No Buy November 2009

[wdwpluto]

1: $120 Off to a bad start. I'm a photographer and had to send a piece of gear out for repair.
2: $16.09 lunch, $13.93 groceries
3: $0

I already know I'm going to spend tomorrow. Dentist appt in the morning (co-pay for a filling) and dinner out with a friend. Can't win them all, right?

 

[A.Mickey]

Running Total: Spent $77
$750...$673 left
$0 Days:2
Goal is 15 or more!

Groceries- $300...$265 left
Gas- $150...$130
Eating Out- $100...$85 left
Misc. (Shopping/Entertainment) $200...$193 left

1- $35 (Groceries), $15 (Eating Out) $7 (Parking) $20 (Gas)
2- $0
3- $0

 

[Where'sPiglet?]

$0 Day Goal: 15
Money Goal: $600 for food, gas/car maintenance, and miscellaneous.

1 - $14.81 Popeye's
2 - $0
3 - $107.47: 7.36 Quiznos, 47.15 CVS, 52.96 Winn-Dixie
(I saved $60.92 over regular prices by buying sale items and using coupons!)


Running Total: $122.28 (ouch)
600-122.28 = 477.72 left

 

[reginaastralis]

Nov 1 - $17 dinner at WDW (the only money I spent at Disney this weekend!) That's almost a miracle.
Nov 2 - $3 breakfast, $1.50 making copies, and $5 sending a certified letter.
Nov 3 - $10 in gas (all the cash I had with me ... ) and $8 on a Christmas gift for my sister.

Honestly, I count my zero days because there aren't many of them ... lol. But, I completely agree that I could have 20 zero days and still spend way more than I need to on the other days because I don't care. I'm really trying to curb my spending ... lol ... it's just harder than it works.

I won't be able to finish my October month until this weekend because my phone is being screwy ... oh well.

 

[Swmr359]

Yesterday was a bad day and on the way home from work I was so tempted to stop for fast food. But I decided I didn`t want to use up my eat out days so soon. I`m very happy with my self.

Nov.1 $4 for ice cream
Nov.2 $23 for groceries
Nov.3 $0

 

[charming23]

I thought today was going to be a $0 day but my Uncle and Best friend are coming over today to do some fix-it projects and are staying to watch the baseball game tonight. So I needed a few things from the grocery and ended up with some good deals.

Groceries/household- $300/$236.33 Left
Eating Out/Entertainment- $100
Gas/Car-$50
Misc-$150/$107.15 Left
Holiday items- $100/$57.71 left
I also would like to have at least 15 $0 days.

11/1 $0
11/2 $55.56 at Aldi's and 17.98 at Target
11/3 $9.87 at Books-a-million, Target $14.65 for baking and $15 for new sheets
11/4 $24.29 at grocery and $11.26 for holiday items

Total for November $700/$551.39 left

I have also started to track my saving from coupons and sales and so far I have saved $87.71

 

[CherylA]

My first 0 spending day! Yippie! I'm thinking a goal of 15 $0 days is too high for me. I'm going to revise and shoot for 10 $0 spending days. I'd rather succeed than always come up short!

Clothing
$100
-42.13 payless shoes
=57.87

Gifts
$60

Unexpected Spending (misc)
$250
- 84.88 PO box bill plus interest and late fees (DH has autobill going to a card we don't ever use anymore so I never check to see if it has a balance. Grrrr!)
=165.12


Groceries
$530
-19.81 Trader Joes
-65.43 Stop and Shop
=444.76

Entertainment ( I include eating out in this category)
$350
-11.11 McDonalds
-9.89 (cash) McDonalds
=329
-14.00 bowling and donuts and coffee
=315

Gas
$290

Haircuts
64.00

Home Items (Repair/Upkeep/Decorating)
$100

Christmas

Immediate Family $600

Other gifts $420
- 75 snapfish calendars
=345.00

Xtra food and events (dinners out, food for xmas dinner)
$230



Nov 1- McDonalds, late cc bill, Stop and Shop
Nov 2- $14 bowling and coffee/donuts
Nov 3- $0

 

[CherylA]

Yesterday was a bad day and on the way home from work I was so tempted to stop for fast food. But I decided I didn`t want to use up my eat out days so soon. I`m very happy with my self.

Nov.1 $4 for ice cream
Nov.2 $23 for groceries
Nov.3 $0

Good job. Thats hard to do!

 

[Cynt]

I have got to get my spending under control. I purchased season Mavs tickets so no entertainment for me until after basketball season. If I go somewhere I have to use my allowance - no entertainment expense.

$560 budget
10 - $0 days

Running Total = 124.87
$0 Dollar days = 2

Gas - $140 - 15.99 = 124.01
Food - $200 - 54.97 = 145.03
Allowance - $80-20 = 60
Incidentals - $100-15.16 = 84.84
Eating out - $40-9.75-9 = 21.25

11/1 - Groceries $54.97, $20 Allow, $15.16 gas
11/2 - $15.16 shirts Old Navy
11/3 - $9.75 dinner
11/4 - $0
11/5 - $0
11/6 - $9 - lunch

 

[lougoofy]

Rest of Sunday: $16.72 groceries and $4.22 restaurant
Nov.2: $1.50 bus fare, $3.48 taco bell, $1.90 drink, $8.53 starbucks (for two) and $6.50 laundry

Nov. 3: $3.17 hardees, $1.50 bus fare, $30.94 Walgreens, $1.06 limeade, $6.35 Borders (for part of a gift), $2.37 2 bagels and $1.50 bus fare

 

[princessbride6205]

annsteer & Where'sPiglet? Thanks so much for your support and encouragement!

Kim - Finding money totally counts.

I too am still finishing my October numbers. *sigh*

DH made fun of me last night because I returned something for a few dollars. I bought DD some clearance Halloween stickers during my grocery run at Target because everything was 50% off. Well they didn't ring up on sale. I went to customer service and asked about the stickers, the girl called over her supervisor, and they decided maybe the item wasn't on sale. I didn't make a big stink about it so rather than giving me the discount, I just had them return the item. So I got $3.20 back including tax. They were super cute so part of me wishes I had just kept them, but I didn't really need them so returning was the better decision.

Nov 1 - $5 water & juice for airplane (dang TSA liquid restrictions)
Nov 2 - $3 parking/shuttle
Nov 3 - $3 parking/shuttle
Nov 4 - $3 parking/shuttle, $60 bus/shuttle pass, $9 stamps, $74 groceries, $21 gift
Nov 5 - $2 parking

Groceries - spent $74/$275
Other (diapers, household, clothing) - spent $9/$200
Dining Out - spent $5/$120
Fun Money - $40 each (me and DH)
Car/Gas/Parking/Bus - spent $71/$250 (incl airport parking over Thanksgiving)
Giving - $25
Medical - $50

Exceptions
Christmas - Budget TBD
Friend's Baby Shower - spent $21/$25

 

[lori1043]

I am just NOT doing well this week. I blew my allowed food budget for the week already- I mean, it's not gone, just more spent so far than planned. DD10 has been sick, and we've been running, DH is OOT and I am at my wits end with selling this house and her being sick. These are the times we really have to watch it though, right?!

Okay so i have a COOL app on my iTouch to track spending. it was $.99 that I am using!

Food-2 week budget is $300, already spent $119
School(homeschooler)-spent $27 on a writing curriculum for DD10
Clothing-spent $130 but did REALLY well at a consignment shop and Target for me and my kids, but mostly DD11(got 2 pairs jeans, 2 sweaters, 5 shirts, a dress for DD10 for church)

Lori

 

[smiller]

11/1 - $0
11/2 - $14.17 Aldi
11/2 - $9.00 Haircut
11/3 - $1.50 Pepsi

TOTAL: $24.67/$300.00

I have the day off from work today, so I made some breakfast sandwiches from all Aldi ingredients - so good! Croissant, honey-baked spiral-cut ham, American cheese, fried egg. I love breakfast sandwiches from McD's/DD so this is a great way for me to curb my spending.

 

[princess&her4princes]

subbing!!!

 

[Tiggerish]

Total budget for November is $500 plus Christmas.

Groceries - $200 /$114 left
Automobile - $50
Giving - $50 / $37 left
Medical - $50
Eating Out - $25/ $13 left
Misc. - $125 / $93 left

Then I have a separate budget for Christmas - $426 / $66
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1/1 Giving $10; Groceries $67
11/2 Christmas $10; Eating out $12
11/3 Giving $3; Misc. $29
11/4 Groceries $19; Misc. $3 (library late fees, oops)

 

[rmonty02]

So I have not purchased any fast food yet, A+. But I haven't had a zero day either F-. The more I think about it, it will be difficult to achieve an actual zero day. But I shall try...

Nov 1- Toll $4
Nov 2- lunch $8
Nov 3- Groceries $103
Nov 4-Maybe a zero day, the day is not over...I need to buy DS3 clothes, but will try to keep it within the birthday $ he received. So no $ from my pocket. Can today actually be a zero day? I'll try to be good

Congrats to you that have a zero day so far.

 

[Swmr359]

I worked all day so I didn`t really have an oportunity to spend money today...hmmm maybe I should take double ****s more often!

Nov.1 $4 for ice cream
Nov.2 $23 for groceries
Nov.3 $0
Nov.4 $0

 

[Where'sPiglet?]

$0 Day Goal: 15
Money Goal: $600 for food, gas/car maintenance, and miscellaneous.

1 - $14.81 Popeye's
2 - $0
3 - $107.47: 7.36 Quiznos, 47.15 CVS, 52.96 Winn-Dixie
4 - $0

Running Total: $122.28 (ouch)
600-122.28 = 477.72 left

Yesterday was a bad day and on the way home from work I was so tempted to stop for fast food. But I decided I didn`t want to use up my eat out days so soon. I`m very happy with my self.

Woohoo!! I had a similar issue today. The lady across the hall was selling candy for $1. Ohhhh I wanted some so bad! But my hips don't need it and doggonit today was GOING to be a $0 day! And then later she tried to sell me cans of Coca Cola (my FAVORITE!!) for 50c but I still stood strong!

annsteer & Where'sPiglet? Thanks so much for your support and encouragement!

You're welcome! That's is what this thread is for! Support and encouragement!

So I have not purchased any fast food yet, A+. But I haven't had a zero day either F-. The more I think about it, it will be difficult to achieve an actual zero day. But I shall try...

Good job on the fast food! It is totally one of my downfalls!

If achieving $0 days will be difficult for you, then maybe modify it for yourself to have $0 days in certain categories only, or just to do dollar amount limits for each week, like $150/week as well as $600 overall.

 

[neatokimmo]

I worked from home today, so it was a zero day.

Nov 4 = zero
Nov 3 = $5
Nov 2 = zero
Nov 1 Gas = $30, groceries = $32

Groceries - 75/80 (I also have an additional $48/80 in gift cards and a house full of food.)
Eating Out - 15
Cats - 30
Gas - 35/65
DD Loot - 30
Christmas - $280 left to spend
Misc - $57/40

 

[Mom2Ben02]

$288.25/$300 - groceries
$0 - eating out
$150 - gas
$42.15/$50 - misc kids (scouts/school/etc)
$192/$200 Christmas (I was DONE with Christmas - but now our WDW trip is being delayed, and all my gifts were for the trip. So......now must shop.)

1st - 1.10 - hot dog buns
2nd - 4.05 for icees and popcorn at Target - BUT this was on my "return spree" today. I got back $200 - so I am counting this as a ZERO day
3rd - $7.85 at Michael's for Scouts tonight - but used my return credit so nothing oop. Still counting that for misc kids.
4th - $10.65 groceries; $8 scholastic book order (Christmas gifts)