One Hundred Dollars a Month

1. Get Organized. 

Would you believe I have set out painting supplies to out 3 TIMES so I could finish up the laundry room so far this year? Yes. Yes I have. But because I am a MAJOR slacker… my supplies are still sitting on the counter. Fingers crossed I can get it together this weekend and finish once and for all!

2. Run, walk or crawl a Marathon, half marathon, 10k, and 5k race this year.

I’ve mapped out a route for my upcoming marathon. Now I just need to drive it and see if the mileage is correct and pick a sunny day to walk/jog it.

3. Remodel our Master Bathroom, Master Closet and Monkey Boy’s Bathroom.

This is Monkey Boy’s bathroom and there is no natural light in there so that’s why the picture is kind of dark. We did install a towel rack to the left of the shower but the plain door makes me a little crazy. What would you do here? Add a shower curtain or just hang some “no touch” towels on the towel bar on the shower door?

4. Finish Every Room in Our House.

Working on it. And seriously, now that I’ve got a chair in the family room…. technically the house doesn’t need anything else. I would like to still find a smaller dining room table and a fiddle leaf tree though and hang a few more things on the walls.

5. Turn Spare Bedroom into a Cozy Home Office Space for myself.

6. Create a Vegetable Garden.

I am patiently waiting for Thanksgiving so I can harvest my beets and roast them.

7. Build a Path into the Hillside for Easy Access to the Upper Garden.

We built a fence instead.

8. Limit my personal spending to $100 a month.

I picked up an etched drinking glass, and old ice cream scoop and some thread last week when I was on the east coast. I love the little thrift store there. It has such great deals on DMC floss and other random things.

I also And of course, let’s not forget the amazing chair I picked up at The Goodwill I picked up for $1.99. I also snagged a saucepan for $2.99 as well. My $10 off LLBean coupon finally arrived so now I have $60 saved {in coupons and gift cards} to go towards my Bean boots. Only $40 more to go until I can order them {for free!!}.

So far in November I’ve spent $9.46

In October I Spent $128.19
In September I Spent $28.73
In August I Spent $27.29
In July I Spent $50.82
In June I Spent $6.00.
In May I Spent $26.50.
In April I Spent $18.46.
In March I Spent $42.44.
In February I Spent $32.52
In January I Spent $84.33

9. Purge… Weekly. Find 10 things each week to donate to the thrift store.

Been there done that. 😉

10. Read 1 book a week.

This week I picked up Gertruda’s Oath: A Child, a Promise, and a Heroic Escape During World War II and The Pollan Family Table Cookbook. I feel like I’ve been in a recipe rut lately and I’d like to try some new recipes. So far the cookbook is amazing. 

11. Slow Down.

This past week I hooked a 39″ table runner and I LOVE how it turned out. Now all that’s left to do is finish the back and get it listed on Etsy.

12. Canning .

I haven’t canned anything in a few weeks but I do have some new recipes I’d like to try.

Did you set any goals for this year? If so, how are they coming along?

~Mavis