Oh my goodness! You kind of snuck up on me, April. I'm pretty sure I would have known you were coming if my entire yard wasn't still buried under a foot of snow. : ( March was quite the month! Any time I get to spend almost 2 weeks in Chicago, it's a good month! : )
In March I chose to:
Cut down the grocery store trips by planning out (and sticking to) my weekly menu. I did okay with this. My grocery store trips seemed to come in spurts in March. I was either going all the time, or not at all. There is definitely room for improvement here.
Plan 5 $10 outings. One-on-one time is so important. I managed to get 3/5 of these in. Maddie and I went to Chicago together, Jack & I went to a movie and out for yogurt, and I'm going to count prom dress shopping as time focused on Emily. I didn't do any specific one-on-one time with Raffi--unless you count our time at the nutritionist together (ha!), but we did get to spend lots of time together over spring break. Clearly, I need to focus on John this month (although we did have a date night with Amy and Bob, and we watched one of his favorite movies--does that count?).
Plan one meal out of the freezer each week. It's time to use all those leftovers! This actually happened! I used up plenty of stuff from the downstairs freezer during March.
Stay on budget during my two Chicago trips this month. (This will be hard, but I know I can do it!!) Hmm...I think I did a pretty good job during my first trip, but the spring break trip was definitely not on budget. I will need to make up some ground on this during April.
In April, I choose to:
Plan 3 date nights with John. I will make this happen!
Implement my own version "Operation Slash the Food Budget". I am determined to conquer the grocery store trips and spend less at the grocery store this month.
Inventory all of my family's spring & summer clothes and make a list of needs.
Not buy any new spring or summer clothes in April.
Okay, April! Let's do this!!
XO,
Vicki
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