Wrote up a month long No-Buy challenge for my roommate and I to dip our toe into No Buy, would love to hear suggestions!

Goals:

Green Light - purchase with no restrictions

Prescription medicines
Bills
Memberships
- [makerspace]
- Gym
- Spotify
- Google Drive
- 1 additional streaming service at a time
Switch 2 bundle + 1 additional game
Car repairs
Last two days of [anime convention]
- Buying 1 meal per day
- Buying 1 drink Sunday
- Buying from flea market within budget

Yellow light - purchase with conditions

Groceries - $50/week maximum, rolls over, no unplanned purchases
Gas - limit 1x/week if possible, buy on trivia night (cheaper)
Clothes (daily wear) - have less than 1 full week of clothes before washing
Clothes (fun) - $25 limit, must be secondhand
Cleaning products - must have completely used up previous product; try to buy from dollar store first
Toiletries - only when on my last bottle AND on sale
OTC medicines - only if out or expired
Crafting supplies - must be for an active project, must check Indigo Hippo and Hive13 first, cannot buy supplies for new crafting method
Restaurants, bars, delivery apps - $50 limit, cannot go alone
Cosmetics - only if completely depleted; try to buy on sale; try to buy individual colors instead of palettes
Fun money - $100 limit
Alcohol - only for Cocktail Night at [makerspace]
Con badge/hotels - no new cons
Office supplies - only when out

Red light - may not purchase

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u/will-not-boy-2025 3d ago

"Clothes (daily wear) - have less than 1 full week of clothes before washing"

This is a great guideline for how many clothes one should own

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