November turned out to be a great month. One of the goals I hadn’t listed below was to keep my spending in Europe under $1,400. I’m very happy that I ended up spending only $914 total!
Financial Goals:
- $2,180 into savings CHECK
- $1,140 into retirement accounts CHECK
- $392 for car repair CHECK
- $233 to cover October misc. spending overage (eek!) CHECK
- $222 for hotel during Chicago Marathon CHECK
- $200 for long weekend hotel CHECK
- $183 to student loans CHECK
- Limit variable spending to $500 CHECK
Household Goals:
- Find my kitties a new home (more on that in another post) In progress…
- Begin reno of home office Put on hold until the new year
Personal Goals:
- Go to Germany to pick up my new BMW!! CHECK
- Continue with PT from marathon injury (another one!) CHECK
- Maintain crunches/pushup routine in mornings Fail
How was your November?
Looks like you did great!
Thanks, Michelle! You're doing an awesome job yourself!
A new BMW – very fancy!
You will have to post photos for me.
Haha…will do! It's my dream frivolous purchase :p
WOW. Looks like you had an AWESOME November!
Thank you! It was pretty fantastic–keeping my nose to the grindstone to make these goals a reality certainly paid off!
Wow congrats on the car! They didn't have one nearby?
Did you have to ship it back? Great job on your goals!
I custom ordered it to take advantage of the Euro Delivery Program–shipping charges are included and weren't any extra! Craziness, eh? It's currently on the boat now
November was exhausting but efficient. Studied for 2 exams, started a christmas charity project, made a lot of homemade food, and didnt use more money than I had.
Nice work! I love the idea of the Christmas charity project–kudos to you!
I like how you have your goals seperated into financial, household, and personal. That's a good idea. I'd like to streamline my goals a bit more in 2013, and your idea is a good way to do that
Thanks! I find it's easier to effectively work towards my goals when they are broken down into tangible actions and categorized. Best of luck to you in 2013!
I have seen your chart that you have given in the blog . I have seen the expenses and the savings you made in the month of November . The expenses that you have made in hotel expense is a little bit on the higher side if you have done less expenses in the hotel during the Chicago Marathon in USA then your total expenditure in the end would more less than given in the chart . But my November was not so good . I was not saving so much money as I thought . So keep it up .
You're so correct–I cringed when I had to spend that much money on the Chicago hotel. Last-minute planning ended up costing me dearly!
I spent about the same in Europe. I came home with a credit card bill of $1K including train tickets, food, spa treatments, shopping and all that fun stuff. Plus my stupid airport parking bill which I only had because of my error. I paid it right off; I just use the card for points. Anyways, I'll have to go back and look for your Europe post. I already can't wait to go back myself. This month I basically just tried to spend as little as possible to counterbalance the spending on my trip.
Nice work on using the credit card for points–I do the same thing! I love how you cut back for the month to make everything fit, too. Can't wait to go back as well!