December No-Spend Challenge -- Holidays are going strong...you can do it! - Page 28

[FeelingBlessed]

Dec. 1:
Dec. 2:
Dec. 3: (no spend!)
Dec. 4:
Dec. 5:
Dec. 6: (no spend!)
Dec. 7:
Dec. 8: (no spend!)
Dec. 9: (no spend!)
Dec. 10:
Dec. 11: (no spend!)
Dec. 12: (no spend!)
Dec. 13: (no spend!)
Dec. 14: (no spend!)
Dec. 15:
Dec. 16: $35 takeout pizza
Dec. 17:
Dec. 18:
Dec. 19: (no spend!)
Dec. 20: (no spend!)
Dec. 21:
Dec. 22:
Dec. 23:
Dec. 24:
Dec. 25:
Dec. 26: $103 overbudget on groceries
Dec. 27: (no spend!)
Dec. 28: $3.20 McD's, $17 library fines
Dec. 29: (no spend!)
Dec. 30: (no spend!)
Dec. 31:

Pretty good finish to December; only $ spent today was registration fee for DD's parks & rec class. Hope to see you all in January; Happy New Year!

Kim

GOALS:
* Less than $100 in frivolous spending: month to date $55.20
* At least 25 days (no spend or non-frivolous spending (ideally w/in budget)): 28/25
* Avoid Target: 30/31
* Pack snacks/water for outings: 31/31
* NO library fines: month to date $17
* Stay within grocery budget: $503/$400

[SugarAndSun]

Turns out I went way over this month. I feel like I spent very little, but I guess I spent quite a bit. My main goal will be to keep the food budget down. Still down $260 from last month though.

1st $30 gas; $25 thrift store
2nd $152 food (this should last for two weeks -- 12/16)
3rd :
4th :
5th $43 gas; $13 gifts for dc
6th $45 food; $8 eating out
7th :
8th $31 gas; $68 food (some junk, dog food, basics)
9th :
10th $1.30 coffee
11th :
12th $58 gas (loaner and mine); $76 inspection and oil change; $12 wrapping paper, ribbon; tape, roping; $21 dump
13th $48 food
14th : $21 sweater at thrift store; $3 coffee
15th :
16th :
17th :
18th :
19th : Misc. suff $95 ($15 Christmas; $50 food; $30 misc); $38 gas; $12 more food
20th :
21st : $11 post office (not counting though since buyer paid); $180 food
22nd :
23rd $20 food
24th :
25th :
26th : $20 post office (not counting since buyer paid); $7 eating out; $6 eggs
27th $30 gc for dsd bf; $100 to dsd; $17 food
28th : ($30 on food for dsd's visit -- counting for Christmas)
29th :
30th :
31st : $99; $12 eating out; $30 gas

I will NOT patronize any fast food places!
I will NOT patronize any big box stores except Home Depot if necessary.

GOALS:
Food from the grocery store: $697/$400
gas: $230/$200
races (DH and me): $0/$50 (I might use mine toward yoga though)
Christmas: $200/$150
Misc.: $114.50/$50
Garbage: $21
Car: $76
TOTAL SPENDING OUTSIDE FIXED BILLS:$1338.50


31/31 NO FAST FOOD! 30/31 NO BIG BOX STORES!


KEY: : True no spend Spending within budget : Spending outside budget

LAST MONTH!!!!
Food from the grocery store: $493/$600
Paper goods: $30
Eating out: $176/$150
Coffee: $14/$30
gas: $216/$250
personal spending on whatever: $84/$100
races (DH and me): $120/$225
diapers and wipes: $138/$60 (bought for next month too)
toward house: $82
lost $40
TOTAL SPENDING OUTSIDE FIXED BILLS:$1393

[vivalamama]

No spend! So a great way to end the year

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Dec 1 + no drive
Dec 2 costco, gifts and groceries; new winter coat
Dec 3 car maintenance, xmas spending, household, all in budget
Dec 4 groceries, gas unnecessary groceries
Dec 5 lunch with DD, xmas gift, book
Dec 6
Dec 7 haircut, fast food dinner for the girls
Dec 8 + no drive
Dec 9
Dec 10 DDs' dr visit and medicine, gas, groceries, video store
Dec 11 + no drive
Dec 12 some of this and a lot of this
Dec 13 food on plane, and digital movie player rental on plane
Dec 14 forgotten supplies (lotion and hairbrush) unneccessary snacks.
Dec 15
Dec 16 2 in a row!
Dec 17 lunch out and borders (I don't know where the used book stores are here! ) girls gifts to each other
Dec 18
Dec 19
Dec 20 3 in a row, I think that's my record (pathetic! )
Dec 21 yoga
Dec 22 lunch out with dh and tip for dinner, chocolate; envelopes and bread
Dec 23
Dec 24 baking supplies unplanned gift purchase
Dec 25
Dec 26 movies and mcd
Dec 27
Dec 28
Dec 29 farmers market
Dec 30
Dec 31

Key: no spend spending in budget unplanned, unbudgeted, or unwise

No Spend Days 16/12
Fill gas and grocery shop only once a week 2/2
Only one stock up shop at Costco 1/1
Personal discretionary spending $ 50/50

[mamamilkers]

12/01: $3 on replacing a book of a friends that my little DD ruined. $12 on lunch for bigger DD and I. $2 on a hot apple cider for me. $15 on winter boots for DD. Made $5 on Craigslist!
12/02: no spend! Made $10 on Craigslist!
12/03: no spend!
12/04: no spend! Made $20 on Craigslist!
12/05: no spend! Made $27 on Craigslist!
12/06: no spend!
12/07: no spend!
12/08: $9 on lunch for my older DD and I.
12/09: no spend!
12/10: no spend!
12/11: no spend!
12/12: $2 on 2 candles. $.75 on library fine. $1.35 on smoothie for the girls.
12/13: no spend!
12/14: $21 on admission to the children's museum. $13 for a dress for older DD. $7 on dinner. $7 on Starbucks. $56 on two sweaters for me.
12/15: no spend! Made $22 on Craigslist!
12/16: no spend!
12/17: no spend! Made $5 on Craigslist!
12/18: no spend!
12/19: no spend!
12/20: no spend!
12/21: no spend!
12/22: $3 on snacks at Target.
12/23: no spend!
12/24: no spend!
12/25: no spend!
12/26: no spend!
12/27: $1.50 on a game at Goodwill.
12/28: no spend!
12/29: $9 on coffee drinks. $15 on flowers. $60 on dinner/parking.
12/30: no spend!
12/31: $4 on a belated Christmas gift.

1. 23/20 no-spend days.
2. $334/$300 on groceries and household items for Dec 21-Jan 3.
3. $0/$0 on the credit card. Paid $220 towards the CC (above and beyond regular monthly payments)
4. $29.50/$0 on my DDs (other than Christmas gifts, of course!)

Amount spent out of the budget in December so far: $240.60

KEY:
=true no-spend
=spending within the budget
=out of budget spending

Whew! We made it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Happy New Year!

[anarchamama]

My goals for this month are
stay within budget of 3200
Beat my 8 no spend days in Nov
Pay down some of our 2000$ debt
xmas for kids 100
xmas for dh and I 100

1-$40 drivers license, $81.27 kids portraits.
2-
3- $16 drugstore wipes, asprin, $20 to fix dh banjo
4-
5- $5.94 movies, $122.22 groceries
6-
7-$7.91 movies, $40 dh carpool, $387 mortgage, $75 property tax
8-$163.71 groceries
9-$25.16 ccinterest
10-$3.96 movies, $6.59 groceries,
11- $7.78 dh secret santa
12- $74.32 xmas gifts for the kids, $7.77 lunch, $23 cash?, $213.07 carseat and xmas gifts
13- $20.94 dh subscription
14- $12.41 secret santa gift, 15.96 drugstore, $470 mtg and taxes, $42 xmas dinner
15-gas $42.20, drug store $28.23, $120.49 groceries
16-
17-$229.77 groceries
18-$16.10 library fines, $9.60 dh school fees, 55.98 autopac, $67.84 Y membership
19-
20-$20 cash witdrawl,
21-$89.29 house insurance, 128.40 dh club fees
22-
23- $30 gas
24-$12 massage co-pay, $22.79 dinner out, $11.52 movies
25-
26- $16 gas, drugstore $15.66
27- $22.01 drugstore, $37.24 pet food, $133.94 groceries, $5.94 movies
28- $203.62 hydro, $94.49 phone, $462 mtg and insurance, $drugstore $9.69, $20 babysitter
29-$103.59 groceries, $17.34 movies
30- $10.15 drugstore
31- $27.01 bank fees


No spend 7 -
Total 3935.24/3412
per day 126.94/103.23

Well I met none of my goals for this month but after I made dh give me all his xmas money we only cam ein 288.00 over budget which I guess is a small victory for december. Sigh. I just wish we could stay in budget some month. I am getting worried about next year when our finance are going to change somewhat unpredictably..........

[annethcz]

Finished the year with a whimper. DH ended up going to the store to get goodies for New Year's Eve...

Dec. 1-
Dec. 2-
Dec. 3- spent $1.48 at post office, $12.50 at the grocery store, made $3 selling eggs
Dec. 4-
Dec. 5- $21.28 at grocery store (DH), $100 to order spring dance recital costumes. We're all out of check blanks, so the costume order went on the credit card. oops!
Dec. 6- $44.65 for gas, $4.37 for snack
Dec. 7-$38.90 for pizza (DS's birthday), $293.03 for groceries, $2.88 + misc change for a tip at Starbucks
Dec. 8-
Dec. 9-
Dec. 10- $7.15 for chicken feed (budgeted), $42 for kids' monthly bowling league fees (budgeted)
Dec. 11-
Dec. 12- $5.50 for lunch at Panera with DH, $105.42 for DCs' and niece's gifts, $175.70 for my parents' gift (will be reimbursed by my siblings for 2/3 of the cost), $10 for my mom's birthday gift.
Dec. 13- $61.04 at grocery store for fruit and dairy
Dec. 14- $50.00 for gas
Dec. 15- $10.66 for b-day party gift for DD's friend, $51.36 for household stuff (laundry detergent, dishwashing detergent, dryer sheets, soap, vacuum cleaner belt, etc.)
Dec. 16-
Dec. 17-
Dec. 18- $2.20 for library fines
Dec. 19- DH spent $7ish at the grocery store for dinner
Dec. 20- DH spent $42.62 for Xmas presents (more than double what we budgeted , $19.09 for a gift for his boss (unbudgeted , $15.99 for groceries
Dec. 21- $10.66 at grocery store for produce
Dec. 22-
Dec. 23- $41.46 for gas, $106.94 for groceries
Dec. 24- $12.52 liquor store, $10.05 for batteries
Dec. 25-
Dec. 26- $27.67 at the game store. :
Dec. 27-
Dec. 28-
Dec. 29- $67.76 at grocery store, $12.90 for water softener salt, $16.73 for chicken feed and bedding.
Dec. 30-
Dec. 31- $29.82 groceries, $47.27 liquor store

My goals for the month of December:
Track Grocery Spending: $630.39/$500
Track eating out/take out spending: $44.40/$100
Track my gasoline spending: $136.11/$160
Track household/ misc. spending: $276.11
Track holiday gift spending: $405.73/ $335 ($120 will be reimbursed)
Track frivolous spending: $2.88/$0
Track spending/income on chickens: $23.88 spending/$3 income
No frivolous spending: 30/31 days
No credit card use: 30/31 days
Stay within 15 miles of home: 23/25 days

END of the Month: $101.50 over budget. I WILL do better next month.

[Crunchy*VT*Mom]

Woohoo!!!!

Despite some slip-ups this month, we made it through the month of December with $2.75 still left in our budget.



But hey...$2.75 in the black is better than going over which is what I was afraid would happen, so I'm happy.

See you Mamas in January!!!