~ November No-Spend Challenge ~ - Page 28

[scrapadoozer]

11/01 $12 Breakfast
11/02
11/03
11/04 $7 Goodwill, $9.50 Post Office.
11/05
11/06
11/07
11/08 $5 Post Office.
11/09
11/10
11/11
11/12 $1.85 Post Office
11/13
11/14
11/15 $2 Iron-on transfers.
11/16
11/17
11/18 $10 Pizza
11/19 $7 Thrift Store
11/20
11/21
11/22 $6 Delicious bakery silliness.
11/23
11/24
11/25 $19 Wendy's
11/26 $2 Salvation Army
11/27
11/28 $7 Breakfast, $26 Chinese food
11/29 $14 Post Office


No Spend Days 17/20
Money Unnecessarily Spent: $128.35
Saved up for midwife: $100 ($300 paid to midwife on 11/22)
Paid to CC: $200

[triscuitsmom]

Another change of plans... Friday nights seem to be bad for that :P

DP came home and we got pizza, so it counts as unneccessary spending because we hadn't planned ahead. Today was no spend though and tomorrow should be no spend except for tithe at church if we make it.

My Goals
1. Half the month with no spend days: 16/15
2. Unplanned spending 5 or fewer days: 5/5
3. Emergency Fund funded/not spent from: $243.21/$135.00 added, 28/30 days with no spending
4. Minimum $150.00 on our next debt: $150.00/$150.00
5. Tim Hortons 3 or fewer days: 1/3 I get this too because even if I got it tonight AND tomorrow it would only be my max, not over it

Key
: No spend on anything
: Necessary/budgeted spending
: Unnecessary/unbudgeted spending

November 1:
November 2:
November 3: $29.00 at thrift store ($18.00 clothes, $11.00 gifts), plus a few bills paid
November 4:
November 5:
November 6: Rent and heat both hit the account today
November 7: Paid phone/internet, cell phone, three credit card bills, and put the money that I had planned towards the snowball debt we are working on this month... good spending day
November 8:
November 9: Tithe at church
November 10: Bus tickets and $2.26 for school supplies
November 11: Don't even ask... it was $25.00 of not worth it...
November 12: Paid shipping for a coop order and had my first Tim Hortons of the month
November 13:
November 14: Necessary purchase, unnecessarily high amount spent
November 15:
November 16:
November 17:
November 18:
November 19:
November 20:
November 21:
November 22:
November 23: Tithe at church
November 24: Groceries $15.39
November 25:
November 26: Bought a book I needed for school that is rare and out of print for $36.64... amazon.ca wanted almost $200!!!
November 27:
November 28:
November 29:

TOTAL budget non-flexible spending this month: $1598.47
TOTAL budget flexible spending this month: $117.80
TOTAL grocery spending this month: $27.92
TOTAL unnecessary and/or unbudgeted spending this month: $117.11

[Logan's Mom]

11/1 - $28 on massage/facial tip -- used a gift card for the rest :
11/2 - No Spend/No Drive
11/3 - $17 on lunch
11/4 - $20 on pizza + $82.01 groceries
11/5 - $4.50 CVS + $ 8.50 gas
11/6 - $8.00 lunch + $35 reading + $7.00 McDs
11/7 - $2.50 Ice Coffee + $5.50 McDs + $95.18 Frontier
11/8 - $22.48 Groceries
11/9 -- $67.48 boots + $60.44 LNT + $67.86 Target
11/10 - $3.00 on gas + $4.00 on lunch
11/11 - $2.25 CVS
11/12 - $7.00 Badger + $15.00 huggalugs + $10.00 CA Baby
11/13 - $20 co-pay + $12.00 parking + $2.00 tip + $6.50 lunch -- Just another appt at Children's in Boston.
11/14 - was doing good until DP came home and wanted to go out to dinner --- sooooo, $27 on dinner
11/15 - $32.92 Nordic Naturals + $7.00 groceries -- I did get a free pizza and free PJs for son though -- so score!!!
11/16 - No Spend/No Drive
11/17 - $18 Gas + $ 6.50 McDs
11/18 - $24 groceries + $23 shipping for Frontier :
11/19 - No Spend
11/20 - $7.50 shipping plan toys co-op
11/21 - $4.4 McDs
11/22 - No Spend :
11/23 - $103 - Groceries + 19 JT + 39 Earthtree
11/24 - $48 on pedicure
11/25 - $2 on gas --- almost a no spend day
11/26 - $7 on McDs + $75.13 Trade Joes
11/27 - No Drive/No Spend
11/28 - No Spend -- yes, even on black friday -- well sent my aunt a package but she will reimburse me -- so counting it as no spend. :
11/29 - $35 xmas + $6.50 McDs


i am a spend-a-holic -- only 6 days no spend.

[Hollysmom]

November 1 -
November 2 - : $52
November 3 - baby gift, spoons, dolls for girls $94
November 4 -
November 5 - : $215 : 2 Christmas gifts $45
November 6 -
November 7 - Chinese food $60, Gas $48
November 8 - : Dentist $84 (this was a budgeted expense), $4 parking at dentist, : $91, Parking at hospital $12
November 9 - : Parking at hospital $12, snacks $11, prescriptions $80, take-out $34
November 10 -
Novmeber 11 - Miscellaneous household stuff $53, More prescriptions $26, fast food $16
November 12 -
November 13 - Slippers for dd1, book for me $78
November 14 - : Household items $21, snacks at school fair set up $7
November 15 - : School fair $60, dinner for kids $21
November 16 -
November 17 - : Birthday party stuff $38 : $182
November 18 - Gas $45, fast food $16, Donation $135
November 19 - : $42, household stuff $66, food for dd1's birthday party $48
November 20 - stuff at school bookstore $47, playstands for girls for Christmas $520 , winter boots for me $79
November 21 - lunch $12, Ikea $293 (don't ask), birthday cake for dd1 $35, Chinese food $67
November 22 - : $102, parking $11, cupcakes $17, dentist $94
November 23 - toy co-op $64, playplace rental for birthday party $173, snacks $20
November 24 -
November 25 - : Slippers & birthday card $45, : for family birthday party $95
November 26 - : Gas $52, fee for dd1 to got to cermaics activity $13
November 27 - : $97, fast food $16, Christmas gifts $77
November 28 -
November 29 -

9/20 No spend days
$876/$600 Groceries

My Key

= No spend
: = Groceries
: = Planned necessary spending
: = Unplanned necessary spending
= Unplanned unnecessary spending

[Scribe]

Today, I shopped. I spent more than I'd like to have, but it was almost all gifts, and not new, so I don't feel terrible about it. It's money I would have spent next month anyway. So now, I just have to no-spend tomorrow to get my 16 days, and I'll be happy.

Nov 1:
Nov 2: (paid joint account and CCs for the month; updated CC balance chart)
Nov 3: $32 Majestic Mountain Sage; $5 new headphones (again!); $10 PO
Nov 4:
Nov 5: $9 dinner; $17 Goodwill; $2 soda
Nov 6:
Nov 7:
Nov 8: $5 McD's (and I threw most of it away!); $5 Goodwill
Nov 9:
Nov 10: $3 doughnuts
Nov 11: (+$19 from Paypal)
Nov 12:
Nov 13: $22 Goodwill
Nov 14:
Nov 15: $5 McD's; $3 ATM fee; $3 entry fee to art show; $285 paintings (not going to count that in monthly total); $45 tie-dyed silk long johns
Nov 16:
Nov 17:
Nov 18: $5 coffee & pastry; $1 soda
Nov 19: $4 coffee; $15 BMG
Nov 20: $29 PO; $1 OJ; +$61 Etsy sales; $21 packaging supplies; $28 soap bases
Nov 21: $15 PO
Nov 22: $6 GW
Nov 23: $56 Majestic Mountain Sage; +$83 Etsy sales
Nov 24:
Nov 25: $15 PO; $3 soda/snack; $7 fast food; $16 GW
Nov 26:
Nov 27:
Nov 28:
Nov 29: $21 Target (markers I needed and a shirt I didn't); $4 coffee (didn't need it); $48 Goodwill (all stuff I feel good about); $5 other Goodwill (same); $27 Half-Price Books (again, gifts)

Tally:
No spend days: 15/16
Flexible spending: $330/150

[allborntogrow]

1:
2:
3: : 51.84 & 6.50 at the p.o.
4:
5:
6:
7: : 9.30 on food out for me & : 17
8:
9:
10:
11: Target
12: : 3.59
13:
14: : 8.75 food out with friends
15: Target
16:
17:
18:
19:
20:
21: : 5 drink & 5 taco bell
22:
23: 64.14 Target
24:
25:
26: : 33
27:
28:
29: :9.29 - we wanted McDonald's breakfast . . .

: Truly no spend
:: Groceries
: Necessary or budgeted spending
:: unnecessary or frivolous spending

[Brisen]

1: :
2:
3: : $13.50 library fines :
4: :
5: $76 groceries; $13 kid clothes & books
6: :
7: :
8: :
9:
10: :
11: :
12: $60 groceries; : I backed into someone who was parked. It will be $600 to repair everything on both vehicles.
13: :
14: :
15: :
16:
17:
18: :
19: $71 groceries and a blanket; : $12 cookies and books we didn't need
20: :
21: : (Plus, I'm getting $8 back from an order I made last month that I was billed incorrectly on )
22: $600 for car repairs
23:
24: :
25: :
26: $59 groceries, $8 book; : $8 treats; returned some stuff and put $97 back on my cc
27: :
28: :
29: :
30:

TTD: $823.50

I'm really happy with how things worked out this month. In Sept, my spending was just under $1000... in Oct, it was $1480. This month, my spending was way down. If I take out the car repairs (I still can't believe it, arg), my spending was $224 this month. That's a huge difference. I'm going to do one big grocery shopping trip for December, probably on Wednesday, and stick to my small weekly trips only for stuff we really need. It's a lot easier to minimize frivolous stuff this way.

[Amys1st]

Poppin in to say hello! And I need to go thru my last few days too! I cannot wait to start next month! :

OK, gotta go back, read the last few days and update and report. Thanks for everything!

[scrapadoozer]

11/01 $12 Breakfast
11/02
11/03
11/04 $7 Goodwill, $9.50 Post Office.
11/05
11/06
11/07
11/08 $5 Post Office.
11/09
11/10
11/11
11/12 $1.85 Post Office
11/13
11/14
11/15 $2 Iron-on transfers.
11/16
11/17
11/18 $10 Pizza
11/19 $7 Thrift Store
11/20
11/21
11/22 $6 Delicious bakery silliness.
11/23
11/24
11/25 $19 Wendy's
11/26 $2 Salvation Army
11/27
11/28 $7 Breakfast, $26 Chinese food
11/29 $14 Post Office
11/30

No Spend Days 18/20
Money Unnecessarily Spent: $128.35
Saved up for midwife: $100 ($300 paid to midwife on 11/22)
Paid to CC: $200

Breakdown of money spent:
Post Office: $30.35 (too much!)
Eating out: $80 (way too much!)
Thrift store: $16 (I'm fine with this.)
Other: $2 (Also fine.)

[Patrick's mummy]

Nov 1st: £43.04 food shopping, £2 weekend activity (wildlife club)
Nov 2nd:£11.61 food/toiletries/household, £52.40 diesel, £9 on a take out with a friend
(£34.18 Xmas gifts but bought with money that was given to me plus my dh spent £9 on an Xmas gift for DS2)

Nov 3rd: £7 on playgroups for this week (budgetted) DH spent 60p ( no doubt on a soda or some chocolate!)
Nov 4th: No spend! DH spent £5.05on dinner at work but he reckons he is claiming this on expenses - hmmm, we'll see ?!?
Nov 5th: Spent 65p on tomato puree for dinner tonight. DS2 was begging (literally, he got on his knees!) for chocolate at the store this morning but I resisted him and just got what we need. A rare and happy event! Also £1.65 advance payment for DS1 to have Xmas dinner at school in December (grocery/household budget) and £5.50 for DS1's class theatre trip (I guess that will come out of family fun budget). £1.09 on a card for a new baby.
£24.33 DH gas for his car
Nov 6th: No spend! DH spent £3.50 on a game of football and £3.50 on lunch.
Nov 7th: Groceries/household £74.60 - wooah, I was pretty surprised to see that tally up £8.66 McDonalds (I'm kind of ashamed to write that but I was just too tired this evening to resist DH's suggestion) £0.64 DH soda at work
Nov 8th: £15 on a haircut for me (first time in 6 mths and within budget.)
Nov 9th: No spend, no drive!
Nov 10th: £3.50 playgroup (budgetted). Recording now as I don't want to spend anymore today.
Nov 11th: Fell off the wagon!
£3.50 playgroup (budgetted), £13 groceries but - and here's the rub- most of them were unnecessary and totally unhealthy! Also £3.50 DS1's school snacks til Xmas.
Nov 12th: £1.20 unnecessary grocery spending
Nov 13th: No spend for me. DH £3.50 football, drink 10p. DH petrol £28, DH cellphone pre-pay £10.
Nov 14th: £2.50 DS school charity event. £81.45 groceries. (Although I got £15 off with coupons, so it was actually more like £100 : )
Nov 15th: No spend for me. DH spent £6 on DS1's haircut plus £3.60 on sweets and £8 on lunch for him and the kids (Yeah, you know, because I only spent nearly £100 on groceries yesterday...) Hey and then guess what? DH also spent £3 on a sandwich and £30 on petrol.
Nov 16th: No spend, no drive for me. No spending for DH.
Nov 17th: No spend for me. DH spent £1.20 on miscellaneous food at work.
Nov 18th: £3.50 playgroup - budgetted. 20p photocopying. £19 groceries that we ran out of (although £7 was treats for Xmas that were on sale.) DH spent £1.14 on snacks at work. :
Nov 19th: £3.50 playgroup - budgetted. £2 postage. DH bought gas, £24.65
Nov 20th: No spend! DH spent £3.70 on football, plus £1.65 on unnecessary groceries :
Nov 21st: £3 groceries, £55.52 petrol, £3 playgroup, £1.70 parking, £1.10 lunch for DS2 who was too hungry to wait! DH spent £2.90 on lunch that he should have packed from home :
Nov 22nd: No spend, no drive for any of us!
Nov 23rd: £33.07 groceries. DH and I have agreed that there will be no more grocery spending until December now so we are on a kind of "pantry challenge" - I'm weirdly excited about this :
Nov 24th: No spend for me. DH spent £2 on a Christmas party ticket at his work.
Nov 25th: £3.50 playgroup (budgetted) and £6 postage and photocopying - expensive but unavoidable.
Nov 26th: . Turns out DH bought a book on Amazon £5.99
Nov 27th: broke the "pantry challenge" by buying DS2 some lunch - 96p. Postage £1.86 - a necessary spend.
Nov 28th: Kids are ill so no spend, no drive. OH sh*t, that;s not even true. We got takeout for dinner after an awful day looking after sick kids. £11. :
Nov 29th:£77.34 groceries BUT this is really December spending but I did it today as I don't have time early next week. So, I'm counting this in my Dec totals - we could have easily finished Nov with what we have here. It's a lot but, £15 was stuff towards Christmas so not too bad as I also got nappies and some medications as everyone here is sick
Nov 30th: We're all sick. No spend, no drive.:

[Crunchy*VT*Mom]

Yahoo! on to December...

01.. $85.70 race entry, $2 coffee at bookstore
02..
03..
04..
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07.. $3 big bag M&Ms, $13 socks, $22 child sponsorship :
08..
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10.. $3 Halloween candy on sale at Rite Aid
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13.. $6 McDonalds, $15 Dinner at bookclub
14.. $50 Date night
15..
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17.. $3 danish for playgroup
18.. $29.86 Holiday cards
19.. $3 coffee and book (Christmas gift) at library
20.. , :
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22.. $90 running clothes, $20 Peter, Paul & Mary CD
23..
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25.. $3 Pizza Putt, $12.61 McDonald's
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28.. , :
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Goals for this month:

20/20 No-Spend Days
6/5 Let the car rest days :
$2,020/$2,000 Pay 2K on the CC :

Running Tally of nonessential spending = $316

[Amys1st]

OK here is the results:

means no spending whatso ever
: means ate out of my pantry, whats on hand or freezer

1- Supper Club hosted at my house. (spent $60.12 on groceries today and $26 on alcohal for party)
2 gave $20 to weekly collection at church : from what we had
3 paid car insurance and & : w leftovers and what we had
4 $10.51 lunch out + $2 donation + $2.47 for milk run= $14.98 spent today
5 Payday mortgage due Grocery run as well. $57.90+42.08= $99.98.
6 pay coop - $105 & spent $7.08 today
7 & :
8 & :
9 & : $20 church donation
10.DH's MC due today;$30 to lunch money at school;Target run: $65.58
11 & :
12 book order @ school, will be xmas gifts $48.00; grocery delivery; grocery run total = 85.48 so 133.48 :
13 lunch date w DH
14 need to buy 3 bday gifts for 2 bday parties this weekend $50.07;$5.90 other spending
15 : went to a jewelery party of a LLL mama, $78.00 for a me xmas gift
16 : $16 to church
17 : bought makeup today $149
18 :
19 food box delivery and milk $40.89
20 Payday gas fill up $33.08 (YES! not $65) $3.00 drive thru, xmas shoping $76.00
21 costco run $124.00, lunch $9.45 for a friends bday lunch. Should have skipped it!
22 aid MC (pay in full every month) grocery $26.00
23 : church $20
24 :
25 date lunch w DH $28.00 well worth it!
26 : &
27 Thanksgiving in USA
28 Black Friday went to grocery $30.06
29
30 grocery and church total $46.00

well , got my feet wet, now lets see how December goes...

[Logan's Mom]

11/1 - $28 on massage/facial tip -- used a gift card for the rest :
11/2 - No Spend/No Drive
11/3 - $17 on lunch
11/4 - $20 on pizza + $82.01 groceries
11/5 - $4.50 CVS + $ 8.50 gas
11/6 - $8.00 lunch + $35 reading + $7.00 McDs
11/7 - $2.50 Ice Coffee + $5.50 McDs + $95.18 Frontier
11/8 - $22.48 Groceries
11/9 -- $67.48 boots + $60.44 LNT + $67.86 Target
11/10 - $3.00 on gas + $4.00 on lunch
11/11 - $2.25 CVS
11/12 - $7.00 Badger + $15.00 huggalugs + $10.00 CA Baby
11/13 - $20 co-pay + $12.00 parking + $2.00 tip + $6.50 lunch -- Just another appt at Children's in Boston.
11/14 - was doing good until DP came home and wanted to go out to dinner --- sooooo, $27 on dinner
11/15 - $32.92 Nordic Naturals + $7.00 groceries -- I did get a free pizza and free PJs for son though -- so score!!!
11/16 - No Spend/No Drive
11/17 - $18 Gas + $ 6.50 McDs
11/18 - $24 groceries + $23 shipping for Frontier :
11/19 - No Spend
11/20 - $7.50 shipping plan toys co-op
11/21 - $4.4 McDs
11/22 - No Spend :
11/23 - $103 - Groceries + 19 JT + 39 Earthtree
11/24 - $48 on pedicure
11/25 - $2 on gas --- almost a no spend day
11/26 - $7 on McDs + $75.13 Trade Joes
11/27 - No Drive/No Spend
11/28 - No Spend -- yes, even on black friday -- well sent my aunt a package but she will reimburse me -- so counting it as no spend. :
11/29 - $35 xmas + $6.50 McDs
11/30 - No Spend/No Drive


i am a spend-a-holic -- only 7 days no spend.

[Scribe]

Yay! Finished the month and made my no-spend days goal!

Nov 1:
Nov 2: (paid joint account and CCs for the month; updated CC balance chart)
Nov 3: $32 Majestic Mountain Sage; $5 new headphones (again!); $10 PO
Nov 4:
Nov 5: $9 dinner; $17 Goodwill; $2 soda
Nov 6:
Nov 7:
Nov 8: $5 McD's (and I threw most of it away!); $5 Goodwill
Nov 9:
Nov 10: $3 doughnuts
Nov 11: (+$19 from Paypal)
Nov 12:
Nov 13: $22 Goodwill
Nov 14:
Nov 15: $5 McD's; $3 ATM fee; $3 entry fee to art show; $285 paintings (not going to count that in monthly total); $45 tie-dyed silk long johns
Nov 16:
Nov 17:
Nov 18: $5 coffee & pastry; $1 soda
Nov 19: $4 coffee; $15 BMG
Nov 20: $29 PO; $1 OJ; +$61 Etsy sales; $21 packaging supplies; $28 soap bases
Nov 21: $15 PO
Nov 22: $6 GW
Nov 23: $56 Majestic Mountain Sage; +$83 Etsy sales
Nov 24:
Nov 25: $15 PO; $3 soda/snack; $7 fast food; $16 GW
Nov 26:
Nov 27:
Nov 28:
Nov 29: $21 Target (markers I needed and a shirt I didn't); $4 coffee (didn't need it); $48 Goodwill (all stuff I feel good about); $5 other Goodwill (same); $27 Half-Price Books (again, gifts)
Nov 30:

Tally:
No spend days: 16/16
Flexible spending: $330/150

[valkyrina]

::

I fell off the wagon big time this month. But more in terms of keeping track than in terms of crazy spending. Time for December lockdown on the wallet!

[missmich]

Last day of the month and I feel it was a great month!!!! Can't wait until December!


Day 1: $625.62
Day 2:
Day 3: $5.09
Day 4:
Day 5:
Day 6:
Day 7:
Day 8:
Day 9: $44.37
Day 10:
Day 11: $2.60
Day 12: $18.67
Day 13::inocent $42 Visa bill
Day 14:
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Day 26:
Day 27:PAY DAY $195 bills
Day 28:: $3.00 I bought a waffle on my way home from babysitting
Day 29:
Day 30: : $44.02 on groceries!

[FeelingBlessed]

Hit the slopes this weekend (free), and was delighted to find DD's ski pants and ski boots from last season still fit! This will save us big $; added bonus - DS is all set with DD's previously outgrown ski gear.

Overall, a decent no-spend showing for November; will really focus on cutting back the food spending in December.

Kim :

Nov. 1:
Nov. 2: $15.25 church sale, $10.75 library fines, $15 parking ticket
Nov. 3:
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Nov. 18: $6.99 - shipping on free Snapfish photo book
Nov. 19:
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Nov. 22: overbudget groceries
Nov. 23:
Nov. 24: library late fees
Nov. 25: overbudget food
Nov. 26: overbudget groceries
Nov. 27:
Nov. 28: $4.50 gingerbread cookies
Nov. 29:
Nov. 30:

NOVEMBER GOALS:
* Less than $50 in unnecessary spending: month to date $55
* At least 25 days (no spend or spending w/in budget): 23/25
* Pack snacks/water for outings: 30/30
* NO library fines: month to date $24
* Stay within grocery/eating out budget: $overbudget/$600
* ORGANIZE/declutter (lack of organization = spending): 24/25
* Exercise (feeling good = decreased emotional spending): 14/25
* Meal plan created: 0/4 weeks

[Hollysmom]

November 1 -
November 2 - : $52
November 3 - baby gift, spoons, dolls for girls $94
November 4 -
November 5 - : $215 : 2 Christmas gifts $45
November 6 -
November 7 - Chinese food $60, Gas $48
November 8 - : Dentist $84 (this was a budgeted expense), $4 parking at dentist, : $91, Parking at hospital $12
November 9 - : Parking at hospital $12, snacks $11, prescriptions $80, take-out $34
November 10 -
Novmeber 11 - Miscellaneous household stuff $53, More prescriptions $26, fast food $16
November 12 -
November 13 - Slippers for dd1, book for me $78
November 14 - : Household items $21, snacks at school fair set up $7
November 15 - : School fair $60, dinner for kids $21
November 16 -
November 17 - : Birthday party stuff $38 : $182
November 18 - Gas $45, fast food $16, Donation $135
November 19 - : $42, household stuff $66, food for dd1's birthday party $48
November 20 - stuff at school bookstore $47, playstands for girls for Christmas $520 , winter boots for me $79
November 21 - lunch $12, Ikea $293 (don't ask), birthday cake for dd1 $35, Chinese food $67
November 22 - : $102, parking $11, cupcakes $17, dentist $94
November 23 - toy co-op $64, playplace rental for birthday party $173, snacks $20
November 24 -
November 25 - : Slippers & birthday card $45, : for family birthday party $95
November 26 - : Gas $52, fee for dd1 to got to cermaics activity $13
November 27 - : $97, fast food $16, Christmas gifts $77
November 28 -
November 29 -
November 30 -

10/20 No spend days
$876/$600 Groceries

Well this month didn't go as well as I had hoped however I have been very good the last few days and hope to carry it into December.

Off to join the new thread

My Key

= No spend
: = Groceries
: = Planned necessary spending
: = Unplanned necessary spending
= Unplanned unnecessary spending

[triscuitsmom]

Bought bus tickets yesterday and today closed out my month and balanced my spreadsheet. My totals were a little off on here but the good news is that not one penny was uncounted for from last month. I did total to start plus income minus expenses and it is exactly what we have left over now. That is a huge accomplishment in and of itself

And... I met all five of my goals for the month! Only bought Tim Hortons once all month... that is a record for me for sure

My Goals
1. Half the month with no spend days: 16/15
2. Unplanned spending 5 or fewer days: 5/5
3. Emergency Fund funded/not spent from: $243.21/$135.00 added, 30/30 days with no spending
4. Minimum $150.00 on our next debt: $150.00/$150.00
5. Tim Hortons 3 or fewer days: 1/3 I get this too because even if I got it tonight AND tomorrow it would only be my max, not over it

Key
: No spend on anything
: Necessary/budgeted spending
: Unnecessary/unbudgeted spending

November 1:
November 2:
November 3: $29.00 at thrift store ($18.00 clothes, $11.00 gifts), plus a few bills paid
November 4:
November 5:
November 6: Rent and heat both hit the account today
November 7: Paid phone/internet, cell phone, three credit card bills, and put the money that I had planned towards the snowball debt we are working on this month... good spending day
November 8:
November 9: Tithe at church
November 10: Bus tickets and $2.26 for school supplies
November 11: Don't even ask... it was $25.00 of not worth it...
November 12: Paid shipping for a coop order and had my first Tim Hortons of the month
November 13:
November 14: Necessary purchase, unnecessarily high amount spent
November 15:
November 16:
November 17:
November 18:
November 19:
November 20:
November 21:
November 22:
November 23: Tithe at church
November 24: Groceries $15.39
November 25:
November 26: Bought a book I needed for school that is rare and out of print for $36.64... amazon.ca wanted almost $200!!!
November 27:
November 28:
November 29:
November 30: Bus tickets

Totals for November
TOTAL budget non-flexible spending this month: $1469.12
TOTAL budget flexible spending this month: $315.52
TOTAL grocery spending this month: $31.59
TOTAL unnecessary and/or unbudgeted spending this month: $104.35