One Hundred Dollars a Month

1. Get Organized. Guess what my project is for this weekend {well, besides gardening}? It’s organizing the shelving unit in our garage. When we first moved in EVERYTHING got crammed into the garage … and then the workers came so I couldn’t really get out there and organize anything in the garage because they were using the space to store their tools and run their saws on rainy days. Which was totally fine, but I never got around to cleaning up the space after they left. So hopefully, next week I’ll be able to show you a picture of a neat and tidy shelf. Ha!

2. Run, walk or crawl a Marathon, half marathon, 10k, and 5k race this year. Fact: Normally I don’t post pictures of myself standing around with my pants unzipped. I bought those awesome corduroy pants like 6 years ago and do they still fit? NOPE. And how about that totally RAD Lettuce Turnip the Beet shirt… well it doesn’t really fit me either. HOWEVER, I’m hoping by the end of summer, they will.

Don’t you think if I keep walking like a mad woman and do a marathon, half marathon, 10k, and 5k this year I’ll be able to fit into them? Well I sure hope so! 😉 And thanks to everyone who gave me suggestions on phone apps last week. I tried 2 and basically got creeped out so I’ve just decided to time my walks until I get my pedometer fixed. I just didn’t like the idea of a phone app mapping out my exact route. Too much technology can be a BAD thing. But then again, maybe I’m just weird.

3. Remodel our Master Bathroom, Master Closet and Monkey Boy’s Bathroom. Chino and his crew will be here in early spring and the goal is for them to be out of here before The Girl comes home for summer vacation. {Since we will be staying in her room during the remodel.}

4. Finish Every Room in Our House. I finished up the bathroom last week {okay, so I still have to paint the door and buy a mirror for over the sink} so the next room I’m going to work on is my office. Mostly because I feel like I have everything {read: it won’t cost me a penny} to decorate the room. I just need to put stuff on the walls and move my computer/printer/chair to the room.

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

6. Create a Vegetable Garden. This past week I’ve been busy pulling weeds, ivy and doing some basic tidying up outside. It’s too cold to plant and vegetables outside yet {it’s possible we could still get snow!} so I’m keeping busy with the boooooring stuff while I wait for spring to arrive.

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

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

I ordered a new set of my favorite Clara Clark Sheets for our master bedroom last week. Technically the old sheets were just fine {and I’ll still use them as back up} but I’m going for a more grey and white look for our new bedroom. My parents gave the HH an Amazon gift card for Christmas which he so graciously let me use on a new comforter, and so now our bedroom is pretty much done. Which is RAD, because once the master bath gets remodeled that whole section of our house will be done. Yay!

I also scored a sweet deal on a pair of Saucony Running shoes. This is my favorite brand of running/walking shoes because it fits my wide toe box.

Last week I bought frozen yogurt and 2 Christmas Wreaths that were 90% off a Target. I think it will be interesting to tally all this stuff up at the end of the year and see if regretted any of my purchases.

Total spent so far this month $66.51.  Still have $33.49

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

This week I got rid 2 anchor hocking glass containers, 1 uneven thrift store cake stand, 1 Le Cruset mixing bowl that I got as a gift 3 years ago but have never used {sorry Mom!}, a pair of curtains the people who lived here before us left behind, 1 rubber duck {where did that even come from?} 1 iPad case {I have no idea where it came from either} 1 Southern Living sugar bowl {remember those parties?} the rack from my roasting pan that I’ve never used before yet have stored for the last 5-7 years, and 1 stoneware Papmered Chef cupcake pan I bought at a neighbors garage sale for $5 2 summers ago.

10. Read 1 book a week. – The Wild Truth. I loved it. It was real, and it was her story. Good for her. I read some of the comments/reviews on Amazon, and didn’t get why people went on about the book being too much about her because after all, it was HER version of her upbringing and how it made her feel.

11. Slow Down. – I worked on my Thanksgiving rug {that was suppose to be finished last November} a few nights this past week. I’m heading out on a road trip next month and my goal is to get it completed by the time I come home.

12. Canning – I added another homemade jam to my pantry last week. Would you believe I have already gone through 2 jars!!! I’ll post the recipe soon. 🙂

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

~Mavis