~December No-Spend Challenge~ Climb up on the wagon with us -- start today! Newcomers welcome - Page 9

[scrapadoozer]

12/01
12/02
12/03
12/04
12/05
12/06
12/07
12/08 $10 Gift card
12/09
12/10 $6.04 Swap shipping
12/11
12/12
12/13 $3 Jo-Ann's (extra seam ripper & tape measure)
12/14
12/15 $7 Goodwill (toy for ds & a lined basket)
12/16
12/17
12/18
12/19
12/20
12/21
12/22 $70 paint and primer for dining room makeover
12/23 $18.75 McDonalds
12/24
12/25


19/20 No spend days
$114.79 in frivolous spending

[mommyto4grits]

My key:
No Spend
No Driving
Budgeted Spending/Necessities/Thought Over Purchase
Unnecessary Spending
: Exercise Day

Groceries- $687

Dec 1-
Dec 2- :
Dec 3- :
Dec 4-
Dec 5- :
Dec 6- :
Dec 7- :
Dec 8- :
Dec 9- :
Dec 10-:
Dec 11-:
Dec 12- :
Dec 13-
Dec 14- :
Dec 15- :
Dec 16-
Dec 17- :
Dec 18- :
Dec 19- :
Dec 20- for Produce Coop and for eating out
Dec 21- :
Dec 22- :
Dec 23- :
Dec 24- :
Dec 25- :
Dec 26- :

[sweetjasmine]

Prudence, hope your time away refreshes you! We'll miss you!

[scrapadoozer]

12/01
12/02
12/03
12/04
12/05
12/06
12/07
12/08 $10 Gift card
12/09
12/10 $6.04 Swap shipping
12/11
12/12
12/13 $3 Jo-Ann's (extra seam ripper & tape measure)
12/14
12/15 $7 Goodwill (toy for ds & a lined basket)
12/16
12/17
12/18
12/19
12/20
12/21
12/22 $70 paint and primer for dining room makeover
12/23 $18.75 McDonalds
12/24
12/25
12/26
12/27


21/20 No spend days
$114.79 in frivolous spending

[Hollysmom]

December 1 - $10 Lunch
December 2 - $3 Breakfast
December 3 - $3 Breakfast, $8 lunch
December 4 -
December 5 -
December 6 -
December 7 -
December 8 - $6 lunch (packed it, then forgot it at home)
December 9 -
December 10 - $13 Breakfast & lunch
December 11 - $10 lunch
December 12 -
December 13 - $18 lunch for girls after Christmas play
December 14 - $34 Christmas party stuff
December 15 -
December 16 -
December 17 - $10 lunch
December 18 - $18 lunch
December 19 - $2 snack
December 20 -
December 21 -
December 22 -
December 23 -
December 24 - $4 pizza slice while running last minute errands
December 25 -
December 26 -
December 27 -
December 28 -

Unbudgeted/Frivolous Spending: $139
No Spend Days: 17

[mommyto4grits]

My key:
No Spend
No Driving
Budgeted Spending/Necessities/Thought Over Purchase
Unnecessary Spending
: Exercise Day

Groceries- $740

Dec 1-
Dec 2- :
Dec 3- :
Dec 4-
Dec 5- :
Dec 6- :
Dec 7- :
Dec 8- :
Dec 9- :
Dec 10-:
Dec 11-:
Dec 12- :
Dec 13-
Dec 14- :
Dec 15- :
Dec 16-
Dec 17- :
Dec 18- :
Dec 19- :
Dec 20- for Produce Coop and for eating out
Dec 21- :
Dec 22- :
Dec 23- :
Dec 24- :
Dec 25- :
Dec 26- :
Dec 27- :
Dec 28- :

[PlayaMama]

593.33/600 food
359.93/150 sundry (for this month only)
111.33/60 spending money
324.24 utilities
85.08 gas
100 medical
344.73 pets

15/20 no spend
8/11 budgeted spend
5 unbudgeted spend

1
2 4.57 shorts ds
3
4 18.80 qdoba, 22.00 cloth pads (sundry)
5 170.05 groceries
6 22.89 essential oils co-op (sundry), 21.46 shipping holiday helper (spending $)
7
8 10.00 board support (spending), 5.00 hh (spending), 9.05 shipping solstice (spending)
9
10 sierra pacific 45.94 (utilities), fedex hh 23.48, 13.00, 10.59 (spending)
11
12
13
14 100.00 propane, 28.00 transcripts (sundry), 158.20 woolens (sundry)
15 80.00 hanna sale (sundry)
16 140.00 dinner and dentist (medical 100 food 40), 26.46 gas (gas), 22.27 shipping solstice (sundry)
17 18.75 book (spending), 22.00 transcripts (sundry)
18 178.30 water sewer trash (utilities)
19
20
21 349.48 groceries (food), 126.03 pet food, 29.62 gas, 2.42 solstice (spending)
22
23 vet bill 218.70, 29.00 gas, 22.64 fedex solstice (sundry), 15.00 pizza (food)
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31

nov
oct
september 181.81 17
august 89.88 22
july 105.65 20
june 76.70 17
may 181.46 18
april 358.07 19
march 517.18 17

[PlayaMama]

793.33/600 food
359.93/150 sundry (for this month only)
111.33/60 spending money
324.24 utilities
85.08 gas
100 medical
344.73 pets

15/20 no spend
8/11 budgeted spend
5 unbudgeted spend

1
2 4.57 shorts ds
3
4 18.80 qdoba, 22.00 cloth pads (sundry)
5 170.05 groceries
6 22.89 essential oils co-op (sundry), 21.46 shipping holiday helper (spending $)
7
8 10.00 board support (spending), 5.00 hh (spending), 9.05 shipping solstice (spending)
9
10 sierra pacific 45.94 (utilities), fedex hh 23.48, 13.00, 10.59 (spending)
11
12
13
14 100.00 propane, 28.00 transcripts (sundry), 158.20 woolens (sundry)
15 80.00 hanna sale (sundry)
16 140.00 dinner and dentist (medical 100 food 40), 26.46 gas (gas), 22.27 shipping solstice (sundry)
17 18.75 book (spending), 22.00 transcripts (sundry)
18 178.30 water sewer trash (utilities)
19
20
21 349.48 groceries (food), 126.03 pet food, 29.62 gas, 2.42 solstice (spending)
22
23 vet bill 218.70, 29.00 gas, 22.64 fedex solstice (sundry), 15.00 pizza (food)
24
25
26
27
28
29 200.00 groceries
30
31

nov
oct
september 181.81 17
august 89.88 22
july 105.65 20
june 76.70 17
may 181.46 18
april 358.07 19
march 517.18 17

[scrapadoozer]

12/01
12/02
12/03
12/04
12/05
12/06
12/07
12/08 $10 Gift card
12/09
12/10 $6.04 Swap shipping
12/11
12/12
12/13 $3 Jo-Ann's (extra seam ripper & tape measure)
12/14
12/15 $7 Goodwill (toy for ds & a lined basket)
12/16
12/17
12/18
12/19
12/20
12/21
12/22 $70 paint and primer for dining room makeover
12/23 $18.75 McDonalds
12/24
12/25
12/26
12/27
12/28 $32 new hardware for dining room cabinets
12/29
12/30
12/31

24/20 No spend days
$146.79 in frivolous spending

[Smithie]

Jenny and Hollysmom, you did so well this month! Major kudos! See you in the New Year!


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Dec. 1: $100 for babysitting this month, $100 cash for miscellaneous spending this month, $100 for cleaner. $724 holding costs on the house we cannot sell, $68.16 at Earth Fare

Dec. 2: $10.50 lunch meeting, $188.75 auto and liability insurance

Dec. 3: $65.09 homeowners' insurance

Dec. 4: $15.31 at Subway, $5.43 at Dunkin Donuts, $107.53 at Walmart, $6.36 prescription copay

Dec. 5: nothing posted to accounts

Dec. 6: nothing posted to accounts

Dec. 7: nothing posted to accounts

Dec 8: $97.38 groceries, $6.36 Dunkin Donuts,

Dec. 9: $87.31 gas bill, $145.93 Target (ack! Hanukkah!), $58.62 Costco

Dec. 10: $32.89 groceries

Dec. 11: $405.25 preschool tuition, $157.44 for compost delivered to amend garden

Dec. 12: $51.80 groceries, $46.64 to rent tiller when mine wouldn't start, $17.12 takeout

Dec. 13: $27.59 Dunkin Donuts

Dec. 14: $15.66 Subway, $100 cleaner, $41.49 gas, $38.96 Hallmark store (more holiday crap!)

Dec. 15: $50.71 at Wal-Mart, $4.00 prescription copay, $145.48 electric bill, $43.74 Chinese food

Dec. 16: $10 for MORE prescriptions (thrush! aaargh!), $47.50 Wal-Mart (this was food, but still, I maybe should get my prescriptions filled at a place where I can't buy loads of other stuff...)

Dec. 17: $8.50 Dunkin Donuts

Dec. 18: $178.22 water bill, $12.39 Chik-Fil-A, $1.93 Jack in the Box

Dec. 19: nothing posted to accounts

Dec. 20: nothing posted to accounts

Dec. 21: $14.99 Zune fee, $94.86 groceries, $5.49 JITB, $322.64 medical bills,

Dec. 22: $320.01 BabiesRUs, $138.52 Wal-Mart

Dec. 23: $200 homeower's dues (a special assessment! yay!), $100 cleaner, took out $200 cash

Dec. 24: $35 doctor copay, $5.17 McDonalds, $34.51 takeout dinner, $6645 loan interest on our home loan, $97.35 phone/internet bill

Dec. 25: Merry Xmas from Netflix! $9.53

Dec. 26: nothing posted to accounts

Dec. 27: $5 prescription copay, $3.86 Jack in the Box, $46.58 groceries

Dec. 28: $98.19 DirecTV

Dec. 29: $70.08 Wal-Mart

Dec. 30: $6.89 Jack in the Box, $98.66 Costco

Dec. 31: nothing posted to accounts


Grand total 12034.90 actual/10330 budgeted

[PlayaMama]

793.33/600 food
359.93/150 sundry (for this month only)
111.33/60 spending money
324.24 utilities
85.08 gas
100 medical
344.73 pets

16/20 no spend
8/11 budgeted spend
5 unbudgeted spend

1
2 4.57 shorts ds
3
4 18.80 qdoba, 22.00 cloth pads (sundry)
5 170.05 groceries
6 22.89 essential oils co-op (sundry), 21.46 shipping holiday helper (spending $)
7
8 10.00 board support (spending), 5.00 hh (spending), 9.05 shipping solstice (spending)
9
10 sierra pacific 45.94 (utilities), fedex hh 23.48, 13.00, 10.59 (spending)
11
12
13
14 100.00 propane, 28.00 transcripts (sundry), 158.20 woolens (sundry)
15 80.00 hanna sale (sundry)
16 140.00 dinner and dentist (medical 100 food 40), 26.46 gas (gas), 22.27 shipping solstice (sundry)
17 18.75 book (spending), 22.00 transcripts (sundry)
18 178.30 water sewer trash (utilities)
19
20
21 349.48 groceries (food), 126.03 pet food, 29.62 gas, 2.42 solstice (spending)
22
23 vet bill 218.70, 29.00 gas, 22.64 fedex solstice (sundry), 15.00 pizza (food)
24
25
26
27
28
29 200.00 groceries
30
31

nov
oct
september 181.81 17
august 89.88 22
july 105.65 20
june 76.70 17
may 181.46 18
april 358.07 19
march 517.18 17