**June No- Spend Challenge** - Less than a week to go! Let's finish strong!! - Page 25

[Om Girl]

JUNE GOALS

• : 4/8 No Drive days
• : out count
• : 11/15 Kid centered days
• : 2/6 Work at home days
• : 2/12 YWCA days
• 10/15 No Spend days

6/1: Grand Old Day festival=$40.00. $50.00 gas. $15.00 on 2 pr. sunglasses
(CVS/ECB=FREE lip gloss!)
6/2: + : + : + :
6/3: $81.00 for work clothes, $100.59 for skin care (budgeted)

I got hired at a local yoga center tonight!

6/4: + : + :
6/5: + : + :
6/6: $36.99 for : grooming, $15.00 for :
6/7: $30.00 :, $266.99 exam/contacts , $5.00 @ Farmers' market
6/9: $7.03 : + : + :
6/10: + : + : + :
6/11: : + $1.00 for zoo/conservatory entrance
6/12:
6/13: : + :
6/14: $7.70 :
6/15: + :
6/16: : $51.00 Gap
6/17: + :
6/18: : $18.32 brunch, $141.68 Target
6/19:
6/20: $111.00 Sidewalk sale at our natural baby store, $12.00 waterpark admission, $20.77 Co-op, $20.00 TWINS baseball game.
6/21: $20.00 breakfast with my brother + :
6/22: $2.32 Kinkos print job, $94.30 Target run, $5.31 Earplugs

Jack Johnson concert! I volunteered at the show and got a t-shirt, large Jack Sigg bottle, a re-usable bag + a concert poster! It was so much fun! Jack Johnson! We took DD and she LOVED it. It was her 2nd show, her first was in-utero...now it's a family tradition! Plus we met a homebirth couple at the show and exchanged #'s!

6/23: + : + : + :
6/24: $4.00 for soup with co-worker
6/25: $4.00 Jamba Juice breakfast, $8.00 car wash
6/26: $6.00 coffee with friends
6/27:
6/28: $45.00 for groceries
6/29: $19.00 for breakfast, $75.00 for Co-Op run, $5.57 grocery
6/30: paying off a CC!

[vivalamama]

planned spending yesterday- gas and a gift for friends. today, unplanned but in budget, dinner out for me and girls. That wipes out our entertainment budget for the month, somehow I'll have to make it one whole day without being entertained .
So I definitely did not make my 15 days of no-spends, but did have approximately 50% no spend days since the day I started, so that's good. Also, came in under budget in the gas category, which I'm pleased with. We've really been staying home a lot, which may be mind-numbingly boring some days, but is good for the budget

6/7
6/8
6/9 grocery spending in budget
6/10 $1 mad cash (a soda , gasoline
6/11
6/12 gift for dh $24
6/13 dinner for me and dh $12 from entertainment budget
6/14 costco
6/15 (i spent nothing, but dh chose to go to the grocery store)
6/16
6/17 $5 mad cash cocoa and a pastry and time alone for ME
6/18 groceries
6/19 car emissions, registration and repair, subway for dds mad cash
6/20
6/21
6/22
6/23
6/24 groceries, under budget. shoot, forgot to get gas.
6/25
6/26
6/27
6/28 gasoline and gift
6/29 dinner in entertainment budget
6/30 ???


Key: No Spend! Budgeted Spend Out of Budget

Goals:
No Spend days 12/15
Grocery shopping once a week only <$75 per week
Gas budget 86.42/$125
Mad cash 17/$30

[allborntogrow]

Well the month is pretty much over and I haven't even spent a dime of the money budgeted for the baby . . . I guess that's one way not to spend . . . between work, school, homework, and the kiddo I didn't even have time to go to the baby store.

1: : $10 lunch w/ sister
2:
3: 48.93 on hubby's early birthday present, 1.75 bus fare
4:
5: : & on some paper and wipes - total of 14.38
6: : 4.00 video rental, 4.25 on wine for my sister (who claims she will pay me back in a week), and 1.00 for parking when I went out to lunch with my dad - no big deal, he bought me lunch
7: : 12.83
8: : 73.24
9: :48.09 & 40.50 at Target - clothes for son, dish soap, portable hamper
10: (finally)
11:
12: : 31.21 & : 29.35 - I bought my son a gift because his preschool graduation is tomorrow. I know. I couldn't help it. I'm so proud.
13: + 4.25 (sis paid me back)
14:
15: 25.01 for father's day breakfast out with family & 10 for father's day lunch out with sis and dad . . . yes it was planned, and yes I do still hate spending so much on food, but you know what? Both meals were excellent, which of course makes me feel just a tiny bit better
16:
17:
18: :12.55 & 19 Target - TP and baggies, all on sale.
19:
20:
21:
22:
23: : 5.00 sandwich for lunch
24: 35.25 at the county fair (we didn't actually do so bad!!!), 25 transit card
25: (and you do not know how bad I wanted coffee this morning)
26:
27: : 4.77 on breakfast and : 52.42 & 12.93 Target
28:
29:

Truly no spend!
: Groceries
Necessary or planned spending
: unnecessary spending
$0/$450 budgeted baby spending

[CityChic]

June 1 : $19.22 Lunch

June 2 No spend - If I ever needed a reason to save this would be it

June 3 : $26.36 for household items (ie contact solution, etc.)

June 4 : $23 work event

June 5

June 6 - : $35 dinner out

June 7 - : $13.25 hat for DS, $21 yoga video

June 8 : $21.95 - book for my new business

June 9 - Finally, my mom was here this weekend and I had NO will power, back on track...

June 10 : $40 dinner w/friend. This has been planned for awhile, I had bad budgeting skills and didn't save any of my entertainment money for it. Ugh!

June 11 - 15 : $263.13. There it is, honesty is a painful thing. My sister came to visit and I could not keep my debit card in my bedroom. UGH! I feel bad for her because she doesn't have much so I get overly generous...ugh, ugh, ugh.

June 16 Yay! Back on track!

June 17 Pre-emptive no spend. I am going home after work and working on my writing biz and doing yoga, no need to spend!

June 18 No spend day for me, doing good!

June 19

June 20 : $4 on tea

June 21 today is a sad day we will have some unexpected expenses.

June 22 : $20 movie and snacks

June 23 : $13 lunch

June 24 : $8.97 Pj's for DS (they were on sale), $14.95 lunch

June 25 Pre-emptive no spend. Back at work today, focus, focus, focus.

June 26 Not too bad of a day

June 27

June 28 : $29.78 Walgreens

June 29

June 30 Pre-emptive, I have nothing to spend on today, so no excuses!

****
No Spend Days - 11/20
Debt Payment $200/$400 (hoping for $650!)
Total Overspend: $549.61

[scrapadoozer]

06/01
06/02
06/03
06/04
06/05 $5.50 Swap shipping
06/06
06/07
06/08
06/09
06/10
06/11
06/12
06/13
06/14
06/15
06/16
06/17 $36.50 Fabric
06/18
06/19
06/20
06/21 $2.70 swap shipping
06/22 $2.00 toy for dd, $2.50 flavored water 6-pack
06/23
06/24
06/25
06/26 $6.67 Swap shipping
06/27
06/28 $16.50 fabric
06/29
06/30

I think I did pretty well this month! I am hoping to do as well if not better in July! See you there!

Goals
24/21 No spend days
$70.37/$125.00 Unnecessary spending
$661/$300 Car repair bill ALL PAID OFF!

[Crunchy*VT*Mom]

01..
02..
03.. $7.07 Subway
04.. ,
05.. $7.80 School BBQ,
06..
07..
08..
09..
10.. $8 Ice Cream
11..
12.. baby
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14..
15..
16..
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Goals:

27/20 No spend days
30/30 Fast Food Free days
3/10 Let the car rest days
$22.87/$100 Unnecessary Spending

Yahoo!!!! This has definitely been my best no-spend month ever. Partially that was for happy reasons (had a baby and spent two weeks babymooning) and partially that was for not-happy reasons (DH was sick and went into the hospital)...so this month probably won't be replicated again.

But it was great for my budget!

We drove the car a lot this month (and have the soaring gasoline bills to prove it) but I spent so little in other areas that it all balanced out.

Overall, a good month. On to July...

[liangel]

My key:

:= groceries
:=gas
=spending other than gas or groceries
=no money left my hands

6/1-
6/2- $35 nails, $7.23 on Pita Chips, and McD's and Sonic shake
6/3-
6/4-
6/5- $44 CVS for Stupid Clomid and some maxi pads $9 movie
6/6-: $40 gas, $15 Ruby Tuesday
6/7-
6/8-
6/9-
6/10-: $118.71, $11 lunch out
6/11-
6/12-
6/13-
6/14-
6/15-
6/16-: $40 gas, $23 CVS for Soap, hair color, hair products
6/17-: $25 on fruit and juice.
6/18-
6/19-
6/20-: $17.13, $16.20 icecream,beach towel, $5.82 CVS
6/21-
6/22-
6/23-
6/24-
6/25- $8 on lunch out.
6/26-: $50 gas, $5 Chik-Fil-A
6/27-
6/28-: $182 groceries
6/29- $45 nails
6/30-

Not a good month. I can do better.

[Hollysmom]

June 1 -
June 2 - Groceries $165
June 3 -
June 4 -
June 5 - $107 Shoes for dd1 & dd2, $4 Snacks after swimming, $13 Lunch, $54 sippy cups (got a good deal so I bought a bunch), $79 clothes for me and $135 groceries
June 6 -
June 7 -
June 8 - $27 shipping, $13 for photo prints
June 9 -
June 10 -
June 11 -
June 12 - $50 gift, $8 snacks, $25 parking :, $22 lunch, $17 PJs for girls, $13 Father's day cards, $213 groceries, $405 eye exam and contact lenses and $436 dentist dd1 and I. I will get some back from insurance for the eyes and teeth, but what an expensive day it was
June 13 - $9 postage, $33 address labels, $100 donation
June 14 -
June 15 -
June 16 - $122 Groceries, $27 t-shirts for me, $25 Father's Day gift, $18 duty on a package, $133 on co-ops :, $9 dinner for the kids
June 17 -
June 18 -
June 19 - $305 kitchen stuff
June 20 - $6 for PJs for dd1, $74 groceries
June 21 - $85 gas:, $9 lunch for girls
June 22 -
June 23 - $2 soap, $70 groceries, $21 dress for dd1, $22 photos
June 24 -
June 25 - $17 stamps & stationary, $10 for dinner for the kids
June 26 -
June 27 - $326 Costco, $55 co-op, $41 books
June 28 -
June 29 -
June 30 - $33 lunch, $16 backpack for dd1

Well I did better this month. Not great, but better. I am hoping for an even better month in July.


No spend days 17/20

Key:

No spend
budgeted/necessary spending
frivolous/unbudgeted spending

[monkey's mom]

6/1: Donated flowers for town hall $36/ Flowers for me $28.29
6/2:
6/3:
6/4:
6/5:
6/6:
6/7: Farmer's mkt. and grocery ~$255/ Pool toys $2
6/8:
6/9: Bananas $2.43
6/10: Gas $60 /Movie $5/ Drink $3.50 /Forgot!! $5 for Star wars toys for ds' bday
6/11: Post office (mailing Father's Day stuff) $2.68
6/12:
6/13:
6/14:
6/15:
6/16:
6/17: Groceries $239.15
6/18:
6/19:
6/20:
6/21: Bday gifts & party favors for ds $19.90/ Groceries $6.65/ Firehouse supper $12
6/22:
6/23:
6/24:
6/25:
6/26: Groceries $241.93 (Including BH&G mag. for $3.50.....eh....)
6/27:
6/28:
6/29:
6/30:

No Spend
Budget Spend
Over Budget

Groceries $745.16
Gardening $64.29
Misc. $50.08
Gas $60

BEST month yet!!!!!!! I spent under $100 on gas AND misc. spending!! Groceries were high, but that's OK. Hot damn! I'm pleased as punch! Thank you, No Spend Challenge!! :

eta: Nope....I forgot to add the fire house supper to my misc. spending, so I'm at $110! Which is still AWESOME for us!! :

[nadia105]

6/1: :$20 on cake for ds's bday party
6/2: $75 Target, $35 gas, $75 food, $65 medical bill
6/3: No Spend!
6/4: No Spend!
6/5: $44.74 on Father's Day gifts
6/6: $5 cupcakes, $22 pizza, $21 pants
6/7: $3.50 at my moms group garage sale
6/8: $20 Target for wipes and snacks
6/9: $33 Joann's, $36 kids hair, $19 pants
6/10: $63 groceries
6/11: No Spend!
6/12:
6/13: $36 bras
6/14: No Spend!
6/15: $40 Target
6/16: $4.69 on cookies and a Dr Pepper
6/17: $20 father's day cake
6/18: some okay spending, but about $13 of on a cake and dr pepper
6/19: $3.27 on a cookie and dr pepper
6/20 - 6-22: about $20 total on food while out of town, $12 target
6/23:
6/24: $10.55 take out
6/25: $200 at Target, $3.27 at cafe
6/26: just groceries
6/27: No Spend!
6/28: $230 at Home Depot, some grocery and Target spending (those budgeted)
6/29: $11 at a bday party for my friend's ds, 16.95 WW online
6/30: No Spend!

This month was very eye opening, way more money went out than I was realizing! Off to do better in July....

[FeelingBlessed]

Playing catch up here; hope I remembered everything. Bottom fell out of an otherwise pretty good month. Past week has been fairly busy/stressful, so overspending on easy food and kids' CDs (just symptom of weakness). On to July to do better...

Kim

June 1:
June 2:
June 3: Library fines ($12.20)
June 4:
June 5:
June 6:
June 7:
June 8:
June 9:
June 10: $30 kids' trading cards (should have planned better)
June 11:
June 12:
June 13:
June 14:
June 15:
June 16:
June 17:
June 18:
June 19:
June 20: overbudget on groceries
June 21: $4 Crocs charms
June 22:
June 23:
June 24: parking ticket
June 25: $10 Home Depot workbench for DS (I was weak @ Goodwill) + $1 flip flops for DD (who just got new Crocs this past weekend - ugh!)
June 26: $30 Steve Blunt CDs at concert
June 27: overbudget food
June 28:
June 29: $30 Dan Zanes CD + DVD at concert
June 30: overbudget food

GOALS:
* Less than $50 in frivolous spending: month to date $137.20
* At least 25 days (no spend or spending w/in budget): 21/25
* Pack snacks/water for outings: 30/30
* NO library fines: month to date $12.20
* Stay within grocery/eating out budget: $621/$500
* ORGANIZE/declutter (lack of organization = spending): 17/25
* Exercise (feeling good = decreased emotional spending): 23/25
* Meal plan created: 0.30/4 weeks
* Sell rental house by 8/31 - tenants out without notice (mid-June-ish); push hard starting NOW (after cleaning up the mess they left behind); colleague of DH's is very interested in purchasing - fingers crossed...

[allborntogrow]

1: : $10 lunch w/ sister
2:
3: 48.93 on hubby's early birthday present, 1.75 bus fare
4:
5: : & on some paper and wipes - total of 14.38
6: : 4.00 video rental, 4.25 on wine for my sister (who claims she will pay me back in a week), and 1.00 for parking when I went out to lunch with my dad - no big deal, he bought me lunch
7: : 12.83
8: : 73.24
9: :48.09 & 40.50 at Target - clothes for son, dish soap, portable hamper
10: (finally)
11:
12: : 31.21 & : 29.35 - I bought my son a gift because his preschool graduation is tomorrow. I know. I couldn't help it. I'm so proud.
13: + 4.25 (sis paid me back)
14:
15: 25.01 for father's day breakfast out with family & 10 for father's day lunch out with sis and dad . . . yes it was planned, and yes I do still hate spending so much on food, but you know what? Both meals were excellent, which of course makes me feel just a tiny bit better
16:
17:
18: :12.55 & 19 Target - TP and baggies, all on sale.
19:
20:
21:
22:
23: : 5.00 sandwich for lunch
24: 35.25 at the county fair (we didn't actually do so bad!!!), 25 transit card
25: (and you do not know how bad I wanted coffee this morning)
26:
27: : 4.77 on breakfast and : 52.42 & 12.93 Target
28:
29:
30:

Truly no spend!
: Groceries
Necessary or planned spending
: unnecessary spending
$0/$450 budgeted baby spending

[mumkenna&lucas]

6/1 $8 coffee
6/2
6/3
6/4
6/5
6/6
6/7
6/8 $19.02 diaper, $13 diaper, $14 lunch w/ my mom
6/9
6/10
6/11
6/12
6/13 $76.74 coop, $46 Fathers Day goodies
6/14
6/15
6/16
6/17
6/18 $37.13 coop
6/19
6/20 $27 movies
6/21 $5 drinks, $19.75 coop
6/22
6/23
6/24
6/25
6/26
6/27 $38 Target, $14 coop shipping, $9 coop shipping
6/28
6/29 $125 wrap
6/30

June Spending Goals:
No Spend days: 22/20 :
No etsy/DS/ebay: 26/20 :
Non-necessary Spending: 451.64/400

[vivalamama]

ended well this month went out to dinner at a friends, and made cookies so I wouldn't have to buy anything to bring.

6/7
6/8
6/9 grocery spending in budget
6/10 $1 mad cash (a soda , gasoline
6/11
6/12 gift for dh $24
6/13 dinner for me and dh $12 from entertainment budget
6/14 costco
6/15 (i spent nothing, but dh chose to go to the grocery store)
6/16
6/17 $5 mad cash cocoa and a pastry and time alone for ME
6/18 groceries
6/19 car emissions, registration and repair, subway for dds mad cash
6/20
6/21
6/22
6/23
6/24 groceries, under budget. shoot, forgot to get gas.
6/25
6/26
6/27
6/28 gasoline and gift
6/29 dinner in entertainment budget
6/30


Key: No Spend! Budgeted Spend Out of Budget

Goals:
No Spend days 13/15
Grocery shopping once a week only <$75 per week
Gas budget 86.42/$125
Mad cash 17/$30