No Buy May! Welcome old and new savers!

[neatokimmo]

Good grief, I only had to be good for a week. I managed to eat out like 4 times and booked a cruise. I'm going to pretend like this didn't happen, you didn't see me here.....

First day and I slipped a little

Groceries came in at 42.50ish, so not a lot over. Gas was exactly $20. I also forgot about my bath stuff, I was out of foundation, contact solution etc to the tune of $18 (I need to find my receipt for an exact amount).

The part I slipped on was going into the hello kitty store. Just $6.01 total, it could have been much much worse with a 3 yr old in tow! lol

I stayed away from the vending machines today! Brought my breakfast, lunch, snack and drinks from home.

 

[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!
May 14: My gosh, I got a 15 min break at work (12 hour shifts), deciding to look at the budget board at 3 a.m., so VERY NOT a good idea. Bought 4 pair of prepaire croc flip flops, $14.99 pair, $7.45, $130, $34.78.
May 15:: $0
May 16: $0
May 17: Should have been a $0 day, but found the fantastic kids book sale and ordered 20 books x $2 + $0 shipping. Snail mail, 5 - 11 days for delivery, slightly used books, but great for us!! $41.85. Amended, Grandson #2, got very ill, co-pay, med, pizza dinner $48.85.
May 18: $0
May 19: $0
May 20: $0
May 21: $18.74 TRU ( -$15.00 reward $$, so $3.74), $107.94 Groceries, ($18.98 coupons), $61.87 for 3 wallets, 2 for gifts, one for myself. Grrr, forgot my prescriptions, $196.00 (with insurance!).
May 22: $0 off to work soon, no time to spend $$ today, thank goodness!!
May 23: $0! I am realizing something! I used to always stop on the way to work to get something for dinner at work. I would occasionally bring leftovers, or a frozen meal, but writing down everything and wanting to change habits, has really made a difference in this category!! Thanks everyone!!
May 24: $140.19, ponchos, hair clips, plane snacks, clippers to clip the golden doodle (cheaper than 1 grooming session), flavored coffee for vacation (a treat we only get on vacation, but a pot is cheaper than buying one cup of good coffee!), sunscreen, cold meds (yeppers, I have an icky nose and a scratchy throat), rotisserie chicken for dinner (have plenty for enchiladas or burritos tomorrow) and misc. junk that I thought we should bring along with us. Also got Grandson 1 a Leapster brand case/book bag type, Leapster holder and Grandson 2 a Toy Story activity book. Hopefully they will stay busy on the plane and at the airport that way, with the other stuff we have!!
May 25: $0
May 26: $27.58 Wally World, potluck/1st aide kit/sunglasses/Quart sized zip locks, hmmm can't remember what else right now, I worked all night, lol.
May 27: $0
May 28: $58.61 groceries. They also had a marked down section with Pepcid AC, Immodium and a couple of other good to have things for vacation, for only $1 each! Looked at the regular section and saved about $25 by buying the older style packages!!
May 29: $0
May 30: Was going to be a $0 day, but I am way too tired and excited to cook dinner, so we may go out for linner (lunch/dinner). See you all next month as we weill be gone for 11 days at WDW!!! I can't believe it's here!
19/13 $0 days!!

 

[Virgderon]

No worries neatokimmo. The first month is the eye opener month- documenting everything makes you realize what you spend your money on, and then hopefully the 2nd month you start making adjustments to your spending.

This was my first month- I spent about $100 a month less on groceries and cleaning supplies in May than I did in April. In May, I did a groceries only goal, but I think in June I need to combine them.

For me, how many 0 spend days I had was less important than how much I spent overall, but trying to get 0 spend days will keep you out of the store.

 

[Tiggerish]

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

Auto $60 / $31 left
Eating Out/Entertainment $50 / $27 over
Giving $125 / $21 over
Groceries/Household Goods $230 / $2 left
Medical $15
Misc. $75 / $0 left

No spend days = 11 /12
Coupon savings $53.70
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
5/14 $0
5/15 Groceries $31; Gasoline $29
5/16 Giving $25 (church)
5/17 Eating out $40 (breakfast and lunch); Misc. $5
5/18 $0
5/19 $0
5/20 Groceries $4; Giving $1 (Veteran's Poppy Days)
5/21 $0
5/22 $0
5/23 Giving $30 (church and special offering); Groceries $14; Misc. $5 (nephew's baseball photo)
5/24 Groceries $4; Misc. $2 (library late fees)
5/25 Groceries $13
5/26 $0
5/27 $0
5/28 Groceries $22
5/29 $0
530 Giving $30 (church and special offering); Groceries $9

 

[charming23]

Grocery/Household: $200/ -$3.01 Left
Gas/Car: $50/ $10.92 Left
Entertainment/Easting Out: $75/ $17.47 Left
Misc/Emergency: $75/ $7.14 left

Total: $400/ $35.52 Left

Goal of 15 no Buy days

18/15 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
5/14- $0
5/15- $0
5/16- $10.16 Groceries
5/17- $0
5/18- $15.97 Dinner out
5/19- $0
5/20- $0
5/21- $11.57 Target
5/22- $0
5/23- $21.04 Gas and $16.19 groceries
5/24- $0
5/25- $22.98 Target
5/26- $0
5/27- $12.25 Movies
5/28- $0
5/29- $19.95 Dinner from the Loco Leprachaun
5/30- $0

 

[QVCshopper]

15/15

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
5/14-$0; found .25
5/15-$9 Farmers Market; $20 Fair Tix; $6.50 Fair Food; $6.50 Brusters; found .18
5/16-$34 Wegmans; $3 Dunkin Donuts; $8 Friendlys
5/17-$0; found .85
5/18-$0; found .03
5/19-$5.61 BK lunch; $82.37 Redners/Genuardis (food); $11 Haircut; $50 Gift; found .31
5/20-$0; found .01
5/21-$0; found .36
5/22-$24.50 yard sale; Hotdogs $4.24; Wegmans $10.80; Nike sneakers $21.97; found $20.68
5/23-$22 Wegmans; $13.36 Target; $50 Gift; $7.30 Coldstone; $1.04 Borders; $9 Haircut; $5 LLBean; found .10
5/24-$0; found .26
5/25-$49 groceries; $1 library; found .02
5/26-$0; found .05
5/27-$0; found .05
5/28-$0
5/29-$8 Candy Store/Garage Sale; Snacks on Boat $8; Pizza $13; found .36
5/30-$8.25 Wendys lunch; $2 Corn; $10.50 Walmart; $4.25 DD; found .13

 

[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
5/14 $7 Dollar Tree paper stuff for DS birthday party, $7 Sunflower Market fresh veggies, $55 Target portraits of DS, 7 uniform shirts for next year (woo-hoo! $5 each!), party favors for DS birthday
5/15 $13 Office supplies/camp fundraiser
5/16 $50 King Soopers groceries, $30 to recharge the minutes on my Net10 phone.
5/17 $0
5/18 $0
5/19 $0
5/20 $0
5/21 $10 Target teacher gift, $31 Target groceries, DS birthday gift
5/22 $0
5/23 $0
5/24 $0
5/25 $0
5/26 $50 camp deposit
5/27 $0
5/28 $3.23 Groceries
5/29 $0
5/30 $0 Wanted to get lunch out after church, but didn't want to spend anything - found the last of the kids' book-it coupons for Pizza Hut, so they got those and DH and I came home and ate leftovers out of the freezer. My pantry and freezer are finally getting emptied!

19 of 11 no-buy days so far.

 

[ronnmel]

No Buy Days Goal: 7/12
Gas : 49$
Car repairs : 390$
Groceries : 226$
Eating out (and snacks) : 250$
Non-necessities : 267$

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)
5/14 : 0$
5/15 : 45$ (snack + present)
5/16 : 39$ (snack + "comptable" fee)
5/17 : 45$ (groceries)
5/18 : 7$ (fast food)
5/19 : 115$ (appointment, dance clothes, groceries)
5/20 : 92$ (snack+gas)
5/21 : 15$ (dinner)
5/22 : 64$ (early dinner)
5/23 : 8$ (breakfast & coffee+ ice cream)
5/24 : 0$
5/25 : 36$ (lunch+dance accessories)
5/26 : 58$ (groceries)
5/27 : 0$
5/28 : 37$ (clothes + water)
5/29 : 0$
5/30 : 79$ (dance pictures + shoes + dinner)

 

[A.Mickey]

Anyone start a June thread yet?

 

[lougoofy]

5/29/10: $4.64 Hardee's and $7.43 dgmarketplace

5/30/10: $0 day

 

[bas71873]

I'm glad May's over. I got REALLY off track at the end of the month and my goal for June is not only to stay on track but to also hang around the June thread the WHOLE month!

 

[cherry-pops]

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);
May 05 - £0
May 06 - £11.00 (£6.50 taxi into the city); (£4.50 drinks);
May 07 - £27.00 (£27.00 disney pins);
May 08 - £0
May 09 - £0
May 10 - £295.01 (£50.01 Full tank of fuel); (£245 rent);
May 11 - £0
May 12 - £0
May 13 - £11.00 (£11.00 disney pins);
May 14 - £62.29 (£1.30 lunch); (£17.04 part payment for Wii game pre-order); (£43.95 new clothes & delivery);
May 15 - £5.42 (£2.92 postage for pin packages); (£2.50 cotton pads);
May 16 - £0
May 17 - £3.50 (50p birthday fund @ work); (£3.00 badges @ Mr Hudson gig);
May 18 - £0
May 19 - £44.30 (£43.20 train tickets to London); (£1.10 lunch);
May 20 - £224.40 (£224.40 hotel booking for London);
May 21 - £5.00 (£5.00 dinner from the supermarket);
May 22 - £122.29 (£4.50 car park); (£40 dress and jeggings); (£74 maxi skirt, vest, tunic); (£3.79 razors);
May 23 - £49.89 (£49.89 savings);
May 24 - £1.10 (£1.10 lunch);
May 25 - £0.60 (£0.60 lunch);
May 26 - £0
May 27 - £0
May 28 - £204.38 (£4.50 work shop x15 products @ 30p per product); (£199.88 savings);
May 29 - £0
May 30 - £0
May 31 - £0

Total zero-spend days: 15

 

[Tiggerish]

Budget for May is $555 with 12 no spend days. Ending the month being over in two categories but exactly on budget with the total amount spent.

Auto $60 / $31 left
Eating Out/Entertainment $50 / $27 over
Giving $125 / $21 over
Groceries/Household Goods $230 / $2 left
Medical $15
Misc. $75 / $0 left

No spend days = 12 /12 GOAL MET!!!
Coupon savings $53.70
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
5/14 $0
5/15 Groceries $31; Gasoline $29
5/16 Giving $25 (church)
5/17 Eating out $40 (breakfast and lunch); Misc. $5
5/18 $0
5/19 $0
5/20 Groceries $4; Giving $1 (Veteran's Poppy Days)
5/21 $0
5/22 $0
5/23 Giving $30 (church and special offering); Groceries $14; Misc. $5 (nephew's baseball photo)
5/24 Groceries $4; Misc. $2 (library late fees)
5/25 Groceries $13
5/26 $0
5/27 $0
5/28 Groceries $22
5/29 $0
5/30 Giving $30 (church and special offering); Groceries $9
5/31 $0

I invited my sister & family to come to my parents & my house for a "refrig buffet" which is basically putting out all the left overs and odds and ends onto the counter and everybody creates their own meal. This is a family tradition meal dating back to my childhood. It always means a no spend day because part of the deal is you have to use what is here and nothing is purchased to make the meal. And it has the added benefit of getting the refrig & cupboard cleaned out to start the summer season.

 

[Feistygirl916]

Has anyone started the No-Buy June list yet? I am interested in getting on board with this, hopefully it will help me save for our Disney trips later this year.

Is there somewhere I could read up on directions or something? TIA!

 

[lougoofy]

5/30/10: $0 day

5/31/10: $5.61 and $4.99 Pic pac

 

[QVCshopper]

15/15

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
5/14-$0; found .25
5/15-$9 Farmers Market; $20 Fair Tix; $6.50 Fair Food; $6.50 Brusters; found .18
5/16-$34 Wegmans; $3 Dunkin Donuts; $8 Friendlys
5/17-$0; found .85
5/18-$0; found .03
5/19-$5.61 BK lunch; $82.37 Redners/Genuardis (food); $11 Haircut; $50 Gift; found .31
5/20-$0; found .01
5/21-$0; found .36
5/22-$24.50 yard sale; Hotdogs $4.24; Wegmans $10.80; Nike sneakers $21.97; found $20.68
5/23-$22 Wegmans; $13.36 Target; $50 Gift; $7.30 Coldstone; $1.04 Borders; $9 Haircut; $5 LLBean; found .10
5/24-$0; found .26
5/25-$49 groceries; $1 library; found .02
5/26-$0; found .05
5/27-$0; found .05
5/28-$0
5/29-$8 Candy Store/Garage Sale; Snacks on Boat $8; Pizza $13; found .36
5/30-$8.25 Wendys lunch; $2 Corn; $10.50 Walmart; $4.25 DD; found .13
5/31-$3.25 Candy Store; $1.50 Toy; $10 McD

And so ends another month. I came out below my updated budget ($967), and found about $25, so I'm happy. May take a break in June, but I'll be around for the first part... I feel that I'm back in control of my spending and my concerns (ie, kids' give-mes) have gotten so much better. Good luck to all!

 

[ronnmel]

No Buy Days Goal: 7/12 Didn't reach my goal AT ALL.
Gas : 73$
Car repairs : 390$
Groceries : 226$
Eating out (and snacks) : 250$
Non-necessities : 267$
Total spent: 1206$

Spent more than last month, but had this big car repair to do. I'm not giving up though, and will continue to keep track of my expenses for june. I'll lower the 0$ goals back to 10 though, as I obviously cannot even reach that high... yet.

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)
5/14 : 0$
5/15 : 45$ (snack + present)
5/16 : 39$ (snack + "comptable" fee)
5/17 : 45$ (groceries)
5/18 : 7$ (fast food)
5/19 : 115$ (appointment, dance clothes, groceries)
5/20 : 92$ (snack+gas)
5/21 : 15$ (dinner)
5/22 : 64$ (early dinner)
5/23 : 8$ (breakfast & coffee+ ice cream)
5/24 : 0$
5/25 : 36$ (lunch+dance accessories)
5/26 : 58$ (groceries)
5/27 : 0$
5/28 : 37$ (clothes + water)
5/29 : 0$
5/30 : 79$ (dance pictures + shoes + dinner)
5/31 : 24$ (gas)

 

[charming23]

Grocery/Household: $200/ -$3.01 Left
Gas/Car: $50/ $10.92 Left
Entertainment/Easting Out: $75/ $17.47 Left
Misc/Emergency: $75/ $7.14 left

Total: $400/ $35.52 Left

Goal of 15 no Buy days

19/15 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
5/14- $0
5/15- $0
5/16- $10.16 Groceries
5/17- $0
5/18- $15.97 Dinner out
5/19- $0
5/20- $0
5/21- $11.57 Target
5/22- $0
5/23- $21.04 Gas and $16.19 groceries
5/24- $0
5/25- $22.98 Target
5/26- $0
5/27- $12.25 Movies
5/28- $0
5/29- $19.95 Dinner from the Loco Leprachaun
5/30- $0
5/31- $0

 

[Virgderon]

Made it! June will be a much bigger challenge- I have to flip the paydays that I make the house payment on, so I will have less spending money for the first 3 weeks of the month. I need to work on my budget so I will be ready for the June no buy thread.

Running Total: Spent $948
$971...$22 left
$0 Days:11
Goal is 10 or more!

Groceries- $150-50-15-8- 11- 6-5-17-41-10= $13 in the red

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
May 14 88 ( oh, no. Blew it today. Haircut, shirt at Old Navy, pop etc)
May 15 16 ( food and drinks for part time new job)
May 16 0 ( bought books at the flea market, but used the change from a previously counted purchase. --Buying books at the flea market is brilliant. I got 4 books for $6.50)
May 17 (can't remember , but don't think I bought anything- won't count it because I'm not sure)
May18 0
May 19 13 ( shirt at Ross)
May 20 0
May 21 to May 27th $244.09 ( was on vacation in Chicago- too much miscellaneous to post for each day)
May 28 0
May 29 0 + 71 from new part time job, - $40 for spending money, but don't plan on spending any money until tomorrow
May 30 - 0
May 31 7 for water and soda at movie- I did not pay for the movie

 

[DisneyCrafter]

Groceries: (Budget is $200...-$5.47)

Gas: (Budget is $300)

Extras:
Gifts Budget is $65.00...$18.13 left

Misc. Extras Budget is $50...$0 left (-$241.24)

Anniversary Budget is $210...actually spent only $122.48

Medical: (Budget is $30...$15 left)

Vacation: $675 spent

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
5/14: $11.94 (Groceries-Walts), $13.16 (Groceries-ALDI), $24.02 (Groceries-Brookhaven)
5/15: $7.72 (Extras-Panera), $10.28 (Extras-Borders) *NOT COUNTED IN EXTRAS BUDGET* (I used $20.00 from gas fund that DH did not need.)
5/16: $9.42 (Groceries-CVS), $2.13 (Extras-Target), $1.00 (Extras-Starbucks), $12.01 (Groceries-Target), $14.79 (Extras-JoAnn), $14.08 (Extras-Kohls), $21.00 (Extras-Eating Out)
5/17: $0
5/18: $0
5/19: $24.70 (Extras-Shipping), $15.00 (Medical-Allergy script.), $7.43 (Extras-Eating Out), $20.57 (Extras-Eating Out)
5/20: $5.33 (Extras-Eating Out), $16.80 (Extras-Dollar Store)
5/21: $2.14 (Extras-Eating Out), $7.28 (Extras-Walgreens)
5/22: See "Vacation" under extras above.
5/23: $23.00 (Extras-Eating Out), $52.55 (Extras-Home Depot)
5/24: $4.09 (Groceries-ALDI), $22.85 (Groceries-Brookhaven)
5/25: $25.00 (Extras-Eating Out)
5/26: $0
5/27: $15 (Extras-DH Haircut)
5/28: $5.44 (Extras-Eating Out), $15.30 (Extras-Home Depot-PESKY WASPS are hanging out near our patio so I had to get some chemicals to rid of them!)
5/29: DH went to Jewel today to buy some things but I'm counting it in our June grocery budget. So no $0 but not counted towards May.
5/30: $25.73 (Extras-Eating Out), $15 (Parking, "L" passes), $40.75 (Extras-Cubs Game Concessions), $40 (Extras-Eating Out)
5/31: $1 (Extras-Eating Out), $72.73 (Extras-Best Buy)

NO SPEND DAYS: 9/13

UGH-I HATE buying printer ink. It is just so darn expensive! I've been putting it off for a few weeks now but we were out of every color and had no more paper. I wanted to print coupons to go shopping today...thus the ink. On 5/28, 5/29, and 5/31 I or DH made groceries/household goods purchases but I am counting those purchases toward the June budget, so I will not post those here!