How I'm Doing With My No Spend Month {Or: Why I shouldn't be allowed to set my own goals}

So it's now a little more than halfway through April, and I'm just going to go ahead and declare this month's goal an epic failure. 

I did well for the first 4 days, and then it was all down hill from there, due to two bottles of wine and a little too much Destiny's Child. 

Also, the kids got lice and I spent upwards of $100 taking care of that, and after 3 days of washing kids hair, re-washing every single cloth item you own and vacuuming furniture, who's NOT going to order Chinese food??

I did give it an honest try though, and I applaud myself for the effort {because I'm narcissistic that way}.

I'm going to keep trying for the rest of the month, but I'm not really expecting great things from myself at this point. 

Maybe a month of NOSPENDINGANYTHINGATALL is too drastic for me, but I could probably do better at setting boundaries for myself. 

Like maybe only eating out once a week, instead of whenever the hell I feel like it. Or bringing my lunch to work every day instead of going out with co-workers. Starbucks will forever be my Everest, but I could probably do better at that too. Like maybe only going to Starbucks on Saturday mornings before I run errands, or as a reward for completing my errands, or when I'm extremely hung over. 

Oh for fucks sake, let's be honest. All of the above. 

2013 Goals: March Recap

March is over, and today is the first day of April.

New month, new goal.

March's goal was to make my house a home, and I'd like to say I did that. Last night as I was laying in bed it occured to me that the month I had dedicated to my house and my home, ended up becoming the month when the most changed in my home life - things that had nothing to do with decorating or nesting in my house. Maybe I am clairvoyant, or maybe it's just a weird coincidence, but at the end of the month when I was relaxing on the couch with the kids yesterday after a very eventful weekend, I felt for the first time in so long, like my house was my home again. Even though the only room I ended up really finishing was the kitchen.

So without really purchasing anything, I'm stamping this goal completed.

We're home.

This month's goal is to have a No Spend Month.

I am super nervous.

It's not that I love shopping {I actually hate shopping}, it's more just that I'm an impulsive asshole and I went to Starbucks three times in one day a couple months ago.

What if knowing I can't do that anymore makes me feel stifled and then halfway through the month I'm all YOU CAN'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO I WILL BUY ALL OF THE THINGS!!!

That might be dramatic, but also entirely possible.

Anyway, here's a short list of things I will miss:

-Cow Tails from the gas station

-Starbucks

-Everything that Target is, has, and represents

-Movie theatres

-Lunch from the best pizza place in the entire world

-Ordering pizza for the kids so I don't have to cook

-Chinese take out so I don't have to cook

Things I'm afraid of:

-Finding out I have no self control

-Cabin fever {not spending money basically means never leaving the house, right?!}

-Having to cook every. single. night. for the next month. Who can really be expected to do that?!

Anyway, wish me luck.