am excited!!!

Also tonight I had to renew my CPR class. Usually I pay for it, but with my new P/T job, they paid for it AND paid me to go to it. So that is pretty great too!!!

March 4 $0 And I am proud of this one. I spent the whole morning shopping for my 2 Girl Scout troops. I stayed on task, on my list and spent only troop funds on what was needed. My DD14 has had the same bus driver since kindergarten. I knew she was retiring but didn't realize it was till tomorrow till she told me tonight. I was going to go buy a gift, but remembered a nice box of truffles I got as a gift and was trying to to eat myself so I am giving her those and she wrote a nice message in a blank card we had. So, I was able to save a few calories (actually, a lot more then a few!) and spend $0 today!

$0 spend days-2
Total Money Spent- $205

 

[Debbie]

Mar 1: $5 groceries-DH bought KD for DD returning to university yesterday
Mar 2: $70 groceries + $3 parking
Mar 3: $0
Mar 4: $5 groceries (DH loves to shop)

No Buy Days: 1/10
Week 1: 167/250

 

[A.Mickey]

Running Total: Spent $129
$600...$471 left
$0 Days:1
Goal is 15 or more!

Groceries- $300...$253 left
Eating Out- $100...$77 left
Misc. (Shopping/Entertainment) $200...$141 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!!)


$0 Days: 1/15: 7%
$600 Limit: $129 : 22%
Month: 4/31: 13%

My savings from coupons and sales: $161.17

 

[erikawolf2004]

Goals for Feb:
12 no buy days/did 9
Eating Out $250/$237
Groceries $450/$498
Shopping $200/$450(have a $17 credit from LeapFrog coming)($100 ebay sells)
Misc./Entertainment/Haircut&color $160/$294
Goal $1050/$1479 Actual

Goals for March:
10 no buy days
Eating out $400/$51, more than normal because we are going on vacation
Groceries $450/$42
Shopping $400/$12 Vacation & DD's Birthday this month
Misc. $200/$89
Birthday Party supplies and food $100
Total: $1550/$209 I hope to be under this, but trying to be realistic at this point.

3/1 $144, $9 lunch, $42 Whole Foods, $40 Ebay, $53 Shutterfly book from Disney trip last Sept.
3/2 $0 1/10 ($28 Macy's return)
3/3 $13 lunch out
3/4 $65, $36 gifts for Austin Trip, $5 Donuts, $24 Pizza

 

[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

My goal is 11 no-spend days/2 down = 09 to go.

Hoping for another no spend day today.

The weekend...may be a different story.

 

[thebigkahuna]

March 1st - $10.00 groceries. Can't believe I forgot to get the 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)

Wow, did this go downhill fast!
I am at 1 of 15 no spend days. I'm aiming for a "no spend" weekend!!

 

[CherylA]

March 1st - $10.00 groceries. Can't believe I forgot to get the 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)
Wow, did this go downhill fast!
I am at 1 of 15 no spend days. I'm aiming for a "no spend" weekend!!

Ugh this just made me think of the (literally) $28 of girl scout cookies I ordered. I bet those will be in this month, and with me with a somewhat tight budget this month and already some other big expenses. I guess it will be girl scout cookies instead of meat!

 

[casper_jj11]

Had to add to the budget... apparently summer soccer registration is this weekend. This month is seriously going to be my end. On top of kids registrations, we have property tax and DH’s life insurance due.

groceries $700 $685.15 left
gas $500 $438.54 left
cat food $90
DH bday $150
Easter $150
softball registration x2 $200
swimming registration - spring x3 $400
swimming registration - summer x3 $400
gymnastics registration x2 $318
soccer registration x 2 $300
family pics $150
car registration $100
motorcycle registration $100
car emission test before can get registered $80
motorcycle repairs $1000 (DH crashed in September ... just now getting the repairs done before the snow goes)
my spending $150 $115.29 left (photo albums)
DH spending $150

Total: $4938 ... holy cow! That’s double last month ... stupid motorcycle!

Mar 1 - $0
Mar 2 - $0
Mar 3 - groceries 14.85; gas 61.46;
Mar 4 - photo albums $34.71
Mar 5 -

 

[lougoofy]

3/4/10: $1.26 coffee, $1.50 bus fare, $8.63 meal (buffet and mongolian grill) tips included, $68.34 Wal-mart (groceries and a shirt) and $.88 bill payment fee

3/4/10: $.50 snacks
3/5/10: so far $3.25 laundry and $4.22 meal at Hardee's

 

[summersalt]

March 01 - $0.00
March 02 - $0.00
March 03 - $19.74 Groceries and Birthday Gift
March 04 - $0.00
March 05 - $0.00

 

[Tiggerish]

Budget is a tight $475 for long month.

Automobile $50
Eating Out/Entertainment $25 / $12 left
Giving $50
Groceries/Household Goods $200 / $154 left
Medical $25
Misc. $100
Easter Baskets $25

Coupon savings $9.94
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3/1 $0
3/2 $0
3/3 Eating out $13; Groceries $2
3/4 $0
3/4 Groceries $44

 

[Debbie]

Mar 1: $5 groceries-DH bought KD for DD returning to university yesterday
Mar 2: $70 groceries + $3 parking
Mar 3: $0
Mar 4: $5 groceries (DH loves to shop)
Mar 5: $7 groceries + $3 at Timmy's (didn't win)

No Buy Days: 1/10
Week 1: 157/250

 

[QVCshopper]

March 01 - $21.47 Target (cat food, snacks); $6.33 AC Moore (picture frames); found .01 cents
March 02 - $0; found .27 cents
March 03 - $8.46 BK (lunch); $10.14 Wegmans (food; ice cream); $50 (gift cards for March b-days); found .45 cents
March 04 - $0; found .07 cents
March 05 - $0; found .40 cents
March 06 - $8.46 (Brusters ice cream for 4); found .12 cents
March 07 -
March 08 -
March 09 -
March 10 -
March 11 -
March 12 -
March 13 -
March 14 -
March 15 -

 

[erikawolf2004]

Goals for Feb:
12 no buy days/did 9
Eating Out $250/$237
Groceries $450/$498
Shopping $200/$450(have a $17 credit from LeapFrog coming)($100 ebay sells)
Misc./Entertainment/Haircut&color $160/$294
Goal $1050/$1479 Actual

Goals for March:
10 no buy days
Eating out $400/$91, more than normal because we are going on vacation
Groceries $450/$42
Shopping $400/$69 Vacation & DD's Birthday this month
Misc. $200/$155
Birthday Party supplies and food $100/$59
Total: $1550/$444 I hope to be under this, but trying to be realistic at this point.

3/1 $144, $9 lunch, $42 Whole Foods, $40 Ebay, $53 Shutterfly book from Disney trip last Sept.
3/2 $0 1/10 ($28 Macy's return)
3/3 $13 lunch out
3/4 $65, $36 gifts for Austin Trip, $5 Donuts, $24 Pizza
3/5 $222, $66 Contacts, $51 TJMaxx(new sheets), $24 Michael's B-day supplies, $22 Party America B-day supplies, $53 buycostumes.com Party supplies and Gift($34) Macys, so bummed had to return the cutest pj's because they shrank, $10 lunch, $30 dinner out

 

[dtr_angel]

This is my first no buy month
My goal is 10 no buy days.

Budget
$200 - groceries/food (but the past 2 months we've spent $250, so I expect to go over but want to try SO hard to stick to just $200 since we have so much food in the cabinets already that we can use)
$150 - gas
Misc - $30

3/1 - $0!

3/1 - $0!
3/2 - $1 groceries, $9.61 misc
3/3 - $6.16 groceries (we ran out of bottled water and milk)
3/4 - thought yesterday was a no buy day, but at 10pm DH's gas light came on driving home from work - $25 gas
3/5 - $12.85 misc, $79.93 groceries

we were out of a lot of stuff, and I stocked up on some things. We went to Walmart, Sav a Lot, Martin's, and CVS. I hope to not spend anything on groceries next week except for maybe milk, eggs, bread. Tomorrow we're going to a meat place that has lunch meat/cheese for really good deals and it's really good. I'm going to get enough for 2 weeks. Sunday will be a no buy day