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With camping season over, summer is "officially" over for us, too. As we move into fall and look ahead toward holidays and cooler weather, I've decided to take on two challenges for October.
The first is that I'm going to join in with Erica at Northwest Edible Life in an October No-Spend Month. I think Erica is attempting an across-the-board reduction, but I've decided that I want to limit my challenge to grocery and restaurant spending. Those of you who were readers of my old blog know that I can get a little carried away with numbers, but I promise not to do that this time. My goal is to spend as little as possible at the grocery store and for us to not go out to eat at all in October. I'll post my updates on Fridays and keep them simple.
One exemptions right off the bat: We will be paying the meat processor for pork already butchered and waiting for us to pick up as soon as the cured cuts are ready.
If you'd like to join in, please do. It's my understanding that this challenge is less about austerity and more about being mindful of and deliberate in your spending habits, whatever they may be.
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The second challenge I'm going to join is "All Done by December 1" at Happy Simple Living. According to the Happy Simple Living blog, "The idea is to do some advance planning about the aspects of Christmas
that are most important to you and your family, followed by some easy
tasks and organization. The goal? To have every do-ahead task done by
December 1, leaving you three glorious weeks to have the best
celebration ever."
If you'd like to join in, click over and sign up for the e-mail updates.
