Surprisingly, Alex and I have had a good year financially. We both worked a lot and saved a lot and we able to pay off the majority of our debts, all we have left is 1 of our cars. Alex would attribute most of this new found financial success on this guy...
Mr. Money Mustache . We have been able to set up a little nest egg for ourselves and it feels amazing. We decided not to get any presents this year for Christmas and it has definitely helped jump start our year. I recently read on another blog about a "No Spend January." Basically you try and not do any spending other than what is necessary. For us, this means cutting out all eating out, entertainment out, and any clothes shopping. Using our normal budget, we should be able to save over $500 this month! I am also trying to reduce our grocery budget by $150, so we might be able to save about $650! We have already composed a list of free things to do on the weekends and I took inventory of all the food we have in the house. I am not sure how many of you will find this interesting, but hopefully we can inspire you guys to try the same thing! Also, writing all this out helps me get it all straight.
Week 1:
-Took inventory of all the food we had at home and came up with about 15 meals we can make.
-Made a list of free things to do on the weekends.
-Went shopping @ Safeway and spent about $59 for the week.
-Meals for the week are turkey/veggies/potatoes (we got the turkey for free @ Thanksgiving and froze it!), turkey sandwiches (Alex makes amazing homemade bread), rice/beans/onions, oatmeal, yogurt, and homemade cookies.
-For our first "date night" we made salads and
homemade wheat thins and watched Netflix movies (Thanks Mom and Dad for your password!).
- Tried going for a hike on Saturday but got rained out so we did a
Zombie Fit workout in our neighborhood and are going to do a "Spa Night" at home with haircuts, facials and hopefully massages! Maybe we can find an interesting documentary on Netflix as well.
We will need to get creative the rest of the month but we are looking forward to it. I hope to post each week.
xoxox
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P.S Just wanted to include a pic of the hubby and I from 2004 on my high school graduation. hehe I thought you guys might like this!
Well, great luck on your goals! Are you sure your Uncle Yendor hasn't somehow possessed one of you? This is exactly the kind of thing he would be apt to do!
ReplyDeleteThanks! Alex definitely has shared some of Yendor's wisdom over the last 10 years. Surprisingly, the No Spend Month was mostly my idea but Alex is going along with it just fine. :) Last weekend was awesome and we are looking forward to the next one already.
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