MON02JAN12

Well, wow. It's been quite some time since I last wrote anything here. I'd like to start making this a regular thing, posting on a daily basis. I have all sorts of cool plans for the coming year. I mean, I'm going to be 49 in just seven days!!

First, I'm going to stop doing McD for breakfast. I stop there every morning to get x2 sausage burritos and a large coke. $4.15, every morning. So, I'll stop doing that and save $120 a month!! Just amazing.

Secondly, I'm quitting smoking. Yeah. Right. We'll see how long that lasts. Hmm. It sounds as though I'm not taking this very seriously, but I really am. It's going to be one of those hourly check things. We'll see.

Third, I've started working on a budget. I'm collecting receipts for everything I do, or at least document where/how the money was spent. My hope is to be able to save enough money to take Dante and I to Colorado this summer. Grandiose dreams, I'm sure.

Fourthly, I've started to keep a budget. I'll try to hang on to every receipt, and keep a log of every expense. Just based on some reasonable numbers I put into the Excel sheet shows me putting $150 in savings, and even after that, there's perhaps another $200 left over the top. So, conceivably, I could end up saving $300+ a month!! Yow!!