No Buy May

[Debbie]

Good job, Paula. I did not fare so well....and with graduations, birthdays, and pool expenses, June also will not be good. But maybe we could have more than FOUR $0 days!

 

[Debbie]

I'm in. I'll figure out my 'budget' over the weekend.

Everything is accounted and budgeted for with automatic payments: Church, hydro, water, gas (natural), RESP, savings for music lessons/trips etc. The things that I want to work on are 10 $0 days and:

groceries (including household and drugstore purchases) 115/600
gas (including vehicle maintenance) 66/240
misc 67/200

1- $69 (groceries and drugstore ) + $28 (dining-which we rarely do)
2- $7 groceries
3- $38 groceries + $33 drugstore purchases
4- $15 girls night out making cards
5- $35 gas
6- $41 groceries....DH and I both shopped, so now we have doubles of some things.
7- $3 groceries (DH's motto....a day without a trip to the grocery store is a sad day, indeed)
8- $22 groceries and prescription + $27 Mother's Day gift
9- $11 gas for lawn mower + $11 groceries for Mother's Day lunch
10- $3 buns for Mother's Day + $10 for Raspberry bushes (DH planted while I was at Church) and DD bought me a Tim Hortons green tea for Mother's Day
11- $0 (finally!)
12- $25 for gas
13- $90 for groceries
14- $10 for cat litter, $10 for decongestant
15- $0
16- $35 for gas, $25 for bathroom lightbulbs $75 for groceries
17- $8 groceries for holiday weekend
18- $0 (It helps when the stores are closed for the holiday!)
19- $0
20- $20 for school talent show
21- $50 when wallet stolen
22- $38 gas + $25 groceries + $10 water softener salt
23- $24 groceries
24- $20 plants + $25 storage tub (both out of household)
25- $28 gift, misc
26- $0
27- $36 groceries, including watermelon for after prom treat + $10 gas
28- $5 buns....sigh
29- $0....if you don't count the $478 for flights for August's trip! (that will actually come from a separate budget!)
30- $15 groceries (DH bought the expensive milk again) + $20 gas + $50 gardening supplies
31- $24-2 tickets to the final Amabile choir concert + $20 Timmy's treats for the choristers

So, there you have my final numbers. With the concert, and dinner at my Mom's for a nephew's birthday, an addition $20 might be spent for Tim Hortons for the girls (I've already added that). I have a goal for next month, despite the added expenses of June.

 

[Tiggerish]

Budget was $750
Spent $762.88 notwithstanding 20 zero days

Giving $50 - $69.50 over
Groceries $160 -$8.48 over
Gas $45 - $30 left
Auto insurance $240 - $0 left
Mother's Day $90 - $2.51 left
Medical $50 - $17.88 left
Eating out $15 - $17.22 over
Misc. $50 - $18.07 over
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5/1 $240 auto insurance
$20 Medical
$1 giving
$84 - Mother's day present
5/2 $38.90 Groceries
$25 Giving
$10 Giving
$3.49 Mother's day card
$5 - Eating out
5/3 $15 giving
5/4 $0
5/5 $8.97 Groceries
5/6 $15 Gas
$18.74 Groceries
$37.49 Misc.
$10 Medical
$3 Eating out
5/7 $6 Giving
$11 Misc
$3 Eating Out
5/8 $5 Giving
5/9 $9.40 Eating out
$70.88 Groceries
5/10 $15 Giving
5/11 $0
5/12 $0
5/13 $0
5/14 $0
5/15 $0
5/16 $17.50 Giving
5/17 $15 Giving
5/18 $19.79
5/19 $0
5/20 $2.12
5/21 $0
5/22 $0
5/23 $0
5/24 $10 Giving
$3.82 Eating out
5/25 $0
5/26 $0
5/27 $0
5/28 $0
5/29 $0
5/30 $8 - Eating out
$19.58 - Misc
5/31 $0