NOvemBUY (November No Buy)...All Are Welcome!

[MickeyMomOfThree]

I have completed 10 months of my 12 month goal and am excited for November. This month we are headed to Disney, so my goal is 8 for the days I am in town.

Hope to see returning friends and new ones too! The rules and goals are what you set for yourself, we are here to you along on your way.

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Happy About Record Since Joining No Buy-
January-14 Days
February-13 Days
March-17 Days
April-15 Days
May-15 Days
June-8 Days
July- 6 Days (only in town and only recorded half the month, probably had about 7-8 no buys while away)
August-15 Days
September-15 Days
October-13 Days
Longest Streak-4 Days in a Row

 

[wlake]

I love the title -- very creative!

My goals for the month are 10 no buy days (if it weren't for Christmas coming I think I'd go for 15, but I'm not trying to set myself up to fail) and no more than 5 dinners out or as take out.

Happy November everyone!

 

[Virgderon]

Wow! Cute title! I will be going for 9 no buy days. I wasn't sure how to handle this month- I get my Christmas club check next week, so I will be doing a lot of shopping, but it is all paid for. I think I will just stick to my regular budget for reporting. Good luck everyone!

Running Total: Spent $20
$1000 budget...$ 980
$0 Days:
Goal is 9 or more!
coupon/sale savings :

Groceries budget- $250-8=$242 left

November 1: $20 (12 gas, 8 groceries)

 

[MickeyMomOfThree]

Thanks guys. Happy to see you both here, waiting on a few more old friends and hoping for some new. I am quite sure it will be harder for everyone the next 2 months with the holidays, but we have been soooo good for so long, so it won't be as bad as if we hadn't been doing no buy, right?

 

[princess isabella]

I'm coming aboard for the first time.I hope for 10 days and would love to do more if i can. It's a rough next 2 months but I am going to try!!

Thanks in advance for the support!

 

[Siouxstone]

Rock! I'm in, but I probably won't get my budget together and posted until Tuesday. I am off tomorrow and I am taking it all the way off.

 

[3goofyboys]

Hello All! I have most of my Christmas shopping done and I plan to do the rest in one shot on Black Friday, so my goal for the month is 17 no buy days. Looking forward to another good month!

 

[kmchar1]

Hi everyone! I tried this a loooong time ago, but I need to try again!!! I CAN'T spend much this month. Besides gas/oil change, groceries (I'm budgeting $50 per week, we have a lot stockpiled) and bills..I don't want to spend anything. Impossible? Maybe. But I gotta try!

 

[thebigkahuna]

I'm in!
While October did not go the way I had planned, I have high hopes for November.

I'm setting a goal of 10 no $pend days.

 

[tavettava]

I'm in this month. I am going to go for 10-15 no buy days.

 

[neatokimmo]

I am a no-buy dropout who really wants to try again

We'll be on vacation from the 12-20th. So maybe on a short month I can keep things under control.

I have my meal plan set for the month. I can't think of a thing we need for the trip. I don't have a lot of time before we leave to shop. I'm not going to set any goals, I'm just going to track my spending. I even have to work black Friday so I won't do my normal whirlwind shopping spree.

 

[encinc]

I'm new here. We're moving out of our house on the 29th, and will be living in transition for seven weeks after that. Those will definitely be expensive weeks, so I'm game to try the no-buy game until then.

My goal is 10 no-buy days and not more than 4 meals out between now and Nov 28th. No idea if that's reasonable, but I'll give it a shot!

 

[3tiggerstoo]

I'm gonna try this month. I've read this thread before, but never participated, so here goes:

9 no buy days, 2 meals out

Don't have a clue if that is reasonable for me, but I hope so!

 

[thebigkahuna]

I'm setting a goal of 10 no $pend days.

I noticed last month I wasn't keeping track the way I wanted to, and then I was just "giving up" because I had forgotten or didn't have receipts. So instead of keeping track of every day, I'm going to keep track of *JUST* my NO $pend days

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Good luck to everyone & thanks to MickeyMomOfThree for starting the November thread!

 

[MissBritt]

Hmmm, I should probably join again this month. I will try for 13 $0 days.

 

[charming23]

I'm here. I am hoping for 15 No Buy days. I will post my budget later as I need to do a little adjusting for Thanksgiving and a few odds and ends.

Good luck to all this month.

 

[fairyprincess1]

I am in... Goal for the month is 12 no buy days...

Happy Nov. 1 everyone

 

[Tiggerish]

I am in again with a goal 10 no spend days. The November budget is $1115. This month I am including all of my bills including set expenses that I had been keeping track of separately because I was getting too confused on what went where. So decided to try to keeping one budget with everything in it.

Auto $75
Eating Out/Entertainment $150 / $140 left
Giving $25
Groceries/Household Goods $250
Medical $100
Misc. $100 /$75 left
Set bills $415

No spend days goal = 10
Coupon savings =
Christmas 2010 running total of spending = $421
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11/1 Entertainment $10 (ticket to see college theatre production where niece is the stage manager) Misc. $25 (clothes)

 

[kkwis2]

I have never clicked on a No Buy thread because I thought it meant you weren't supposed to buy anything all month! I didn't realize that you simply set a goal for yourself for a number of days. That's awesome! I clicked on this one as I thought, "Who could possibly not buy anything in the month of November with Thanksgiving and Christmas coming up?!" I could never plan that well!

Our problem is running to the grocery store every day or two. Ugh! If only I made menus, shopped for then and stuck to them. But I don't, and I can't see myself doing it in the near future so.....

I will work toward 10 No Buy Days and see how I do.

 

[Monny2AE]

This will be my first try at a No Buy month so wish me luck.

I'm going to try for 15 no buy days for November.