"$12 a Day", Day 347

I'm stepping it up. In 2010 I purchased 57 things. Honestly I think that's amazing. I think that although I would have liked to do better that's a ridiculously low amount of stuff. I did struggle tremendously however with spending a lot of money on food and food and food.

This year, 2011 I'm going to commit to tackling our debt problem. I'm going to stick with my new found purchasing (or should I say non-purchasing habit) AND I'm challenging myself to spend $12 a day on food AND household supplies. At present I'm super excited about this challenge. The not buying "things" challenge of 2010 was really difficult for quite awhile but I feel like a whole new person now. The not spending obscene amounts of money on comfort food (food in general) is probably going to be the toughest challenge of my life. 

I hate budgets. I find it impossible to stick to them BUT I need to get out of debt. In 2010 we paid off over $3000 in credit card debt. I'd like to quadruple that number in 2011 and I believe that with discipline I truly can. If I was able to purchase ONLY 57 things in over 365 days I can pay off $10,000 in credit card debt in one year!

I've started a second blog devoted entirely to finances. I won't pretend that it's going to be interesting to anyone BUT I know that it will help keep me accountable, on track, and it's going to be a great tool for recording my successes and failures. I am unbelievably stoked about this!

In case you're interested in random numbers and me whining about wanting Cadbury eggs: $12 a Day