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post #141 of 424
4/6/09 at 10:54pm
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3 H Pay $17 eating out $12 DH video game
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5 $2 DH snack at work $15 eating out $2 drink and candy bar for DD $10 plants at HD
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10 H Pay

Goals/Totals/Key

No Unnecessary/Unbudgeted Spending 4

Unneeded $58

: $282 left in the budget.

$100 Savings

3/30 wash/dry/fold/put away 1 load a day
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post #142 of 424
4/6/09 at 11:07pm
4/1 - $3 milk
4/2 - $20 care package for friend who had a m/c; $4 grocery :
4/3 -
4/4 - $3 Easter egg hunt at park :
4/5 - $20 brunch out, $60 grocery, $15 household :
4/6 -

: = no drive day
= no spend day

Goals
2/15 no spend days
3/15 no drive days
$82/$400 grocery and household budget
$43 not in budget
post #143 of 424
4/7/09 at 1:53am
arg! Two days already this month where dh was getting dd back to sleep right until the moment he needed to leave for work (at 6am) - and so didn't have time to pack his breakfast, lunch and coffee. His evenings are already full of errands and putting dd to bed in the first place while I juggle the baby - so I don't think suggesting he pack his food at night will help. I've got to think of something though!

take care,
Kerry


April 1 4.06 breakfast; 1.45 coffee at break, 5.25 lunch
April 2 milk, cheese 10.97
April 3 gas ~45.00
April 4 grocery (incl a yr of ketchup) 222; grocery 'cause we forgot about
supper the first time (oy!) 23; 42.90 two more cloth diapers for the
stash; 5.24 pharmacy; 32 gas
April 5 $11.78 groceries (corrected from 22 - I like corrections that mean less was spent!)
April 6 4.06 breakfast; 1.45 coffee; 5.25 lunch; grocery $50.22
post #144 of 424
4/7/09 at 9:14am
I started working again as an instructor teaching a couple of aerobics classes and needed to buy music. I won't be reimbursed but will pay for the expense with my first paycheck. So, useful, needed, but a purchase I did not have in the budget.

Apr 1 --
Apr 2 --
Apr 3 --
Apr 4 --
Apr 5 --
Apr 6 --
Apr 7 -- and 47.66 for work expenses
Apr 8 --
Apr 9 --
Apr 10 --
Apr 11 --
Apr 12 --

No spend --
Budget spending --

106.11/450.00 groceries
47.66 unbudgeted expenses
post #145 of 424
4/7/09 at 9:29am
4/6 -
4/7 -
4/8 -

Grocery $ spent: $136.54/$190

$53 for the rest of the month will be a challenge (and I don't honestly think I'll make it, but I'm going to try and keep it close) I have $17 in CVS extra care bucks I plan on using for milk, so that ought to stretch things out a little bit ...

Clothing budget: $43.88 in the RED!
How I plan to fix this: sell things we no longer need and stop stalking eBay
post #146 of 424
4/7/09 at 9:34am
Plan: record everything here (did Feb & March and it made a huge difference in my spending) and use the envelope system.

Grocery weeks:
March 29 - April 4: 99.00/100
April 5 - April 11: 99.50/100
April 12 - April 18: 0/100
April 19 - April 25: 0/100
April 26 - May 2: 0/100

Type of spending
= budgeted spending
= not budgeted spending
= no spend

What the $ was spent on
: = $ spent on groceries
or : = $ spent on baby or cat
= $ spent on me

4/1 - on : 10.00 for next week's fruit & veggie delivery
4/2 -
4/3 - on - dealing with terrible cold
4/4 - on : 1.95
4/5 - on : 89.50 eek, grocery budget is used up for the week - must stick to menu.
4/6 -
4/7 -
post #147 of 424
4/7/09 at 10:27am
My Nanny was off yesterday so I had to bring the two little girls downtown with me to our back up childcare. I drove and then parked in our office tower which cost me a small fortune :

April 1 -
April 2 - : $115.56 :, $3.94 Starbucks, $32.42 clothes for dd1
April 3 - $17 planned lunch out
April 4 - : $165.12 :
April 5 - : $30.50 trip to farm
April 6 - $148.40 clothes for dd2, dd3 and gift for my sisters new baby, $23.91 shipping, $28 parking :, $2.98 :

: & household items $283.66/$600
Unbudgeted/Unnecessary Spending: $51.91
Budgeted/Necessary Spending: $211.32
No Spend Days: 1/15
:At least 30 minutes exercise: 3/30
Spending $ - $20.94/$50
Gas: $100
post #148 of 424
4/7/09 at 11:30am
Tricia's Totals:



April 5 - No spending.. felt horrible in bed all day..
April 6 - 58.47 (14.42 of which was for food for dd's school bbq)
April 7 -
April 8 -
April 9 -


I will figure out smilies eventually but i still don't feel good...[/QUOTE]
post #149 of 424
4/7/09 at 3:05pm
I'm planning 3 grocery trips this month max and hoping to keep it under $300. We don't usually spend a ton on just stuff, but the last month or two, its gotten wild. We typically eat out once or twice a month and that isn't a huge deal so I'm not worried if we do that and if we don't, great.

I'm just going to track groceries and any other spending that isn't one of our normal bills.

Here goes:
1-Payday - $15 prescription, $41.45 groceries
2-$0
3-$19.68 misc
4-$0
5-$0
6-$14.80 groceries/toiletries

Grocery total - $56.25
post #150 of 424
4/7/09 at 3:16pm
Thread Starter 
Love that quote, PlayaMama!

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03.. $153 on lawn stuff
04.. $128 clothes, $36 running stuff
05.. $32 yet more on clothes
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15.. Payday!

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My goals:

4/20 No Spend Days
2/5 Let the Car Rest Days :
post #151 of 424
4/7/09 at 5:00pm
April 1: ($14 at used book sale and $5 parking fees for said sale, within personal weekly budget)
April 2: (grocery day) $178 = $85 on bulk for month, $93 for weekly meals
April 3: and Paid rent and daycare bills, but no spending other than that! Also decluttered three garbage bags full of stuff to the thrift store and didn't even step foot in the store! Yay me!
April 4- earned $5 for bringing in beer and wine bottles, spent $16 on groceries at market (still within weekly food budget).
April 5- No spend day!
April 6- $5 on milk (came in just under week's food budget!) and $7 budgeted on new pens.
April 7- and grocery day! $140 on groceries ($56 monthly, 84 weekly) plus $34 for diapers and $5 at dollar store for elastics, carpet cleaner and push pins (budgeted). Also freecycled a huge bag of DD's baby clothes!

$19/$80 entertainment, hobbies, etc.
$340/$600 groceries
$34/$50 DD
$0/$50 alcohol
$0/$100 household
$12/$50 Misc.
$0/$100- gas

No spend or only necessary, budgetted spending like groceries, day care, rent, gas, etc.
Budgeted personal expenses only, hobbies, entertainment, etc.
Frivolous spend!- includes going over budget for things like groceries or gas.
Avoided urge to spend! (such as really wanted to go to book store but went to library instead, or other such action) or decluttered/purged in some way.
post #152 of 424
4/7/09 at 5:10pm
04/01: $17 Thrifting.
04/02:
04/03:
04/04:
04/05:
04/06:
04/07:

6/20 No spend days.
$17/$100 Unnecessarily spent.
$111/$400 Paid on the pellet stove.
post #153 of 424
4/7/09 at 6:00pm
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3 H Pay $17 eating out $12 DH video game
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5 $2 DH snack at work $15 eating out $2 drink and candy bar for DD $10 plants at HD
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10 H Pay

Goals/Totals/Key

No Unnecessary/Unbudgeted Spending 5

Unneeded $58

: $274 left in the budget.

$100 Savings
post #154 of 424
4/7/09 at 7:29pm
April 1st: no spend, walked 2 miles
2nd: no spend
3rd: $5.50 homeschool, walked one mile
4th: no spend, walked 2 miles
5th: Food: $142 Personal care /paper/diaper groceries: $92 Eat out: $10, walked one mile
6th: no spend, walked 2 miles
7th: fast food: $4.50, food groceries $54, summer shoes for kids $65, bunk bed mattresses and pillows $134, jeans for DH $18, clothing (swimsuit and baby clothes) $21, Diapers, $22


Totals:
Food Groceries: $196
Paper Groceries (lots of diapers on sale!): $114
Fast food: $14.50
Clothing: $103
Mattresses: $134
post #155 of 424
4/7/09 at 7:58pm
so, uh, today was a consolidated spend day, but it was for household things that will save money in the long run, lye for making soap, cultures for making yogurt and water-kefir/ healthy soda, supplements, canning supplies, all within budget but now i've maxed out every area for spending and i'm going to go over on groceries because of the supplements.


"every time i CHOOSE to spend i am saying NO to savings."


457.83/600 groceries
0/100 pantry stocking
59.29/60 spending money
79.49/80 sundry

4/20 no spend days
1/10 budgeted spend
1/0 non-budgeted spend!!!!
6/27 get outside :

1- :
2- 80.70 honey (is getting refunded but i'm putting it here since i spent it in the first place- this is why i haven't been back :
3- : 360.13 groceries 15.00 tank tops 12.75 kids clothes
4- :
5- :
6- :
7- : gaskets for jars 23.26 lye 28.48 97.70 butter oil, clo (groceries) 59.29 ferments (spending)
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11-


i think it's important to keep this in mind too.
march 517.18 17
post #156 of 424
4/7/09 at 8:20pm
1:::
2 $100 for ds2's bday. :
3 $70 food; $25 gas. :
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5:::
6:::
7: $48 raw milk; $50 composter (our town sold them for 50% off); $10 renewal to Mother Earth News;$5.50 library fines (STUPID DVD....omg i was distraught...5 days overdue at $1 a day)
8:::
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Goals
:5/20 No Spend Days
2/20 Decluttering/Organizing Days/30 minutes (NOT cleaning)
1/5 Library Days w/ boys
: 2/4 books
:0/20 knit at least 15 minutes
:8/28 eat at home
0/10 add things to CL
:0/5 update blogs (months behind)
:4/10 Let the Car Rest Days
:8/30 Exercise at least 30 minutes
post #157 of 424
4/7/09 at 8:51pm
Too busy to spend...

Kim :

April 1:
April 2:
April 3:
April 4:
April 5:
April 6:
April 7:

APRIL GOALS:
* Move toward achieving work goals: 4/24
* Less than $25 in frivolous spending: month to date $0
* At least 24 days (no spend or spending w/in budget): 7/24
* NO library fines: month to date $0 / NO parking tickets: $0
* Stay within grocery/eating out budget: $to update/$500
* ORGANIZE/declutter (lack of organization = spending): 6/24
* Exercise (feeling good = decreased emotional spending): 6/30
* Meal plan created: 1/4 weeks - wahoo!
post #158 of 424
4/7/09 at 10:16pm
4/1 - $3 milk
4/2 - $20 care package for friend who had a m/c; $4 grocery :
4/3 -
4/4 - $3 Easter egg hunt at park :
4/5 - $20 brunch out, $60 grocery, $15 household :
4/6 -
4/7 - $17 laundry soap

: = no drive day
= no spend day

Goals
2/15 no spend days
3/15 no drive days
$99/$400 grocery and household budget
$43 not in budget
post #159 of 424
4/7/09 at 10:43pm
WOw I'm actually having a decent enough month so far. My doughnut expenses re the worst/hardest.

4/1 : :
4/2 : :
4/3 : : $4.13 on coffee and doughnuts
4/4 : groceries $156.43
4/5 : : $2.78 coffee and doughnuts
4/6 : :
4/7 : :

Goals
4/24 :
7/25 :

Key
: - no spend
- necessiary spend
: - blew it
: - eating at home with what we have
post #160 of 424
4/7/09 at 11:44pm
Horrible news today. I SOMEHOW FORGOT TO PAY OUR PROPERTY TAXES IN DECEMBER. So goodbye to saving ANYTHING this month!!! :
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April 1st: Dunkin Donuts, $10. Groceries, $22.49. Vet, $268.50 and my dignity.
April 2nd:
April 3rd: $100 to mikveh lady, $45.72 lunch and groceries at kosher deli, $19 gas and snacks on trip home
April 4th: Groceries, 143.97. Oy.
April 5th: $39.50 for head coverings.
April 6th: $593 on plane tickets for summer visit home
April 7th: $13 Mickey-Ds, $8 candy for Easter baskets (plus some for on-the-spot munching), $20 to localharvest
April 8th
April 9th
April 10th
April 11th
April 12th
April 13th
April 14th
April 15th: TAXES DUE
April 16th
April 17th
April 18th
April 19th
April 20th
April 21st
April 22nd
April 23rd
April 24th
April 25th
April 26th
April 27th
April 28th
April 29th
April 30th

Total non-bill non-food household spending: 383/1000
Food: 256/400
Plane tickets: 593/500
Days doing homeschool lessons: 2/20
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