Our first green smoothie ever… YUM!
Hello everyone! I know it’s still March, but it’s the last day so I figured it was fine for me to post an update on my March goals. I don’t see much changing on the very last day of the month.
March was another great month. It wasn’t my greatest month for business income, but I do think that I was a little bit more relaxed with work than I usually am.
The weather finally got nicer, which meant I started to spend a lot more time outside. More time outside equals less time for work.
I will say one thing – it was NOT a good month for clothing spending.
We went a little crazy and we both bought a lot of warmer clothing and a lot of workout clothing, as well as shoes and so on. I’m hoping that our clothing spending is for the most part done with for awhile.
Oh yeah and we still have one more squirrel. One was caught, but the other hasn’t been caught yet. I’ve been hearing him munch on something in the attic now so we are really hoping he isn’t touching any of the electrical wires…
Make sure to come back on Wednesday for my monthly business/online income update. If you have any online income questions that you would like me to answer in that post, please leave a comment below and I will try to include it. Thanks!
I published my 2014 goals article earlier this year too. Read about them here if you are interested.
Here are some of my more popular posts in March:
- Buying Blogs/Websites For Profit Part 1 – I have six websites now, with two of them being websites that I paid for. I’m not an expert in buying websites, but I am slowly learning.
- Ways To Make An Extra $1,000 A Month – I don’t do much for extra income now, but before I left my day job my whole side business was my extra income.
- $13,454 in February Business Income – I Bought Another Website – February was a great month for business income, even though it was a short month.
- Would You Move To A Completely New Place? – We are debating moving somewhere new. Probably either Memphis or somewhere in Florida. Many of you commented saying that you wish you would have moved, which really makes me think about it.
- The Problem With the Traditional 8 Hour Work Day – This was a post by a blog friend. I definitely recommend that everyone read it!
- Wedding Update – Up To $20,000 – Wedding expenses are adding up very quickly.
- Frugality And Ethics – When Is It Stealing? – This was one of my most popular articles in March and I plan on doing a Part 2 soon.
March Goals Update
- Keep track of how many times we eat out. FAIL. I did not keep track, but I believe we went out to eat around 4 times each week. It sounds like a lot, but they were all at fairly cheap places.
- Make $12,000 in business income this month. PASS. I just barely made this one. Not a bad month, but I was hoping for a little bit more, mainly just because we have so many wedding expenses coming up soon.
- Finalize the wedding invitations. FAIL. These aren’t done yet, but they will be done within the next few days. Then I need to work on putting all the addresses on the envelopes which will not be fun at all.
- Finalize other wedding stuff. PASS sort of. We really need to find a bartender and finalize where everything will go (such as the tent, ceremony, etc.).
- Run 3 miles (5 days a week), coupled with T25. PASS. I’ve been doing really well with this!
April Goals
- Make $12,000 in business income. I’m hoping for a strong April. I am still adding more clients and more services, which should help.
- Finalize the wedding invitations. I really need to work on this since these need to go out by April 15th.
- Finalize other wedding stuff. We still need to find a bartender, make a wedding website, decide on the location for where everything will go on the property and more.
- Decide on our honeymoon. We are thinking about Europe. Where did you go for yours?
- Run 3 miles (4 days a week), with T25. I need to keep this up!
How did you do in March? What is your main goal for April?
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GamingYourFinances says
Europe is a great place for a honeymoon. We went to Italy for our honeymoon and it was fantastic. We spent two weeks traveling around Italy by train. We started in Rome, then Positano (small town on the Amalifi coast), then Florence. We finished our trip with a few days in Venice. It was very romantic, lots of red wine, good food and delicious gelato.
Michelle S. says
That sounds amazing! When did you go?
DC @ Young Adult Money says
You should definitely enroll your fiance with addressing those envelopes. Victoria had a very DIY-approach to the invites so they took forever even with a few of us working on them at once (btw forever to a guy is a Sunday afternoon lol). It did feel good to get them sent out tho.
Michelle S. says
Haha I plan on getting one of my friends to do it. Wes and I both have HORRIBLE handwriting haha.
Liz says
My main goal for April is probably to start blogging on a consistent basis. I would really like to develop of posting routine if possible. My other goal is to do some serious spring cleaning : )
Michelle S. says
Good luck with your goals Liz!
Holly@ClubThrifty says
Where in Europe are you thinking for your honeymoon?!?!?
We got married the week before Christmas so we didn’t really get a honeymoon. It’s something I’ve always regretted!
Michelle S. says
We have no idea. When are you going to Europe? Maybe we’ll be there at the same time!
John @ Sprout Wealth says
We’ve had nicer weather as well – it hit 75 yesterday. But, they’re calling for freaking snow again by the end of the week! 🙁 We had a good March and things are looking better for April, which is nice. I’d vote for Europe for the honeymoon. We went to London and Ireland for ours and it was a blast.
Michelle S. says
Ugh I am done with snow!
Stefanie @ The Broke and Beautiful Life says
I’m impressed with your running, I can never seem to do more than 4 days a week and it’s usually 3. I’m going on vacation in April, so my big goal is to get all my freelance work done before I leave so I can relax!
Michelle S. says
I think I’m taking a break from running as much this week, to give my knees a break.
Where are you going on vacation?
MMD says
I’ll have to remind myself to check back for the monthly report on Wednesday. I love those things! They keep me motivated.
Michelle S. says
Haha thanks!
Grayson @ Debt Roundup says
March was a good month for me, but that was because I got a big check from work done in February. In terms of actually generating income this month, it was a low one for me. I relate that to dealing with putting our home on the market and all that comes with it.
Michelle S. says
I’m glad March was a good month for you. Also, has your house sold?
Michelle S. says
I’m so sorry Catherine. It sounds like March was not a good month at all for you.
Your trip sounds awesome. I will probably be emailing you 🙂
Candice says
My main goal in April is to add 2 new clients to my roster!
Michelle S. says
Good luck! You can do it 🙂
Rachel says
Addressing wedding invitations sucks big time! Which is why we just printed the addresses and return address on nice clear labels and called it a day. I know that’s not “traditional,” but I’ve received some wedding invitations that were pretty sloppy because I know someone’s hand was basically dead by the time they got to mine.
Europe sounds like fun! My husband and I love cruising so we took a 7-night, Western Caribbean cruise for our honeymoon.
Michelle S. says
We have the return address on all of the envelopes, but we plan on handwriting the guest’s addresses. I plan on inviting my bridesmaids over so I’m hoping they don’t kill me! 🙂
jeff says
Congrats on another great month – enjoy the rest of wedding planning. It feels so much better when it’s over.
“I’ve been hearing him munch on something in the attic now so we are really hoping he isn’t touching any of the electrical wires…”
Honestly, this wouldnt be the worst thing – if the little thing busts through, it’d probably kill him (and someone would just have to find it and dispose of it), and he’s probably not, or a light/outlet wouldnt be working right now if he was.
Michelle S. says
I’ve heard that many house fires each year are actually caused by squirrels eating wires in the attic. Are you sure that what you said is true? I would love for what you just said to be true! 🙂
And there could be a chance of a light or outlet not working. We have four bedrooms and only use one, so we don’t use anywhere near all of the outlets.
jeff says
Unfortunately, I think the house fire thing is also a possibility.
Michelle S. says
That’s what I thought. Thanks though Jeff!
Jason B says
March was ok. I had to re-evaluate some things. April will be much better.
Michelle S. says
I hope April is amazing for you.
Jon @ Money Smart Guides says
March will be my best month ever for blogging income. I am hoping that this is a trend. So far, April is looking positive. As for the wedding stuff, don’t get too down on yourself. I know my wife and I struggled at times to do that stuff. We were happy after the wedding and all of it was over…so much more free time haha!!
Michelle S. says
Thank you Jon!
Michelle S. says
Thanks! And no, I’m not doing a race. I have horrible endurance and I walk a lot haha
Athena says
You did great with your goals! My main goal for April is to save 25% of my income, make $1,000 in additional income ( eep!) and spring clean. I figured with all that extra time I’ll be spending at home this month, I can get my closet organized. 🙂
Michelle S. says
Thank you! Good luck with your goals 🙂
jane savers @ solving the money puzzle says
I missed a big March HELOC payment goal because I miscalculated how many pay cheques I would be receiving this month. I only got 2 cheques when I thought there would be 3. Not beating myself up about it because I will catch up in the next few months.
I spent too much money eating junk food when there is lots of good food in my house. I will work hard fixing that in April.
I finally joined Twitter, which was a blogging goal, and now I just have to figure out how best to use it. Brevity is not my strong suit.
Michelle S. says
Twitter is great. I was late to the Twitter game as well, but I really enjoy it now.
Kristin says
My boyfriend and I aren’t engaged or planning a wedding yet but we discussed going to Bora Bora for our honeymoon. We both somewhere hot and relaxing with a bit of activity. We have both already done the most romantic places in Europe (Italy, France, Greece) before we met each other and I’m going again with my sister this May. I think we want to explore the rest of the world before going back but we do want to see Croatia in the next couple of years! Italy would be a wonderful place to go. I’ve only been to some of the main cities but my favorite was Florence!
Michelle S. says
Bora Bora is a place that we definitely want to go to as well! We almost always go on beach vacations though, so we think we may need to branch out haha
Laurie @thefrugalfarmer says
Great job on the goals, Michelle! Can’t believe you are still dealing with the squirrels!! Those rodent problems are a huge pain in the tail, aren’t they? We keep hearing something running down our non-functioning, blocked up chimney. When the new roof goes in, those chimneys are coming down. I don’t care how “cute” they look! 🙂
Crystal says
March was an average month income-wise with our online business (around $7000), but I’m also growing a pet sitting side hustle. That’s keeping me busy and out of the house, which I need at this point. Altogether with rental income and side hustles, we are bringing in about $10k a month on average, so I worry less about money and more about staying mentally active and healthy.
Nikki says
I had to chime in on the honeymoon question. 🙂 By the time our wedding rolled around, I was stressed out, burnt out, and just wanted to spend time reading non-wedding related things and to sleep in, be lazy, and hang out with my with no agenda. We didn’t want to waste an exceptional vacation on the time right after the wedding (plus, my husband is a pilot and wanted nothing that involved an airport). So, we picked a place for a mini-moon that we could drive to, ride our bikes around, and have sunshine and hot tub time. We read (I finished three books in as many days), we stuffed our faces, and just puttered around. It was amazing because we didn’t feel bad for not going and seeing all the amazing things to see in an amazing and expensive destination.
Later, we went to Cabo for our official honeymoon somewhat by default since we won a 7-night stay there. That’s where we had fancy romantic dinners, kayaked, snorkled, walked all over the place, and vacationed so hard we were exhausted at the end.
Really a big part of it is what you think you will enjoy when the day after rolls around. Even if you’re doing a relatively low-key wedding, there’s still a good amount of stress wrapped into actually getting married, family stuff, etc. Will you both be excited to be on an airplane for 8-10 hours, removed from the internet and world, or does the sound of a long flight make you cringe?
Shaun Hoobler says
If it makes you feel any better, I haven’t achieved any of my March goals. Not that I didn’t try.