Baseball mom Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 1/4 - $ 0 1/5 - $25 ordered some pictures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YaelAldrich Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Jan 3: $18 lunch out. $60 massage--my back is out and I could barely work today. Praying it improves. I paid for it with cash, as our cc bill really has to stay low. If you like massage, you should try to find out if you have a Chinese (traditional Chinese medicine) massage place -- they tend to run about 30$ for an hour combo of foot and body massage. It is done completely clothed and certainly will work out your kinks. I found mine though Yelp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halcyon Posted January 6, 2014 Author Share Posted January 6, 2014 Week One Jan 1: $0 Jan 2: $6.00 lunch out. Jan 3: $18 lunch out. $60 massage. Jan 4: $130 groceries, $50 gas. Jan 5: $0 Jan 6: $0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Marmalade Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 We're hibernating today. Not going anywhere. I don't even want to step on the porch to retrieve today's mail. 1/1: $8.10 for a power cord 1/2: $72.48 groceries 1/3: $0 1/4: $76.00 on cold weather supplies and cough meds 1/5: $3.10 for a gallon of milk 1/6: $0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 1/1: $0 1/2: $0 1/3: $244.91 1/4: $0 1/5: $0 1/6: $0 My town is pretty much shut down, I've heard one car go by in the last few hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerico Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 1/4 $60 for groceries 1/7 i will be ordering more of my vitamins on amazon. I absolutely need these to function so they are a necessity. Will be about $25 or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 1/6 Ended up eating out - me plus two kids = $26.17 Oh well. The doctor squeezed me in just before noon and his office is 30 min. away so going home was not an easy option. $3.63 for prescription. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 1/6 Ended up eating out - me plus two kids = $26.17 Oh well. The doctor squeezed me in just before noon and his office is 30 min. away so going home was not an easy option. $3.63 for prescription. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TammyinTN Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 1/6 --Dd went to Wal-Mart for me while she was out with grand-baby for a checkup. $50.00 restocked everything we need for the week. Filled up Suburban $18.00 before super cold comes in. Picked up lunch at McDonald's for everyone cheeseburgers and ff $12.00 Dh picked up Cafe Rio for dinner...half price for military on Mondays...20.00--it came out of my grocery budget already. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halcyon Posted January 6, 2014 Author Share Posted January 6, 2014 Everyone is doing great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
readinmom Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 12 days, no decaf, no Starbucks! 1/6: $8.00 lunch for ds (1st day of new semester treat) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baseball mom Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 1/1 - $0 1/2 - $0 1/3 - $156 -- groceries & house winterizing supplies 1/4 - $0 1/5 - $93 -- ordered some pictures & gas for dh's truck 1/6 - $4 -- dh picked up gallon milk on way home Not doing as good as I wanted :sad: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrysalis Academy Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 I was on the wrong thread too. I'm posting now so I can find this again . . . but it's gonna get much, much worse. Dh went shopping today :scared: 1/1 - $18 Kid's allowance (for the month. Am I cheap or what? ;) :D 1/2 - $92.25 Dh took the kids to SF for the day (so I could work). That's actually not too bad for a day in the city . . . 1/3 - $124.82 Groceries $36 haircut for DH $90 shoes, gymbag for DH $157 prescription sunglasses for DH 1/4 A small price to pay for girl's night out (an overnight with some friends) $15.21 - bottle of wine to share w/ the girls $26.09 Pizza for dh and the kids $9.02 Beer for dh 1/5 - recovering. I'm spending nothing. Off to take a nap! :lol: 1/6 - $15 - Dh's lunch $16.61 groceries - stuff for dinner tonight and lunches. I know I just shopped 3 days ago but I had nothing to cook! :cursing: 1/6 update Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Well, the first part of the week went a lot better than today. It's a lot easier to not spend any money when you have no money to spend! Today, I got in my Spring financial aid. And over a third of it went right back out again. I paid off the credit card (which we'd been substantially living on because of how loan increases for specific expenses are disbursed--half in Spring, for rather substantial car repairs done in fall.) Other than the credit card (which was of course money we already spent)... Jan 1 $20 gas Jan 2 $2 bus pass, $11 museum admission Jan 3 16 (Costco for toilet paper; also bought groceries on SNAP) Jan 6 Costco: Stocked up on the semester's worth of TP, detergent, pens, etc., plus a dry food storage container and 2 folding chairs: $231; Gas at Costco: $56 $56 Stuff we couldn't get at Costco bought at Target (rubber gloves, deodorant, etc.) $9 Quick stop into Albertson's for NyQuil and a thermometer $6 Dunkin Donuts for DD since I dragged her out an hour early to take DS to dentist appointment in same trip as taking her to her enrichment program $400 Verizon bill $300 Spring textbooks from Amazon $2.50 McD's for DS's dinner (got him what he wanted because he's going under anesthesia tomorrow and I wanted him to actually eat dinner). I also dropped off the rent check. So...expensive day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Oh, I did such a stupid thing today! I had a huge bunch of groceries to get, so I decided to go to SuperWalmart so I don't spend a million dollars. It's kinda far - almost 30 miles, so I don't go super-often. I drove all the way up, got ready to get out of the car and realized I had forgotten my purse! I even scrounged around, hoping there was some emergency money, a check, anything so I could get groceries. Nothing but two dollars, a handful of change and a spare tampon. (For an emergency of another nature.) Had to drive the whole way back home and then back again. Plus, I had to fill the car with gas from all this excessive driving. :glare: At least you figured it out when you were getting out of the car, and not after you'd filled a cart full of groceries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halcyon Posted January 7, 2014 Author Share Posted January 7, 2014 Week OneJan 1: $0Jan 2: $6.00 lunch out.Jan 3: $18 lunch out. $60 massage. Jan 4: $130 groceries, $50 gas.Jan 5: $0Jan 6: $0 Jan 7: $5 lunch out. $13 school book for DS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 1/7 - Gassed up the car for $42.16 (this was after I got 20 cents off a gallon on my supermarket rewards card). We were going to be out doing errands over lunch time and we brought lunch with us. I am very proud of us for doing that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Marmalade Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 We're hibernating today. Not going anywhere. I don't even want to step on the porch to retrieve today's mail. 1/1: $8.10 for a power cord 1/2: $72.48 groceries 1/3: $0 1/4: $76.00 on cold weather supplies and cough meds 1/5: $3.10 for a gallon of milk 1/6: $0 1/7: $0 Still in hibernation mode. I don't plan on going anywhere until tomorrow evening when we head to the mid-week service at church. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 1/1: $0 1/2: $0 1/3: $244.91 1/4: $0 1/5: $0 1/6: $0 1/7: $0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KRG Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 January 1​I've only transferred money from checking to savings. I have no plans to buy anything today.January 2Breakfast for little one and me $4.89Grocery trip $110 included grocery and household goodsJanuary 3Dh went to the grocery to get a few things that no one mentioned yesterday when I went ;) $16Gas in his truck $88January 4dh and boys haircuts $40pizza for lunch (pizza hut 50% off coupons) $14Dh and I ended up going out last night dinner $17Then we went to walmart...sigh... it was things that were needed so I can't complain $77January 5zero spentSo far I resisted purchasing more legos, going out to dinner tonight and placing an amazon order. January 6zero spentJanuary 7Uggg I knew this day was coming...Gas in my car $38 first time in 3 weeksBreakfast w/DS2 $5Lunch w/DS1 $12Cleaners(Dh clothes) $55 Groceries $45 Hopefully that is it for a few days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 I need to sock some money away for our vacation (visiting family at Spring break), so I'm going to start putting $1 in savings every time I catch myself and resist the urge to spend money unnecessarily. For example, today I made sure I got up and had coffee before I left the house, and thereby resisted the urge to drive thru somewhere for coffee on the way to DS's dentist appointment. Today's spending, Jan 7: $0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TammyinTN Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 1/7--nothing spent :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 1/6 $000,000.000 1/7 $000,000.000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 1/6 $000,000.000 1/7 $000,000.000 Anything with that many zeros can't be low spend! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halcyon Posted January 8, 2014 Author Share Posted January 8, 2014 new thread right here: http://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/500257-week-2-jan-8-14-low-spend-challenge-thread/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prairie~Phlox Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 1/1 $0 1/2 $0 1/3 $34.48 on groceries 1/4 $$14.34 at Goodwill 1/5 nothing, snowed in 1/6-$0 snowed in, dh spent $13.28 at Walmart when he was out plowing their lot. 1/7- $0 still snowed in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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