- Start and stick to my daily planner as much as possible, and tweak where necessary - started with this. And tweaked where I could but didn't really stick to it. My challenge came when my things would change quickly.
- Write out (not necessarily here) and stick to as much as possible a daily to-do-list to help with achieving these goals, help with the planner and manage my time. This I did very well at for both November and December. I wrote down every day just before leaving work what I wanted to do when I got home. Some days I didn't do it and was just lazy ("lazy days" as I called them) but I found if I wrote a goal list for the night I found it easier to achieve. Its amazing how the little things help sometimes.
- Cut 20% from the food budget. We have stocked piled a lot of food stuff in our house, so we are going to cut back the grocery/food budget for the next month and eat some of the food we have in the cupboard. Trying to only purchase things like fresh food, items we need (re baking etc) and really good deals with coupons. The money save will go toward debt payment. For the most part I did this. I cut the 20% from the food budget for both months and put that money into debt repayment. We used out stock pile but twice me and the BF headed to the states for some shopping deals (right before thanksgiving and then two weeks before Christmas) we got some great deals on food and have out stock pile back
- Drop the phone bill debt at least 50% - this was done. In fact as of today the phone bill debt is completely paid off.. yeah
- Get back into crafting and start making stuff for accessories and friends - did that in November but stopped in December as I didn't really seem to have time. Going to start that again in the new year
- Put $20 from my allowance a week away to go towards my theatre stuff, whether costumes, resources or classes. - this except for the week of Christmas and New Year. AND I managed to have money handy when I had to make a costume for a show.. it was great cause I wasn't borrowing money from anywhere. So keeping this up in the new year.
- Put $10 my allowance a week away to go towards a class in December such as belly dancing, zumba or that self defence class or creative writing class I have been eying. And again did the same except for the week of Christmas and New Year. My BF going me a pass for Zumba for Christmas so I many save this money (and continue putting in) for next semester and take a creative writing class.
Before I get into my goal/resolutions for 2012 I wanted to recap on the goals I had in November, how I did and whether I continued on for the month of December. Remember December was a rough month for me so I didn't have any goals for December. Well not true. I just carried these on for the month and will start fresh for 2012. Anyway... So my goals for November are as follows
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After the stress of the last couple of weeks i was glad when Christmas came. Yes Christmas is stressful but its a different kind of stress and one totally worth it in the end.
Last week i got all the BS sorted out from the disaster that happened before.. and now its all good. Its sorted, done and shall never be spoken off again. My Christmas was nothing special this year. With my family in Australia and the BF's parents in Edmonton visiting his sister, the BF had to work in the afternoon we spent a nice Christmas breakfast and lunch together. It was nice just me and him. Then i went to my friends house for Christmas dinner and entertainment of her twin girls and all their toys on Christmas. It was fun.. I am also happy to say that me and the BF did all the Christmas shopping and not once did we use the Credit Card.. bo-yay.. very happy about that. So the savings did work and although the BF had a problem with the savings plan at the start he said to me over the weekend that he was greatful i did it. HA.. i knew that once he say the results he wouldn't argue with me... teehee.. Anyway more will be posted soon about my new years goals (i am not calling them resolutions cause they don't work, goals i can aim for) but in the mean time.. it may be a little late but i want to wish anyone reading this.. HAPPY HOLIDAYS Its been a while since I have posted.. anything to this blog. Not even a My Pretty Pennies weekly update. Well there is a reason. And it may come off a bit rude at first but I will explain. I just haven't felt like it.
The reason is because over the last couple of weeks my life has been turned upside down with stress and horribleness that is magnified times 10 due to the holiday. Work has been super busy which has caused my boss to be a super b*tch. First I thought I was going to get fired, then I wanted to quit, then everything was cool. I hated my life. Then my week got worse. My BF and I have been fighting all week about personal issues (that I will not divulge here, sorry but some things are just personal) so you can imagine my stress levels going up even higher. And of course my diet has been shot to shit. not eating from stress and then when I did eat it wasn't healthy. This month, year has been terrible for the most part. But on the good news me and the BF sat down and talked about everything and things seem to be for the better. We are cool, for now. We are even talking about going to Cuba in September for a holiday this year. I have crunched the numbers and it is doable. I just want a holiday where I sit on a beach for days on end having someone bring me brightly coloured fruity drinks. Yeah now that's a holiday. So everything seems to be getting better. Really after the last couple of weeks the only way to go from here is up. So yeah things have been rough but I am working through it. Just gotta get back on track with my lifestyle change. Well now I have Cuba to look forward to I have a reason to try and loose the weight.. Bikini town But my first step is to catch up on all the things i haven't posted.. first goal list :) I am a little late, but as they say better late then never. This weeks addition of the Weekly Money Check up thanks to My Pretty Pennies
1. The most I’ve spent this last week was on Christmas presents. Half of my present list is done. Just a couple more and i am good to go. 2. Today I am thankful for having the smarts to put money away each week into a seperate fund for Christmas. Now i can pay for the presents without having to go into the credit card. 3. Money can’t buy happiness. One free thing I did last week that made me happy was sitting at home catching up on all the programs i had PVR'd recently. 4. I will consider this week a success if I update my blog regarding November goals and December goals. 5. My favorite Christmas gift as a child was my cabbage patch kid. I loved that thing like it was my own child. I think i still have it to packed away. My plan is to give it to my future daughter someday.. |
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