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[triscuitsmom]

Goals for the Month of May
1. No unplanned spending: 3/31
2. Prepare all meals at home or in the home of friends or family: 3/31
3. Stay out of TH and don't eat processed food!: 3/31
4. 300 items decluttered: 206/300
5. 13 days with exercise in them: 0/13
6. Bring in extra money from my business: 0%

Key:
- No Spend or Budgeted Spending only
- Unbudgeted Spend
- All meals eaten at home
- Ate out at a restaurant or ordered food in
- Ate at Tim Hortons or ate junk food
- Decluttered stuff out of the house
- Exercise

May 1: x 125
May 2:
May 3: x 81

[Ruthiegirl]

Originally Posted by Crunchy*VT*Mom

Ruth!! Welcome back!!!

Awwwww...thanks.

[eirual]

Last month's un-budgetted spending: $366

Determined to rock the month of May!

1:
2:
3:*
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un-budgetted spending xxx/150
moving-fund savings xxx/700
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*= spent $1-3 of budget left-overs ($1.15)

[maggiemae]

a. Maggie- mom to three and soon to be single mama

b. Get current on all bills and start an emergency fund

c. I am going to think about every single purchase, cut any extras, take extra work. My mother is also moving in when my STBX moves out which will help with bills.


No spend
Planned spend
Unbudgeted spend
Eat at home


1. $237.33 Groceries for the week, gas, birthday present $52.22 Health Food Store (dog stuff, toiletries, food-stuck to list) $19.36 beer! $100 went to eating out and can't remember what else, but it is gone.
2. $4.09 Fast food (had to take STBX to emergency room and was hungry) $10 slushes for kids for after photo shoot-much deserved!

3. $10- school t-shirt for son $2 for two Kodak Mother's Day cards $131 Baseball uniforms-Yikes! More expensive than I had planned

[FillingMyQuiver]

Key:
no spend/ budgeted spending
unnecessary/ unbudgeted spending
hung laundry to dry

Goals for May
no spend days 1/20
eating out 1/2
hung laundry to dry 1/10

1. Way to start off the month $7 at Starbucks after DS1's soccer game. Also spent $$$ on Keens for DH and I at Zappos.
2. $$ spent at Target for a new vacuum (ours broke over the weekend) and a new small coffee maker (I broke the pot on ours over a week ago.) While these were replacements, we hadn't budgeted for them. I did use a GC to pay for some of it, though, so it wasn't a total bust. Also spent $$ at IHOP for lunch.
3.

[Hollysmom]

May 1 - $12 audio cable for ipod
May 2 - $10 shoes
May 3 -


1/20 No Spend days
$22 Frivolous Spending

[becoming]

Jumping in & hoping to stick with it this time... after many failures!

5/4:

[_ktg_]

Who you are:
Kate, WOHM to 2 boys and DH my super SAHP. We are spenders not very good savers. Impulse buying and fast food are our weaknesses.

Where you are going (your financial goals):
Trying to knock down 17k in CC debt with this thread and the DR thread. This has helped us track and be more accountable with ourselves about spending habits.


Key:
= No Spend
= Budgeted Spending
= unplanned spending
= unplanned emergency spending

May

1- Costco ($411)
2-
3- groceries ($119), goodwill $18
4-

Goals:
Eat out (dinner or lunch):0/2
Groceries: $422/$650 (this includes target & our cats too)
Extra for CC: 0/$200
No Spend days: 2/20
Bike to Work Days: 1/20

[ambersrose]

= unplanned/unnecessary spending
= budgeted spending
= no spend day!
= eat all meals at home
= exercise

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2= ,
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4= , ,

[Crunchy*VT*Mom]

01.. $80 babysitter, $26 coffee, pizza, bagels
02.. $95 books, $4 fancy coffee drink
03.. sos
04.. sos $28 girl scout vest for daughter
05..
06..
07..
08..
09..
10..
11..
12..
13..
14..
15..

Goals:

2/20 Stay Out of the Stores (sos)
1/20 No Spend days

[Crunchy*VT*Mom]

Originally Posted by becoming

Jumping in & hoping to stick with it this time... after many failures!

You've tried this thread many times, just coming back over and over again means SUCCESS. You are doing great. This is a continual process.

Look at me It is only the fourth day of the month and I've already frittered away over $230...seriously. It is a process.

We're glad to have you back!

[Ruthiegirl]

May 1 -- 6.00 italian ices for kids
May 2 --
May 3 --
May 4 --
May 5 --
May 6 --
May 7 --
May 8 --

[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-

[triscuitsmom]

Goals for the Month of May
1. No unplanned spending: 4/31
2. Prepare all meals at home or in the home of friends or family: 4/31
3. Stay out of TH and don't eat processed food!: 4/31
4. 300 items decluttered: 242/300
5. 13 days with exercise in them: 0/13
6. Bring in extra money from my business: 0%

Key:
- No Spend or Budgeted Spending only
- Unbudgeted Spend
- All meals eaten at home
- Ate out at a restaurant or ordered food in
- Ate at Tim Hortons or ate junk food
- Decluttered stuff out of the house
- Exercise

May 1: x 125
May 2:
May 3: x 81
May 4: x 36

[major_mama11]

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1- $40 bday gift for DS! $14 book for me.
2- $186 groceries for next 2 weeks, $28 gasoline, $12 kid shoes, $12 yarn for newfound yarn habit, $7 DS bday items
3-
4- $32 food for DS bday party; $2 household item
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Groceries + household- 188 / 500
Kid items- 12 / 60 (planning to stock up for the next year at yard sales)
Blow money for me - 26 / 40 (includes work lunches)
Gasoline- 28 / 120
- no spend day

Expected expenses:
DS bday + party- 79 / 80
Gardening- 0 / 30[/QUOTE]

[FillingMyQuiver]

Key:
no spend/ budgeted spending
unnecessary/ unbudgeted spending
hung laundry to dry

Goals for May
no spend days 1/20
eating out 1/2
hung laundry to dry 1/10

1. Way to start off the month $7 at Starbucks after DS1's soccer game. Also spent $$$ on Keens for DH and I at Zappos.
2. $$ spent at Target for a new vacuum (ours broke over the weekend) and a new small coffee maker (I broke the pot on ours over a week ago.) While these were replacements, we hadn't budgeted for them. I did use a GC to pay for some of it, though, so it wasn't a total bust. Also spent $$ at IHOP for lunch.
3.
4. $56 for fabric to make the kids bathing suits

[scrapadoozer]

05/01:
05/02:
05/03:
05/04:

$0.00 Frivolous Spending
4/20 No-spend days
4/31 No purchasing clothes for my kids days
4/15 Loads of laundry line dried
$82.15/$500 Groceries & Household

[becoming]

Originally Posted by Crunchy*VT*Mom

You've tried this thread many times, just coming back over and over again means SUCCESS. You are doing great. This is a continual process.

Look at me It is only the fourth day of the month and I've already frittered away over $230...seriously. It is a process.

We're glad to have you back!

Thanks for the warm welcome back

[maggiemae]

No spend
Planned spend
Unbudgeted spend
Eat at home


1. $237.33 Groceries for the week, gas, birthday present $52.22 Health Food Store (dog stuff, toiletries, food-stuck to list) $19.36 beer! $100 went to eating out and can't remember what else, but it is gone.
2. $4.09 Fast food (had to take STBX to emergency room and was hungry) $10 slushes for kids for after photo shoot-much deserved!

3. $10- school t-shirt for son $2 for two Kodak Mother's Day cards $131 Baseball uniforms-Yikes! More expensive than I had planned
4.$15 baseball game snacks- did not plan well $33.24 (20 gas, groceries)

[Ruthiegirl]

Gave blood today and I should have planned better. I was really light-headed and not feeling well, so I bought a sandwich to get my blood sugar back up.

May 1 -- 6.00 italian ices for kids
May 2 --
May 3 --
May 4 --
May 5 -- 6.56 lunch
May 6 --
May 7 --
May 8 --