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[mommyto4grits]

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

1- --$124 Groceries
2-
3- --$49 Groceries
4-
5-
6-
7-
8- --$87 Groceries
9-
10---$85 Groceries
11-
12- (would've been a but had to buy a new garbage can
13---$67 Groceries
14-
15- Garage Sales and Dinner Out with family and Friends
16---$85 Groceries
17-
18-
19-
20---$15 Groceries
21-
22-
23---$127 Goceries
24-
25---$26 Groceries
26-
27-29 At a Homeschool Convention, stayed within Budget, so not a No Spend but I am giving myself the and doing a happy dance for not overspending! Dh and oldest dd spent $58 on Groceries

[Smocked]

5/8:
5/9:
5/10: woot had an awesome deal on an mp3 player for $13
5/11:
5/12:
5/13:
5/14: okay not a no spend day. I bought a gift at kohl's for dd's friend who is having a party tomorrow and a clearance book to bump the total over $10 to use my $10 coupon. Total was $2.37. Not really a budgeted spend, but worth it and it's a good gift too
5/15: $6.50 for a field trip for both kids
5/16: took dd to a play I bought tickets to a few months ago...$5 for parking and $10 for dinner because we were starving and far from home. Here's to a much more successful "no spend" week.
5/17:
5/18:
5/19: spent $10 on books at dd's bookfair. I can't turn down fundraisers!
5/20:
5/21: $5 on paint for the kids that they have been asking for the past week.
5/22: Ugh $30 or so on home improvement stuff I've put off buying for weeks.
5/23:
5/24:
5/25: a few $$ spent on the kids while at the dollar store
5/26:
5/27:
5/28:
5/29:

[mommyto4grits]

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

1- --$124 Groceries
2-
3- --$49 Groceries
4-
5-
6-
7-
8- --$87 Groceries
9-
10---$85 Groceries
11-
12- (would've been a but had to buy a new garbage can
13---$67 Groceries
14-
15- Garage Sales and Dinner Out with family and Friends
16---$85 Groceries
17-
18-
19-
20---$15 Groceries
21-
22-
23---$127 Goceries
24-
25---$26 Groceries
26-
27-29 At a Homeschool Convention, stayed within Budget, so not a No Spend but I am giving myself the and doing a happy dance for not overspending! Dh and oldest dd spent $58 on Groceries
30- --$100 Groceries

[Smocked]

5/8:
5/9:
5/10: woot had an awesome deal on an mp3 player for $13
5/11:
5/12:
5/13:
5/14: okay not a no spend day. I bought a gift at kohl's for dd's friend who is having a party tomorrow and a clearance book to bump the total over $10 to use my $10 coupon. Total was $2.37. Not really a budgeted spend, but worth it and it's a good gift too
5/15: $6.50 for a field trip for both kids
5/16: took dd to a play I bought tickets to a few months ago...$5 for parking and $10 for dinner because we were starving and far from home. Here's to a much more successful "no spend" week.
5/17:
5/18:
5/19: spent $10 on books at dd's bookfair. I can't turn down fundraisers!
5/20:
5/21: $5 on paint for the kids that they have been asking for the past week.
5/22: Ugh $30 or so on home improvement stuff I've put off buying for weeks.
5/23:
5/24:
5/25: a few $$ spent on the kids while at the dollar store
5/26:
5/27:
5/28:
5/29:
5/30:
5/31:

[mommyto4grits]

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

1- --$124 Groceries
2-
3- --$49 Groceries
4-
5-
6-
7-
8- --$87 Groceries
9-
10---$85 Groceries
11-
12- (would've been a but had to buy a new garbage can
13---$67 Groceries
14-
15- Garage Sales and Dinner Out with family and Friends
16---$85 Groceries
17-
18-
19-
20---$15 Groceries
21-
22-
23---$127 Goceries
24-
25---$26 Groceries
26-
27-29 At a Homeschool Convention, stayed within Budget, so not a No Spend but I am giving myself the and doing a happy dance for not overspending! Dh and oldest dd spent $58 on Groceries
30- --$100 Groceries
31-

[bluebirdiemama]

waiting for a june no spend to pop up.... oh man do I need the challenge ,and the accountability!

[Crunchy*VT*Mom]

I came to start it before the weekend but the boards were down...I'll go get it up right now!

[eirual]

Last month's un-budgetted spending: $366

Determined to rock the month of May!

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7: ($5.80 on randomness at the dollar store...)
8: ($28 over on mothers day, $13 ordered pizza)
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12: ($20 in the tank, $5 on milk)
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14: ($18 CD for school)
15: ($11 on lunch for the 3 of us, $3 grass seed)
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19: ($7 on treats for the 3 of us)
20: ($25 on an ipod...woohoo!)
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25: ($9 on icecream and smoothies) --new budget cycle begins for us.--..not much (read anything) left over for savings after paying off DH's spending pree from last month and a good sized university deposit...
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un-budgetted spending $144.80/150
moving-fund savings $155/700
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*= spent $1-3 of budget left-overs ($15.65)

[Hollysmom]

May was a tough one, but on to June and better no spend days

May 1 - $12 audio cable for ipod
May 2 - $10 shoes
May 3 -
May 4 - DVD $15
May 5 - Coffee & lunch $8, eyebrow wax $17, wicker basket $4
May 6 -
May 7 - Night out with girls $53
May 8 -
May 9 - Lunch on the road $20
May 10 - Lunch $8, postage $22
May 11 -
May 12 - Lunch $10
May 13 -
May 14 - Lunch $20
May 15 - Snacks for kids after ballet $2
May 16 -
May 17 - coffee $2 rice to go with my lunch $2
May 18 -
May 19 - book $7
May 20 - Breakfast & lunch $11
May 21 -
May 22 -
May 23 -
May 24 -
May 25 - Planner $10
May 26 - Water at school concert $5
May 27 - Breakfast $4
May 28 - Book $20, Lunch $8, consulting $22
May 29 -
May 30 - Fast food $23
May 31 -


13/20 No Spend days
$308 Frivolous Spending