This month, I will be focusing on paying off a chunk of my massive student debt, but I also want to have a few mini-challenges to keep me motivated and focused on the day-to-day challenges of my finances.  While I haven’t posted much about them, I’ve been successful with these types of small goals that I’ve already set for myself.  Here’s what I’m thinking for this month:

• No eating out unless it’s in Napa (I head to Napa next week for a lovely 5-day vacay)
• Continue with Summer Shopping Ban
• Institute a “pantry challenge” rule where I work on clearing the shelves/being creative with my meals.  I fully intend to utilize Allrecipe.com’s Ingredient Search feature to help with this!
• Keep the grocery spending to a minimum, which will most likely be the hardest portion of the mini challenge goals