November 2009 Goals: My Review

Well it’s the end of another month. I didn’t do too poorly in November, actually. Ended up almost on budget, which is more than I can say for a lot of other months this year.

Financial Highlights of the month: I was able to save myself quite a bit of money (over $200) by dropping ICBC extended car insurance and going private with CDI, I bought a GPS for free, and I should have enough Swagbucks left over to buy most of my sister’s Christmas present.

Notes:

• Clothing – I ended up buying a nice sweater from Aritzia, as well as long johns from MEC for the upcoming ski season.
• Personal Care – I couldn’t stand it anymore and ended up getting a hair cut, and I also bought waterproof make-up remover from Sephora (works like a charm!)

November Goals:

• Work out at least 3x/week on my Wii. FAIL! I worked out on my Wii probably once or twice all month. I know, I suck.

• Go for a hike. CHECK! We actually ended up going on 2 very short hikes this month, as well as a long 20km walk yesterday. I wanted to go for a day hike, or even overnight, but we just couldn’t fit it into our schedule.

• Go rock climbing 2-3 times. FAIL! We only went once. Sigh.

• Plan Whistler ski weekend. CHECK! I bought our passes, set up a Facebook event & invited people, and we’re all set to go! Right now we have 2 other couples coming, and possibly another couple flying in from Alberta.

• Try something new. FAIL! I wanted to, but in the end I couldn’t fit it into my budget. I will try again in December.

• $450 into Retirement Portfolio. CHECK!

• $100 into Emergency Fund. CHECK!

• $200 into Savings Fund. FAIL! I wasn’t able to save anything into my Savings.

• $50 into Travel Fund. FAIL! I didn’t end up saving anything because the $ I had earmarked to go into the Travel Fund, is actually coming with me to Vegas. So, technically I guess I did accomplish this goal, but not really.

• $50 into Car Fund. CHECK! I ended up being able to save $100.