Resolution Revolution

I don't usually do New Year's resolutions, because inevitably I end up like 98% of the population, vowing to lose weight or eat more healthy, and then ten days later fall off the wagon until the next year. I figure what's the point of making a resolution if you're not going to keep it?

But this year, having just figured out a budget for the coming year (including a budget for the wedding), I think it's time for me to learn how to be frugal. Back when I didn't know if I was going be able to afford my next meal, I had to be frugal out of necessity, but even then I didn't plan it. It was just sort of, "Do I have enough change for chips? No? I guess I can live with just a sandwich."

This time I want to plan and budget and make menus and do the bag lunch thing. I've never really done this, not in earnest, and not for long periods of time, and I'm sure it's not going to be easy. I like going to movies and having coffee at Starbuck's and going out to lunch every day. But I also want to have a pretty awesome wedding, and I have to think about that next time I tell myself it's time for a tall soy chai latte.

So if I start sounding like a penny-pincher this year, and act a little bit reclusive, please forgive me. I'm committed to making this wedding really nice, and I also think that living frugally might be a good lesson to learn.