No Buy May! Welcome old and new savers!

[SunnieRN]

May 1: $0
May 2: $39.78 Groceries
May 3: $0
May 4: $0
May 5: $0 (work got us dinner for Nurses Day!)
May 6: $0 (as I am on my way BACK to work right now)
May 7: $63.79, Groceries ($30.28 in store coupons), $10, mailing letter and package, $97, that is not actually spent yet, but will be. I ordered a cake to be delivered to our illuminations cruise!! So, I counted it for today!
May 8: $0
May 9: $0
May 10: $0
May 11: $200, nieces college graduation; $21.38, lunch out with daughter and grandsons; $29.94 Light spinner toys; $32, groc and underwear at Wallyworld. My gosh that seems like a LOT of money, when you are trying NOT to spend!
May 12: $0
May 13: $$0, posting early as I have to sleep, and go right back to work. Don't have time to spend $$ today!

10/13 $0 days!!

 

[Tiggerish]

Budget for May is $555 with 12 no spend days.

Auto $60
Eating Out/Entertainment $50 / $169
Giving $125 / $90 left
Groceries/Household Goods $230 / $198 left
Medical $15
Misc. $75 / $12 left

No spend days = 4 /12
Coupon savings $9
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5/1 Groceries $12; Entertainment $18 (movie)
5/2 Giving $25 (church) and $10 National Kidney Foundation of MI Walk
5/3 Eating Out $8 (coffee with my sister to plan our WDW trip in August)
5/4 $0
5/5 Misc. $72 (4 pair of capris for me)
5/6 Eating Out $11
5/7 $0
5/8 Groceries $16
5/9 Giving $25 (church); Groceries $4
5/10 Groceries $29; Misc. $3 (postage)
5/11 $0
5/12 $0

 

[thebeesknees]

5/1 $0
5/2 $0
5/3 $0
5/4 $0
5/5 $125 Target, $100 Kroger
5/6 $0
5/7 $63 Children's Place, $6.50 thrift store, $2.50 lunch, $10 Dollar Tree
5/8 $37 Walmart, $167 Sam's Club, $7 Dollar Tree
5/9 $40 lunch out for Mother's Day
5/10 $0
5/11 $9 coffee with my Mom, $2 airport parking
5/12 $0
5/13 $0 More snow = staying home today

8 of 11 no-buy days so far.

 

[mlulrich]

WOW - we made 5 no-spend days in a row!!!! That's a big accomplishment for us, but I can tell you that I was one GRUMPY mommy yesterday. None of the options in the pantry or fridge sounded appealing for dinner and all I wanted was a meal in a restaurant! But I held out and had frozen pizza and salad, which everyone was happy with. We have a few days of planned expenses (my DS7 has been asking to buy lunch at school today "Brunch for Lunch"), groceries, gas, etc. and then we'll see how many more days in a row we can get! Thanks for starting this thread, it's a BIG motivation for me!!!

May 1st - $14 (trash & recycling), $43.05 (Kohl's)
May 2nd - $46.28 (CiCi's Pizzas)
May 3rd - $40.00 (gas)
May 4th - $0 (HOORAY)
May 5th - $2.12 (McD's)
May 6th - $50.09 (groceries), $23.24 (gas), $20.84 (Burger King)
May 7th - $53.68 (groceries), $35.01 (gas), $14.00 (carwash), $80 (Olive Garden)
May 8th - $0 (HOORAY)
May 9th - $0 (HOORAY - Happy Mother's Day!)
May 10th - $0 (HOORAY)
May 11th - $0 (HOORAY)
May 12th - $0 (HOORAY)

total - 6/15 no-spend days!

 

[disney fan 2013]

For May, I am adding on to by gas budget and taking money out of my "going out" budget. My goal for this month is going to be 20 no-buy days. I really have my doubts about this, but I'm going to be trying very hard! So, this month's budget is:

$200 Gas ($133 left)
$100 Misc./Spending ($93.14 left)
$80 Groceries ($59.69 left)
$24 Movies ($18 Left)
$20 Going Out ($5.25 left)
20 No-Buy Days (9 so far)

5/1 - $33 Gas
5/2 - $0
5/3 - $0
5/4 - $6 Movies
5/5 - $0
5/6 - $0
5/7 - $0
5/8 - $0
5/9 - $0
5/10 - $34 gas
$20.31 groceries
$6.86 iTunes
5/11 - $14.75 food and parking at baseball game for me & DBF
5/12 - $0
5/13 - $0

27.1% of budget spent
41.94% through month
45% to no-buy goal

 

[momto1]

5/9 - $1.15 for bedding plants. Use $5 credit for the rest.
5/10 - $42.40 for food
5/11 - $0
5/12 - $44.50 - $12 for hanging baskets for Mother's Day gifts (we are celebrating this weekend) and $33.50 in food - some for everyday and some for Mother's Day cookout.

Tonight I have to stop at a different grocery store to finish up the Mom's Day food purchases and purchase a few sale items for the upcoming graduation party. I hope I get out without too much damage!

1/6 so far!
Lori

 

[charming23]

Went grocery shopping and spent a bit more than anticipated but I did stock up on snacks and pop which we were completely out of. I should not have to shop for awhile.

Grocery/Household: $200/ $23.34 Left
Gas/Car: $50/ $31.96 Left
Entertainment/Easting Out: $75/ $65.64 Left
Misc/Emergency: $75/ $41.69 left

Total: $400/ $162.63 Left

Goal of 15 no Buy days

8/15 No Buy

5/1- $44.19 Groceries for the week at Save-a-lot
5/2- $0
5/3- $22.30 Lane Bryant (a black cardigan shrug I had been looking for and I had 40% off), $5.12 At Auntie Anne's for lunch, $2.78 Save-a-lot because I forgot potatoes last saturday
5/4- $0
5/5- $0
5/6- $0
5/7- $56.19 Groceries
5/8- $0
5/9- $0
5/10- $0
5/11- $4.24 Panera, $11.01 at Target and $18.04 Gas
5/12- $0
5/13- $73.50 Marc's Grocery

 

[Jen_in_NH]

I spent $3.50 at the post office, but I'm counting it as a wash, since it was shipping for some stuff I sold on Ebay. I made $20!!!!

 

[hmack]

Confession:
I haven't been her for nearly a week. Why? Becasue somehow if I don't write it down here -- it didn't really happen. I didn't really go on a shopping frenzy last weekend. But - ofcourse that's silly.
Truth be told - it's May. The seasons are finally changing (although it did get down to 30 last night) and with the change of seasons comes the desire and necessity (yes, I said it) to shop. The trick, I think is to shop responsibly. Which I did "eh" o.k. at.

Time to tally up the damage:

(oh, and it feels GREAT to be back!)


05/01 - LLBean 13 (new sandals 50% of sale price !), Renys $59 (gift for neice - $29, clothes $30), Olympia Sports (new track duffle for odd, new water bottle for ydd, running shorts for me & softball shorts/tee for dh), gas $40, groceries $13
05/02 - $132 - groceries
05/03 -
05/04 -
05/05 -
05/06 - gas $30, groceries $17
05/07 - groceries $8
05/08 - old navy $107, Aero $29, Gap $9, panera bread $13, subway $17, groceries $87
05/09 - Aero (yes, same store as yesterday but I ducked in to get my dd's bday present - something she had seen the day before) $21, Borders $48, Forever 21 - $16
05/10 -
05/11 - groceries $28, new checks $24
05/12 - groceries $17, Borders $12, McDonalds $12


no-spend days - 4/12

 

[Tiggerish]

Budget for May is $555 with 12 no spend days.

Auto $60
Eating Out/Entertainment $50 / $169
Giving $125 / $90 left
Groceries/Household Goods $230 / $128 left
Medical $15
Misc. $75 / $12 left

No spend days = 4 /12
Coupon savings $26
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5/1 Groceries $12; Entertainment $18 (movie)
5/2 Giving $25 (church) and $10 National Kidney Foundation of MI Walk
5/3 Eating Out $8 (coffee with my sister to plan our WDW trip in August)
5/4 $0
5/5 Misc. $72 (4 pair of capris for me)
5/6 Eating Out $11
5/7 $0
5/8 Groceries $16
5/9 Giving $25 (church); Groceries $4
5/10 Groceries $29; Misc. $3 (postage)
5/11 $0
5/12 $0
5/13 Groceries $70 (includes $30 worth of liquor & soda for family get together tonight. We will have cocktails by me then my Dad is treating us all to the fund raiser dinner at the Greek church tonight. )

 

[lougoofy]

5/11/10: $1.50 bus fare, $1.89 Taco Bell and $$2.65 groceries and t. p. (Pic Pac again)

5/12/10: $5.?? groceries (dollar general marketplace)
5/13/10: $1.50 bus fare, $5.30 med., $3.18 Burger King, $12. 30 Dollar Tree, $8.34 Kroger's and $2.50 Bill pay fee

 

[Virgderon]

Running Total: Spent $541
$900...$359 left
$0 Days:5
Goal is 10 or more!

Groceries- $150-50-15-8- 11- 6= 60 left

May 1 76
May 2 233 ( DD birthday dinner, present and $100 for drivers license renewal)
May 3 0
May 4 0
May 5 37
May 6 70 ( dinner for 4 at the House of Blues in Downtown Disney - could have been worse but I had the restaurant.com coupon for $25 off)
May 7 0
May 8 53 ( shipping my daughters stuff from Disney College program to her - guess that counts as miscellaneous? And 8 bucks for groceries at the flea market)
May 9 39 ( Payless shoes, pop on sale and some beachy pictures I didn't really need. Hey, I'm a mom . It was Mothers day. )
May 10 0
May 11 27 ( random stuff, laundry detg, etc. Oh, and Cracker Jacks! I love freaking Cracker jacks. If I can't find room for those in budget, then I don't want a budget.)
May 12 6 ( so close! I bought carrot cake for DH's birthday today)
May 13 0

 

[ronnmel]

No Buy Days Goal: 4/12
Gas : 24$
Car repairs : 390$
Groceries : 120$
Eating out (and snacks) : 115$
Non-necessities : 50$

5/1 : 53$ (dress, stickers, beach bags for wedding favors, candy apple)
5/2 : 7$ (lunch)
5/3 : 45$ (groceries + dinner out)
5/4 : 0$
5/5 : 0$
5/6 : 124$ (wine + cat food)
5/7 : 390$ (car repairs )
5/8 : 0$
5/9 : 24$ (gas)
5/10 : 50$ (groceries)
5/11 : 4$ (fries)
5/12 : 0$
5/13 : 5$ (lunch)

 

[wdwfan16]

5/1 - $0
5/2 - $0
5/4 - $0
5/6 - $0
5/10 - $0
5/11 - $0
5/12 - $0
5/13 - $0

 

[QVCshopper]

I think you may not be alone, used to be pages a day of people posting, now I see somedays I post 2 days worth on one page. Maybe, like us, May is a busy=expensive month for people with lots of activities coming to a close and lots of new ones starting up. Whatever it is, good luck getting back on track, and don't beat yourslef up too much, you still seem to be doing pretty good!

Thanks! You're doing well yourself!

6/15

5/1-$18 Beach; $5 Panera Bread; $35 Ugg slippers for me!/library; found .01
5/2-$5 Tag Sale; $13 Food; $4 JCPenneys; $29 American Girl; $7 McDs; found .02
5/3-$0
5/4-$88.75 Wegmans/Redners (food); $35.75 Target; found .10
5/5-$0; found .01
5/6-$0; found .06
5/7-$36 Dinner; $2.35 Cookies; $6.35 Mall Food Court; $7.25 M-Day Gift
5/8-$0
5/9-$21 Wegmans; $4 Bird Seed; $4.75 Flower; $37 Goodwill
5/10-$0
5/11-$2 DH bagel/coffee; $20 Dunkin Donuts coffee; found .61
5/12-$15 YMCA Babysitting Card; $6.75 BK lunch; $13 Goodwill (must not go back...); $29 Wegmans (food/coffee); found .25
5/13-$0; found .11

 

[DisneyCrafter]

Groceries: (Budget is $200...$92.02 left)

Gas: (Budget is $300...$150 left)

Extras: (Budget is $140...$91.89 left)

Medical: (Budget is $30)

5/1: $0
5/2: $5.08 (Groceries-Jewel), $25.47 (Groceries-Brookhaven), $16.35 (Groceries-Aldi), $4.28 (Groceries-Jewel)
5/3: $5.13 (Extras-Shipping)
5/4: $0
5/5: $2.56 (Extras-Shipping Mats.), $4.35 (Extras-Shipping)
5/6: $11.40 (Extras-Shipping)
5/7: $15.87 (Extras-Mother's Day Gifts) $6.79 (Groceries-Target), $19.00 (Extras-Bowling)
5/8: $7.73 (Groceries-Jewel), $3.85 (Groceries-Walts), $10.71 (Groceries-ALDI), $22.72 (Groceries-Brookhaven), $4.09 (Extras-Home Depot), $15.00 (Extras-Garage Sales)
5/9: $5.58 (Extras-Auntie Anne's), $60.34 (Extras-Vera Bradley)
5/10: $0
5/11: $0
5/12: $0
5/13: $0

NO SPEND DAYS: 6/13

I think my grocery budget is going to be off for the month. There will be a total of 5 grocery trips this month and I only budgeted for 4. However, we do have plans for the last few days in May and will not be eating dinner at home on the 28th, 29th, or 30th, so perhaps that will make up for it.

 

[butterflygirl3]

butterflygirl3, I'm like you with Walmart, but with Target. In March, I didn't go for 21 days. That pretty much got me off my red cart addiction. Good luck! Stick with it--you'll get use to not shopping/consolidating soon enough. BTW-I see you have a garden. I have one, too. I've only spent $2.50 on it so far--mostly seeds from the dollar store and .25 cent strawberry plants from Lowes. I have lettuce growing already, plus squash and cucumbers. Trying tomatoes from seeds, but I doubt it will work. I even have a few strawberry buds. Have fun in the garden, it's lots of fun!

Walmart is hard for me cause it is soooo close to our house.... I am pretty proud of myself though and have stayed away from Walmart for the last three days and therefore have had 3 $0 DAYS!!!! This is the first year for us with the garden !!!! It was a Mother's Day present I sooo hope it will produce something for us, but not sure cause we DID have a five year old and a two year old helping "plant" the seeds hehehe Thanks for the encouragement and well wishes !!! Greatly appreciated !!! I love have the dis boards and all the sweet people here to stay accountable to !!! I have even gotten my hubby on board to get as many $0 days as we can!!!!

 

[butterflygirl3]

I'm gonna try and stay for the WHOLE month this time !!! That is my goal for now Hopefully I will have at least 12 no buy days, but I'm gonna REALLY work on staying accountable for the whole month... I get discouraged and quit So here goes...
May 1st- $20 garage saling (it was planned into the budget though )
- aprox. $4 for snow cones (not planned, but yummy )
- $16 for Prepaid Wireless Phone (budgeted and needed)
- $4 for Taco Bell (hubby)
May 2nd - $21 Walmart (the BIGGEST thing of TP I have EVER seen and other essentials.. (Not unneeded things, so not tooo bad Hope I can get a few $0 days though
May 3rd - $18 for McDonalds
- $12 for Museum of Transportation (Hubbies first day off work in a while )
- $20 for gas - Time with family - PRICELESS Hoping for a $0 day tomorrow cause we're STAYING home and CLEANING !!
- $7 at Walmart for Charcoal (but it was needed )
May 4th - $7.50 at Family Dollar and $14.00 at Deals (Both of these were for a Children's Church lesson, sooo not really unneeded I was proud of
myself for only buying the flashlights for the lesson
- $13.50 for Walmart (Diapers were on sale ... we didn't need them right now, but we ALWAYS need diapers )

The first 5 days of May total : $143.00
Needed items : $64.00 (without the diapers on sale - $77.50 (with the diapers )
Extras : $70 in just 5 days!!! (that's without the $21.50 for Children's Church items...)

May 5th - $0 Woohoo !!! My first one !!!!
May 6th - .76 cents at Shopping Save
- $1.77 Walmart Almost a $0 day
May 7th - $45 at Walmart for 2 b-day gifts, my mother's day present (veggies for my vegetable garden ), and some other needed items
May 8th - $20 on gas Would of been of $0 day
May 9th - $25 at Walmart ( do we see a BAD habit ???? ) needed items (nothing extra though )
May 10th - $6 at Walmart (AGAIN!!!) for dishwashing detergent and Borax (gonna try and save some money by making my own dishwashing and laundry detergent ) Almost a $0 day, but needed that dishwashing detergent

The first 5 days of May total : $143.00
Needed items : $64.00 (without the diapers on sale - $77.50 (with the diapers )
Extras : $70 in just 5 days!!! (that's without the $21.50 for Children's Church items...)

The second set of 5 days of May total : $142.50 (Saved .50 )
Needed items : $139.50
Extras : $45 ( I'm considering the 2 b-day presents and the mother's day presents for me as extras cause they weren't REALLY needed..

I still need to work on staying AWAY from Walmart or going in just ONE trip a week !!!!

May 11th - $0 Woohoo!!!!
May 12th - $0 YEAH!!!!
May 13th - $0 THREE IN A ROW!!!!!!

 

[QVCshopper]

Walmart is hard for me cause it is soooo close to our house.... I am pretty proud of myself though and have stayed away from Walmart for the last three days and therefore have had 3 $0 DAYS!!!! This is the first year for us with the garden !!!! It was a Mother's Day present I sooo hope it will produce something for us, but not sure cause we DID have a five year old and a two year old helping "plant" the seeds hehehe Thanks for the encouragement and well wishes !!! Greatly appreciated !!! I love have the dis boards and all the sweet people here to stay accountable to !!! I have even gotten my hubby on board to get as many $0 days as we can!!!!

Good for you! And funny about the seeds. My DS4 helped plant the lettuce, so I have tons growing in a 2' square. Ahh well, at lease it's growing. Good luck with yours!

 

[bas71873]

I've gotten off track with the great month I was having. My beloved granny passed away unexpectly on Monday, so between all the running around, airport runs to fetch relatives, I'm spending a little more than planned. I'll spend today too I'm sure, but we'll see.....

Spending budget = $1000

“No Buy” days = 4/10

Running total spent = $804.30/$1000 (DAUNT still owes me $20, I got a CREDIT of $20 received from DMIL and $109 from return of anti-bark devices to Petsmart. They didn’t work)

Coupon savings: $8.00


5/1 – $33 (lunch at Kings Dominion, including a refillable cup for the rest of the season)

5/2 - $55 (DH’s birthday lunch); $31 (deck sealant and a plant)

5/3 – NO BUY

5/4 - $120 (recital tickets and recital DVD order – I will get $40 back from my aunt and MIL for purchase of their tickets); $3.66(DD dinner at McDonald’s after dance); $47 (Lowe’s/Round up)

5/5 – NO BUY

5/6 - $35 (dr. appt.); $127 (grocery); $43 (Lowe’s-paint supplies, thompson’s water seal, American flag and flag pole)

5/7 - $100 (hair cut & color); 2.39(Ben Franklin – mini muffins tins); $66.50 (gas)

5/8 – $19.25 (movie w/DD); $4.20 (Claire’s)

5/9 – NO BUY

5/10 – NO BUY

5/11 - $30 (Target – cards, gift card/thx gift for DD’s book buddy, some chips & candy); $4.04 (Starbucks – my granny passed away suddenly last night and I needed a pick me up); $20 (tights for DD dance recital); $2.72 (Happy Meal after dance); $95 (summer ballet class payment)

5/12 – $6.27 (Ben Franklin – couple packs of silly bands for DD and my niece)

5/13 - $10 (Tickets for DD’s school carnival); $4 (lunch); $10.65 (pizza for dinner); $34 (gas top off); CREDIT of $109 (Petsmart return of some not so useful anti-barking gadgets)