1. Get Organized.
Well look what I found while I was going through boxes of old photos. 2 pairs of earrings!! Get.Out.Of.Town. Those gold hoops? From high school! I remember wearing them for my freshman yearbook photo. The gold earrings with pearls? My mom gave those to me to wear on my wedding day.
Guess what this means HH? I HAVE EARRINGS. Now I can look all fancy and stuff once a year when I put on my black dress and go to your work party. Giddy up!
2. Run, walk or crawl a Marathon, half marathon, 10k, and 5k race this year.
The Girl doesn’t know it yet… but she’ll be joining me on my marathon walk. 😉
3. Remodel our Master Bathroom, Master Closet and Monkey Boy’s Bathroom.
I forgot to share a photo of the bathroom mirror I found at HomeGoods last week. I think it looks great in the powder room and is just the right size for over the pedestal sink. Note to self: replace orchid plant. 😉
4. Finish Every Room in Our House.
Put a fork in me. I’m done. Well, furniture wise. There’s still that little task of painting {walls and trim} I need to get done.
5. Turn Spare Bedroom into a Cozy Home Office Space for myself.
Lucy stole the spare bedroom and I stole the HH’s office.
6. Create a Vegetable Garden.
Lemon, our little Meyer Lemon tree is still alive. Hang in there Lemon… you can do it!
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.
On Cyber Monday Nordstrom had my ALL TIME FAVORITE Cinnamon Buns Bubble Bath on sale for $12 a bottle shipped!! I do love my bubble baths and this stuff is Ah-Mazing. I snagged a bottle and 3 free samples and I didn’t even have to leave the house. Can I get a high five? Seriously. Why people get into their cars and drive to the mall is beyond me.
I also took advantage of LLBean’s Spend $50 and get a $10 gift card promo they were running last week. I had been saving up for a pair of Bean Boots {there’s always next year} but decided to get the HH a real gift this year and picked him out something nice {using my gift cards I earned from Swagbucks}. Anywho, I used the $10 gift card from the promo PLUS a get $10 off any purchase coupon from the back of a second LLBean catalog and got myself a longsleeved black shirt for $0.95 shipped.
I think we all know I need another black shirt like I need a hole in my head, but I’m really curious to see how the LL Bean shirt stacks up the the Gap t-shirts. PLUS, LL Bean has a 100% satisfaction guarantee. Which, ummm, if I continue to wear my “uniform” until the end of time, might just come in handy. {Who’s thinking ahead now? Hmmmm}
So far in December I’ve spent $13.95
In November I spent $71.29
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.
10. Read 1 book a week. – My goal is to read 52 books this year
Okay so technically Lost Ocean this isn’t a reading book, but holy cannoli’s is it cool. Someone on my Christmas list is getting this and I hope they like it. I cannot believe I haven’t bought an adult coloring book for myself yet, they look a really relaxing activity.
11. Slow Down.
I’ve been working on Valentine pieces for my Etsy shop in the late afternoons and am building up a nice little stash to list in January.
12. Canning
Winter is for enjoying summer jam. 🙂
Did you set any goals for this year? If so, how are they coming along?
~Mavis
martha says
Water the orchid and set it in the light and it will bloom repeatedly!
Debbie says
My mother in law keeps orchids for years and they bloom repeatedly. She waters with 2 ice cubes a week and keeps it in a window with morning light.
Dawn says
What an awesome job you are doing on your goals.
Blessings, Dawn
dropofrain says
Mavis, we are remodeling our house and buying new furniture as well. My sofa in the living room looks almost like yours. We struggle finding console/sofa table (they are either too wide or too short or don’t have enough storage room)— where did you get yours?