~May No-Spend Challenge~ We're tracking our spending and trying hard to spend less. Come Join us! - Page 9

[dsaucone]

I need to get a hold of this eating out thing.

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3 $6 fast food breakfast
4 $14 arguably necessary meal out $10 nurses week special lunch
5 $2.50 snack at work
6 $4 smoothie on badge at work
7 $16 eating out
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12 : 21st!
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KEY/GOALS/TOTALS

No unncessary/unneeded spending 5

$51.50

: $141 left in budget.

Savings $64/$500

[Smithie]

May 1: $2 pizza day at preschool, $295 preschool tuition, $300 mural in kids' bedroom
May 2: Mortgage paid.$4.56 overpriced yummy sugary coffee drink, $3 brownie breakfast for kids, $7 heirloom veggies seedlings, $10 gallon of local strawberries, $6.77 bananas and raw milk.
May 3: $26.37 book, $31.57 bulk order of Dreamfields pasta
May 4: $16.50 insurance autodraft, $35.99 sheets and socks for older kids at BRU, $33.86 baby supplies at Baby Depot, $44.45 at Michael's, and... $13.23 unhealthy lunch at the Barnes and Noble cafe for ds and me
May 5: $12.30 Mickey-Ds, $38.13 household 40.75 groceries $9.42 gas at Costco
May 6:
May 7: about $ 25 fast food It was a loooong drive to the pediatric urologist, but I should've had lunch at home.
May 8: $74.05 household at CVS, $18.34 groceries, $35.59 Asian takeout. Aaaargh!
May 9: $71.71 gas bill autodraft
May 10:


Expense categories:

Gas: 9.42/60
Cash: 0/200
Celebrations (kids' birthdays!): 0/300
Babysitter: 0/50
Clothing: 0/50
Preschool Tuition: 295/295
Entertainment: 26.37/50
Groceries: 57.34/300
Eating Out: 95.68/100
Gifts: 0/75
Grooming: 0/50
Holding Costs on house in Seattle: 703.51/704
Cleaner: 0/300
Garden: 7/50
Yard Guy: 0/70
Other household: 529.05/500
Insurance: 119.80/120
Tax: 0/475 set aside to pay state property taxes due in December
Cable: 0/98
Garbage: 0/53
Gas and Electric: 71.71/220
Internet and Phone: 0/89
Water: 0/43
Principal Payment on Seattle house: 250/250
Car Loan: 0/661.21

Total: 1981.57/4808 (this is the total amount of take-home $$$ for this month)
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Goals:

Get this household in the green for May!

[kreyno4]

5/1 - $10 fast food Oops not a great start to the month!
5/2 - $20 raffle tickets at fundraiser, $7 grocery, $30 ordering food
5/3 -
5/4 - $5 coffee out, $10 celebrate dh's new job! :
5/5 - $30 breakfast out to celebrate new job. Time to stop celebrating now!
5/6 - $50 gardening, $28 Target shoes
5/7 - : Finally!
5/8 - :
5/9 -
5/10 -

No spend
: No drive

5/15 no spend
3/15 no drive
$217/400 groceries and household (carried over from April)
$103 not in budget ($40 dividend, $75 discussion board participation)
$50 garden[/QUOTE]

[triscuitsmom]

This Month:
1. No Spend days - 2/15
2. No more than five unplanned spending days - 2/5
3. Exercise 20 days - 3/20
4. Get rid of 300 items around the house - 0/300

Key:
No Spend
Budgeted spending only
Unbudgeted spending

1: Bought groceries today : Walked to and from the pediatrician to get the baby seen
2: Paid phone/internet bill : Got my butt moving doing spring clean up outside and inside!
3: Grocery shopping to stock up on bulk items
4: Forgot about a doctors appointment and had to take a cab to get there - $20.00
5: Bought shampoo, produce from the farmers market, cleaning supplies, and thank you cards and went out for lunch, but all budgeted money : Walked downtown and back
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8: Bought some safe food for the elimination diet I am starting as well as infant probiotics
9: Bought more food for my TED
10: Bought Mothers Day treats, spent more than we had planned

[tricia80]

Tricia's Totals:

Goals:

Have a $1000 EF (350.06/1000)
Pay off consolidation loan by Jan 2010
Exercise More
Eat Out Less/Pack Lunches More

Types of Spending:

: Unbudgeted/Unnecessary Spending
Budgeted Spending (groceries, gas, rent, hydro, babysitting etc)
No Spending

Totals:

Groceries: 26.11/120
Budgeted Bills: 101.34/1631.10
Gas: 25/120
Unecessary Spending: 5.85
Unbudgeted Expenses: $20.50

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5/1 - 8.12 (groceries), 12.25 (cat food)
5/2 - 15 (thermometer to make yogurt, ice cream - out of the food budget)
5/3 - No spending because its Sunday
5/4 - 2.99 (bananas for dd's African Class Lunch - took out of the grocery budget) Does gardening count as exercise???
5/5 - $25 (gas), $13 (library fines)
5/6 - No spend
5/7 - No spend
5/8 - $176.34 (Budgeted bills paid), 7.50 (community garden fee - unbudgeted), 5.85 (eating out)
5/9 - $5 (3 gallons raw milk)
5/10 - No spend

[granola_mom]

May 1- and : No spend, no drive day.
May 2- $14 on Medicine (spending)
May 3- and : $5 on Artisan bread (groceries)
May 4- Grocery day, $218 (groceries)
May 5- $4 at dollar store (spending), $45 alcohol
May 6- and :
May 7- $24 Canadian tire, potting soil and planters (garden)
May 8- and :
May 9- and : $22 Market (groceries)
May 10- and :

May goals:

7/20 No spend days
6/10 No drive days

$245/$500 groceries/food
$24/$100 home/garden
$45/$50 alcohol
$0/$100 gas/transportation
$18/$100 entertainment/hobbies/spending

No spend or only unavoidable, budgeted 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.
: No drive day!

[turalis]

Set up a budget, use the cash and envelope system, and record everything here. This will be my fourth month and now a morning doesn't feel complete if I haven't logged on to record my spending.

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

Grocery weeks:
May 3 - May 9: 89.50/90
May 10 - May 16: 72.00/100
May 17 - May 23: 0/100
May 24 - May 30: 0/100

Daily report:
5/1 -
5/2 -
5/3 - 72.00 on :
5/4 - 15.00 on : and 2.50 on ice cream for dh and I
5/5 -
5/6 - 3.00 on and 2.50 on : - stockpile has started
5/7 -
5/8 -
5/9 - 5.00 on thrifted books and 12.00 on :
5/10 - 60.00 on :
5/11 -

[Hollysmom]

Hope everyone had a good Mother's Day

May 1 - $191.52 :, $30 t-shirts for school fundraiser, $13 lunch, $26.95 toys :
May 2 -
May 3 -
May 4 -
May 5 – $33.75 Mother's day cards & gifts, $40 Maple syrup, $40 gas, $13.58 parking at hospital (not budgeted by necessary)
May 6 – $79.03 : (including dh's wine), $82.48 medication for dd3:, $3.82 treat for the girls (taking it out of my fun money)
May 7 – $8.23 lunch with a friend (out of my fun money)
May 8 –
May 9 – $132.66 :, $9.02 movie rentals for date night
May 10 –
May 11 –
May 12 –
May 13 –
May 14 –
May 15 –
May 16 – Dh’s Birthday
May 17 –
May 18 – DD2’s Birthday
May 19 –
May 20 –
May 21 –
May 22 –
May 23 –
May 24 – My Birthday
May 25 –
May 26 –
May 27 –
May 28 –
May 29 –
May 30 –
May 31 –

= No Spend
= Unbudgeted/Unnecessary Spending
= Budgeted/Necessary Spending

: & Household items: $403.21/$600
Gas: $40/$100
Spending $: $34.07/$50
Unbudgeted/Unnecessary Spending: $56.95
Budgeted/Necessary Spending: $169.81
No Spend Days 5/15

[Alyantavid]

And its not getting better

1-$20 dinner out
2-$18 gardening stuff, $21 dinner out
3-$0
4-$28 dinner out
5-$0
6-$55.52 groceries
7-$18.52 groceries
8-payday $18.60 dinner out
9-$25.81 groceries, $355.16 plants/presents
10-$0
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Groceries - $99.85/$300

[Amanda Williams]

Can't type my intro right now, but need to record some stuff....

May 1st: BIG spending! Paper groceries/medicines: $43
Fast food: $1, Baby gym/playmat: $15, Food Groceries: $224, walked one mile
May 2nd: no spend, one mile
3rd: hiked one mile, $6 state park, $1 fast food
4th: one mile
5th, another big spend day here. UGH!
$79 baby supplies, maya wrap, bibs, blankets, washcloths, etc.
$15, paper groceries, $14 food groceries, $4 homeschool, $22 clothes, $8.50 fast food
6th: no spend, walked one mile
7th: no spend, no walk
8th: $37 food, Household $15, DH shorts $43, baby $35 (cloth dipes, miracle blanket) $87 homeschool, $6 kids toys, $ 10 gift, $12 personal care groceries, $15.5 fast food, walked two miles
9th: two miles, no spend,
10th: one mile, no spend



Tallies:

Baby: $129
Food Groceries: $275
Paper/ personal Groceries: $70
Fast food: $26
Homeschool: $97
Kids: $6
Clothes: $65
Walked 8/10 days

[scrapadoozer]

05/01:
05/02: : $14 Taco Bell
05/03:
05/04:
05/05:
05/06:
05/07:
05/08:
05/09:
05/10: : $19 McDonalds

7/20 No spend days
$33/$100 Frivolous spending.
$100/$300 Paid on pellet stove.

[AngelBee]

Honestly....I am not sure how I will ever succeed at this. I can NOT get dh and family on board.

[Crunchy*VT*Mom]

Angel Bee -- Just track yourself. Hopefully once your DH sees you making a huge effort not to spend, he'll be inspired. If not, at least it is only him wasting money.

[Crunchy*VT*Mom]

YIkes!!!! : OVERDRAWN!!!!

Dang dang dang dang. This is all my fault. And it is from putting too much money over in the savings account...we have the money, it is just in the wrong account. Grrrrr....

: Oh I hope they go easy on the fees....

01.. , SOS
02.. $145 picture frames from Michael's
03.. $55 date night, SOS
04.. , SOS
05.. , SOS, :
06.. , SOS
07.. $12 diaper, $19 scrapbook stuff, SOS, :
08.. , SOS
09.. $4 Starbucks
10.. $3 Starbucks

My Goals:

5/20 No Spend Days
2/5 Let the car rest days :
6/31 Stay Out of the Stores SOS

[HappyLittleHouse]

Types of Spending:

Unbudgeted/Unnecessary Spending
Budgeted Spending
No Spending
: Car Free Day

1. $1,954.84 (AAA insurance renewal - paid 1 yr renters, 6 mo car), DMV car registration, groceries, rent) Expensive day, but no unnecessary spending!!
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5. $290 - preschool; $10.91 disposable diapers for my sick boy (diarrhea + cloth = ewwww)
6. $23.81 groceries
7. $33.88 gas, $41.24 Target (garbage can and more diapers), $10.26 lunch out (cash)
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9. MADE $234 at garage sale! WOO hooOO! Spent $68 on clothes for Birdie and for next garage sale (next month) and $4.87 on food
10. Spent too much, but cash from the garage sale
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4/20 No Spend Days
2/5 Let the car rest days
4/20 Stay Out of the Stores

[dsaucone]

1
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3 $6 fast food breakfast
4 $14 arguably necessary meal out $10 nurses week special lunch
5 $2.50 snack at work
6 $4 smoothie on badge at work
7 $16 eating out
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11 $5 to badge at work
12 : 21st!
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15 : PAY
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22 : PAY
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29 : PAY - sister & mom visit
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KEY/GOALS/TOTALS

No unncessary/unneeded spending 5

$56.50

: $141 left in budget.

Savings $64/$500

[becoming]

Jumping in late, and probably won't be here all month, but I need to be here until the 22nd.

Goal - Spend $358.09 or less until May 22.

Starting tomorrow.

[Purple*Lotus]

05/01 Budgeted day: $21.44 gas for car J; $66.52 dinner (it was our eight year anniversary of our first date, so we splurged, but we planned to splurge in advance and budgeted for it).
05/02 budgeted grocery/household spending: $149.47 I plan to seperate this out later in to household and grocery categories but I can't find the receipt right this second.
05/05 budgeted: $20.47 gas for car B; $5.32 at the post office sending a certified letter to the slumlord, however, I am not counting this against me as I plan to dock it from the rent anyhow ; $20 at the ATM taken out for gas for car J.
05/06 : $25.42 at Lowes for ceiling tiles that WILL be reimbursed by the landlord and $28.32 for Mother's Day cards and two small gifts plus gift wrap. This was a spend, I could have gotten this cheaper had I tried.
05/07 Budgted day: $22.74 for two bouquets of flowers for the Moms and $48.20 taking them both out to eat for Mother's Day- had to do it early because of travel/being out of town
05/08 $20 budgeted for my share of a Baby Shower present
05/09
05/10 Budgeted $16 for groceries
05/11


Medical bills paid this month:
$96.51 half of hospital bill
$114.35 half of surgeon's bill
$178.44

Extra debt paid:
$145

AngelBee- I agree with CrunchyVT- just track yourself and hopefully the others will fall on board

[kreyno4]

5/1 - $10 fast food Oops not a great start to the month!
5/2 - $20 raffle tickets at fundraiser, $7 grocery, $30 ordering food
5/3 -
5/4 - $5 coffee out, $10 celebrate dh's new job! :
5/5 - $30 breakfast out to celebrate new job. Time to stop celebrating now!
5/6 - $50 gardening, $28 Target shoes
5/7 - : Finally!
5/8 - :
5/9 -
5/10 -
5/11 - :

No spend
: No drive

6/15 no spend
4/15 no drive
$267/400 groceries and household (carried over from April)
$103 not in budget ($40 dividend, $75 discussion board participation)
$50 garden

[Amanda Williams]

Can't type my intro right now, but need to record some stuff....

May 1st: BIG spending! Paper groceries/medicines: $43
Fast food: $1, Baby gym/playmat: $15, Food Groceries: $224, walked one mile
May 2nd: no spend, one mile
3rd: hiked one mile, $6 state park, $1 fast food
4th: one mile
5th, another big spend day here. UGH!
$79 baby supplies, maya wrap, bibs, blankets, washcloths, etc.
$15, paper groceries, $14 food groceries, $4 homeschool, $22 clothes, $8.50 fast food
6th: no spend, walked one mile
7th: no spend, no walk
8th: $37 food, Household $15, DH shorts $43, baby $35 (cloth dipes, miracle blanket) $87 homeschool, $6 kids toys, $ 10 gift, $12 personal care groceries, $15.5 fast food, walked two miles
9th: two miles, no spend,
10th: one mile, no spend
11th: $20 TP,soap, $37 food



Tallies:

Baby: $129
Food Groceries: $312
Paper/ personal Groceries: $90
Fast food: $26
Homeschool: $97
Kids: $6
Clothes: $65
Walked 8/10 days