No Buy May

[Jennia]

May 1: $9, dress for dd
May 2: $0
May 3: $31 at partylite party, $18 on three summer shirts for dd
May 4: $0
May 5: $55 on groceries
May 6: $0
May 7: $34 on more clothes for dd
May 8: $67 on Gymboree, $27 on ebay
May 9: $38 between Big Lots and Kmart
May 10: $0
May 11: $0
May 12: $12 on dress for dd, but made $57 selling some of her old clothes
May 13: $38-parking for Sesame Street Live, bought a program, and ate dinner out (DH leaving for the week and will be gone over his birthday, so this was his early celebration)
May 14: $0, made $10 selling one of dd's old outfits
May 15: $21 between groceries and fabric store
May 16: $0
May 17: $19, fabric
May 18: $0
May 19: $0
May 20: $0
May 21: $15 for lunch for all three of us
May 22: $37 present and lunch out for friend's birthday (we also brought our children, so they got lunch too)
May 23: $51, groceries
May 24: $0
May 25: $0

 

[paulasillars]

Look at all those zeros!

27th - $0
26th - $0
25th - $0
24th - $22.50 for a sonic jewelery cleaner
23rd - $6.50 for lunch
22nd - $0
21st - $0
20th - $200 for extra mortgage payment (budgeted)
19th - $0
18th - $0
17th - $0
16th - $44.50 for drivers license renewal (budgeted)
15th - $0

 

[kinntj]

That's what I'm hoping for next month! Good for you!

Look at all those zeros!

27th - $0
26th - $0
25th - $0
24th - $22.50 for a sonic jewelery cleaner
23rd - $6.50 for lunch
22nd - $0
21st - $0
20th - $200 for extra mortgage payment (budgeted)
19th - $0
18th - $0
17th - $0
16th - $44.50 for drivers license renewal (budgeted)
15th - $0

 

[smiller]

5/1 - $20.00 CTA
5/1 - $3.00 Cubs Game
5/1 - $6.90 Pizza Hut
5/2 - $50.00 DSW GCs at CVS
5/2 - $5.00 out with friends
5/3 - $0
5/4 - $10.00 CTA reload
5/4 - $3.00 Books
5/5 - $0
5/6 - $0
5/7 - $8.56 Trader Joe's
5/7 - $7.00 out with friends
5/8 - $1.00 Tip
5/9 - $0
5/10 - $2.78 McDonald's
5/11 - $5.00 movie ticket for Saturday
5/11 - $10.00 CTA reload
5/12 - $x.xx milk
5/12 - $x.xx McDonald's
5/13 - $0
5/14 - $1.10 McDonald's
5/14 - $7.14 Gas
5/15 - $6.00 Tailor's
5/15 - $14.00 out with friends
5/16 - $67.00 out with friends
5/17 - $2.00 Parking
5/17 - $20.00 Baby Shower Gift
5/17 - $27.00 Baby Shower Brunch
5/18 - $30.20 Trader Joe's
5/19 - $0
5/20 - $5.23 Gas
5/20 - $15.06 Dominick's
5/21 - $2.58 McDonald's
5/22 - $0
5/23 - $0
5/24 - $0
5/25 - $0
5/26 - $2.00 Little Caesar's

The only reason I had 4 $0 days is that I was out of town - and Travel is a whole different budget!

$???.??/$200.00

 

[Tiggerish]

Welcome Kinntj - I think writing it down is how most people start, I know that is how I did.

Budget is $750.

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 - $9.22 over
Misc. $50 $1.51 left
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Week 1 = $555.59; Week 2:$81.88; and Week 3:$44.41

Week 4:
5/22 $0
5/23 $0
5/24
$10 Giving (church collection plate)
$3.82 Eating out - slushies for the nieces
5/25 $0
5/26 $0

It really helps that my brother took my car on Sunday and dropped it off at his friend's shop (a mechanic) to get the tire replaced and a minor mechanical problem looked at. I will not get the car back until Saturday so it should be all zeroes til then.

 

[Kickapoo Joie Juice]

Look at all those zeros!

27th - $0
26th - $0
25th - $0
24th - $22.50 for a sonic jewelery cleaner
23rd - $6.50 for lunch
22nd - $0
21st - $0
20th - $200 for extra mortgage payment (budgeted)
19th - $0
18th - $0
17th - $0
16th - $44.50 for drivers license renewal (budgeted)
15th - $0

You're officially voted into the Goose Egg Club

That's NINE zero days to four buy days, that's terrific!

 

[Jennia]

May 1: $9, dress for dd
May 2: $0
May 3: $31 at partylite party, $18 on three summer shirts for dd
May 4: $0
May 5: $55 on groceries
May 6: $0
May 7: $34 on more clothes for dd
May 8: $67 on Gymboree, $27 on ebay
May 9: $38 between Big Lots and Kmart
May 10: $0
May 11: $0
May 12: $12 on dress for dd, but made $57 selling some of her old clothes
May 13: $38-parking for Sesame Street Live, bought a program, and ate dinner out (DH leaving for the week and will be gone over his birthday, so this was his early celebration)
May 14: $0, made $10 selling one of dd's old outfits
May 15: $21 between groceries and fabric store
May 16: $0
May 17: $19, fabric
May 18: $0
May 19: $0
May 20: $0
May 21: $15 for lunch for all three of us
May 22: $37 present and lunch out for friend's birthday (we also brought our children, so they got lunch too)
May 23: $51, groceries
May 24: $0
May 25: $0
May 26: $65, Target and Gymboree-nearly done shopping for dd's birthday!

 

[paulasillars]

You're officially voted into the Goose Egg Club

That's NINE zero days to four buy days, that's terrific!

I guess I could have almost left a couple of those of my list - I very nearly made the "exceptions" at the start of the month and they weren't "wants" which is what I'm trying to avoid at the moment.

This is the best "no buy" month I've had in a very long time.

We are even under in most categories in our household budget. I honestly think its the cold weather - its just nicer to stay at home and keep out of the shops.

Today was again $0 except for my budgeted extra mortgage payment.

First "chunk" is scheduled to be paid by beginning of August.

 

[kinntj]

I thought I'd report spending these last days in May before jumping into June.

5/27 $124.01 Dell online. DS Lite for DH's Birthday. DD is tired of him playing with hers.
5/28 need to buy cat food today.
5/29 $0

 

[Kickapoo Joie Juice]

...oooh, I need dog and cat food, too!

May 28: $577.03 4 new michelin tires for DH's toyota. I got the tire place to come close to matching Costco's price with a free oil change (it needed it) and 50 $ off, plus I printed out a 60$ gift card from michelin for buying four tires by the end of may, so it'll put me right at 500. The car also needed a new air filter, so I had them put that in (I don't think it's ever been done).

I wonder how much it would have been with an "expensive" car. Although there are much cheaper tires out there, it's been our experience with tires that you get what you pay for, and we don't scrimp on safety. Still, kind of a bummer to basically double what you spent all month in one day, but it's balanced with the knowledge DH won't be driving to work on bald tires.

I'm entertaining myself by looking through catalogs-just tossing them afterwards, though, no buying. I am so ready for June to begin...

 

[Tiggerish]

Budget is $750.

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 - $9.22 over
Misc. $50 $1.51 left
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Week 1 = $555.59; Week 2:$81.88; and Week 3:$44.41

Week 4:
5/22 $0
5/23 $0
5/24
$10 Giving (church collection plate)
$3.82 Eating out - slushies for the nieces
5/25 $0
5/26 $0
5/27 $0
5/28 $0

Yesterday morning I participated in a shopping survey for a local grocery store and got a $20 gift card for the store. In the evening I went to a lecture on MS sponsored by a drug company and had a free dinner. All and all a good but ZERO day.

Kickapoo Joie, you did great on the tires. I am still waiting to hear from my brother about the tire am replacing.

 

[Jennia]

May 1: $9, dress for dd
May 2: $0
May 3: $31 at partylite party, $18 on three summer shirts for dd
May 4: $0
May 5: $55 on groceries
May 6: $0
May 7: $34 on more clothes for dd
May 8: $67 on Gymboree, $27 on ebay
May 9: $38 between Big Lots and Kmart
May 10: $0
May 11: $0
May 12: $12 on dress for dd, but made $57 selling some of her old clothes
May 13: $38-parking for Sesame Street Live, bought a program, and ate dinner out (DH leaving for the week and will be gone over his birthday, so this was his early celebration)
May 14: $0, made $10 selling one of dd's old outfits
May 15: $21 between groceries and fabric store
May 16: $0
May 17: $19, fabric
May 18: $0
May 19: $0
May 20: $0
May 21: $15 for lunch for all three of us
May 22: $37 present and lunch out for friend's birthday (we also brought our children, so they got lunch too)
May 23: $51, groceries
May 24: $0
May 25: $0
May 26: $65, Target and Gymboree-nearly done shopping for dd's birthday!
May 27: $0

 

[Kickapoo Joie Juice]

Ok, the hard part of cold turkey no buy occasionally rears its ugly head.

I have *really* abnormally good hearing (my DD's do, too-they have to wear earplugs at dance class because the music levels that are normal for other people are way too loud for them), and I'm at my DD's dance class, and I hear two teenage girls talking about my really beat up flip flops and my even more beat up mani-pedi. *sigh*. Yes, ladies, I know my shoes look "really gross", but I did just drop $600 on tires.

I know, it's totally petty, I don't particularly care what teenagers think of my toes, but oh, how I wanted to run out right there and then for a pedi and an emergency stop at DSW. I didn't, but I hate being picked on for the things I gave up deliberately.

tomorrow, it's socks and running shoes until June!

 

[Tiggerish]

Kickapoo Joie, look at those teenage girls and think, "In 15 years, my kids will be finishing college and I will be safely headed to a nice, secure retirement. And you will be trying to figure out why you cannot buy a house with your bad credit but good toenails."

Budget is $750.

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 - $9.22 over
Misc. $50 $1.51 left
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Week 1 = $555.59
Week 2:$81.88
Week 3:$44.41
Week 4: $13.83


Week 5 (the extra days in this very long month)

5/29 $0

Tomorrow I have to pick up my car from the mechanic who fixed the tire. The good news is that there was not any damage to the wheel or rim or the frame from it blowing out on the highway. Also good news that the mechanic checked the entire car over and says I should be good to go for another year which is great for a 10 year old car with a 197,000 miles on it. Bad news that the tire warranty does not cover blow out from hitting pot hole which is what happened. So I will have a unplanned expense tomorrow.

 

[Debbie]

Bought my August flights tonight....there's $478 that I hadn't budgeted for in May.....but it will help out my JUNE budget!

 

[Jennia]

May 1: $9, dress for dd
May 2: $0
May 3: $31 at partylite party, $18 on three summer shirts for dd
May 4: $0
May 5: $55 on groceries
May 6: $0
May 7: $34 on more clothes for dd
May 8: $67 on Gymboree, $27 on ebay
May 9: $38 between Big Lots and Kmart
May 10: $0
May 11: $0
May 12: $12 on dress for dd, but made $57 selling some of her old clothes
May 13: $38-parking for Sesame Street Live, bought a program, and ate dinner out (DH leaving for the week and will be gone over his birthday, so this was his early celebration)
May 14: $0, made $10 selling one of dd's old outfits
May 15: $21 between groceries and fabric store
May 16: $0
May 17: $19, fabric
May 18: $0
May 19: $0
May 20: $0
May 21: $15 for lunch for all three of us
May 22: $37 present and lunch out for friend's birthday (we also brought our children, so they got lunch too)
May 23: $51, groceries
May 24: $0
May 25: $0
May 26: $65, Target and Gymboree-nearly done shopping for dd's birthday!
May 27: $0
May 28: $0
May 29: $21, groceries

 

[Kickapoo Joie Juice]

Thanks, Tiggerish, the last few days have been very cranky for me, I'm really glad May is almost over and I have a little breathing room... (maybe my tag should be Ugly Toes, Good Credit).

May 1: $0
May 2: $0
May 3: $0
May 4: $0
May 5: $0
May 6: $0
May 7: $0
May 8: $4.24 tights on clearance, gas $27.21, DH's shirts $16.20
May 9: $7.44 Lowe's mother's day gift, $18.16 Pike's Nursery mother's day gift, $81.11 Publix
May 10: $0
May 11: $0
May 12: $0
May 13: $27.10 gas
May 14: $0
May 15: $93.36 groceries
May 16: $0
May 17: $0
May 18: $0
May 19: $0
May 20: $10 captain's gift, $16.25 groceries, $20 gas
May 21: $0
May 22: $0
May 23: $297.16 at Costco
May 24: $0
May 25: $57.21 impromptu cook out for Memorial Day
May 26: $23.25 DH's shirts
May 27: $0
May 28: $ 577.48 DH's tires
May 29: $33.29 gas, $19.26 mandatory kids' tights for recital
May 30: $0 (should be)
May 31: $0 (should be)

With the tires I think that puts me right at $1200 for the month, which would keep me on budget, but wooo, it was a challenge.

I managed to not go shopping 21 days this month, that's pretty good. I miss shopping.

Anybody put June up yet?

 

[Tiggerish]

Budget is $750.

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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Week 1 = $555.59
Week 2:$81.88
Week 3:$44.41
Week 4: $13.83

Week 5 (the extra days in this very long month)

5/29 $0
5/30
$66 - new tire
$8 - Eating out - ice cream with my nieces
$6.13 - Misc. - bought trinkets at Disney store when I took the nieces to mall
$13.45 Misc. - bought books at Barnes & Noble

The good news, my Mom gave me the money to cover the cost of the tire. I tried to refuse it but she insisted. She thought that I was doing a good deed letting my BIL use my car for a week and was a little upset that he did not offer to pay for the tire. I did not expect him to pay - a tire could go at any time so I thought of it as an expense of owning a car. I recorded the expense but am not subtracting it from my budget since I did not actually pay for it.

The bad news, I let my nieces talk me into stopping at the "big" mall and I ended up spending almost $30 that was totally out of budget.

 

[paulasillars]

Well here is the best month I've had in a very long time!

It's only 4.30pm but the closest I've had to leaving the house today was to take the dogs out to pee - its been cold sleety showers all day so I'm pretty safe calling today $0. Tomorrow is the first day of winter officially.

31st - $0
30th - $US1.77=~$2.80 for Kiva top up for a loan to Kenya, $4 for lunch
29th - $0
28th - $129.50 for extra mortgage payment (budgeted)
27th - $0
26th - $0
25th - $0
24th - $22.50 for a sonic jewelery cleaner
23rd - $6.50 for lunch
22nd - $0
21st - $0
20th - $200 for extra mortgage payment (budgeted)
19th - $0
18th - $0
17th - $0
16th - $44.50 for drivers license renewal (budgeted)
15th - $0
14th - $155.72 for extra mortgage payment (budgeted)
4th-13th - Out of town with work with daily allowance, $36 for World Vision child sponsorship. Extra mortgage payment made around the 7th (budgeted).
3rd - $0
2nd - $0
1st - $0

Here comes June...

 

[paulasillars]

See you there!