Spreadsheet for Food, Personal and Household Items

In my quest to live a more frugal life I have quickly learned that organization goes hand in hand with saving money.  Since this year will be my first whole year of couponing I wanted to really keep track of what I am spending and what I am saving so I decided to create a spreadsheet.  For this spreadsheet I decided to focus on the the three areas that I believe can end up costing you the most money, but with coupons and sales can be cut back drastically.  I have three categories, Food, Personal and Household.  Food does not include eating out, just our grocery shopping.  Personal is all of our personal care items, for example shampoo or toothbrushes.  Household is a little broader it will include everything we spend on our house, from the little things like paper towel to larger things like our fence and deck.

Goals for 2012

This year I have been feeling very motivated and I decided that the best thing to do to keep this motivation going would be to set some goals for this year. So I thought I would share them with you.

Goals for 2012

1. Update organizational system for the house

2. Update Finances

3. Put up Fence and Deck

4. Make a Vegetable Garden

5. Try new recipes

6. Live off stockpile for a week at least once every 2 months

7. Spend more time on me

8. Spend more time with my Hubby without electronics

9. Go South in December

10. Find new crafts to do with the girls

11. Find new ways to be frugal

12. Blog more, organize Blog ideas

13. Continue to review and update goals
14. Stay on top of photos everyday
15. Update the girls baby books

 

I am really looking forward to all the changes that I am planning and I can't wait to share them all with you!