April No-Spend Challenge ~ Last day of our challenge. How did you do? - Page 12

[mumkenna&lucas]

I almost bought dd some hair bands from etsy, but I shut the website down..However I still had a spend day since it was dd's picture day.

4/1
4/2
4/3 $18.37 art supplies
4/4 $36 dd's school pictures

No Spend Days: 2/25
No DS/etsy:4/27
Non-essential Spending: $54.37/$200

[Evenstar]

4/01 - DH drives to work (boo!) + grocery spending (in budget)
4/02 - grocery spending
4/03 - No-drive, No-spend!
4/04 - DH vanpools (yay!) but spends $2 on snacks for work. We also go for a very nice dinner out (not needed, but planned)

[umarider]

I was doing really well, we even biked to the Commissary which meant we were really careful about not buying too much ('cause we had to lug it home!). Then I went to Costco... did I NEED the cheesecake and flowers??? Now I am going to be tight for groceries for the rest of the month! Argh!

4/1 $27.61 Groceries, $10.15 pet/household, $39.09 Gas, $6 car wash/household
4/2 No-Spend day!
4/3 No-Spend Day!
4/4 $59.03 Groceries, $$87.53 Costco (including $15.19 for Cheesecake and $14.99 for cut flowers


2 no-spend days per week 1/4ish
3/30 no-credit card days
0 unbudgeted spending
Gas - $39.09/$220
Groceries - $159.18/$450
Household - $21.14/$125
Eating Out - $85

- budgeted spending
- no-spend day!
- unbudgeted, but necessary
: - didn't need it, but bought it anyway

[scrapadoozer]

04/01:
04/02 Toy for dd $3
04/03
04/04

Goals:
3/20 No Spend Days
$3/$200 in frivolous spending

[Ruthiegirl]

Did the rest of the grocery shopping yesterday. Should be set for the next 10 days. And I paid the regular bills. Everything is looking good for now -- I just need to keep myself from any frivolous spending.


April 1 -- 72.52 groceries
April 2 -- no spend
April 3 -- no spend
April 4 -- 54.66 groceries
April 5 -- 7.19 canning jar seals



Goals for the month:

$200 for food buying club
$300 all other groceries/stuff -- 134.67/300.00

$600 to boiler repair fund Done
$124.75 to pay off last credit card! Done

My 'not buying it' list: pizza, coffee, disposable dipes or wipes, clothes

[lizziebits]

Apr 1 --
Apr 2 -- Groceries: $51, Post Office: $31, Linens & Things: $15
Apr 3 --
Apr 4 -- Gifts for god daughter and dad: $15

I did well yesterday. We have three birthdays within the span of one week -- my sister, my dad, and our god daughter. But I'm trying to think of creative gifts that don't cost to much. Our god daughter got finger paint and side walk chalk (she's 2) and I got my dad a print. I still need to get him a frame for the print, but I should be able to get that for about $5. I got all the gifts at AC Moore with a 50% off coupon, so that helped.

Today will be a spend, as I have to pick up the frame and I'm treating myself to a breakfast sandwich on the way to work. It's budgeted, but frivolous. I think I'm going to add a smiley for budged but frivolous. I just hate going to work on Saturday mornings, so I like to give myself a treat.

-- No Spend
-- Spend within Budget
-- Budgeted by Frivolous
: -- Unplanned/Unbudgeted Spending

2/30 -- No Spend
2/30 -- Budget Spend
0/30 -- Budget, but Frivolous
0/30 -- Non Budget Spend

Week 1 -- 31 miles/100 miles

[monkeys4mama]

Hooray! Another no-spend day yesterday. So glad. So happy. I did find myself "window-shopping" online at Etsy and some of my favorite yarn and fiber stores, but I reminded myself that I wasn't spending. It's amazing how quickly I can forget and start getting excited about some thing I really love or something I want to work with, etc. But it's also amazing how fast I forget about it once I leave the store/website.

That's two no-spend days this month and two small frivolous spending days.

[nadia105]

Originally Posted by monkeys4mama

Hooray! Another no-spend day yesterday. So glad. So happy. I did find myself "window-shopping" online at Etsy and some of my favorite yarn and fiber stores, but I reminded myself that I wasn't spending. It's amazing how quickly I can forget and start getting excited about some thing I really love or something I want to work with, etc. But it's also amazing how fast I forget about it once I leave the store/website.

That's two no-spend days this month and two small frivolous spending days.

I love online window shopping! You still get the thrill of finding cool stuff (and can even bookmark it for later), but it's free. Sometimes I even fill my cart with whatever I want and then close it out.


I found myself on amazon last night, but I just checked reviews and ordered the books from the library. There was one our region doesn't have, but it will wait until more of my UFOs are done!

[katheek77]

4/1 Doc: $125, groceries: $37.59
4/2 No spend No Drive Transferred $475 into savings.
4/3 No spend No Drive
4/4 No spend No Drive

3/21 No spend days
3/20 No drive days
4/28 No eat out days

$37.59/$150 groceries - I have a lot of food in the pantry and freezer from last month.
$475/$1493.70 into savings/IRAs/investments for month
$12521.88/17924.40 into savings/IRAs/investments for the year (so far, $7521.88 into savings, $5000 into IRAs)
Less than 225 miles for the month. 121,461 beginning mileage

[MyLittleWarrior]

4/1: : $51.02
4/2: : $12.49
4/3: : : $143.72 for the GE repair guy...
4/4: : $19.71 : $13.50 library fines

0/20 no spend days
1/15 no driving days
$83.22/$400 Grocery spending
0/1 eating out day this month
$157.22/0 Off budget spending

My Key:
: = no spend days
: = grocery spending
: = no drive days
: = off budget spending

[liangel]

My key:

:-groceries
-gas
-unnecessary spending

4/1-
4/2- $40-gas.
4/3-
4/4-
4/5-

[Patrick's mummy]

01: $134 groceries/household stuff - within budget but more than I meant to spend IYKWIM. However, I did get some PP pads, some labour drinks and a bit of extra meat to make PP meals for the freezer, so I got a lot for my money. DH spent $1 at work on a chocolate bar!
02: No spend!!! DH spent a tiny bit at work but this isn't his challenge....
03: DH spent $7 on playing football plus $1.5 on a drink afterwards. The weather was glorious so I took DS1 and DS2 to the park after school. I had packed snacks but DS1 accidentally dropped his and spilled them everywhere so I ended up with a $2 spend at the store for replacements.......
04: Needed butter but came out of the store with chocolate too So, that's $4 out of my grocery budget. I wanted a Coke later but I resisted so it wasn't all bad!!
05: $3 on groceries. Still within budget but wouldn't have bought this by choice, it was related to an argument with my DH about my trying to cut down on groceries and him claiming he is being left hungry??!?!

[daekini]

Posting a little early today because I'm heading to work, and taking my coffee with me so I won't buy anything there! I'm hoping tomorrow will be a no spend/no drive day since DH and I will both be off, and I've done my big grocery shopping for the week. ~AND~ I have significantly cut back on driving and shouldn't need to fill my tank for a few more days!

4/1~ Spent nothing
4/2~ Responsible spending: $21.49 pooper-scooper, $23.34 grocery store
4/3~ Spent nothing
4/4~ Responsible spending: $2.99 teacher’s bday card, $1.59 *fancy coffee drink @ work*
4/5~ Responsible spending: $39.10 Grocery Store, $90.04 Trader Joes

Week 1 spending: $178.55

Goals:
2/15 Days no spending at ALL
5/30 Days no frivolous spending on self
0/3 No Drive days

[nadia105]

1:
2: 4.98 on laundry soap, $1770 on a new mattress (budgeted for)
3:
4: $2 on a shirt for dd, $25 pizza, came out of my spending cash
5: $22 for bridal shower gift, $22 for slippers -- $ budgeted for each

[ladyinred]

Okay, I found out how much I'll be making this month and I'm pretty pleased with it, however, my expenses this month might be pretty high depending on what the dentist says. Going to try to shop around and find one that isn't too expensive but I have a sinking feeling I'm going to need a lot of dental work done

My Key:
- No spend
- Planned spending
- Unplanned but necessary spending
: - Unplanned and unnecessary spending
: - Worked, tutored or taught
: - Paid

01/04 - $75.00 on clothes for work
02/04 - :
03/04 - : : : :
04/04 - : Went out to dinner which was planned but spent WAY over what I planned $95.00

Goals:
No spend days - 2/20
$15 in savings envelope per tutoring pay 1/4
Put tax return on student loan
Find out if I can get EI this summer

Budget:
Income around $1660.00
Df for bills - $560.00
Student loan - $60 (plus tax return)
Pay off CC - $465.00
Dentist - ????
Total extra spent so far - $170.00

[CandyApple]

Hmmm, not a good day, or last night. We ended up with pizza when my bottomless bag of onions ran out and threw my dinner plan out the window. Then today was grocery day. We did fine at the local store where I do 80% of my shopping, but blew the household budget at Meijers. I have to stop getting things for the house.

Today:
$46 at local store, including a good deal on chicken breasts that will last us all month
$75 at Meijers, $15 lamp to replace the one the boys broke (I've been looking used since Nov) and $14 on 2 large glass jars to organize my baking supplies. $12 on pop on sale. We say each week we won't drink it (dh and I, not the boys) but then we end up spending more to feed the addiction. $3 on thread, and $8 on charcoal/lighter fluid to start the grilling season, $18 on groceries.
$10 at a yard sale on the way home, stamps and an awesome Halloween decoration

So...

4/1: $20 birthday gift for BIL, $32 misc kitchen/house stuff that was not needed. $3 toy for the boys, $5 fast food, $20 groceries.
4/2-3: No spend!
4/4: $6 milk, $3 bread and ice, gas $34, pizza $13
4/5: $87 on groceries, $29 house stuff, $10 my splurge,

Totals:
$116/280 groceries
$79 unneeded
$20 gifts
$34 gas
$18 food out

[FreeSpiritMama]

This is my first month and already I can see where I am going wrong! Little amounts I know I pay out each week and they are not in my budget : :

[MyLittleWarrior]

4/1: : $51.02
4/2: : $12.49
4/3: : : $143.72 for the GE repair guy...
4/4: : $19.71 : $13.50 library fines
4/5: : :

1/20 no spend days
2/15 no driving days
$83.22/$400 Grocery spending
0/1 eating out day this month
$157.22/0 Off budget spending

My Key:
: = no spend days
: = grocery spending
: = no drive days
: = off budget spending

[my2girlz]

This month I definitely need a household budget!

4/1
4/2 $20 dr copay for dh, $19.77 in groceries, $4.05 for dh's starbucks :
4/3 $63 gas, $51.67 entertainment
4/4 groceries $92.04, $81.50 entertainment
4/5 groceries $18.33, $16 gas for lawn mower, $48.15 lawn mower supplies (oil, filter, and misc.), $15 rx

1/15 no spend days
$79/$125 gas budget
$130.14/$400 grocery budget
$137.22/$50 entertainment budget
$0/$1000 sent to savings

[Brees_Mama]

might join this after dd's bday party-i need to start being thrifty again