The big "no buy in July" thread!

[Cindy-rella]

I thought 12 no buys would be easy! I was ready to post my first one yesterday, but remembered I bought a shirt for my son's All Stars t-ball game!
Hopefully, I will get one today!

 

[ronnmel]

No Buy Days : 0/10
Gas :
Car repairs :
Groceries : 16$
Eating out (and snacks) :
Non-necessities : 12$

7/01 : 12$ (greeting cards)
7/02 : 16$ (groceries)

 

[Virgderon]

Another no buy day, but I need to start off strong because I am going to stuggle to get them later this month.

I track 0 spend days, total discretionary spending, grocery budget and coupon/sale savings.

Running Total: Spent 0
$1150 budget...1150 left
$0 Days: 2
Goal is 8 or more!
coupon savings $0

Groceries budget- $200... 200 left

July 1 0
July 2 0

 

[FQ fan]

I think this is a great idea! I'm new here but I saw June's and decided to definitely participate in July.

Goals for this month:
20 no buy days
$100 unneccessary purchases

7/1 - $0
7/2 - $0

---------------
no buy - 2
unneccessary - 0/$100

 

[thebeesknees]

7/1 $22.95 LL Bean
7/2 $50 groceries

0/12 no-buy days

 

[02AggieGirl]

Goal: 6/20 No buys days

July 1 $0
July 2 $71.93 groceries
July 3 $0
July 4 $0
July 5 $146.32 groceries, $71-boarding for dog
July 6 $0
July 7 $0
July 8 $100-housekeeper, $47.19-organization/cleaning, McD's $12.52
July 9 $0
July 10- $21 (ate out), $117 groceries

Total $586.96

 

[Mom2Ben02]

Groceries - $350/350
Gas - $250/250
Entertainment/Eating out/Misc $180/200

No Buy Days - 1/12

July 1st - $0! (Well, I did buy my 2 week old son a sun hat and sunglasses before heading to the pool - but we had a Babies R Us gift card so that was "free".)
July 2nd - $14 (bottle wine...I did without for the past 10 months...it was a necessity. ) $6 for a gift for my mom. Total = $20.

 

[Where'sPiglet?]

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

01 - $0!
02 - $0!

Totals:
$0 Buy: 2/15..........13%
Spending: $0/$500....0%
Days in Month: 2/31..6%

I was going to go to Winn-Dixie today but I will go tomorrow instead.

 

[SunnieRN]

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

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!

1/13 No Buy Days![/QUOTE]

 

[dtr_angel]

Gas: $200
Groceries: $300
Misc: $275
Eating Out: $150

No Buy Days - 0/10

1- $0.81 (eating out - @ work)
2 - $2.16 misc, $8.05 groceries

 

[Cindy-rella]

Got my first no buy today!

No buy: 1/12
Groceries ____/$440

 

[figaromeetsmarie]

July Budget:

Grocery- $270/300
Household- $50
Eating out/ Entertaiment- $30/50
Misc- $100

Total- $500

Goal of 8 no buy days



July 1st- No Buy Day
July 2nd-$30.00 groceries $20 eating out

Coupon Savings $20.84

 

[bigmama67]

Just got downsized today (with warning unlike last time)...I'm in.

Will start small with a goal of 6/31 no-buy days. So far I'm 0/6. I got a shirt at Kohl's last night ($6.37) and Silly Bandz (really for DS and it was his $) and some beer and wine today ($15).

 

[A.Mickey]

I'm back! Since joining this thread back in Oct last year I paid a lot down towards cc debt, so much in fact it is all gone.

Running Total: Spent $14.98
$0 Days:1

Groceries ($200)- $9.22
Eating Out ($100)- $2.76
Misc. (Shopping/Entertainment) ($200) $3

1- $0
2- $2.76 (McDonald's- Eating Out), $1.76 (Target-Groceries), $6.72 (Walgreens-Groceries), $.74 (CVS-Groceries) $3 (Carnival-Entertainment)


$0 Days: 1: 7%
Budget: $500....3%
Month: 2/31: 6%

My savings from coupons and sales: $24.54

 

[MissBritt]

7/1 $73.19 WinnDixie (saved 58.04)
7/2 $52.74 Pubix (saved 57.84)

Groceries 125.93 (saved 115.88)

TOTALS:
125.93
$0 DAYS- 0/10

 

[Where'sPiglet?]

I'm back! Since joining this thread back in Oct last year I paid a lot down towards cc debt, so much in fact it is all gone.

Woohoo!! Congratulations!!

 

[thebeesknees]

I'm back! Since joining this thread back in Oct last year I paid a lot down towards cc debt, so much in fact it is all gone.

Way to go!

 

[MomOf3LovesMickey]

Spent $7.50 for dinner at Taco Cabana so....

Grocery- $0/300
Household- $1.23/100
Eating Out- $7.50/50

7/1- $1.23
7/2- $7.50

 

[snoopybabe]

7/1- $0
7/2-$0
7/3 - $61.45 - clothes for work and DD. Great sale at Banana Republic outlet saved almost $90 with 50% off & then e-mail coupon savings. Set now for the new school year.

2/10 days

 

[Virgderon]

Busy day today. Paid for misc stuff at Walgreens, lunchmeat, $2 book at the flea market (but got 2 books free ...

I track 0 spend days, total discretionary spending, grocery budget and coupon/sale savings.

Running Total: Spent 14
$1150 budget...1136 left
$0 Days: 2
Goal is 8 or more!
coupon savings $7

Groceries budget- $200-4... 196 left

July 1 0
July 2 0
July 3 24 ( 8 misc, 2 book, 4 lunchmeat)