Home Improvement: No house we saw was 100% perfect for us, but the one we chose is getting close. There are no shortage of projects we'll be doing with the materials and tools we already have on-hand.
- Painting our guest bathroom with leftover paint colors from other rooms
(going for light grey walls and funky turquoise cabinetry!) - Organizing my craft room
- Touching up paint in a couple of rooms
- Organizing the utility/laundry room in the basement
- Organizing and setting up work spaces in the garage
- Deep clean each room one by one
Leisure: Although home improvement is immense fun for me, the husband wanted to have a long list of "actually fun" things to do. I do my best to get resourceful when I know we're trying not to spend money, so I came up with a few things as well.
- Play Stardew Valley
- Learn any board game we bought but haven't played yet
- Have a party with what we have on-hand
- See a free-to-us concert from winning tickets at work
- Play "Chopped" with our pantry, fridge, and freezer
- Bake cakes and cookies together
- Walk around the lake and play Pokemon Go, weather permitting
- Game night with friends
- Tea and coffee party with friends
- Write music together
- Write (code for him, blogging for me)
- Make more time to read
- Go to free community events at the creative center
I do have one "cheat" day for the month, which is to take a short trip to stay with a friend and see a concert together. It'll cost about a tank of gas and $25 for the show ticket, but I plan to not spend money out of my bank account by selling a few pieces of furniture in local swap groups. It's a show I've planned to see since January, and it was one thing I wasn't willing to sacrifice for the no-spend month. Planning is really the key, and although it might sound like yet another justification to cheat I think it's also important to leave some leeway in any plan. When we go too hard on ourselves, we're destined to fail. So if you have a no-spend month... I'd say it's okay to throw in a little cheat for your sanity and happiness.
Here's to planning a successful no-spend month for March 2020!
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