Financial Goals: 

1. $650 into retirement accounts Check!
2. $1,000 into savings account  Fail…only $200 added…thank you, home repairs!
3. $200 extra to mortgage  Check!
4. Cut miscellaneous spending  A work in progress..
5. Begin saving $$ for holiday travel and gifts  Fail…thank you again, home repairs!

Household Goals:

1. Finish painting base coat for kitchen and dining room  A work in progress…
2. Begin crown molding project in master BR  A work in progress–on hold until after the holidays

Personal Goals:

1. Run a marathon (literally–on the 17th!)  Check!
2. Inquire about discounted gym membership Check!
3. Catch up on reading (right now it’s just magazines–some from August still–sad, but true) Check!

What a month!  Other than the surprise expenses from home repairs, most things went according to plan.