The big "no buy in July" thread!

[Virgderon]

"I feel like I just opened up my wallet on a highway going 80 and let money blow on out!!! "

This... is awesome and funny.

 

[Virgderon]

I guess my spending spree last Friday scared me straight. Another no spend. Tomorrow won't be....

Running Total: Spent $340
$1150 budget...$810 left
$0 Days: 6
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
July 11 0
July 12 0

 

[Cindy-rella]

Headed to Walgreens again! Spent $8.45 first transaction and $2.44 on the second. Back to school shopping has begun!

Budget
Groceries $440, Spent $85.23
4 no buys out of 12

 

[charming23]

Too tired today for some reason to go out, so it is a no buy but tomorrow is grocery shopping day.

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
7/11- $0
7/12- $0

6/10 No Buy days[/QUOTE]

 

[QVCshopper]

No-buy days: 4/10

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
7/12 - $0

 

[figaromeetsmarie]

July Budget:

Grocery- $205.06/300
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
July 4th- No buy Day
July 5th-No buy Day
July 6th-$11.10 groceries
7th-No buy
8th-No buy
9th-$11.04 groceries
11th-$15.68 groceries
12th-$27.12 groceries


Grocery Coupon Savings $179.27

 

[3girlsfun]

7-9--$1 parking garage fee at dr.'s office (ugh, almost was a no spend!)
7-10--$37 for weekly family lunch, $20 gas, $30 for house needs, and upcoming trip needs at Dollar General, Sonic $3.50 for drinks
7-11--$4.58 Home Depot, $47.22 Logan's for lunch. $158 Walmart (don't take family to Walmart!!!!!) $15 Walgreens, prescription \

7-12--$20 gas, $1 Dollar General, $5.68 Taco Bell

7-13----Better be a NO SPEND!!!!!

 

[Where'sPiglet?]

So went to NYC for a girls day on Sat. I feel like I just opened up my wallet on a highway going 80 and let money blow on out!!! Oh well. I enjoyed myself. Then yesterday was grocery day. BUT I looked circulars before I went and managed to spend only $60 for the week by planning meals around what was on sale. I was thrilled!!

I went to NYC for five days at the end of June. Money has this funny way of disappearing...quickly ...up there!

Great job on only spending $60 for groceries for a week! My in-laws are coming on Wednesday for a few days; I need to figure out what we are eating and go shopping.

I will be back shortly to post my spending for today. I needed to get some things for this visit; we didn't have enough sheets or pillows so I went out to get some today, along with some other stuff.

 

[Tiggerish]

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

Auto $60 / $37
Eating Out/Entertainment $100 /$83
Giving $125 /$75
Groceries/Household Goods $300 / $199
Medical $265 / $255
Misc. $150 / $129

No spend days = 5 /10
Coupon savings = $19.35
Christmas 2010 running total of spending = $16

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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
7/11 Giving $25 (church)
7/12 Auto $23 (Gas); Misc $11 (treats for nieces and nephew)

 

[annsteere]

July is so hard!!! So far I've had no No Buy days, and I know tomorrow won't be one either. Ugh!

No Buy Days : 0/10
Gas :
Car repairs :
Groceries : 104$
Eating out (and snacks) : 60$
Non-necessities : 192$

THANKS for posting and being truthful. I have been very careful with money this month but only racked up 2 no spend days. Good to know other people are struggling too. Hang in there!

 

[ronnmel]

No Buy Days : 0/10
Gas :
Car repairs :
Groceries : 148$
Eating out (and snacks) : 140$
Non-necessities : 274$

7/01 : 12$ (greeting cards)
7/02 : 16$ (groceries)
7/03 : 40$ (groceries + sunscreen)
7/04 : 110$ (water park day)
7/05 : 28$ (groceries)
7/06 - 7/08 : 110$ (camping, groceries, sunscreen, etc.)
7/09 : 40$ (cat food & litter)
7/10 : 80$ (eating out)
7/11 : 46$ (toaster + camping chair)
7/12 : 80$ (groceries + clothes)

 

[A.Mickey]

I am also struggling this month!! I had a crazy spending weekend. And I really have to pull in the reins! I was tempted to just not come back til August, but I figured if I do that, then it will just let the floodgates loose on my spending. SO here goes...

Running Total: Spent $530.51
$0 Days:3

Groceries ($200)- $94.79
Eating Out ($100)- $197.72
Misc. (Shopping/Entertainment) ($200) $238

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), $23 (Carnival-Entertainment)
5- $26 (Carnival-Eating Out)
6- $7.60 (McDonald's-Eating Out), $3.82 (Jewel-Groceries)
7- $0
8- $8.36 (Wendy's-Eating Out), $3.91 (CVS-Groceries), $12.94 (Joe Caputo-Groceries), $30.86 (Target-Groceries)
9- $40 (Gino's East-Eating Out), $65 (Meijer-Camping Gear)
10- $11 (Blueberry Picking), $130 (Toys), $38 (Eating Out- Ice Cream, lunch and dinner)
11- $7 (Jewel-Groceries), $50 (Eating Out- Great America & Botanical Gardens)
12- $0



$0 Days: 3: 20%
Budget: $700....76% was already over my budget of $500, so I upped it to be more realistic, probably still will go over $700, but will try my hardest!
Month: 12/31: 39%

My savings from coupons and sales: $307.91

 

[QVCshopper]

A. Mickey - Did you find a good deal on toys? I've been stalking KMart, but no luck yet. Don't be too hard on yourself about spending; I've already spent half of the month and it's only the 12th.

 

[A.Mickey]

A. Mickey - Did you find a good deal on toys? I've been stalking KMart, but no luck yet. Don't be too hard on yourself about spending; I've already spent half of the month and it's only the 12th.

Yeah, my Target had some toys marked down to 75% off. Thanks! I blew my whole budget all ready, I ate out way too much.

 

[QVCshopper]

Yeah, my Target had some toys marked down to 75% off. Thanks! I blew my whole budget all ready, I ate out way too much.

That's great. I will have to try to go and blow my budget as well! LOL! I hit the toy sale in January but returned/used up most of it.

 

[MomOf3LovesMickey]

Really fell off this weekend. Had to get groceries for a potluck, went out for my b-day and had to give DD money to give to her brother as a Bday gift ($20). So I spent $35 at Kroger Friday, $13 at shipley's, somewhere @ $20 for drinks, $14 at ross for my bday dress , 3 dollars for a pan, $4 because DD forgot to pack her underwear . Another $44 at Kroger and $2.67 at CVS. Best of all I got almost everything on DD's school supply list at Walgreens for $2.89

Big budget buster: $57 for an oil change!

Grocery- $103.87/300
Household- $56.45/100
Eating Out- $52.50/50

7/1- $1.23
7/2- $7.50
7/3- $5.57
7/4- $4.77
7/5- $0
7/6- $23.19
7/7- $12
7/8- $0
7/9- $38
7/10- $51
7/11- $25.56
7/12- $44.15

 

[SunnieRN]

Hey folks!

First and most importantly, Sunnie thinking good thoughts for you!!

Thank you SO much!! I so appreciate the positive energy!! I am happy that you enjoyed NYC! I have yet to even go there!


July goals:
13 No buy days (after set bills)
Grocery: $400/-$153, $97, $53
Entertainment/Eating out: $200/-$31.68, -$37.89 and $8.43

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). $97 groceries.
July 11: $0
July 12: $57.58 Groceries, ok, I'm not sure what I'm doing here, but I spent another $300 today. $24.00, school supplies, the grocery money and the rest on medical and additional Christmas presents. It's a good thing I go back to work tomorrow!!

8/13 No Buy Days!
Added to Savings: $115/$400
Christmas 65% complete, one birthday completely DONE![/QUOTE]

 

[wdwfan16]

7/1 - $0
7/4 - $0
7/5 - $0
7/6 - $0
7/7 - $0
7/8 - $0
7/10 - $0
7/13 - $0

 

[Tiggerish]

Today and tomorrow will be no spends because they are re-paving our street and my car is trapped in the garage.

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

Auto $60 / $37
Eating Out/Entertainment $100 /$83
Giving $125 /$75
Groceries/Household Goods $300 / $199
Medical $265 / $255
Misc. $150 / $129

No spend days = 6 /10
Coupon savings = $19.35
Christmas 2010 running total of spending = $16

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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
7/11 Giving $25 (church)
7/12 Auto $23 (Gas); Misc $11 (treats for nieces and nephew)
7/12 $0

 

[Where'sPiglet?]

A. Mickey - Did you find a good deal on toys? I've been stalking KMart, but no luck yet. Don't be too hard on yourself about spending; I've already spent half of the month and it's only the 12th.

Last month, I was up to 104% of my budget by the halfway point. Fortunately, I had some extra money come in, and the spending slowed, so I ended the month at 102%! This summer has NOT been kind to my pocketbook!