I stayed home 1/1...and 1/2, went to Old Navy, Pet Smart, and Target (twice!). I only spent $4 and change! I had to exchange some shirts for my ds, and there was an overage on my part, of course. I bought NOTHING else!!!
My big kids went back to school today, and the girls go back tomorrow. I HAVE to do some grocery shopping..and have NO coupons. I am going to go to Aldi's...and just try to be very careful. The big thing is we are out of meat completely..which I am not thrilled with at Aldi's. Any suggestions???

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Shaking in my boots (well, if I was wearing them in the middle of summer!), but glad to be back!

I am doing great so far, the test is today I have to go to Target! I have a list some things have been scratched off since I dont NEED them, more WANT them!. Will see how I do.

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Nothing so far this month but will have to send a check to school tomorrow for Jan milk break so that will break my winning streak

I havn't left the house either! LOL But I do need to go out and buy some milk, we have NONE. And I need to put gas in my car. I refuse to go or do anything else!

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Meghan7.Samantha6,Cameron4

Back together!! Sept 28th Boston TDCenter!! Woohooooo!

Hope this doesn't duplicate. I typed out a response and lost it.
I'm pleased so far. Yesterday I bought two rolls of wrap for .24 each, 1 box ornaments for .94, formula and fresh fruit.
Today I bought 1 toy for next years Christmas reg. $20. for $5.00
The nice thing is that I scrounged around and collected all the items that I did not use and returned over $230. worth. That felt terrific.

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1/1 stayed home
1/2 ds and i were supposed to go the movies but he decided he did not want to go so we went to my inlaws business and got free lunch then we went to grocery store spent $25.00 then went to good will it was quarter days got dd a swim suit for summer(hope it fits her she is only 3mos now) and got her a pair of paints and shirt(2 piece outfit for summer) so total there i spent .50 cents not bad....
1/3 did not go anywhere to day so no money spent.

This great for accountablity for me!

1/1 - $0 - never left the house

1/2 - $40 - Dr. apptointments for myself. I managaed to somehow step on a sewing needle and had 1/2 of it break off into my heel. After an hour of the Dr digging around in my foot, he got it out. I am to stay off of my foot (good luck!) until the stitches come out next week.

1/3 $0- pretty safe to say I woln't be going anywhere today.

I do have one quick question though, should I list the $$ dh spends or just me?

1/1 $16 pizza and drinks
We bought a pizza for dinner b/c dh was leaving for the week and its BCS time for college football so we had to watch the game

1/2 $30 at the grocery store for things we really did need brought home dinner with a comp letter they gave me for messing up an order my boss made so no money there!

1/3 $11.00 at Staples they had their .99 sale and I needed some new notebooks and envelopes
$0.95 at Lowes had a $10 gift card and went over by .95 for 4 storage containers and a paint brush.
$25.00 Not spent yet but will have to get gas on the way home today

One of my resolutions was to only spend $ if it was absolutley necessary, with a specific emphasis on cutting & tracking the amount we spend on enterntainment.

So far:

1/1 $0-- never left the house

1/2 $45 something on groceries and fast food at Taco Bell. Stuck to grocery list except when I found a deal on cake mix for .89 a box and frosting for 1.29 per jar. This is a really good deal in my area, so I stocked up. Usually the best I can do for cake mix on sale is 10/$1.00. I also found some organic baby food on sale. Large jars at 10/$7.00. Bought a box of Lucky Charms on impulse, and paid too much for milk, because the store that charges way less was much further away.

1/3 $0 -- never left the house.

Obviously, I need to stay home more often -LOL. I know I will need to avoid any store or aisle where books and magazines are sold. Those are a true weakness for me.

Ohhh boy I hit Costco today for some things. I only bought one thing that was not on my list, but goodness the total made my heart sink. It was $116.00. I had returned a few things today to Kohl's and Costco, but that only amounted to $55.00 or so (I thought it would be more...)

True, the Costco items I bought were things we use (and included salad, eggs and diapers, which cost a lot)... but they weren't 'hard core' necessities.

BUT the good news is we avoided the food court. And, I've not gone out to eat in so long, I can't remember.

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