January Goals:
- No spend January.
Fail-ish? We spent a bit of money on home improvement stuff, I booked a birthday celebration thing I've been wanting to do for years, I forgot about a product I have on automatic subscription from Dermstore and I bought 19 e-books but they were on sale and... this is why I have a problem. I also let my kindle unlimited membership continue instead of cancelling because I do read a lot of books on it. So even though we failed, I totally feel like I passed because other than that stuff, there was not a single unnecessary expense, no eating out, no impulse shopping. This is huge and I am way proud of us.
- Meal plan and stick to grocery budget.
Fail-ish? Ugh, so much rage! We meal planned and it was fabulous, no eating out (okay, KC got one pizza and I went out to dinner with my friends once but other than that, nothing, and considering we were eating out 2-3 times a week before, that's awesome) but we still went over the stupid bloody grocery budget. RAGE.
- Fix my skin.
In progress but definite improvement. As I mentioned the other day, the clarisonic is definitely helping though it's not a magical fix and I'm still getting way more pimples in places I never got them before so this is still in progress.
- Paint my nails twice.
Fail.This was the easiest one haha and I only did it once. Oops.
- Catch up on blogs and emails.
Fail. Didn't even make a dent.
- Read netgalley books older than 3 months.
Pass! Yay me. Except, as of yesterday, I have one older than 3 months, rage. I'm still counting it as a pass though because it's my only one.
- Gym 3 times a week.
Fail. I don't want to talk about it.
- No new library books & read the ones I have - I would like to do a completely library free month soon, but first I need to read all the books I have at home. I have 2 books on hold and I've been on hold for them forever, so if they come in, I will get them, but that's it. Read the books I have by the end of the month or return them unread.
- Meal plan and stick to grocery budget. This will likely be a goal every single month until I have it down pat.
- Read all netgalley books with published dates that have passed. I want to catch up so that I am reading books right as they are published, but first I need to clear my back log.
- Gym 3 times a week.
- Paint my nails twice.
- Try to limit book purchases to not at the library books only. I have a hard time saying no to deals, especially if the library doesn't have them. So this month, my goal is to allow myself purchases but only if the library does not have them.
- Limit eating out/bad (but awesome) food to already planned events. It's birthday month, so I have a few things planned and I am going to do them and have fun, but I need to eat as healthy as possible homemade meals for the rest of the month. Except on my actual birthday, because.. birthday.
Also, just a quick reminder to anyone who wants to link up with us - tomorrow is the next What's New With You link up. Apologies for the late notice, I am not on the ball this week/month/year.- Meal plan and stick to grocery budget. This will likely be a goal every single month until I have it down pat.
- Read all netgalley books with published dates that have passed. I want to catch up so that I am reading books right as they are published, but first I need to clear my back log.
- Gym 3 times a week.
- Paint my nails twice.
- Try to limit book purchases to not at the library books only. I have a hard time saying no to deals, especially if the library doesn't have them. So this month, my goal is to allow myself purchases but only if the library does not have them.
- Limit eating out/bad (but awesome) food to already planned events. It's birthday month, so I have a few things planned and I am going to do them and have fun, but I need to eat as healthy as possible homemade meals for the rest of the month. Except on my actual birthday, because.. birthday.

So, January was a bit of a flop goal wise for me, but as usual I'm not that mad about it (except for the grocery budget). Here's hoping February will be better! Anyone have any tips for lowering your grocery budget? I've read a lot online but I guess I am not implementing them right or not doing enough. We spend way too much for just the two of us, though KC is basically two people in terms of how much he eats lol.