I am borrowing this format from Laura at NoMoreSpending to help me stay accountable to my 2012 goals.
1. Pay off credit card debt this year. Yep, it has got to go. We have about $11,5000 in stupid credit card debt. The Credit Card debt has been as low as 7,900.00 and as high as 13,000.00. Today it is at $5,100.00. It would be great to eliminate the Credit Card Debt by the end of the year!!
2. Increase Emergency Savings from $1000.00 to $3000.00. Right now our emergency fund carries about $1200.00, but by the end of the year we would like to increase that to $3000.00 for a little more piece of mind. Emergency savings is at 2700.00. Most of our income has been going towards the Credit Card Debt.
3. Christmas 2012. I again will be working my $500 Holiday Challenge. I was able to stay pretty close to the spending/ shopping budget this year, so I am pretty happy about that. Acquiring gifts all year round at deep savings really helped the bottom line. I did get a few things in February, but still not up to speed or where I should be.
5. Have more fun! Life is short and I know that saving money, budgeting, and being frugal is important. But.... having fun and enjoying life is just as important! Living in Central Florida provides many opportunities to visit theme parks and be a kid again. We have not yet decided which park we are going to get a year long pass for, but I am leaning towards SeaWorld. And next year.... Disney World. I will be getting passes for me, my husband and my grandson. Money well spent. It is getting cooler now, so we can start using our SeaWorld passes again. Now I just have to make the time to go to SeaWorld instead of just talking about it.
6. Plan a Trip out West. We want to go to San Francisco, visit Alcatraz ( I find that place to be very fascinating), Cross the Golden Gate Bridge, to name a few. It may not happen this year, but it will happen. I plan to save at leat $4000.00 dollars towards this goal. Probably no big trips this year, but we are hoping to get to Vegas in the Spring.
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16 comments:
You are doing great on your goals!!
Thanks Lena!!
I've seen you've mentioned that you have an interest and desire to visit Alcatraz. I was wondering if you have read the book, "Al Capone Does My Shirts" by Gennifer Choldenko. It's a kid's book, but still enjoyable for adults. It's about a family who lives on Alcatraz because the father works there. The story about the boy, who is the main character, is fictional, but everything about living there is true to the time. I found it fascinating. You might enjoy it too.
Doing great Lisa. Good luck for the rest of 2012 :)
It's great to see you are making lots of progress!
I have not read the book but it sounds so interesting! I am going to see if I can download it. Thanks for sharing the info with me. :)
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