goals...

So, last week, I said, "... it's Spring Break and I always like to plan lots of things to do over Spring Break. It's kinda like the tax return... spent several times over in several different ways before it even gets here!"

So, I should have known that everything wouldn't get accomplished.

Here's the goals that didn't get done. At all.

1. Put the checkbook and debit card away (again!).

3. Get cash out of the bank and actually do the envelopes!

6. Clean off, adjust, and use the exercise bike at least one time! I'm embarassed to say... not even once!

7. Lose some weight.

And here are the things I kinda did:

2. Buy the materials for doing the envelope (cash only) system.
I actually did this twice. Once, finding the standard plastic "13-pocket coupon organizer" that I have used for a "cash only" system in the past, and once with the neato (and more stylish, yet cheaper) "reciept file" that I found in the Target dollar spot (file pockets on the left side, a pad of "list paper" on the right side, a pen stashed in the middle and a black elastic band to hold the stylish cover closed). I don't suppose I get extra points for doing one goal twice, though...

4. Look up menu planning and plan a menu.
I kinda did this. I spent a day looking up menu planning on-line. I found an amazing array of services that will charge you to send prepared meal plans and shopping lists! It seems odd to spend money on something that you're trying to do in order to save money. Plus, after looking at some sample menus, I could see that our tastebuds weren't always on the same wave-lengths. Still, I found some yummy recipes to send to my gmail recipe file. I think that this type of access to recipes and the ability to search by ingredients will be crucial to successfully planning meals based on sales and loss-leaders. Only time will tell. I'll try to keep you posted on how this is working. I also found some forms that I think will work for meal planning or I may just use the week-by-week magnetic calendar (similar to the one shown here) that I still have on the fridge from the last time I was into meal planning. Again, we'll see what works best. So, the only part that I didn't do was actually planning a menu for this week! If I have the time/ energy when I'm done here, that's next on the list for tonight. Luckily, everyone was content with leftovers tonight.

5. Look up ways of doing Price Books. Pick one and try it!
Okay, I really did this one. I looked up several different price books online. I looked at what people do, how they do it, why they do it. I looked at paper/ pencil Price Books vs. computer spreadsheet Price Books. I looked... I figured... Suffice it to say, I did it. More to come on this in another post.

So, that gives me three-and-a-half goals that were completed last week. Can you guess what my goals will be for this coming week? I can sum them up in one phrase: "To be continued..."