No Buy March

[QVCshopper]

Having a small party for DS's b-day today, and I REALLY need food. So, this is going to go up... But, I'm pretty happy with my spending so far this month.

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); found .12 cents
March 07 - $5 AG Doll Fashion Show (bear); $1.50 Chuck E Cheese (ice cream); $6 Wendy's (lunch); 10.60 Wegmans (food); found .11 cents
March 08 - $16 GreatClips (haircut); found .36 cents
March 09 - $0; found .31 cents
March 10 - $42.85 Wegmans (prescription, food, lunch); 19.62 gas for car; found .16 cents
March 11 - $35.39 gas for car; $0.10 Genuardis (groceries); found $1.38
March 12 - $0; found .11 cents
March 13 - $9.51 McDonalds (lunch, coffee); $10.38 Wegmans (food); $4.23 TRU (toy for son's b-day); returned -$4.75 Target
March 14 - $24.70 Wegmans/Genuardis (food); found .31 cents
March 15 - $0
March 16 - $21.56 Disney Store (PJs, toys), $3.10 Auntie Anns, $2.68 Candy, $2 ColdStone, found .42
March 17 - $5.61 BK (lunch), $5 Monkey Joes, found .05
March 18 - $12 Wegmans (food)
March 19 - $0; found .02
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March 30
March 31

 

[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 / $42 left
Medical $25
Misc. $100 / $50 left
Easter Baskets $25 / $4.50 left
Coupon savings $44.89
_________________________________
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
3/20 Groceries $20;Misc. $10 (I pay for my niece who is in college to have a data plan on her cell phone. It was her birthday present and she is very careful not to go over the time this minimum plan gives her.)

It was a Meijer "Super Saturday" and even though I had already shopped for the upcoming week, I could not resist the $1 strawberries and the deeply discounted tomato soup, cheese, bacon and frozen chicken breasts. According to the receipt, not including my coupons, I saved $17.46 on the sale items.

 

[wdwfan16]

3/1 - $0
3/2 - $0
3/3 - $0
3/4 - $0
3/6 - $0
3/7 - $0
3/9 - $0
3/10 - $0
3/11 - $0
3/12 - $0
3/14 - $0
3/18 - $0
3/20 - $0

 

[MommyBell08]

3/15-$0
3/16-$18.61 Princess and the Frog (is this necessity?)
3/17- DH $16.91 for wine
3/18-$5 train ride for the family
3/19-$0
3/20-$0
3/21
3/22
3/23
3/24
3/25
3/26
3/28
3/29
3/30
3/31

$0 days-3

Non necessities-$40.52

 

[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
3/20 $80 Safeway groceries & gift cards for DSis' birthday, $45 King Soopers groceries

9 of 10 no-buy days so far.

 

[dtr_angel]

Goal - 10 no buy days - 7/10 so far
Budget
$200 - groceries/food - $70.26 left
$150 - gas - $31.66 left
Misc - $30 - $3.30 left

3/1 - $0!
3/2 - $1 groceries, $9.61 misc
3/3 - $6.16 groceries
3/4 - $25 gas
3/5 - $12.85 misc, $79.93 groceries
3/6 - $20.85 groceries
3/7 - $0!
3/8 - $0!
3/9 - $0!
3/10 - $3.18 misc, $8.78 groceries
3/11 - $0!
3/12 - $1.06 misc, 2.36 food
3/13 - gas $50
3/14 - $0!
3/15 - groceries $4, gas $36.16
3/16 - $6.65 food
3/17 - $2.54 food
3/18 - $2.44 food
3/19 - $0!
3/20 - $32.16 groceries

 

[A.Mickey]

Running Total: Spent $454
$600...$146 left
$0 Days:8
Goal is 15 or more!

Groceries- $300...$52 left
Eating Out- $100...$30 left
Misc. (Shopping/Entertainment) $200...$80 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)
20- $8 (Shopping-Toys R Us, got my copy of PATF, the blu-ray combo pack and pre-ordered TS 1 & 2), $3 (Groceries-Jewel), $17 (Shopping-Wal-Mart), $8 (Groceries- Walgreens), $6 (Shopping- Dollar Tree) Done with stuff for Aaron's Easter Basket!
21- $19 (Groceries-Joe Caputo), $4 (Groceries-Aldi's)


$0 Days: 8/15: 53%
$600 Limit: $454 : 76%
Month: 21/31: 68%

My savings from coupons and sales: $851.25

 

[charming23]

I went out to Marc's at 8am this morning to grocery shop for the week ahead because we needed milk and bread. I then stopped at Bruegger's for a bagel with cream cheese. I also ran to Lowe's for some screws to fix out bathtub fawcet (and picked up some cute pink kitchen aid measuring cups and spoons). I picked up my copy of New Moon that I had preordered with a giftcard and then went to Pat Catan's to finish getting the stuff to finish our scrapbook from our Disney trip. I had a $25 giftcard from my Aunt so no money out of pocket.

Grocery/Household- $250/$69.73 Left
Gas- $50/ $29.46
Eating Out/Entertainment- $75/ $35.07 Left
Emergency/Misc- $75/$29.68 Left

Total- $450/ $163.83Left

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
3/20- $40.30 Marc's, $2.19 Brueggers, and $13.20 Lowes

 

[lougoofy]

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)

3/20/10: $3.78 Hardee's, $6.50 laundry, $13.42 dollar general (various things), $5.25 OTB (drinks), $6.00 Toots (drinks), $2.50 Juanitas and $12.71 dairy mart

 

[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)
Mar 20: $0

Week 3 Budget -24/250

No Buy Days: 7/10
Week 2: 81/250
Week 1: 137/250

 

[charming23]

Grocery/Household- $250/$69.73 Left
Gas- $50/ $29.46
Eating Out/Entertainment- $75/ $35.07 Left
Emergency/Misc- $75/$29.68 Left

Total- $450/ $163.83Left

11/15 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
3/20- $40.30 Marc's, $2.19 Brueggers, and $13.20 Lowes
3/21- $0

 

[Tiggerish]

Budget is a tight $475 for a long month.

Automobile $50 /$24 left
Eating Out/Entertainment $25 / $5 over
Giving $50 / $10 left
Groceries/Household Goods $200 / $42 left
Medical $25
Misc. $100 / $48 left
Easter Baskets $25 / $4.50 left
Coupon savings $44.89
_________________________________
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
3/20 Groceries $20;Misc. $10
3/21 Giving $10 (church collection); Misc. $2

 

[dtr_angel]

Goal - 10 no buy days - 8/10 so far
Budget
$200 - groceries/food - $70.26 left
$150 - gas - $31.66 left
Misc - $30 - $3.30 left

3/1 - $0!
3/2 - $1 groceries, $9.61 misc
3/3 - $6.16 groceries
3/4 - $25 gas
3/5 - $12.85 misc, $79.93 groceries
3/6 - $20.85 groceries
3/7 - $0!
3/8 - $0!
3/9 - $0!
3/10 - $3.18 misc, $8.78 groceries
3/11 - $0!
3/12 - $1.06 misc, 2.36 food
3/13 - gas $50
3/14 - $0!
3/15 - groceries $4, gas $36.16
3/16 - $6.65 food
3/17 - $2.54 food
3/18 - $2.44 food
3/19 - $0!
3/20 - $32.16 groceries
3/21 - $0!

 

[MommyBell08]

3/15-$0
3/16-$18.61 Princess and the Frog (is this necessity?)
3/17- DH $16.91 for wine
3/18-$5 train ride for the family
3/19-$0
3/20-$0
3/21-$0
3/22
3/23
3/24
3/25
3/26
3/28
3/29
3/30
3/31

$0 days-4

Non necessities-$40.52

 

[Mickey1Fan]

Finally 3/10 no buy days

 

[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)
Mar 20: $0
Mar 21: milk $8 + Caltrate $20

It's been a rough week for spending. . . and we didn't even have to have the oil change yet. Sigh

Week 3 Budget -52/250

No Buy Days: 7/10
Week 2: 81/250
Week 1: 137/250

 

[cjsteiger]

I've read this whole thread and I'm very impressed by you ladies. We live in NJ and my hubby is a high school teacher and I'm a part time substitute teacher. With all the announcements about our school budgets from the state I realize we need to really tighten our belts so I plan to take up the no buy challenge in April. I'm going to do my best to keep the next few days of March no buy but since I haven't shopped for Easter yet it's going to be hard. Thanks for the inspiration!!!!

 

[A.Mickey]

Running Total: Spent $456
$600...$144 left
$0 Days:8
Goal is 15 or more!

Groceries- $300...$50 left
Eating Out- $100...$30 left
Misc. (Shopping/Entertainment) $200...$80 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)
20- $8 (Shopping-Toys R Us, got my copy of PATF, the blu-ray combo pack and pre-ordered TS 1 & 2), $3 (Groceries-Jewel), $17 (Shopping-Wal-Mart), $8 (Groceries- Walgreens), $6 (Shopping- Dollar Tree) Done with stuff for Aaron's Easter Basket!
21- $19 (Groceries-Joe Caputo), $4 (Groceries-Aldi's), $2 (Groceries-Jewel)


$0 Days: 8/15: 53%
$600 Limit: $456 : 76%
Month: 21/31: 68%

My savings from coupons and sales: $880.64

 

[lougoofy]

3/20/10: $3.78 Hardee's, $6.50 laundry, $13.42 dollar general (various things), $5.25 OTB (drinks), $6.00 Toots (drinks), $2.50 Juanitas and $12.71 dairy mart

3/21/10: $3.05 Hardees, $1.05 newspaper and $.75 candy

 

[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
March 20th - $4.00 lunch
March 21st - $5.61 fast food dinner
March 22nd -

I don't think I will make my goal this month - I did have some expensive unexpected expenses this month, so I refuse to beat myself up about it. I have a week and 1/2 left for 6 "no spend" days. and there's always April!!