2. create an actual inspiration board
does my pinterest addiction count?
9. continue ds budget book
i was really really slack about this for the last two months. i put in the bare minimum of my receipts, and updated it to match the amount of money i actually have right now, so the "spent in october" and "spent in november" numbers are a bit off, but at least it's not a total flop.
13. get rid of clothes/shoes i don't wear (once in spring, once in fall/early winter)
yeah, i would say it's about time this happens. if i still have a box of clothes to be "donated" at the end of december, i'm putting it in writing: i will throw the whole box away. i am such a horrible "saver" but it's gotta stop!
22. try a new recipe at least once a month
i'm pretty sure i did this. at the very least i made pretzel crusted chicken and pumpkin pie crust, which was a first.
26. go to a concert/performance/show
i saw a poster for the nutcracker ballet in town. must look closer at where and when and buy self ticket. may just go alone!!
30. save money (starting goal of 60,000yen per month, average)
i didn't think i did it, according the my DS budget book numbers, but we just balanced our "accounts" and Ro is going to transfer some money to my account, which will mean i saved over 60,000yen times 2! (each month i pay rent and utilities, he pays internet, phones and most of the grocery shopping and then we calculate the difference and the person who owes pays the other person.)
35. have a pumpkin carving party
did this and it was great!! we had about 10 pumpkins and at least that many people come by over the course of the afternoon/evening. i need to do more planning in the way of food/a meal and drink next time, but definitely want to do it again next year!
36. host thanksgiving
Style and his girlfriend hosted this year. i really wanted to have it at our place, but i took lots of [my favorite thanksgiving] food and it was a success (despite serious doubts on my part). plus, not having to put my hand inside a raw turkey kind of makes the not hosting thing alright in the end. we'll see what happens next year.
37. send new year's cards in december to arrive on time
probably need to be on top of this, since it's december already and i haven't even THOUGHT the word "nengajo" yet.
Monday, December 5, 2011
the 2011 list: october & november
posted by j. at 12:46 AM
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The Nutcracker!! I was telling U the other day about having gone to see the Nutcracker with my mum when I was little... Maybe I should see if I can drag him to see it!
Ahhh nenajo... I'm still in denial about it being Dec, but I really need to get on those too... The whole reason I switched to nengajo from Christmas cards (for friends and family outside of Japan) was that it gave me a good few weeks extra to get them done (and they have less space for a personal message) but that doesn't helping now!!
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