September No Buy - Holidays are Coming!

[tinkarooni]

September 1 - No Buy (day 1/18)
September 2- scheduled shopping day $75.00/$500. Groceries
September 3- dog food bought
September 4 - Walmart .43. SAMs $34.00 so $108/$500 groceries spent.
September 5 - No Buy (day 2/18)
September 6 - No Buy (day 3/18)
September 7 - No Buy (day 4/18)
September 8 - No Buy (day 5/18)
September 9 - No Buy (day 6/18)
September 10 - scheduled grocery shopping $114 so $222/$500 groceries spent.
September 11 - No Buy (7/18)
September 12 - No Buy (8/18)
September 13 - No Buy (9/18)
September 14 - No Buy (10/18)
September 15 - No Buy (11/18)
September 16 - Target $9.50
Grocery store $14.68
September 17 - Shopping day! Grocery money left $171/$500.
September 18 - No Buy (12/18)
September 19 - No Buy (13/18)

September 20 - No Buy (14/18)
September 21 - No Buy (15/18)
September 22 - $3.99 stopped at the grocery store for one item. Left with one item. Nice.
September 23 - No Buy (16/18)

September 24 - Flew home from work. Went grocery shopping for the remainder of the month. I shop for one week at a time. So my final grocery budget for September is $501.67 spent of a $500.00 budget. I am pretty happy with that! I am picking up a lot of basics at Aldi's and the difference it has made in my grocery bill is crazy. Their fresh fruits and veggies are great prices and I get a lot of dairy from there. We don't buy much prepared food so I can't comment on those items. My spending did include two very large fresh pumpkins to decorate with. I wasn't going to buy any at all this year, but then I saw Aldis had huge pumpkins for $2.99 each, I bought two.

September 25 - Shopping for odds and ends, nothing that wasn't on my list, but I'm still not going to count it as No Buy. Birthday gifts, pool supplies.
The rest of my week should pretty easily be No Buy.

September 26 - No Buy (17/18) Calling it early. I am staying home and cleaning the kitchen. I have been away from home so much and DH and DD have completely slimed my kitchen. How do they make such a mess?

 

[star72232]

I'm counting all spending except gas and household monthly bills. Goal is to keep groceries at $175/week (6 people in the family).

1. Spend - lunch out and Tim Hortons on the way out of town for vacation
2. No spend 1/15
3. No spend 2/15
4. Spend - ice cream for the family
5. No spend 3/15
6. No spend 4/15
7. Spend - groceries, kids planners for school
8. No spend 5/15
9. Spend - birthday gift for party DS3 is going to, shower gift, miscellaneous
10. No spend 6/15
11. Spend - milk, a couple things I couldn't push off until grocery day.
12. No spend 7/15
13. Spend - groceries
14. Spend - Costco (kept it under $100!)
15. Spend - more groceries
16. Spend - bought birthday present for YDS and the stuff for his goody bags for his party tomorrow
17. No spend 8/15
18. Spend - veggies/fruit/dairy
19. Spend - groceries
20. No spend 9/15
21. Spend - birthday lunch for DH, oil change, a bunch of other stuff!
22. Spend - dollar store for candy to take to US, travel insurance
23. Trip to MI to see a sick friend. Spend - lunch and dinner out, hotel room
24. Trip to MI to see a sick friend. Spend - lunch and dinner out, hotel room
25. Trip to MI to see a sick friend. Spend - lunch and dinner out
26. No spend 10/15

This has been a bad month. The trip was spendy for a weekend, but we managed to pull off a surprise get together for our friend with cancer. It was an emotional weekend, but one that has definitely brought a group of moms who met on the internet a dozen years ago even closer.

 

[charming23]

Friday I worked an opening shift and was so tired that I got pizza for dinner

Saturday I closed and spent nothing

Sunday I had off so mom and I went to lunch before a very expensive Costco trip. It was our fall/winter stock up on medication and household goods

Monday I worked until 5pm and came home but then the Cleveland Indians won the AL Central Division so I ordered t shirts from 2 places for mom and I.

Today was an off day and I spent it doing more decluttering

9/1- $0
9/2- $0
9/3- $13.44 lunch at work and $17.66 gas
9/4- planned spending for day on Kelleys Island
9/5- $0
9/6- $15.45 ordered lunch at work, I worked an unexpected open to close and $55 grocery store
9/7- $0
9/8- $0
9/9- $0
9/10- $30 Cvs and $24.58 outback dinner
9/11- $130.56 Aldi and $12.45 Jersey Mikes subs
9/12- $0
9/13- $15.56 Chipotle, $65.66 Ulta, $78.77 Target, $21.45 Gas, and $38.78 CVS
9/14- $0
9/15- $0
9/16- $0
9/17- $9.71 half price books and $108.80 giant eagle
9/18- $0
9/19- $0
9/20- $0
9/21- $67.08 Giant Eagle and $7.40 McDonald's
9/22- $0
9/23- $14.00 pizza
9/24- $0
9/25- $19.93 lunch out, $178.09 Costco, and $38.88 Giant Eagle
9/26- $62.88 MLB store and $58.66 GV Art and Design (local T shirt place with awesome designs)
9/27- $0

 

[tinkarooni]

September 1 - No Buy (day 1/18)
September 2- scheduled shopping day $75.00/$500. Groceries
September 3- dog food bought
September 4 - Walmart .43. SAMs $34.00 so $108/$500 groceries spent.
September 5 - No Buy (day 2/18)
September 6 - No Buy (day 3/18)
September 7 - No Buy (day 4/18)
September 8 - No Buy (day 5/18)
September 9 - No Buy (day 6/18)
September 10 - scheduled grocery shopping $114 so $222/$500 groceries spent.
September 11 - No Buy (7/18)
September 12 - No Buy (8/18)
September 13 - No Buy (9/18)
September 14 - No Buy (10/18)
September 15 - No Buy (11/18)
September 16 - Target $9.50
Grocery store $14.68
September 17 - Shopping day! Grocery money left $171/$500.
September 18 - No Buy (12/18)
September 19 - No Buy (13/18)

September 20 - No Buy (14/18)
September 21 - No Buy (15/18)
September 22 - $3.99 stopped at the grocery store for one item. Left with one item. Nice.
September 23 - No Buy (16/18)

September 24 - grocery shop final tally for month $501.67/ $500.00
September 25 - Shopping for odds and ends, nothing that wasn't on my list, but I'm still not going to count it as No Buy. Birthday gifts, pool supplies.
The rest of my week should pretty easily be No Buy.

September 26 - No Buy (17/18)
September 27 - No Buy (18/18)
Hooray!

 

[jsmla]

September 1-4 Vacation (Didn't participate in no-buy on these days.)
September 5-$30.25 at Albertson's for groceries
September 6-$0
September 7-$0
September 8-$20.02 at Albertson's (stocked up on chicken) and fruit stand
September 9-$9.48 at Target on paper towels
September 10-$0
September 11-$0
September 12-$0
September 13-$0
September 14-$0
September 15-$34.39 at Rouse's on gas and groceries
September 16-$43.26 on gas and dinner.
September 17-$52.07 on groceries and beer
September 18-$0
September 19-$48.99 ($23.95 on beers at Universal, $16.04 on pizza.)
September 20-$20.00 (+tax) for parking at Portofino Bay Resort, $6.00(ish, lost receipt) at Starbucks
September 21-$7.66 on a large beer at SeaWorld (w/AP discount)
September 22-$0
September 23-$18.07 at Food and Wine
September 24-$8.26 on beer at DHS
September 25-$0 (used Disney Visa rewards at F&W)
September 26-$0
September 27-$0 (used Disney Visa Rewards on dinner/beer at Animal Kingdom (around $15 left)

On Saturday (9/24) I had "brunch" in the condo-pasta with garlic, broccoli and feta. Spent the evening at Hollywood Studios and had a "cheap" beer there. Dinner was very late-a car knocked a huge signpost down across World Drive and traffic was epic. By the time I got home I was too tired to cook or even defrost so ended up with a mish-mash of raw veggies, hummus and feta.

(This was a lot cheesier than it looks!)


A friend drove up from Tampa on Sunday and we went to Epcot. I used my rewards card for beer in Canada and a peanut butter mousse at the Chew F&W kiosk. My friend treated me to lunch at Boulangerie. I had a pissaladiere and another beer


No dinner, too full!


Monday was Early Morning Magic at DHS. I had the included breakfast late and made the most (too much really ) of it. Other than some free ginger ale at the Epcot Passholder lounge I didn't have anything else other than an apple once back at the hotel.

(I also had a plate of fruit-mostly berries and melon and a piece of cinnamon puffed french toast!)


Tuesday was EMM at the MK. I repeated the late breakfast with a bit more restraint. I also used my breakfast "pass" on two coffees during the morning. In the evening I spent just under $25 of my rewards card on beer and dinner at Flame Tree BBQ in the Animal Kingdom.

(Again, I also had a plate of fruit as well another round of cheese/charcuterie to go with the croissants. Having learned my lesson yesterday re the mixing of heavy, greasy meats with thrill rides I passed on the french toast, sausage and bacon this time.)

 

[tinkarooni]

September 1 - No Buy (day 1/18)
September 2- scheduled shopping day $75.00/$500. Groceries
September 3- dog food bought
September 4 - Walmart .43. SAMs $34.00 so $108/$500 groceries spent.
September 5 - No Buy (day 2/18)
September 6 - No Buy (day 3/18)
September 7 - No Buy (day 4/18)
September 8 - No Buy (day 5/18)
September 9 - No Buy (day 6/18)
September 10 - scheduled grocery shopping $114 so $222/$500 groceries spent.
September 11 - No Buy (7/18)
September 12 - No Buy (8/18)
September 13 - No Buy (9/18)
September 14 - No Buy (10/18)
September 15 - No Buy (11/18)
September 16 - Target $9.50
Grocery store $14.68
September 17 - Shopping day! Grocery money left $171/$500.
September 18 - No Buy (12/18)
September 19 - No Buy (13/18)

September 20 - No Buy (14/18)
September 21 - No Buy (15/18)
September 22 - $3.99 stopped at the grocery store for one item. Left with one item. Nice.
September 23 - No Buy (16/18)

September 24 - grocery shop final tally for month $501.67/ $500.00
September 25 - Shopping for odds and ends, nothing that wasn't on my list, but I'm still not going to count it as No Buy. Birthday gifts, pool supplies.
The rest of my week should pretty easily be No Buy.

September 26 - No Buy (17/18)
September 27 - No Buy (18/18)
September 28 - No Buy (19/18) Cleaned out the basement today and loaded up the car for Goodwill. I need a gallon of paint from Sherwin Williams and their sale starts tomorrow, so I delayed running to Goodwill until tomorrow as the paint store is right nearby. I ended up with a No Buy day. Not very exciting, but I'm pretty happy with the month.