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Post by coffeegrl on May 1, 2014 17:51:07 GMT -5
Thanks to everyone who joined me for tracking spending in April. I'm going to do the same for May.
May 1--$5 for the retirement gift for our administrative assistant
$2 LOST in the vending machine at work (didn't give me my bag of chips)
$4.70 for Chick Fil A on campus
$5.40 for shampoo and conditioner
$2.95 for Chinese takeout (egg drop soup and crab rangoon)
Total Spend Days--1
Total No Spend Days--0
Total $ spent for May--$20.05
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Post by The Captain on May 1, 2014 17:54:02 GMT -5
Sounds like a great idea.
I'd love to join, but we're buying one house, selling another, and may be moving this month so if I kept track and posted youall'd have to put me in a white jacket.
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Post by coffeegrl on May 1, 2014 18:27:50 GMT -5
Sounds like a great idea. I'd love to join, but we're buying one house, selling another, and may be moving this month so if I kept track and posted youall'd have to put me in a white jacket. Well, you can choose what you want to track on this thread. There really aren't any rules except be honest about what you choose to track. I track only my discretionary spending. I don't track my bills that are a set amount each month. Check out the April Spending Tracking thread to get an idea of what others tracked. |
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Post by The Captain on May 2, 2014 6:38:31 GMT -5
Ahh, now I get it. Thanks for the hint on the April Spending thread - I missed that one.
I'll track personal discretionary spending and any household spending not related to the move or fixed/recurring expenses.
May 1st - bag of popcorn 1.89
Total spend days = 1
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Post by Iggy aka IG on May 2, 2014 15:17:48 GMT -5
May 1 Big City spending:
$1,600 at the dentist (put it on my zero interest Care Credit account)
$101 Sam's Club: Cleaning supplies, canned goods, beverages, allergy pills
$125 Clothing store for work separates
$51 Fuel: Used my .40/gal value card discount
Not a very SS way to begin the month. Granted, I used a $50 clothing coupon....
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Post by coffeegrl on May 3, 2014 20:23:31 GMT -5
May has not begun quite the way I wanted it to. Oh well.
May 2--Caved and ordered pizza--$21
May 3--Mother's Day card--$3.97
Groceries--$34.08
Household--$2.84
Personal--$9.91
Tax--$2.73
Gas--$24.16
B&N gift card to purchase online gift for Mom--$10
Total Spend Days--3
Total No Spend Days--0
Total $ spent for May--$128.74
Now, no spending for several days!
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Post by The Captain on May 5, 2014 9:31:34 GMT -5
May 2 - Dinner out with DD and DH - $40 (including tip)
Donation to Lamb's Farm - $5
May 3 - No spend
May 4 - Garbage bags and gum - $23
Groceries - $138
Total spend days = 3
Total no spend days = 1
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Post by Iggy aka IG on May 5, 2014 11:44:15 GMT -5
May 2: $5.93 Starbucks, $26.84 liquor store
May 3: No spend
May 4: No spend
2/4 no spend days
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Post by coffeegrl on May 5, 2014 18:40:26 GMT -5
Well, so much for several days without any spending.
May 4--No Spend Day
May 5--Household--$5.63
New black flats for work (LONG overdue)--$24.99
Personal--$14.38
Tax--$3.40
Spend Days--4
No Spend Days--1
Total $ spent for May--$177.14
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Post by Iggy aka IG on May 6, 2014 9:56:56 GMT -5
May 5: $11.16 for fresh produce, eggs, and a Mom's Day card for sis. I used a $3 off your total order and $2 off if you buy $10+ more in produce coupons. 2/5 no spend days Total spent for May $1,920.93. Stupid dental work!  |
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Post by The Captain on May 6, 2014 10:17:57 GMT -5
May 1st - bag of popcorn 1.89
May 2 - Dinner out with DD and DH - $40 (including tip)
Donation to Lamb's Farm - $5
May 3 - No spend
May 4 - Garbage bags and gum - $23
Groceries - $138
May 5th - No Spend.
Total spend days = 3
Total no spend days = 2
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Post by Iggy aka IG on May 7, 2014 10:17:59 GMT -5
EDITED:
May 6: $1.40 business postage
2/6 No spend days
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Post by Iggy aka IG on May 8, 2014 11:29:46 GMT -5
May 7: Went out w/ DH and friends. DH paid for my food, and a guy pal paid for my shots.  3/7 No spend days |
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Post by coffeegrl on May 9, 2014 13:35:52 GMT -5
May 6 & 7--No Spend Days
May 8--$21.58 for a cool bracelet at Target (don't even know where to put that in my budget spreadsheet as I buy jewelry so rarely--I guess maybe clothing)
$4.24 for Starbucks on campus
$12 for ~3 lbs ground beef at the farmer's market
$2.39 for Chinese takeout
May 9--$7.37 for eating on campus (no more spending today!)
Total Spend Days--6
Total No Spend Days--3
Total $ spent for May--$224.72
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Post by Iggy aka IG on May 9, 2014 13:38:42 GMT -5
May 8: $4 Diner coffee for a client and me (she left the tip)
3/8 no spend days
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Post by coffeegrl on May 11, 2014 16:22:20 GMT -5
May 10--$5.25 for a coffee at an indy shop friends own in our downtown area
$26.35 groceries
$2.50 for newspaper
$1.51 taxes
$16 eating out TWICE yesterday--really regretting it now
May 11--No Spend Day
Total Spend Days--7
Total No Spend Days--4
Total $ spent for May--$276.33
Now, NO MORE SPENDING until next Thursday at the earliest, if there is anything at the Farmer's Market on that day I want or need.
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Post by Iggy aka IG on May 12, 2014 12:14:44 GMT -5
May 9: $155.37 monthly grocery shopping (light this month)
$9.51 at the liquor store
May 10 no spend
May 11 no spend
5/11 no spend days
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Post by Iggy aka IG on May 14, 2014 10:27:58 GMT -5
May 12 No spend May 13 $3.24 vacuum cleaner bags, $26.84 liquor store, $54.03 area rug (all three amounts include tax), ETA: $7.03 at KFC.  6/13 no spend days |
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Post by Iggy aka IG on May 15, 2014 10:36:33 GMT -5
May 14 $2.60 for 3 Redbox movies (used a promo code), $1.81 Kettle Chips (on sale w/ an e-coupon) May 15 Monthly bill paying: Mortgage, utilities, cell phone, life ins prem, transfer to savings, office land lines, school loan ETA: And whatever the carpet cleaner charges me-he's in the other room cleaning as I type this.  6/15 no spend days |
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Post by coffeegrl on May 15, 2014 14:19:18 GMT -5
May 12 to May 14--No Spend Days
May 15--$7.83 for Starbucks
$15.50 for fresh produce at the Farmer's Market
Total Spend Days--8
Total No Spend Days--7
Total $ spent for May--$299.66
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Post by Blonde Granny on May 15, 2014 16:07:58 GMT -5
We learned a lot about our spending a couple of months ago. I knew we were fine with the auto draft things, but it was the semi discretionary spending we wanted to track. Surprise! we are doing fine on a monthly basis without touching our investments. That includes not taking any dividends or interest from them too.
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Post by Iggy aka IG on May 19, 2014 12:12:23 GMT -5
May 15 $75+$25 tip for the carpet cleaner
May 16 $.94 club soda
May 17 $5.02 Starbucks, $5.74 donuts
May 18 no spend
7/18 no spend days
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Post by Iggy aka IG on May 22, 2014 11:08:07 GMT -5
May 19 No spend
May 20 No spend
May 21 $28.24 Gift card and card for a client's daughter's graduation
9/21 No spend days
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Post by Iggy aka IG on May 23, 2014 10:48:24 GMT -5
May 22 Big City Day: $46.69 Office Max (used $7 in coupons) $25.01 fuel (got .40 off per gallon using my grocery store value card so 2.99 per gallon!!!!) $4.19 Wendy's  (never again) $12 even take and bake pizza (had a $2 off coupon, and coupon for free cookie dough) 9/22 no spend days |
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