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

 

[Kickapoo Joie Juice]

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 (DH bought me a cookbook I had been jonesing for, so technically it was a zero buy for me but I did get something nice )

 

[smiller]

Yikes. I've been spending money like I actually HAVE money, so I need to rework the budget a bit. I'll be out of town for about 15 days in June, so I'm going to up my May budget by what my spending turns out to be, and then lower my June budget accordingly. So, May + June should = $400 together.

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 (darn sweet tea keeps getting me! )
5/14 - $7.14 Gas (been driving DMom's car around )
5/15 - $6.00 Tailor's
5/15 - $14.00 out with friends
5/16 - $67.00 out with friends (Roomie and I haven't had a nice dinner out in forever... )
5/17 - $2.00 Parking
5/17 - $20.00 Baby Shower Gift
5/17 - $27.00 Baby Shower Brunch

$276.48/$200.00

Hope this is everything. Need to find McDonald's and Milk receipts. Basically, I NEED lots and lots of $0 days for the rest of May and all of June!

 

[Kickapoo Joie Juice]

where is everyone?

 

[smiller]

where is everyone?

I'm busy spending money!

And cleaning my house. And planning, organizing, training, scheduling, and preparing for a huge outdoor neighborhood festival coming up at the end of the month. And getting ready to go to the Canadian wilderness for two weeks.

I do suppose I should be looking for a new job.

Okay I just wanted to use some fun smilies!

Hope everyone's May is a little more No Buy than mine!

 

[Tiggerish]

Budget is $750.

Giving $50 - $59.50 over
Groceries $160 -$8.48 over
Gas $45 - $30 left
Auto insurance $240 - $0 left
Mother's Day $90 - $2.51 left
Medical $50 - $20 left
Eating out $15 - $5.40 over
Misc. $50 $1.51 left
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Week 1 = $555.59; Week 2:$81.88; and Week 3:

5/15 $0 - This is the way to start the week!
5/16 $17.50 Giving - donation to civic theatre (niece in crew)
5/17 $15 Giving - church collection
5/18 $19.79 - Groceries

 

[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

 

[paulasillars]

Not much to report but some $0 days in a row

19th - $0
18th - $0
17th - $0
16th - $44.50 for drivers license renewal (budgeted)
15th - $0

 

[casper_jj11]

groceries $540 $114.90 left
gas $500 $409.25left
cat food $90 $45 left
hockey registration for DS $500
summer activity registration for DD $100 $37 left
Mother's Day $100 $27 over
haircuts for both DS $30 $13 left
new dishwasher $700 $600 over
my spending $150 $69.57 left
DH spending $150 $60 left

Total: $2860 $630 left ... not including $2110 spent for toilets, deck supplies and deposit for bathroom reno

1 - $5 snacks, $30 beer
2 - $17 take out
3 - $4.80 lunchlady for ds6, $61.00 groceries, $10 gas, $3 dollarama for stuff for kiddos
4 - $45 cat food, $59 groceries, $1300 dishwasher
5 - $4.80 breakfast at work (ran out of bagels)
6 - $0 YEAH!
7 - $4.80 groceries
8 - $63 summer registration for dd; $45 flowers ordered for DMIL for mothers day; $51 mom's mother's day gift
9 - $35 baby wipes, mothers day cards; $58 groceries; $345 printing photos (got an amazing deal); $16 flowers for mom; DH's mother's day shopping $30; $850 three new toilets... just what everyone wants to spend money on .... ours are on their way out and we're getting most back in government rebate program to save water
10 - $51 gas; $170 more pics printed (I have money set aside for all the pics printing ... was waiting for a sale...so I'm not too worried about that and I'm not going to include it in the budget )
11 - $25 lunch lady; ad for yard sale $8; stuff to install toilets $21; $10.51 gas
12 - $3 lemonade for kids lemonade stand; $500 deposit for bathroom reno in the fall; movie night for me and dh ... first in six months! $30
13 - $3 posterboard for sale; $9.24 gas; $31.63 softball helmet for ds6; $540 supplies to fix deck
14 - $7.50 groceries
15 - $170 for deck; $17 haircut ds1
16 - $0 YEAH! (had a yard sale that brought in a little over$250 ... considering the month we've had, the extra money is nice)
17 - $160 groceries; $30 liquor store; $10 gas
18 - $0 Victoria Day weekend here so nothing open
19 - $50 deck supplies

The renos this month are seriously killing me. And all the vehicles need servicing including DH's new motorcycle... its only 3 weeks old, it shouldn't be stalling and having problems starting... and I'm pretty sure the exhaust is gone in the car and the power steering is going in the minivan.... next month isn't going to be pretty either... just have to keep my eye on the prize... if I can get everything paid off with a nice cushion by next summer I'm taking unpaid leave from work and staying home with the kiddos for a few years....

 

[Tiggerish]

Budget is $750.

Giving $50 - $59.50 over
Groceries $160 -$8.48 over
Gas $45 - $30 left
Auto insurance $240 - $0 left
Mother's Day $90 - $2.51 left
Medical $50 - $20 left
Eating out $15 - $5.40 over
Misc. $50 $1.51 left
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Week 1 = $555.59; Week 2:$81.88; and Week 3:

5/15 $0 - This is the way to start the week!
5/16 $17.50 Giving - donation to civic theatre (niece in crew)
5/17 $15 Giving - church collection
5/18 $19.79 - Groceries
5/19 $0

 

[Tiggerish]

Need a little help with next month's budget.

I am working hard on planning next month's budget since it includes my vacation. I am going with my sister, her husband and my niece for two nights in Detroit and will see a baseball game. I already have and paid for the ball game tickets with money I made clicking on things online. We are staying at an Embassy Suites in a suburb so that breakfast and the nightly manager reception (free drinks and very light snacks) are included. I used Hilton points that I had earned over a couple of years to pay for one night. My sister will use the pay in advance online rate via the Hilton site for the other night when we get to be a week out.

I am trying to guess what the other expenses will be - - gas (Detropit is 160 miles away), parking at the ball park, eating at the ball park and at least one meal is all I can think of.

The problem is that I only have $100 plus a $20 gas card to cover my share of these other costs. Do you think it will be enough. Else I will have to try to figure out how to pinch some more out of my regular budget.

 

[Kickapoo Joie Juice]

Need a little help with next month's budget.

I am working hard on planning next month's budget since it includes my vacation. I am going with my sister, her husband and my niece for two nights in Detroit and will see a baseball game. I already have and paid for the ball game tickets with money I made clicking on things online. We are staying at an Embassy Suites in a suburb so that breakfast and the nightly manager reception (free drinks and very light snacks) are included. I used Hilton points that I had earned over a couple of years to pay for one night. My sister will use the pay in advance online rate via the Hilton site for the other night when we get to be a week out.

I am trying to guess what the other expenses will be - - gas (Detropit is 160 miles away), parking at the ball park, eating at the ball park and at least one meal is all I can think of.

The problem is that I only have $100 plus a $20 gas card to cover my share of these other costs. Do you think it will be enough. Else I will have to try to figure out how to pinch some more out of my regular budget.

I would maybe pack some snacks in your car so you have to dig into that $100 less? I think you might end up spending more on gas than you think, that always happens with us when we're on vacation.

 

[Kickapoo Joie Juice]

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.

ETA: It looks like my boss "forgot" to pay me again . I email him my hours every other monday, the bookkeeper comes in on tues or wed to run the checks and there was an email this morning that said "I couldn't find your hours." Yeah, he definitely got them, he just didn't look in his freakin' inbox! Which means no money for another two weeks because I won't get a check on friday. That's ridiculous.

 

[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

 

[paulasillars]

I would maybe pack some snacks in your car so you have to dig into that $100 less? I think you might end up spending more on gas than you think, that always happens with us when we're on vacation.

I agree, if you can take snacks/drinks with you then that will save a lot of money. Thats always a major part of any trip I find.

I couldn't think of any other expenses except maybe tips?

 

[Tiggerish]

Thanks for the idea about taking snacks. I have a $15 Wal-Mart gift card that should buy the M & M's, string cheese and peanuts which are my family's idea of vacation food. I also talked to my sister and she suggested that we pack a picnic lunch and stop at a roadside park to eat on the drive down.

Budget is $750.

Giving $50 - $59.50 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 - $5.40 over
Misc. $50 $1.51 left
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Week 1 = $555.59; Week 2:$81.88; and Week 3:

5/15 $0 - This is the way to start the week!
5/16 $17.50 Giving - donation to civic theatre (niece in crew)
5/17 $15 Giving - church collection
5/18 $19.79 - Groceries
5/19 $0
5/20 $2.12 OTC cold medicine

__________________

 

[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

 

[casper_jj11]

Kickipoo Joie Juice - That's crazy that you're not getting paid again. Didn't that happen last month too? I'd be furious.

I'm so glad the end of this month is coming. The expenses just keep running up all in the same month. I should probably just give up on this month really but here goes.... DH's bike cost us $238 yesterday. Apparently, a 1k service costs a lot more for a bike than a car ... oh, and they fixed a recall that likely caused the stalling... we'll see. Still have to get the minivan and the car checked ... dh thinks the brakes are gone in the car... hopefully things will hold out a few weeks more til next month.

groceries $540 $50.90 left
gas $500 $409.25left
cat food $90 $0 left
hockey registration for DS $500
summer activity registration for DD $100 $37 left
Mother's Day $100 $27 over
haircuts for both DS $30 $4 over
new dishwasher $700 $600 over
my spending $150 $69.57 left
DH spending $150 $178 over

Total: $2860 $266 left ... not including $2560 spent for toilets, deck supplies and deposit for bathroom reno

1 - $5 snacks, $30 beer
2 - $17 take out
3 - $4.80 lunchlady for ds6, $61.00 groceries, $10 gas, $3 dollarama for stuff for kiddos
4 - $45 cat food, $59 groceries, $1300 dishwasher
5 - $4.80 breakfast at work (ran out of bagels)
6 - $0 YEAH!
7 - $4.80 groceries
8 - $63 summer registration for dd; $45 flowers ordered for DMIL for mothers day; $51 mom's mother's day gift
9 - $35 baby wipes, mothers day cards; $58 groceries; $345 printing photos (got an amazing deal); $16 flowers for mom; DH's mother's day shopping $30; $850 three new toilets... just what everyone wants to spend money on .... ours are on their way out and we're getting most back in government rebate program to save water
10 - $51 gas; $170 more pics printed (I have money set aside for all the pics printing ... was waiting for a sale...so I'm not too worried about that and I'm not going to include it in the budget )
11 - $25 lunch lady; ad for yard sale $8; stuff to install toilets $21; $10.51 gas
12 - $3 lemonade for kids lemonade stand; $500 deposit for bathroom reno in the fall; movie night for me and dh ... first in six months! $30
13 - $3 posterboard for sale; $9.24 gas; $31.63 softball helmet for ds6; $540 supplies to fix deck
14 - $7.50 groceries
15 - $170 for deck; $17 haircut ds1
16 - $0 YEAH! (had a yard sale that brought in a little over$250 ... considering the month we've had, the extra money is nice)
17 - $160 groceries; $30 liquor store; $10 gas
18 - $0 Victoria Day weekend here so nothing open
19 - $50 deck supplies; $450 labour for the deck (thank goodness that's over with)
20 - $17 DS6 haircut; $238 service bill for DH's bike
21 - $45 cat food; $64 groceries

 

[AllesonWonderland]

So, I've been lurking on the 'no buy' threads the past couple months and decided I'd try on my own this month writing everything down just to see how we do. We stink at this!! LOL But, it is good to see it all written out. Maybe I'll be brave and post next month. Or at least try to have more zero days than I do this month.

 

[Kickapoo Joie Juice]

Kickipoo Joie Juice - That's crazy that you're not getting paid again. Didn't that happen last month too? I'd be furious.

Yep. I'm trying to get him to hire somebody to replace me, because if I just left the whole thing would go kerfluey (10 person office, think of me as the (underpaid) hub that ties everyone together).

The problem is, the longer he drags his feet about hiring someone else (they need a close to full timer) and the more he "forgets" to pay me (this week he claimed he couldn't find my email with my hours), the more inclined I am to just say the heck with it.

I can't do that to the other people in the office who really do depend on me, though. . It would make their jobs a *lot* harder...

May 21: $0

My good friend just called, the company her husband works for just announced they were closing their doors. Today. My money freak-out continues. . I just really feel the need for a good emergency fund...