No Buy May! Welcome old and new savers!

[thebeesknees]

5/1 $0
5/2 $0
5/3 $0
5/4 $0 no car today, so I can't go out and spend!

4 of 11 no-buy days so far.

 

[kymmyk13]

This being my first time I am not doing so well, have spent money everyday and will again today at the grocery store on the way home. Maybe tomorrow will be a no buy day.

 

[thebigkahuna]

Goal: 12 no spend days

5/1 and 5/2 - I spent money. Lets move on.
05-03 .65, soda $1.25, soda, $5.31 dinner



0 of 12 no spend days

(if I reach my goal, I should be able to get $60.00 in the Disney Bucket this month!!)

 

[thebigkahuna]

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

Agreed. If I don't post every day, I loose track. (example? My unknown spending on the 1st weekend of the month!!)

 

[princessbride6205]

5/1 - $55 dining out with friends, $5 library books
5/2 - $100 on gas card, $14 clothing, $24 dining out
5/3 - $6 parking, $1 coffee
5/4 - $6 parking

Groceries (food only) - $350
Other (Diapers, toiletries, household supplies) - $50
Gas/Transport/Parking - $112/320
Dining Out - $79/200
Fun Money - $1/40
Extras (Clothes, gifts, etc) - $19/100

 

[hmack]

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 -



no-spend days - 1/12

 

[acename]

I'd like to join in. I know I'm late but I think I remember what we've done the last few days.

My goals are
$250 Groceries/Household
$200 Gas
$100 Dh Misc
$100 Misc (Gifts, etc)

I'd like to have at least 12 no spend days.

5/1 DH Lunch $7.28
5/2 $0
5/3 $6.39 Grocery

11 0 days to go

 

[MommyBell08]

5/1-15.64-stockpile stuff Wags and Target 5.68-Target Groceries
5/2-4 for newspapers 11.64 for organizing coupon stuff!
5/3-83.40 SIL in town for a few days with her 2 DD's
5/4-0




Here's our budget for May:
(Total Budget-2298.36/left-851.22 after bills pd in advance for May)

Groceries-230 = 57.50/Week 146.60-Left

Gas-150 Left-112.63

Miscellanies-50Total (DH/10.18 ME/17.18)

Stock Pile-20/Left 4.36

No Buys- 0/15=Goal No Buys![/QUOTE]

 

[Teresa Pitman]

Okay, I have been spending like a crazy thing lately. I'm not usually this bad, but today I went into Zeller's to buy some new eyeliner - something I truly needed.
That was all I planned to get, seriously! But here's what happened...

On my way to get the eyeliner, I had to walk past the pop, and I felt very thirsty all of a sudden and bought a case of diet Coke. Then as I walked back with my pop and eyeliner, I saw a woman looking at a handbag. It looked really attractive to me, and it was on sale. So I bought that too. (Do I NEED another handbag? No. But now I have one.)

So that added up to $61.

Got back in my car, continued driving home, and passed the clothing store I usually shop at. Big "SALE" signs in the window, and before I knew it, I was pulling into the parking lot.

The jeans I like (lightweight denim) were on sale. I bought three pairs. And a T-shirt, also on sale. Then I saw a cute cotton jacket - half-price, so I bought it too. Oh, and some underwear. All on sale. But it added up to $162.

I am not leaving the house again today. Clearly I am in some kind of crazy buying mood.

So - for today I am at $223. Bleh.

Will do better from now on.

Teresa

 

[disney fan 2013]

My computer got a virus last month and I didn't get to finish on the thread! But I was able to stay under budget by $66.24 total and had 18 no-buy days! The only problem was that I went over on my gas budget a lot, so I am adding on to that 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 ($167 left)
$100 Misc./Spending
$80 Groceries
$24 Movies ($18 Left)
$20 Going Out
20 No-Buy Days (2 so far)

5/1 - $33 Gas
5/2 - $0
5/3 - $0
5/4 - $6 Movies

8.99% of budget spent
12.9% through month
10% to no-buy goal

 

[charming23]

No spending today as I have no car cause my mom is working at the election booth all day.

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

2/15 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

Disney savings- $135/$2000

 

[lougoofy]

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)

5/04/10: $2.00 laundry and $7.25 t.p, dish soap and a few grocery items (dgmarketplace)

 

[cherry-pops]

I just checked my bank account online because I was curious to see if my business expenses had been paid yet. When I went to London for a meeting I clocked up a few miles to claim back, should amount to about £90 - the fuel light is now on in my car, so it'd be nice to get that money and fill up the tank again.

Well, my expenses haven't been paid yet but I did discover a whole bunch of transactions go out of my account today! I also received the debits from my store returns I did while in Boston on Saturday, so it wasn't all loss today!

May 01 - £0
May 02 - £0
May 03 - £0
May 04 - £200.77 (£36.87 quarterly TV Licence Payment); (£39.26 monthly minimum Credit Card payment); (£34.65 monthly Car Insurance); (£75.00 monthly savings direct debit); (£14.99 monthly Lovefilm subscription);

 

[Virgderon]

Next 2 days are trouble... movie night with the girls and driving to Orlando to have dinner with a dear friend who is visiting Disney. I know they won't be 0 spend, but let's see how much self control I really have....

Running Total: Spent $309
$900...$591 left
$0 Days:2
Goal is 10 or more!

Groceries- $150-50= 100 left

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

 

[MomtoEmIs&Ow]

I am in! DH and I sat do down to look at our budget today so we can really start to save. ANd now I found this thread! We want to take a trip for my 30th B-day at the end of August.

I hope that this will keep me on track! I will set my goal for 12 no buy days

We budget for the month:

Groceries: $400
Spending(Extras): $200

Wish me luck!

May2: $17 groceries

I need to revise this. I forgot to add in sports equipment that we have to buy DSs.
So:

Groceries: $400
Sports/matress:$200
Spending(Extras):$200 total budget:$800

May2: $17 groceries
May3: $16 groceries whistle
May4: $0 Woo Hoo!

Total spent: $33
Total NO BUY DAYS: 1

Tomorrow is a big buy day Groceries, Sports equipment & Matress....

 

[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)
5/4 $0

Finally, a no spend day.

 

[wdwfan16]

5/1 - $0
5/2 - $0
5/4 - $0

 

[acename]

250 Groceries/Household (169.93 left)
$200 Gas ($180 left)
$100 Dh Misc (92.72 left)
$100 Misc (Gifts, etc)

I'd like to have at least 12 no spend days.

5/1 DH Lunch $7.28
5/2 $0
5/3 $6.39 Grocery
5/4 20.00 Gas $73.68 Groceries
11 0 days to go

 

[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!

May 4- $0 Today I thought I might have to spend, but I didn't. Tomorrow is DD10's chorus and band concert. She has black pants and a white shirt, but her black shoes are a little small. I said how I hated to buy new black shoes now with her foot growing so fast, by fall when she'd wear them again who knows if they'd fit. She offered to wear them more like a flip flop (heel over the back of the shoe) just for the performance since it is such a short time. I love my frugal kid! So, she tried them on, she said they didn't bother her at all. For a one hour performance, I am thrilled!

$0 Spend Days- 2/15

 

[palavra]

I am not doing well. I haven't had a no spend day yet, but today, I only spent $3.64. So, I'm getting there.