February 2015 Goals

How did we do with our February goals?  Let's see:

1) To not eat out or at least to not pay out of pocket, with the exception of tips. If we want to treat the family to a meal out, we will make sure we have a gift card to cover all of us.
Did fabulous with this goal.  

2) Pay off our last 2 credit cards
Still chipping away at this.  The last card is a pretty hefty one :(  Still on Dave Ramsey's FPU Step 2 :)

3) Not to use any of our credit cards for 2015. To pay cash for everything.
Great way to start 2015 :)

4) To maintain our grocery budget. Our current grocery budget is $400 month for our family of 6. Our goal is to use up to that amount to feed our family healthy nourishing meals.  If we are lucky enough to come under our monthly budget, we will save that amount.
Did awesome.  Thanks to making a freezer and pantry list and eating from that, we were able to have $30 left over :)


5) To create a monthly meal plan for our family, to use leftovers more efficiently and to make use of everything in our pantry and freezer.
YAY!!  Making use of what we had in the pantry and freezer let us save $30 :)

6) Lose weight- My goal is to lose 10 lbs this year.
It started out great last month and kind of fizzled out this month :(  Thanks to crazy work schedules and even crazier weather, we were not able to run at all this month.  Need to get in gear.

7) Complete the Couch to 5K with hubby
Hubby and I are still at week 5.  It started out great last month and kind of fizzled out this month :(  Thanks to crazy work schedules and even crazier weather, we were not able to run at all this month.  Need to get in gear.

8) Morning devotions, prayer time and more bible reading
Doing great with our church's website, which will read the bible verse to you :) 

9) Monthly date night with hubby- whether we go out or stay at home, pop popcorn and rent a movie
Did not have a date night :(


10) To spend quality family time together. With everyones schedule and us running all over creation, I would love to spend more quality time together- no tv- us playing games, talking, enjoying each others company.  I think we are going to claim Saturday's as family fun day:)
We were able to squeeze in a Family Fun Saturday at Manatee Park.


11) Not to use our dryer to save on electricity and lower our electricity bill
Doing fabulous, by not using the dryer, I now have the electric bill down to what I was paying for our teeny house back in Virginia.  Not using the air or heat is a huge plus also.  Have I mentioned how much I LOVE Florida winters :)

12) To do 1 project a month and blog about it
We are so excited.  We did February's project and will tell you all about it tomorrow.

13) My older boys want to run a 5K~ a color run to be more specific.  So, I am jumping on board with them, after I finish my Couch to 5K program :)
Still waiting to hear the color run date.

14) To make and use more non toxic cleaners
I am still researching and working on this one :)

How did you do with your February goals?