No Buy May! Welcome old and new savers!

[lougoofy]

5/01/10: $4.85 (food) Hardee's and $4.00 funnel cake (from trailer vendor, Derby Day in Louisville), $3.00 drink and $3.10 DGMarketplace

5/02/10: $7.40 hardees and $12.71 papa johns plus $1 tip

 

[Tiggerish]

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

Auto $60
Eating Out/Entertainment $50 / $30 left
Giving $125 / $90 left
Groceries/Household Goods $230 / $218 left
Medical $15
Misc. $75

Coupon savings $4
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5/1 Groceries $12; Entertainment $18 (movies)
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)

 

[charming23]

Today was not a $0 day. I went up to the mall to Lane Bryant to get my free underwear and ending up spending money. Oh well.

Grocery/Household: $200/ $153.03 Left
Gas/Car: $50
Entertainment/Easting Out: $75/ $69.88 Left
Misc/Emergency: $75/ $52.70 left

Total: $400/ $325.61 Left

Goal of 15 no Buy days

1/15 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


Disney savings- $110/$2000

 

[cherry-pops]

We had to go supermarket shopping today, which was a lot more stressful than usual because of the Bank Holiday. James always pays for the food, so another zero-spend day for me.

May 01: £0
May 02: £0
May 03: £0

 

[hmack]

Hello...hello...hello...

So to recap:
total March spending was $1,494
total April spending was $1,324
so the May goal is to be below $1,300

No spend day goal - 12.

May brings with it my youngest's birthday. i certainly don't see us going crazy, but that will be an added expense.

And add me to the list of people who over-spend in the eating out/entertainment category.

May's off to a bit of a rocky start, especially in the clothes buying category.

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



no-spend days - 0/12



Welcome to May - everyone!!!

 

[MickeyMomOfThree]

May 1-
I am embarassed and sick to report the start to my month. I knew it was going to be a bad day today and tomorrow for that matter, but I feel sick about all we spent today.Opening Day for Softball always means pizza and hotdogs at the park. This year we opted to go get a whole pizza for the 5 of us to eat at the park.-$10 Slushies for the kids-$3.50
Dinner Date with Hubby-$35
Dinner for kids at home-$8
Gas-$44
MAJOR stocking up at Sam's-$459.96 (This included new fans since we are already melting here and don't have A/C, and new clothes for me as I have literally not enough shirts to last a week. I got 2 capris, 2 shorts and 5 shirts though tomorrow I will try them all on and some might go back. Also a new chair for me for when I am at softball and have an old, broken chair to sit on. Also, laundry supplies, etc.)
Total- $560.46

May 2-
I started today bad, 8 minutes after midnight I spent $13 on eBay. I bought 3 pearl cages for my girls for when they do Pick a Pearl in EPCOT. They have never done it and want to very much this trip and while I think it is a great thing to do, the cost of setting 3 pearls was going to be pricey so here on DIS I learned about the Cinderella Carriage pearl cages and bought 3 of them. So, $13 on eBay but a savings in the end.
Dance pictures, videos and final tuition till fall $156.50*.
Groceries- Wegman's- $76.39
Walmart- Groceries, photo developing (Mother's Day gifts), medicine and makeup for dance photos- $44.85
Post Office (mailed 3 Mom's day packages)- $14.90
Total- $305.64
*I know some would cut the photos and videos but as frugal as I am I would not eat for a week to make up for them if I had to (glad I don't have to.) We are not allowed to videotape the recitals and the memory to me is worth the money. As for photos, I buy the basic packages just for me and take photos for the family with my own camera. But they just aren't as good. Again, the memory is worth the money to me. I have all their dance pictures displayed and they bring me great joy so it is worth it for me. I do not buy school photos, so this is the one time a year when I allow myself to buy photos of my kids.

May 3- FI-NAL-LY! $0 Rough start, but knew it was going to be. Now the weekend is gone and I am back on track!

$0 Spend Days- 1/15

 

[Jenny18199]

I would like to join you all! I have been lurking for a while and I think this is just what I need to keep myself on track. Can I just post the number of $0 days that I am aiming for or do I need to post $$ amounts? I see some of both here and I want to make sure that I'm going about this the right way. Thank you for your help.

 

[lougoofy]

5/02/10: $7.40 hardees and $12.71 papa johns plus $1 tip

5/03/10: $1.50 bus fare, $3.95 library (fines), $8.95 sushi (restaurant), $1.95 iced coffee (Day's), $3.54 wine (drug store) and $12.74 groceries and a tooth-brush (Pic Pac)

 

[QVCshopper]

Good luck to everyone old and new. If you watch your pennies and stay disciplined you'll go far! As for May, Mother's Day, sister's graduation, and brother's b-day might mess up my budget...

1/15

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

 

[bas71873]

I would like to join you all! I have been lurking for a while and I think this is just what I need to keep myself on track. Can I just post the number of $0 days that I am aiming for or do I need to post $$ amounts? I see some of both here and I want to make sure that I'm going about this the right way. Thank you for your help.

Welcome. It's only my 2nd month, so I'm no expert, but I think you can pretty much do what works for you. Personally, I feel that posting my spending AND my no buy days holds me a little more accountable for the "dumb" spending that I sometimes find myself doing....things I don't need at Target, a pit stop at Kohl's, stuff like that.

I am again aiming for 10 no buys days, but what I really hope to do, it keep under my $1000 budget for the month. I don't track my bills because there is not getting away from those every month, so I just track groceries and all the "extras"

 

[bas71873]

MAY GOALS:
Spending budget = $1000
“No Buy” days = 1/10
Running total spent = $119/$1000
Coupon savings =


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

 

[Virgderon]

I promise I won't post every day, but I had to today. My FIRST no buy day!

Running Total: Spent $309
$900...$591 left
$0 Days:0
Goal is 10 or more! 1/10

Groceries- $150-50= 100 left

May 1 76
May 2 233
May 3 0
May 4
May 5

 

[MomtoEmIs&Ow]

May2: $17 groceries
May2: $16 groceries

I will have a NO BUY day tomorrow!

 

[Jenny18199]

Thanks for your help!

Since I am new to this and everyone seems to be in agreement...I will aim for 10 no buy days this month. I think I will leave it at that and during the month of May, I will work on a budget for us and be able to post with more specifics next month.

05/01 $0
05/02 $45
05/03 $6 (the microwave at work was broken and I couldn't heat my leftovers so I had to go out to get lunch today)

 

[MickeyMomOfThree]

I promise I won't post every day, but I had to today. My FIRST no buy day!

Running Total: Spent $309
$900...$591 left
$0 Days:0
Goal is 10 or more! 1/10

Groceries- $150-50= 100 left

May 1 76
May 2 233
May 3 0
May 4
May 5

Feel free to post everyday, lots of us do. I rarely don't post everyday.

 

[SunnieRN]

May 1: $0
May 2: $39.78 Groceries
May 3: $0

2/13 $0 days!!

 

[mlulrich]

May 3rd did not prove to be my first no-spending day yet! Tomorrow will be the day!!!! $40 in gas for a quick drive down to Maryland and back for a funeral service - but I am proud of myself for packing a lunch and avoiding the temptation to run into the gas station for a soda or snack.

0/15 no-spend days!

 

[MomToOne]

OK - another bad day today....

(Due to my unique form of budgeting, my "month" runs 4/26-5/30)
4/26 $0
4/27 $0
4/28 $0
4/29 $16 Field Trip Fees
4/30 $44 Dinner Out
5/1 $31 DL Renewal, $26 Target, $14 FoodsCo, $2 Oroweat Bakery Store, $30 Cash to "Summer Fun" Stash
5/2 $0
5/3 $42 Gas, $12 Walmart, $15 Everyday Minerals

Total Spent=232
No Spend Days=4

% Month Complete=22.9%
% No Spend Days Achieved=20.0%
% Budget Spent=29.0%

I'm shooting for the next 3 days as no-spend days. That should get me back on track!

 

[A.Mickey]

Running Total: Spent $54
$800...$746 left
$0 Days:1
Goal is 15 or more!

Groceries- $200...$186 left
Eating Out- $300...$277 left
Misc. (Shopping/Entertainment) $300...$283 left
I always round up to the nearest dollar.

1- $17 (Eating Out- McDonald's), $8 (Shopping-Target), $2 (Groceries- Aldi's), $3 (Shopping-DollarTree), $5 (Groceries-Jewel), $7 (Groceries-Walgreens)
2- $6 (Shopping- Zoo Souviner from the Bear Exhibit), $6 (Eating Out- McDonald's)
3- $0


$0 Days: 1: 7%
$800 Limit: $54: 7%
Month: 1/31: 10%

My savings from coupons and sales: $72.00

 

[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 !!