No Buy September

[wdwfan16]

9/1 - $0
9/2 - $0
9/3 - $0
9/6 - $0
9/7 - $0
9/9 - $0
9/10 - $0
9/13 - $0
9/15 - $0
9/16 - $0
9/19 - $0
9/20 - $0
9/21 - $0

 

[Tiggerish]

Groceries = $150 / $4 left
Auto/Gas = $50 / $37 left
Giving = $50 /$20 left
Medical = $10 / $20 over
Chicago Trip = $175 /$2 over
Eating Out = $40 / $5 left
Misc. = $125 / $19 over
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9/1 $152 Chicago trip for gas, hotel and food
9/2 $10 Chicago trip for food and bus fare; $17 Misc. to buy a pair of pants since I failed to pack properly. $18 Misc. Disney store for Christmas presents
9/3 $15 Chicago trip for food; $35 Misc - newspaper subscription renewnal; $50 Groceries
9/4 $25 Groceries; $13 Gas; $3 Eating out
9/5 $2 Eating out
9/6 $10 Giving - church collection
9/7 $0
9/8 $0
9/9 $53 Misc - bought myself a shirt from Coldwater Creek
9/10 $0
9/11 $10 Giving - donation to Habitat for Hummanity and I did a day service project in rememberance of the 9-11 victims
9/12 $25 Groceries
9/13 $10 Giving - church collection; $6 Groceries
9/14 $0
9/15 $0
9/16 $0
9/17 $30 Medical
9/18 $3 Eating out; $16 Misc. - fleece lined Crocs
9/19 $42 Groceries; $27 Eating out (did a volunteer project with my nieces and sister and bought our lunches); $5 Misc. anniversary gift for parents

 

[Tinkerbellie16]

I'm doing pretty good. I did spend $76 for groceries & $40 for gas this week (part of the budget and in budget still). We did spend $40 last night at Dave & Busters but we used coupons to get twice that in game play and we decided to eat at home to save on the cost of eating there (smart move!) We also spent $30 today at the city fair on food and games - it was worth it and we got a lot of other free 'schwag'!

 

[lougoofy]

Sept.17: $3.15 Wendy's, $8.35 grocery store, $16.31 different grocery store, $1.50 bus fare, $4something used goods store

Sept. 18: $3.00 bus fares, $3.73 small continental breakfast at coffee house (in between buses),$12.72 Old Navy, $12.68 Disney store (part of X-mas gift), $6.35 magazine, $18.87 Socks, $15.13 general dollar and $13.00 a meal

Sept. 19:$4.23 breakfast, $1.00 snack at work, $3.25 laundry, $2.11 fish and fries and $5.30 drinks for at home

 

[Jennia]

Sept 1: $0
Sept 2: $53 between Gymboree and Walgreens
Sept 3: $34 at Target
Sept 4: $0
Sept 5: $68 at various Labor Day sales
Sept 6: $0
Sept 7: $0
Sept 8: $0
Sept 9: $17, Walgreens (batteries and two packs of diapers)
Sept 10: $0
Sept 11: $22 on coupons and a new bath mat (badly needed)
Sept 12: $14 at fabric store on things that were necessary for completing some projects
Sept 13: $0
Sept 14: $15 on an outfit for dd
Sept 15: $8, Walgreens run and dinner at Taco Bell
Sept 16: $0
Sept 17: $27, groceries
Sept 18: $0
Sept 19: $82, spent day at the fair

 

[eeyoregon]

Hope it's ok to post this here.

I have a Coldwater Creek code for $30 off a $100 purchase NKA8220.

Hope this helps some folks.

 

[Tiggerish]

Groceries = $150 / $4 left
Auto/Gas = $50 / $37 left
Giving = $50 /$10 left
Medical = $10 / $20 over
Chicago Trip = $175 /$2 over
Eating Out = $40 / $5 left
Misc. = $125 / $19 over
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9/1 $152 Chicago trip
9/2 $10 Chicago trip; $17 Misc. pair of pants; $18 Misc. Christmas presents
9/3 $15 Chicago trip; $35 Misc - newspaper; $50 Groceries
9/4 $25 Groceries; $13 Gas; $3 Eating out
9/5 $2 Eating out
9/6 $10 Giving - church collection
9/7 $0
9/8 $0
9/9 $53 Misc - shirt
9/10 $0
9/11 $10 Giving - donation to Habitat for Hummanity
9/12 $25 Groceries
9/13 $10 Giving - church collection; $6 Groceries
9/14 $0
9/15 $0
9/16 $0
9/17 $30 Medical
9/18 $3 Eating out; $16 Misc. - fleece lined Crocs
9/19 $42 Groceries; $27 Eating out; $5 Misc. anniversary gift for parents
9/20 $10 Giving - church collection

 

[twinnersmama]

9/1 $0
9/2 $0
9/3 $0
9/4 $26 -- grocery store just stopped in for the "bargains"
9/5 $31 -- gas
9/6 $0
9/7 $0
9/8 $0
9/9 $30 for 2 spirit day t-shirts from DDs school
9/10 $71 - grocery store --- just went in for a "few" things -
9/11 - $0
9/12 $0
9/13 - $75 Walmart
9/14 $50 - DDs gymnastics
9/15 - $0
9/16 - $80 -- TWO trips to Target -- Can you say CLEARANCE ?!
9/17 - $0 for me ... DH -- MAJOR budget buster ... he bought a quad ... and of course all of the accessories, gloves, helmet, goggles, A TRAILER to haul it ... AAAAAHHHHH !!!
9/18 - $0
9/19 - wedding gift
9/20 - church donation, $11 grocery store and $21 TARGET (Clearance AGAIN)

 

[Jennia]

Sept 1: $0
Sept 2: $53 between Gymboree and Walgreens
Sept 3: $34 at Target
Sept 4: $0
Sept 5: $68 at various Labor Day sales
Sept 6: $0
Sept 7: $0
Sept 8: $0
Sept 9: $17, Walgreens (batteries and two packs of diapers)
Sept 10: $0
Sept 11: $22 on coupons and a new bath mat (badly needed)
Sept 12: $14 at fabric store on things that were necessary for completing some projects
Sept 13: $0
Sept 14: $15 on an outfit for dd
Sept 15: $8, Walgreens run and dinner at Taco Bell
Sept 16: $0
Sept 17: $27, groceries
Sept 18: $0
Sept 19: $82, spent day at the fair
Sept 20: $0

 

[carissanboys]

Groceries - $306.30/$400
Pet - $10
Household/Misc. - $36.64/$50
My blow money - $40.22/$60
Dh’s blow money - $60 (I won't be keeping track of this.)
Gas - $95.25/$160

9/1 - $39.29 (KMart/groceries), $7.33 (Target/household), $20.84 (commissary/groceries)
9/2 - $0
9/3 - $0
9/4 - $40 (TGI Friday's - budgeted dinner out - comes out of groceries), $30.37 - gas for my van
9/5 - $41.01 (commissary/groceries), $8.39 (thrift store - garbage bag full of clothes for everyone in the family), $20.92 (Walmart/household - paint supplies to redo dressers and L-Brackets to secure book shelves to wall), $5.24 (Wendy's lunch out of my blow money), $5.24 (thrift store - pair of jeans for me)
9/6 - $31.47 (Home Depot - electric sander - only $16.47 came out of my blow money - dh and I split the cost)
9/7 - $0
9/8 - $0
9/9 - $51.41 - (KMart - groceries)
9/10 - $0
9/11 - $30.54 (gas for dh's car)
9/12 - $20 (dinner at Uno's - oldest was invited to a sleepover so I wanted to do something special with the younger two - had a $5 off coupon and for the three of us plus tip it wasn't bad - comes out of grocery money)
9/13 - $0
9/14 - $63.55 (groceries at the commissary)
9/15 - $9.69 (post office - used blow money)
9/16 - $0
9/17 - $0
9/18 - $2.75 (post office - used blow money)
9/19 - $34.34 (gas for dh's car), $30.20 (KMart - groceries)
9/20 - $0

 

[Kickapoo Joie Juice]

Sept. 1: $191.70 groceries, $86.46 oil change(exempted) 35.02 gas
Sept. 2 $9.10 Subway
Sept. 3 $84 tennis (exempted)
Sept. 4 $85 stove repair (exempted) (wasn't actually broken-long story)
Sept. 5 $33.28 Michael's (party stuff for dd9), $31.34 Petsmart, $37.45 dinner for dd9 & friends, $40.16 groceries
Sept. 6 $46.08 Lowe's (used 10 off 50-landscaping, exempted)
Sept. 7 $0
Sept. 8 $165 mostly medical
Sept. 9 Groceries $33.47
Sept. 10 $0
Sept. 11 $20.56 last minute groceries for dinner
Sept. 12 $10.50 Dh's shirts
Sept. 13 $0
Sept. 14 $0
Sept. 15 (this hurts) $260.72 Target (groceries & uh, other) $ 33.78 gas
Sept. 16 $0
Sept. 17 $0
Sept. 18 $0
Sept. 19 $60.92 Best Buy (ran out of toner)
Sept. 20 $76.51 Claire's (impulse buying with girls, bad me!)
Sept. 21 should be zero, I'm volunteering today, too wet to do much else!
Sept. 22
Sept. 23
Sept. 24
Sept. 25 Disney (exempted)
Sept. 26 Disney (exempted)
Sept. 27 Disney (exempted)
Sept. 28
Sept. 29
Sept. 30

I'm working on the itinerary for disney (with reservation #'s, etc), an itinerary for the kid's grandpa (what to feed the kids when, etc). DH suggested I also make an itinerary for the kids, it was funny: Don't ask Grandpa if you can eat upstairs. Don't ask Grandpa if you can sleep with the dog, Don't ask Grandpa if you can go over your friend's house, etc. .

There's major, major flooding all around us today, I'm really looking forward to a few days of sunshine...

 

[Kickapoo Joie Juice]

DH -- MAJOR budget buster ... he bought a quad ... and of course all of the accessories, gloves, helmet, goggles, A TRAILER to haul it ... AAAAAHHHHH !!!

Is he going to let you ride it???

 

[casper_jj11]

groceries $540 $146.01 left
gas $500 $489.98 left
cat food $90 $34.37 left
DD3 skating registration $300 $15 left
DD3 playgroup registration $98 $0 left
DS2 bday party $50 $14.97 left
DS2 bday gift $50 $22.37 over
DS2 bday pics $150 $11 over
DS7 bday party $298 $142.23 over
DS7 bday pics $150
fall clothing $175 $110.24 over already!!annual cord blood storage fees for DS2 and 7 $200 $0 left
downpayment bathroom reno $2250
garage painting $200
my spending $150 $8.25 left
DH spending $150 $462.64 over ... and yes, I've made his budget responsible for parking charge at the hospital and the towing charge
Total not incl. bathroom reno $3110 $244.42 left I forsee red in our future....
1 - fall clothes $12.29
2 - fall clothes $192.95; bday gift for ds2 $14.28; gift for niece's bday $5.75 (more to come ... forgot to budget this so it comes off my spending); groceries $13.17; makeup for me $48.30
3 - $24 gift for niece; $40 bday gift for the children's nanny (forgot to budget this too ); DSalmost2 bday gifts $22.60;
4- $65.83 stuff for DS7's bday party; $55 Gymboree ; bday gift for DS2 $29
5 - party supplies $27.25; liquor store $28.80; groceries $19.74; drugstore/grocery stuff $60
6 - cat litter $14.68; groceries $7.38; gymboree return $55 purchase $75 = $25;
7 - movie night $34
8- gas $10.02; $98 DD playgroup registration; $285 dd skating registration; $200 cord blood storage fees; $6.49 bday cards; $62.87 groceries;
9 - bday party decorations $35.03;hockey tape $11.84; cake supplies $2.79; $50.48 party supplies plus a few fun things to encourage dd to potty train at night; $5.67 stamps; $3.76 party stuff; $7.66 groceries; $13 party supplies; $50 groceries
10- $4.52 bday stuff;
11 - milk $3.99; gift for party DS going to $23.70; $13 parking at hospital; $525 towing charge for motorcycle
12- coffee $13.99
13 - $0
14- DS2's bday; dinner delivered $63.78; milk $3.99; advil and cards for DS's bdays $27.80
15 - last of the lootbag stuff for DS7's party $27.12; cat food $40.95; milk and tylenol $14.15; groceries $21.63; balloons booked for DS7's party $29.95; $161 bday pics of DS2
16 - $12.97 big bandages for DH; $189 paid for Ray's Reptiles to come to DS7's party
17- $0
18- $96.61 Christmas gift for DS7; $8.11 walmart; $2.83 loot bag stuff
19 - $0
20- $0

 

[Tiggerish]

Groceries = $150 / $4 left
Auto/Gas = $50 / $37 left
Giving = $50 /$10 left
Medical = $10 / $20 over
Chicago Trip = $175 /$2 over
Eating Out = $40 / $5 left
Misc. = $125 / $35 over
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9/1 $152 Chicago trip
9/2 $10 Chicago trip; $17 Misc. pair of pants; $18 Misc. Christmas presents
9/3 $15 Chicago trip; $35 Misc - newspaper; $50 Groceries
9/4 $25 Groceries; $13 Gas; $3 Eating out
9/5 $2 Eating out
9/6 $10 Giving - church collection
9/7 $0
9/8 $0
9/9 $53 Misc - shirt
9/10 $0
9/11 $10 Giving - donation to Habitat for Hummanity
9/12 $25 Groceries
9/13 $10 Giving - church collection; $6 Groceries
9/14 $0
9/15 $0
9/16 $0
9/17 $30 Medical
9/18 $3 Eating out; $16 Misc. - fleece lined Crocs
9/19 $42 Groceries; $27 Eating out; $5 Misc. anniversary gift for parents
9/20 $10 Giving - church collection
9/21 $16 Misc. - bought a cd for niece who got hurt at school today

 

[Tiggerish]

casper_jj11

Every time I read your list and see the "$189 paid for Ray's Reptiles to come to DS7's party" I get wonderful image in my head of a yard full of little boys and lizzards! I think I would really enjoy that party if I was 7.

 

[lougoofy]

Sept. 19:$4.23 breakfast, $1.00 snack at work, $3.25 laundry, $2.11 fish and fries and $5.30 drinks for at home

Sept. 20: $3.15 rest., $2.10 gum and newspaper, $13 a meal and $1 candy bar
Sept. 21: $3.00 bus fare, $21.36 household stuff (old time pottery), $4.22 taco bell, $3.20 Orange Julius, $7.66 general (deodorant, t.p. and stuff)

 

[Jennia]

Sept 1: $0
Sept 2: $53 between Gymboree and Walgreens
Sept 3: $34 at Target
Sept 4: $0
Sept 5: $68 at various Labor Day sales
Sept 6: $0
Sept 7: $0
Sept 8: $0
Sept 9: $17, Walgreens (batteries and two packs of diapers)
Sept 10: $0
Sept 11: $22 on coupons and a new bath mat (badly needed)
Sept 12: $14 at fabric store on things that were necessary for completing some projects
Sept 13: $0
Sept 14: $15 on an outfit for dd
Sept 15: $8, Walgreens run and dinner at Taco Bell
Sept 16: $0
Sept 17: $27, groceries
Sept 18: $0
Sept 19: $82, spent day at the fair
Sept 20: $0
Sept 21: $0

 

[carissanboys]

Groceries - $306.30/$400
Pet - $10
Household/Misc. - $36.64/$50
My blow money - $40.22/$60
Dh’s blow money - $60 (I won't be keeping track of this.)
Gas - $95.25/$160

9/1 - $39.29 (KMart/groceries), $7.33 (Target/household), $20.84 (commissary/groceries)
9/2 - $0
9/3 - $0
9/4 - $40 (TGI Friday's - budgeted dinner out - comes out of groceries), $30.37 - gas for my van
9/5 - $41.01 (commissary/groceries), $8.39 (thrift store - garbage bag full of clothes for everyone in the family), $20.92 (Walmart/household - paint supplies to redo dressers and L-Brackets to secure book shelves to wall), $5.24 (Wendy's lunch out of my blow money), $5.24 (thrift store - pair of jeans for me)
9/6 - $31.47 (Home Depot - electric sander - only $16.47 came out of my blow money - dh and I split the cost)
9/7 - $0
9/8 - $0
9/9 - $51.41 - (KMart - groceries)
9/10 - $0
9/11 - $30.54 (gas for dh's car)
9/12 - $20 (dinner at Uno's - oldest was invited to a sleepover so I wanted to do something special with the younger two - had a $5 off coupon and for the three of us plus tip it wasn't bad - comes out of grocery money)
9/13 - $0
9/14 - $63.55 (groceries at the commissary)
9/15 - $9.69 (post office - used blow money)
9/16 - $0
9/17 - $0
9/18 - $2.75 (post office - used blow money)
9/19 - $34.34 (gas for dh's car), $30.20 (KMart - groceries)
9/20 - $0
9/21 - $0

 

[casper_jj11]

casper_jj11

Every time I read your list and see the "$189 paid for Ray's Reptiles to come to DS7's party" I get wonderful image in my head of a yard full of little boys and lizzards! I think I would really enjoy that party if I was 7.

LOL. And that was pretty close! We had 13 boys and 3 girls along with 9 reptiles, including a camon (like an alligator) and a massive snake that used DS7 as a tree! I came close to a breakdown but the kids had a blast!

 

[Kickapoo Joie Juice]

LOL. And that was pretty close! We had 13 boys and 3 girls along with 9 reptiles, including a camon (like an alligator) and a massive snake that used DS7 as a tree! I came close to a breakdown but the kids had a blast!

omg I can never tell my reptile loving daughters (well, they love anything with four legs, really) about that kind of party. Considering how freaking expensive kids parties can get nowadays, that's actually a pretty good price!

Today was a good/bad day for me, bad in that they called off school today because of all the flooding, so of course the sun comes out this morning and the tennis captain calls and says we HAVE to make up our game that got rained out last week RIGHT NOW, so I, and my tenis partner, haul our total of five girls, ages 10-2, an hour north to finish playing.

The good part was the girls totally flummoxed the other players because they were running around playing on the patio (first time any of them had seen sunshine in over 8 days-it's been pouring and flooding here that long). We were like, hey, you INSISTED we play today, we told you we have our kids, them's the breaks. As it turns out my partner and I were good at tuning out girl shrieking much better and won the match.

Then, because we dragged all our kids out of bed and stuck them in the cars for a several hour car ride this morning, we said thank you to them (because they actually were good, if loud-my 10 yo kept the 2 yo safe and out of trouble for an hour), we brought them to Toys R Us. So, my day is $33 in gas for the trip there, $65 at Toys R Us (used a coupon and they had buy 2 get 1 video game free so bought two for xmas), and $11 at Subway since it took us so darn long to get home.

So bad news on the budget front, good news on the tennis front, and I can still see the sun today and it looks like our neighborhood and my house survived the flood (knocking wood like crazy).

In other bad budget news my publisher just asked me to take a 30% pay cut to produce the same amount of material. Yeah, looks like I'm looking for a new publisher today . I'm just working on my first draft of the graceful quitting letter. I say first draft because it will take several drafts before the "F" word and all the other words George Carlin says I can't use are edited out....