The rest of September

So, I met all my goals for September except the one about saving money for my girls trip shopping extravaganza. So here’s my plan for that:

Live as cheaply as possible. I’m talking major lock-down mode. No eating out, no spending money on clothes or earrings or anything else. Gas and groceries. That’s it.

Here’s my plan on how to keep myself entertained:

1. Work out. I have my new gym membership and am seriously loving my boxing classes. So far I’ve been managing to go to 2 a week. So the plan is to keep that up and even add a few more classes if I really get bored during a week day.

2. Watch TV on Netflix. There are a few series that I have been wanting to start watching and just haven’t. And luckily for me, my dear friend has given me permission to use her password to stream whenever I want. On tap for this week is Breaking Bad and then I’m going to start Friday Night Lights. I’ve heard such amazing things about these shows, so I might as well get cracking at this!

3. I have enough groceries to make tater-tot casserole, grilled cheese and soup, frozen curry and brown rice and gluten free mac and cheese. This can probably last me two weeks?

4. Read. Right now I’m reading a book called Little Bee and it’s about a refugee from Nigeria. It’s actually really interesting. So instead of going out for happy hour, I think I’m going to have to hunker down and finish this book. I also have Life of Pi and Cold Tangerines waiting on my bookshelf for me to get to. Along with a few other non-fictions I have yet to pick up.

5. I am committing to you to post about how much money I spend on entertainment (including dinners out, happy hours, red-box rentals, whole foods salad bar and starbucks stops, etc). I know it’s impossible for me to spend $0.00 in between now and my girls trip, especially because my birthday falls in between there. But, I want it to be a small amount of money. The smaller the better.

6. Skype and Facetime is free. So if you live in a different city, please expect an email from me setting up a “date” to skype of facetime 🙂

So, I am officially entering major lock-down mode. If you want to hang out with me, think of the cheapest entertainment option before calling. This could actually end up being a very productive few weeks for me. I leave for San Antonio on October 12th, so I have 3 weeks to really challenge my level of discipline. I can probably do it, right? We shall see!!