The latest:
11/1: $42 for last week's after school care, $? for the PO (been avoiding that trip for almost 3 weeks, so I don't really want to know, but I suppose I'll have to ask later), $62 on clothes, and $140 for indoor soccer registration for the boys (ouch, but I was able to get the late fee waived because I didn't even know this place had indoor soccer until Sat., and the deadline was of course Fri.! That was really nice of them.) Starting off with a huge day!
11/2: $30 for the school fundraiser (beautiful wreath though!), $32 for gas, ? for grinders but DH picked them up so I'll have to ask.
11/3: $14 at the book fair
11/4:
11/5: $10 groceries, $12 skate night (PTO fundraiser), and $35 for after school care.
11/6: $130 on haircuts for me and the boys (I've got a lovely new shade of dark brown hair now!
), $35 at Target, and $20 gas. I also returned about $50 to Lands' End.
11/7: $43 groceries, $66 on clothes. (We had gift cards to pay for our hot chocolates at Dunkin' Donuts!)
11/8: (How could I forget to update on a no buy day?)
11/9:
11/10: (Not counting the new tires on my car as I've had the money saved for months and they're a big ticket, one-time type, necessary item.)
11/11: $14 bagel place (There isn't a one near us, so we buy lots when we visit MIL!), $75 Trader Joe's (ditto!), $25 dinner at the highway rest stop on the way home, $43 clothes (including a Lands' End fleece jacket for DS for $7!!)
11/12: I thought I had a no buy, but then I realized that my 8 year old is still using the same hooded baby towels he had as a newborn and they're suddenly tattered. I was going to wait for a good Kohl's sale, but I found a sale, a 30% coupon, and free shipping online tonight. So $38 Kohls for towels, a Christmas gift for my aunt, and socks and pjs for the boys. ETA: $218 on Christmas gifts, too. Ouch.
11/13: Today was my big shoe shopping trip with my friend that we've been looking forward to for about a month. That means that DH had the boys all day and spent money too. Here goes: DH and the boys spent $105 at BJ's (with $45 in coupons!), $? for lunch, $? for birdseed from the nature center fundraiser (he can't remember how much!). I spent $98 on shoes, $1 on muffin cups, $7 on sewing supplies, $17 on pjs and puzzles, and $16 on odds and ends for my class. I drove, so my friend bought my lunch, which was nice of her.
11/14: $26 groceries
11/15: $35 after school care, $? on dinner because the casserole I had put in the fridge LAST night to defrost was still a solid brick at 4:30 this afternoon.
11/16: $12 for the little one's book order, $80 on ONE contact lens (ouch!).
11/17:
Not sure I'm going to make it to 10 this month! I've got to get cracking on the Christmas shopping, and sometimes a little at a time is all I can take.
no buy days: 5/10
dinners out: 3/5
longest streak: 3!
11/1: $42 for last week's after school care, $? for the PO (been avoiding that trip for almost 3 weeks, so I don't really want to know, but I suppose I'll have to ask later), $62 on clothes, and $140 for indoor soccer registration for the boys (ouch, but I was able to get the late fee waived because I didn't even know this place had indoor soccer until Sat., and the deadline was of course Fri.! That was really nice of them.) Starting off with a huge day!
11/2: $30 for the school fundraiser (beautiful wreath though!), $32 for gas, ? for grinders but DH picked them up so I'll have to ask.
11/3: $14 at the book fair
11/4:
11/5: $10 groceries, $12 skate night (PTO fundraiser), and $35 for after school care.
11/6: $130 on haircuts for me and the boys (I've got a lovely new shade of dark brown hair now!
), $35 at Target, and $20 gas. I also returned about $50 to Lands' End.11/7: $43 groceries, $66 on clothes. (We had gift cards to pay for our hot chocolates at Dunkin' Donuts!)
11/8:
(How could I forget to update on a no buy day?)11/9:
11/10:
(Not counting the new tires on my car as I've had the money saved for months and they're a big ticket, one-time type, necessary item.)11/11: $14 bagel place (There isn't a one near us, so we buy lots when we visit MIL!), $75 Trader Joe's (ditto!), $25 dinner at the highway rest stop on the way home, $43 clothes (including a Lands' End fleece jacket for DS for $7!!)
11/12: I thought I had a no buy, but then I realized that my 8 year old is still using the same hooded baby towels he had as a newborn and they're suddenly tattered. I was going to wait for a good Kohl's sale, but I found a sale, a 30% coupon, and free shipping online tonight. So $38 Kohls for towels, a Christmas gift for my aunt, and socks and pjs for the boys. ETA: $218 on Christmas gifts, too. Ouch.
11/13: Today was my big shoe shopping trip with my friend that we've been looking forward to for about a month. That means that DH had the boys all day and spent money too. Here goes: DH and the boys spent $105 at BJ's (with $45 in coupons!), $? for lunch, $? for birdseed from the nature center fundraiser (he can't remember how much!). I spent $98 on shoes, $1 on muffin cups, $7 on sewing supplies, $17 on pjs and puzzles, and $16 on odds and ends for my class. I drove, so my friend bought my lunch, which was nice of her.
11/14: $26 groceries
11/15: $35 after school care, $? on dinner because the casserole I had put in the fridge LAST night to defrost was still a solid brick at 4:30 this afternoon.
11/16: $12 for the little one's book order, $80 on ONE contact lens (ouch!).
11/17:
Not sure I'm going to make it to 10 this month! I've got to get cracking on the Christmas shopping, and sometimes a little at a time is all I can take.
no buy days: 5/10
dinners out: 3/5
longest streak: 3!
It wasn't a good day. My DH and I talked and while I don't buy a lot or spend a lot of money on things, I'm buying too many unnecessary things (but it was 75% off - no longer). 
. The book fair last week was not kind to my no buy, I helped each day, and took one of my kiddos to help, so I let them each choose 2 books. Our tiny (town pop 3,500) school library made $13,000 during book fair week! It was packed in there every day, and the library gets to keep the income from the fair, so that's a good deal! We also had to get 2 new tires for our car, $400 for 2
! I am also almost done with my Christmas shopping, I'm hoping to be completely done and wrapped by Nov. 30. So hopefully next month will be looking much better than this one!
! You have been doing so great on no buy, you deserve a no-stress, fun filled week!
