Happy new year! I had decided to take the holidays off from my blog and from counting calories. I still made a conscious effort not to gorge myself, and not eat a ton of junk. Which must have worked, because my last blog post was on 11/28, and I was 305.4. This morning, I am 304.4. Down 1 pound over the holidays! I'm very happy about that.
The holidays were actually alright this year. I didn't dread doing all the family stuff like I usually do. I hand-made several of the gifts I gave out. I made mason jar snow globes for my bosses and doctors, which turned out mega-cute.
For Ryan's 30th birthday, I made him a birthday bouquet. He loved it, and it was so easy to make:
He loved the idea so much, we made the same thing for his brother and sister for Christmas.
Anyway, so so so excited for the new year. Gonna get some bills paid off, gonna drop some of this weight.
My debt goal for this year is to at least pay off $2000 worth of my debt. "My debt" is my own credit cards, the ones that are in my name only. This does not include the furniture.
My bills are as follows:
HBC: 260.12
Chase: 3606.00
Discover: 3759.99
Total: 7626.11
IF we get incentive bonuses with our reviews this year, I am putting 100% of it towards bills. My HBC balance will be paid off and a small chunk of another one. I'm crossing my fingers that we do get a bonus, because then I'll be well on my way to that $2k goal right off the nut. Also, I started carpooling again, and am saving a truck-load of money in gas. That's another huge help.
And of course, another goal is losing weight. I'm not sure what sub-goals I want to set just yet. Off the top of my head, I'd like to be down to 200 lbs by 1/1/13. Details to follow.
