The big "no buy in July" thread!

[SnowWhite607]

July 1 - $6 for ice cream for me and DD, $10 lunch Chick Fil A

July 2 - 98.45 at Walmart - that includes groceries for the week, cat stuff, paper products and toiletries. If I can keep this under $500 total for the month, that would be great!
17.68 Sonic for lunch

July 3 - groceries 20.38 (meat and stuff)

 

[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)

Totals:
$0 Buy: 2/15..................13%
Spending: $82.80/$500....17%
Days in Month: 3/31........10%

 

[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

Groceries 125.93 (saved 115.88)
Gas 34.30
Gifts 71.41
Incidentals 17.87
Returns -5.34

TOTALS:
244.27
$0 DAYS- 0/10

 

[Tiggerish]

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

Auto $60
Eating Out/Entertainment $100
Giving $125
Groceries/Household Goods $300 / $237 left
Medical $265
Misc. $150 / $140 left

No spend days = 1 /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)

 

[mizzoumom]

I would like to jump in here on this thread. 15 no spend days is my goal.
groceries: $250
I buy groceries for 2 - 3 weeks at a time.
household needs: $100

 

[annsteere]

Budget Goals:
$900 grocery budget
$120.00 allowance
$00 Fun Money

Tinkarooni, what is the difference between allowance and fun money?

DH and I are now empty nesting and considering that the new budget should have money each of us can have to spend on whatever we want for ourselves. But, that we should also plan in an amount for us to enjoy life together.

Wondering what you do.

 

[thebigkahuna]

07-01 $9.00 sandwich for dinner. Work ran WAY later than I thought.
07-02 $11.65 lunch (actually it will be lunch and dinner - so it's really not that bad price-wise)
07-03 $0! The first no spend day of July! Woo Hoo! Its been a rainy day spent indoors - no need to go out in this weather!



No $pend days: 1 / 12
Added to Emergency fund: $_____.___

 

[thebeesknees]

7/1 $22.95 LL Bean
7/2 $50 groceries
7/3 $0 Finally!!

1/12 no-buy days

 

[ronnmel]

No Buy Days : 0/10
Gas :
Car repairs :
Groceries : 36$
Eating out (and snacks) :
Non-necessities : 32$

7/01 : 12$ (greeting cards)
7/02 : 16$ (groceries)
7/03 : 40$ (groceries + sunscreen)

 

[lougoofy]

7/01/10: $2.38? dgmarket and $1.00 snack
7/02/10: $2.64 Hardee's and $15.74 groceries and trash bags (Pic Pac)

7/03/10: $3.80 Hardee's

 

[littlered]

I am going to try for 12 this month! I have a lot of craft projects I can catch up on, I know that this year s going to be a use it up Christmas craft wise..and maybe an occasional good deal I can pick up..

 

[MomOf3LovesMickey]

Grocery- $0/300
Household- $6.80/100
Eating Out- $7.50/50

7/1- $1.23
7/2- $7.50
7/3- $5.57

 

[MomToOne]

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 (picked up my sister and my DD10 at the airport - DD went to TX to visit her for the past week), $5 Downtown Parking (went out to dinner after picking them up at airport, sis picked up the tab so all I paid was parking), $10 Trip Fund Envelope

No buy days - 1/15

 

[Ginamarie]

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

Today should have been a no spend day, but DH has to get some more groceries. Doh!

 

[kinntj]

1- $1.25 for a pop out of vending
$19.99 ll Bean messenger bag for DD for school
2- $150.00 groceries (including some small fireworks for tonight)
3- $0
4- going to Sam's club

 

[Jen_in_NH]

I'm in for another month! Same goal as last time - under $1000, and not counting the no spend days.

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


This should be a good month for spending. I'm working so many days there wouldn't be a chance to spend anything anyways....

 

[A.Mickey]

Woohoo!! Congratulations!!

Way to go!

Thank you! And Thank you for this thread for helping me stay in check!!

Running Total: Spent $73.02
$0 Days:1

Groceries ($200)- $25.26
Eating Out ($100)- $27.76
Misc. (Shopping/Entertainment) ($200) $20

1- $0
2- $2.76 (McDonald's- Eating Out), $1.76 (Target-Groceries), $6.72 (Walgreens-Groceries), $.74 (CVS-Groceries) $3 (Carnival-Entertainment)
3- $10 (Carnival-Entertainment), $25 (TeddyFabz-Eating Out), $3.05 (Jewel-Groceries)
4- $7 (Dollar Tree-Shopping), $12.99 (Jewel-Groceries)



$0 Days: 1: 7%
Budget: $500....15%
Month: 4/31: 13%

My savings from coupons and sales: $155.84

 

[Where'sPiglet?]

Thank you! And Thank you for this thread for helping me stay in check!!

Running Total: Spent $73.02
My savings from coupons and sales: $155.84

You're welcome.

And I just wanted to highlight those two numbers...that is insanely impressive!!!

Any secrets? Tips?

I'm assuming you work the CVS specials and match coupons to sales. Is there more to it?

 

[Virgderon]

Lunch at Changs today, but had the coupon for a free lettuce wrap and a gc with about $13 left on it. Also grabbed a 5 dollar t shirt at Old Navy- you can always use a plain white tee.

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

Running Total: Spent 35
$1150 budget...1115 left
$0 Days: 2
Goal is 8 or more!
coupon savings $14

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

July 1 0
July 2 0
July 3 24 ( 8 misc, 2 book, 4 lunchmeat)
July 4 21 ( 16 lunch at Changs, 5 tee at Old Navy)

 

[FQ fan]

Well, I found a really good deal on a small bag for our trip, so my no buy on 7/2 is out the window. Also went out to lunch with the family today, its a Holiday!


7/1 - $0
7/2 - $20
7/3 - $0
7/4 - $65

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no buy - 2/20
unneccessary - $85/$100