The big "no buy in July" thread!

[SunnieRN]

July goals:
13 No buy days (after set bills)
Grocery: $400/-$153 (My daughter/son in law will put in the same amount!
Entertainment/Eating out: $200/-$31.68

July 1: $0 (and worked on CE at home, so 5 hours overtime at work!
July 2: $153 Groceries, (including 4th of July potluck and BBQ and a crab dinner tomorrow night. LOTS of fresh fruit also! But 4 more hours OT!
July 3: $0
July 4: $0
July 5: $0
July 6: $31.68 Take out lunch (enough chinese for 2 meals)
July 7: $0 (Work tonight and tomorrow night, so be back when I can
July 8: $0
July 9: $0 (Had Dr. appt. with bad news, have to have ultrasounds, xrays and a huge amount of labs. Not looking forward to the co-pays)

7/13 No Buy Days!
Added to Savings: $115/$400

 

[MomToOne]

I managed a couple of no-buy days Wednesday and Thursday, but got the oil changed at lunch and picked something up at Target, so today wasn't a no-buy.

And on a good note, I received word yesterday that I qualified for the new "Tuition Assistance Program" at my daughter's private school! It gives me a 20% break on tuition starting in the fall. I guess they think I'm "struggling"! I laugh because I think we are just fine - more than fine in fact compared to many, many families today - but if you knew the other parents at the school, I guess we're "poor" in comparison! Oh well - I'll take the extra cash in my pocket without complaining!

7/1 $15 LLBean, $15 Everyday Minerals, $31 Target, $30 Myzeno.com, $3 Target
7/2 $0
7/3 $43 Gas, $6 WalMart, $4 Airport Parking, $5 Downtown Parking, $10 Trip Envelope
7/4 $3 Donuts, $68 FoodsCo
7/5 $5 Oroweat Bakery Store, $32 Costco, $4 Costco Café
7/6 $24 Target
7/7 $0
7/8 $0
7/9 $22 Oil Change, $8 Target

 

[Ginamarie]

Lookin good for me!

7-1 - $10 parking fee

7-2 $0 (my first no spend day in July!)

7-3 - $77.32 groceries, $32.35 baby shower gift

7-4 - $12.50 groceries

7-5- $0

7-6 $0

7-7 $0

7-8 $30- kid/baby stuff, $91 BJs

7-9 $0

Today should be another No Buy Day. I took some beef cubes out of the freezer, so we're set for food. I decided to set my goal at 12 No Buy days, so I'm on track there (expecting more spending at the end of the month with the Target toy sale and my gymbuck redemption next week). So far, pretty much all the spending has been groceries/cleaning supplies. So I can't be too disappointed.

No Buy Days- 5/12

 

[thebigkahuna]

07-01 $9.00 dinner.
07-02 $11.65 lunch
07-03 $0!
07-04 $0!!
07-05 $5.78 Kmart
07-06 $1.00 vending machine ice cream! $16.00 misc.
07-07 $0!
07-08 $0!
07-09 $16 movies $11 gift

No $pend days: 4 / 12

 

[SunnieRN]

July goals:
13 No buy days (after set bills)
Grocery: $400/-$153 (My daughter/son in law will put in the same amount!
Entertainment/Eating out: $200/-$31.68

July 1: $0 (and worked on CE at home, so 5 hours overtime at work!
July 2: $153 Groceries, (including 4th of July potluck and BBQ and a crab dinner tomorrow night. LOTS of fresh fruit also! But 4 more hours OT!
July 3: $0
July 4: $0
July 5: $0
July 6: $31.68 Take out lunch (enough chinese for 2 meals)
July 7: $0 (Work tonight and tomorrow night, so be back when I can
July 8: $0
July 9: $0 (Had Dr. appt. with bad news, have to have ultrasounds, xrays and a huge amount of labs. Not looking forward to the co-pays)
July 10: $560 (We have 2 August birthdays and I got some Christmas shopping done. One birthday and about 1/2 of Christmas to go).

7/13 No Buy Days!
Added to Savings: $115/$400

 

[charming23]

I am exhausted today. It was an excellent concert and worth every penny. I may have gotten a tee and key ring but shhhhhhh I am not telling.

July Budget:

Grocery- $200/ $138.84 left
Household/Beauty- $50/ 40.38 Left
Car/Gas- $50/ $25.62 left
Eating out/ Entertaiment- $50
Misc- $50/$38.24

Total- $400/$293.08 left

Goal of 10 no buy days

7/1- $11.76 at Kmart
7/2- Out of town
7/3- Out of town
7/4- Out of town
7/5- $0
7/6- $61.16 at Marc's for groceries
7/7- $0
7/8- $0
7/9- $24.38 Gas and $9.62 at Sally Beauty
7/10- $0

4/10 No Buy days

 

[Virgderon]

Sunnie, I will be thinking about you. Hope your health issues will be easily taken care of.

It's hot, I spent too much yesterday, and we have plenty of food . This is a 0 spend day.

Running Total: Spent $340
$1150 budget...$810 left
$0 Days: 4
Goal is 8 or more!
coupon savings $73

Groceries budget- $200-4-2-35-9-30... 120 left

July 1 0
July 2 0
July 3 14 (8 misc, 2 book, 4 lunchmeat)
July 4 21 (16 lunch at Changs, 5 tee at Old Navy)
July 5 163 (misc at Disney, 2 pop)
July 6 0
July 7 35 (groceries)
July 8 23 ( Walgreens- 9 pop)
July 9 84 ( haircut, groceries)
July 10 0

 

[wdwfan16]

7/1 - $0
7/4 - $0
7/5 - $0
7/6 - $0
7/7 - $0
7/8 - $0
7/10 - $0

 

[thebeesknees]

7/1 $22.95 LL Bean
7/2 $50 groceries
7/3 $0 Finally!!
7/4 $0
7/5 $0
7/6 $0
7/7 $0
7/8 $0
7/9 $56 Walmart school supplies, $120 Sam's club montly stock-up and printer ink.
7/10 $.81 Post Office, $10 Dollar Tree frozen veggies, stuff for church picnic tomorrow.

6/12 no-buy days

 

[Tiggerish]

Budget for July is $1000 with 10 no spend days.

Auto $60
Eating Out/Entertainment $100 /$83 left
Giving $125 /$100
Groceries/Household Goods $300 / $199 left
Medical $265 / $255
Misc. $150 / $140 left

No spend days = 5 /10
Coupon savings = $19.35
Christmas 2010 running total of spending = $12

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7/1 Groceries $20
7/2 $0
7/3 Groceries $43; Misc. $10 (new Mickey Mouse watch)
7/4 Giving $25 (church); Groceries $6
7/5 $0
7/6 Groceries $3; Medical $10 (3 month prescription)
7/7 $0
7/8 $0
7/9 $0
7/10 Eating $17 (ice cream treats); Groceries $29

 

[Virgderon]

Charming - I just woke up from a nap and on my computer was a printout for tickets to the baseball game with the Adam Lambert concert after. I had told DH that you said the concert was good, and I guess he decided I should see it even tho Adam is not his thing. Sweet, right?

 

[Where'sPiglet?]

Goals: 15 $0 Buy days
Max spending $500 for gas, food (groceries & eating out), and miscellaneous.

01 - $0!
02 - $0!
03 - $82.80 Winn-Dixie (Saved $34.85)
04 - $0!
05 - $0!
06 - $0!
07 - $57.15 Walmart, gas, brake tag, dinner out
08 - $2.45 I just HAD to have a snoball!
09 - $22.45 lunch out with friends
10 - $23.05 zoo & bracelets

Totals:
$0 Buy: 5/15..................33%
Spending: $187.90/$500...38%
Days in Month: 10/31.......32%

Averages:
$500/31 days= $16.13
$187.90/10 days= $18.79

Here is a picture of the bracelets I got. They help out a good cause, and they're cute!

July 9: $0 (Had Dr. appt. with bad news, have to have ultrasounds, xrays and a huge amount of labs. Not looking forward to the co-pays)

I am sorry to hear this. I hope everything turns out to be okay!

I can totally relate on the financial part of it; I did not include the health category in this month's no buy spending for myself because of all the appointments and things we have going on. We have spent over $425 this month so far (it's only the 10th...there's more coming!) on medical and that is WITH insurance!

 

[QVCshopper]

Back from our trip, and needed tons of food...

No-buy days: 3/10

7/1 - $2.25 popcorn at free show
7/2 - $3.50 Pretzel Factory; $5 Garden; $2.25 Hallmark; $9.50 B&N; $16 Genuardis; $11 Haircut
7/3 - $6 ChickFilA; $5 LL Bean
7/4 - $10 Farmers Market; $6 Candy Store/Machines; $38 Weis food; $2.50 Dunkin Donuts
7/5 - $0
7/6 - $0
7/7 - $12 Grey Towers; $18 Lunch; $40 Pizza Hut dinner; $5 Candy Store/Machines
7/8 - $0
7/9 - $3 Hallmark; $4 Wawa; $25 gift card
7/10 - $81 Redners food; $5 farmers market; $20 Panera Bread; $15.85 TRU gift; $11 Wegmans
7/11 - $13.50 Orchard; $4 Wawa; $35 Wegmans

 

[lougoofy]

$1.35 Dairy Mart chips and gum and $1.00 snack
7/09/10: $2.72 taco bell, $1.50 bus fare, $3.94 Panera Bread, $4.22 dgmarket groceries and t.p. and $7.41 home store (shelves)

7/09/10: $$ night out
7/10/10: $3.75 drinks, $3.71 dgmarket, $2.52 Rally's and $4.85 drinks for at home

 

[PrncesKMW]

QVCShopper - I almost broke my no-buy day today because the Shark steam mop was on QVC as a TSV - for 3 easy pays! Oh, it was SO hard to say no!

Only 3 No Buy Days so far this month, but I will keep trying. There's always next month too, right?

 

[3girlsfun]

I'm not going to post my totals, bc I still have one more shopping trip to make after dinner.

I did want to chime in though and say, I have the Shark steamer mop thing, and I bought it on QVC, for 3 easy pays.....I LOVE it. I don't use chemicals to clean in our house, and I use this on our floors, hardwood, and tile, and am planning to use it on our two rooms with carpet soon. It works great! A great deal. Ok, I will do my best to stop trying to talk you into it, but, I think it will save you money in the long run if you decide to go for it! I seriously love it!

 

[MissBritt]

7/1 $73.19 WinnDixie (saved 58.04)
7/2 $52.74 Pubix (saved 57.84)
7/3 $34.30 Gas, $17.87 Post office, $50 Sephora (gift), $6.41 The Body Shop (gift), $15.00 Etsy (gift), -$5.34 Return
7/4 $14.00 Movie & snacks (Grown Ups)
7/5 $20.25 Movie & snacks (Toy Story 3), $28.00 Dinner out (1/6)
7/6 $0
7/7 $53.38 Sephora (makeup!!!), $14.18 WinnDixie (saved 8.88)
7/8 $0
7/9 $0
7/10 $36 Gas, $40.26 Walmart, $6.40 Borders (gift), $31.26 Target (gift)

Groceries 140.11 (saved 124.76)
Dinner Out 28.00 (1/6)
Gas 70.30
Gifts 122.01
Entertainment 34.25
Incidentals 98.57
Returns -5.34

TOTALS:
488.00
$0 DAYS- 3/10

 

[charming23]

Charming - I just woke up from a nap and on my computer was a printout for tickets to the baseball game with the Adam Lambert concert after. I had told DH that you said the concert was good, and I guess he decided I should see it even tho Adam is not his thing. Sweet, right?

Sounds fun. He is just so amazing live and puts on an awesome show. Have fun.

 

[Jen_in_NH]

7/1 - $0
7/2 - $10 for dinner when I got held over at work for an extra 5 hours.
7/3 - $5 for milk
7/4 - $12 for food at work. I really need to go grocery shopping...
7/5 - $0
7/6 - $15 for food at work and Rite Aid-ing. I still need to go grocery shopping
7/7 - $13 for a co-workers kids' fundriaser
7/8 - $5 for dinner at work since I got held over for another 3 hours....
7/9 - $40 for gas and milk
7/10 - $175 for groceries, $8 for a baby shower present.

Total for the month: $283
Budget remaining for the month: $717

 

[MickeyMomOfThree]

Charming,
Sorry I won't see you at Bon Jovi, but glad you had a great time at your concert. I'm getting a shirt too! I have waited 20+ years, so I am going for it.
Can't wait to get back on here on Tuesday, though it won't be to record a $0 day cause we will need groceries after being gone, but I look forward to catching up again!