No Buy ~ January 2013 edition

[PrincessNancy96]

Originally Posted by princess stich

Didn't do too bad at the grocery stores...

week 1:
1/1-0
1/2- $40 allowance, $28.50 Roller cave, $6.48 Starbucks, $ 45.46 Steak N Shake
1/3- $10 Incrediplex
1/4- $73.51 Trader Joes, $54.72 Kroger, made $4 on a pair of DD's old shoes
1/5

Made: $4/ $50 goal

The Roller Cave.. the one on the east side of Indy??

If so, I remember going there as a kid!!!!

[PrincessNancy96]

Originally Posted by BernardandMissBianca

I'm gonna do the 52 week challenge too but I'm starting backwards. $52 is easier to save now, not so easy to save at Christmas. Plus I'll get more $$ in interest if I start with the higher number.

I would love to start backward but we get dinged with vehicle registrations this month.... I may do that in 2014 so that I have more spending money at Disney!!!

Originally Posted by morgansmom2000

Oh, I like that idea. My paycheck was $18 less this week. (I get paid bi-weekly). $36 a month doesn't sound like much...but it adds up pretty fast! Especially when DH's check will probably be double that a week!

Yes, we lost $67 a check.... that's 2 tanks of gas..

[princess stich]

Originally Posted by PrincessNancy96

The Roller Cave.. the one on the east side of Indy??

If so, I remember going there as a kid!!!!

That's the one! We met some friends there and the kids skated for a few hours. My son also had his birthday party there last year and my daughter the year before!

[PrincessNancy96]

Small world!!

We used to go there all the time as kids!!! We'd walk up there from the house.. It was a big deal to walk there and on the way home stop by Burger Chef!!!

[Reddy]

hmmmm trying to decide if I should play too
DH does most of the shopping
paying Disney trip is the main thing for me

my goals are to only buy what I really need
hard part is Sister sells avon

[dsneprincess]

So far so good this week. Haven't eaten dinner out yet: saving for tomorrow. DS wants Denny's for Hobbit meals & trading cards. Used my 2 lunches out for this week, so need to plan accordingly tomorrow so I don't get stuck between grocery store & Target with 2 hungry kids. Need to get some toy storage boxes while on sale at Target so that need million piece toys remain together & hopefully organized. Between Imaginext Castle & Batman there are hundreds of little pieces, guys & accessories that (hopefully!) will remain together in a clear plastic shoebox instead of me individually trying to match the pieces back up later after I have "helpers" help me put toys away. Sometimes the help is worse than no help. ROTFL

[JohnsonsLoveDisney]

1/1 - $0
1/2 -$29- groceries
1/3 - $0
1/4 -$88.89 at Walmart ($26.85 was a bday gift for a party next weekend, $$18.48 was food, rest household including a box for all of DS's new trucks) $78.90 at Safeway ($59.80 was cashed in raincheck for 20lbs hamburger)
1/5 -
1/6 -
1/7 -

I also resisted getting a coffee several times. In "land of coffee" it is really hard.

[PrincessNancy96]

Good job everyone!!! Keep up the good work!!!

[princess stich]

I think I'll do the 52 week savings as well. Thanks for the idea!

[princess stich]

It's been a very productive morning for me so far! I am selling my kids old books. Sold $18 to one person, $25 to another, and then $15 for some baskets.

[PrincessNancy96]

Awesome job Carrie!!!
Hopefully you tucked the first $3 away for the first two weeks of your 52 week savings plan and did something nice with the extra!!!


No spending today we are staying home!! No spending tomorrow as we will also be at home... next week should be pretty much a no spend week because school resumes!!!

[princess stich]

Originally Posted by PrincessNancy96

Awesome job Carrie!!!
Hopefully you tucked the first $3 away for the first two weeks of your 52 week savings plan and did something nice with the extra!!!

Thanks! I am going to keep all the money I make selling things saved for spending money for spring break. I'm going to do the 52 weeks out of the regular budget. I think for the first couple of months I will just deposit a months worth at once though since the amounts are smaller.

[PrincessNancy96]

Originally Posted by princess stich

Thanks! I am going to keep all the money I make selling things saved for spending money for spring break. I'm going to do the 52 weeks out of the regular budget. I think for the first couple of months I will just deposit a months worth at once though since the amounts are smaller.

Good idea on the selling = spring break money!!!

We are staying home this spring break since DD is off in college (and of course her break is a month before the boys' break).. the boys were asked and they didn't want to go anywhere if DD couldn't go with us...

[Deffenm]

1/5 - $57.97 Groceries, $60.01 Gas

I posted several things on craigslist so hopefully I will make some money this weekend.

[rlovew]

This week has been hard with our out of town trips but I didn't do too bad

1/1- $0
1/2- $0 for us /$38 salt for water softener- (reimbursable)
1/3- $54 food at Downtown Disney
1/4- $11 DH eating out/ $21 for car filter (reimbursable)
1/5- $36 Gas, $34 spices(at DTD), $11 groceries

Total for week: $36 gas, $45 groceries, $65 eating out- total: $146

Week 2: Goal- Groceries-$75, Gas-$40, Eating Out(Sun lunch)-$25, Anything Else- $30- *Possible car maintenance to keep transmission in good shape*
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Rebecca