My 12 Goals for 2016 : Week 47 of 52

1. Pay Down the Mortgage

We were able to make 7  additional principal payments towards the mortage for November! Sweet gravy boats of goodness. This is such a fun goal. EVERYONE should give it a go. Even if it’s just a partial payment. Your semi-retired/retired self will thank you every.single.day. when you don’t have to worry about making a house payment. 😉 Freedom. That’s what I’m talking about.

2. Buy Nothing New for 1 Year. 

I wanted to buy this tin of tea so bad. But at $7.99 for 15 {fancy} tea bags, I consider it a luxury item. Maybe next year.

3. Track Spending and Figure Out New Ways to Cut Spending Even More.

The Girl made $100 dog sitting for a neighbor, I found $0.21 on the ground, I bought mummy a gift using a combination of gift cards and coupons that I know she’ll love, and I resisted the urge to buy slippers for yet another week. 😉

4. Try 52 New Recipes.

I tried a bunch of new recipes this week. Salmon cakes, fudge cookies and something else I can’t remember off the top of my head.

5. Keep My Grocery Budget Under $100 a Month.

Eh.

6. Go on 52 Dates with the Handsome Husband 

 

Beautiful sourdough pancakes with bacon, spuds and eggs over easy. The HH and I are both early risers so going on a morning date is right up our alley. If you are local, Netshed 9 is my new favorite place. You should totally try it out. There are only 10 tables and 17 items on the menu and I want to try them all.

So far this year we’ve gone on 30 dates and spent $501.22 out of pocket for our dates.

7. Turn My Wool Stash into $5,000.

I’m back on Etsy and Ebay and this past week I sold $129.93 worth of my hooked rugs. So far this year I have sold $6587.81 worth of arts & crafts. I’m done listing and creating new pieces for this year but I still have a few items listed on ebay and etsy. It would be pretty cool if I could hit the $7,000 mark, we’ll see. 😉

So far in November I’ve sold $324.91
In October I sold $1203.92
In September I sold $1259.27
In August I sold $329
In April I sold $29.99
In March I sold $799.53
In February I sold $1077.27
In January I sold $1563.92

8. Get Rid of 1,000 Things. 

26 more items for the yard sale thanks to Monkey Boy’s big closet cleanout.

So far this year I’ve gotten rid of 1172+ things.

9. Read 52 Books in 52 Weeks.

This week I picked up Purge Plastic and Packaging Your Crafts from the library.

10. Track Hours Spent Working on My Vegetable Garden and do a Cost Analysis at the End of the Year. 

This past week I spent ZERO time in the garden. To everything there is a season.

So far this year I have harvested 143 pounds 8 ounces of fresh veggies from our backyards. I spent $19.40 at the greenhouse, $10.40 at Wilco and about $16 on mulch.

Time spent working on Vegetable Garden in 2016: 21 hours 40 minutes.

11. 52 House Projects in 52 Weeks.

Did I do a project this week? You know, I don’t think I did. BAD MAVIS.

12. Make all Birthday and Christmas Gifts This Year or Acquire Them for Free.

I LOVE it when people pay me to do put their clothes in the dryer!! {Or rather when money that falls out of their pockets during the washing process.} Finders keepers. 😉 Thanks Monkey Boy!

In addition to the gifts I’ve made so far this year I have gleaned/earned for my holiday shopping:

• $26.45 Amazon credit {thanks to the HH’s loose change I turned in}
• $20 cash tip my mom left when she stayed with us
• $83.92 Costco Rebate
• $7 Loose dollar bills found in the wash
• $100 Amazon gift cards from Swagbucks and Best Western Points
• $25 Gift card to Target  thanks to Best Western points
• $100 gift card to Amazon thanks to cashing in my SPG points
• Random food items thanks to the Fred Meyer Friday Freebie program

I think it’s all going to work out!! 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂

How about YOU? Did you set any goals for 2016? How are they coming along?

~Mavis

Read About My 2016 Goals HERE.