GOALS | NOVEMBER

I almost forgot about my November goals. I still can't believe I am making November goals already!! November and December will be busy months with the holidays. I hope that we are able to relax a little and enjoy our time together and with our families!

Here are October's goals:

- Clean out our closet and get our fall clothes out!

A big ole CHECK!

-Organize our kitchen cabinets

Another big ole CHECK

-Finish dining room chairs

Another big ole CHECK (seriously, it felt so good finishing these!)

-Get our mums from Cookeville and take pictures of all our fall decorations to blog about!

We missed our usual mums in Cookeville, but still got some beautiful mums from my BIL's wedding! 

-Finish Wedding posts...hope y'all aren't tired of them yet ;)

Completely failed on this one.

-Go on a weekend trip (I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS!)

We had the best weekend in Gatlinburg! Bears, puppies, good food, and quality time with my husband...could not have asked for a better trip!

-Try some new recipes

We have tried some new recipes! Every recipe that we try that I get from Pinterest I pin it to a new board called, "Pinned it, did it" with my honest review. That way I can go back and find it if I want to make it again! 

-Check some things off of our Fall Bucket List!

We have checked off quite a few things, but have a few more to do!

1.  Host Friendsgiving. It is this Saturday and I am working on centerpieces + making sure we have everything else ready to go. I am so excited, and the weather is looking to be cool, but sunny with no rain...perfect!!!

2.  Create a cleaning schedule and stick to it! I feel with the time change we have literally gone to bed right after we eat dinner. And with that happening our apartment has suffered during the week and we are left with a lot of cleaning on the weekend, which is the exact opposite of what we want to do during our free time. So as we are adjusting to the time change I am hoping we'll get back on track. 

3.  Plan a couple of fun/cheap Christmas date ideas! This will be our first married Christmas together and I want to enjoy every second of this fun time of the year together, and maybe start some of our own traditions! 

4.  Try some new recipes. I have really enjoyed my time in the kitchen since we've been married. I love trying new recipes and using all of our new appliances! So I want to try even more new recipes.

5.  Share with y'all how we meal plan. The way we meal plan might not work for everyone, but if I can help another newlywed wife out I'll do it! I remember searching the internet before we got married to find THE best way to meal plan for us. I wanted to start off our marriage eating at home, to save money and to use our new appliances we had been gifted! I read many blog posts and eventually ended up pulling a little bit from all over to create the way we have been using. The first couple of weeks were kinda bumpy on our meal planning as we were still unpacking my stuff and settling into our routine, but we eventually got into a routine that we really like! 

6.  Finish Christmas shopping. I would love to have all of our Christmas shopping finished by the end of this month, but I don't know if that will happen. So we have given ourselves a deadline of December 12th, to have at least everything ordered! 

7.  Decorate for Christmas! And last but not least, decorate our apartment for Christmas! The Saturday after Thanksgiving we are going to put on comfy, cozy clothes and spend the day decorating for Christmas and watching Christmas movies. This is one of my FAVORITE days of the year and I am so excited to spend it with my Matthew! Also, Matthew has requested that there be sausage balls that morning, so I'll be making sausage balls for breakfast! :)

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GOALS | NOVEMBER

November Goals

I haven't made goals in a couple of months. I've let this little blog of mine be put on the back burner since the semester started back in August and to be honest, I miss it! Hopefully I can get back in the groove of things and stat blogging more than once or twice a week.     - Start blogging more (obviously) ;)   -Work on Christmas shopping I have already picked up a few things for some family members but I really need to get on this and FINISH by November 15th (a previous goal was to have it all finished by November 15th)   -Continue working hard on something that I have coming up! I can't wait to share with y'all what I have been working on almost every single day. I have been researching and jotting down any ideas that come to mind. I have never done anything like this so I am pretty excited but definitely nervous at the same time.   -DOLLYWOOD In one of my posts last week I mentioned about a surprise for Matthew and how I was giving him hints all week about what we were going to do. Well, the weather stepped in and messed up our plans and we had to cancel last minute. I had already given him all his hints because I needed to know what his opinion on going would be, with the weather. We all decided that ultimately it just would be safe and almost miserable. I am SO glad we decided not to go to Dollywood this past Saturday. Gatlinburg ended up getting 22 inches up in the mountains, and Pigeon Forge, where Dollywood is located got snow as well. Not as much but still, who wants to ride a roller coaster with snow hitting them in the face?? So everyone is good to go this weekend!! I am SO excited and the weather is supposed to be better ;)   -SOC formal I am beyond excited for this. This is the first year the SOC has ever done one of these and I am all excited. I was kinda bummed that I only got to go to one prom and that was my senior year of high school. Most of my friends went to prom their junior and senior year, and went to multiple formals. Even in college a lot of my friends go to sorority formals and since I'm not in one I was afraid I would never be able to get in a pretty dress and attend something like a formal. When I found out we were doing one I was THRILLED. It's this month in a couple of weeks and I found my dress this past weekend while I was home. It's going to be very low key and nothing too fancy but all the girls have decided to wear formal dresses.   -Enjoy the moment I get so caught up with being busy and always on the go that I forget to just enjoy what we are doing, where we are at, and who we are with. Time is moving SO SO fast. In just 40 days Matthew is going to graduate and be moving away from Cookeville. Everything is going to change. Sure, he will still come and visit often, because I am going to stay here, all of our friends are here and the SOC is here, but we both know it's going to be different. So I just want to really enjoy this last little bit and cross off some things from our Cookeville bucket list we made awhile ago. Now excuse me while I go cry wahhh :(     and because I don't like posts without any pictures... My sister went to a masquerade ball this past weekend and I got to help her get ready! I did her hair and makeup. She wore my dress from my senior prom! Seeing it out again brought back all the memories from prom, so many great memories!

  It feels good making some goals again. Happy Monday, friends!! Make today a good one!

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November Goals

N O V E M B E R goals

Am I really making out my November goals list?? Is next month really December...Christmas!!!? Y'all I feel like I say this every month but time is flying by!! I seriously feel like I just loaded everything up and moved up here and now it's almost been 6 months. Can't even believe it. I'm not complaining though I am loving life right now but I do wish it would time would slow down at times but then again I found myself counting down the days until Christmas haha!   So last months goals... --Exercise 3-4 times a week --Continue saving the MULA$$ --Eat healthier --Try 4 new recipes --Couples challenge and post about it --Start waking up earlier (It's a struggle sometimes but I have been doing better!) --See Ben Rector and Luke Bryan in concert (Incredible I tell ya INCREDIBLE) --Meal plan better --At least 2 actual date nights --Carve pumpkins and decorate them (So fun, one of my favorite things to do with Matthew during the fall) --Go to the corn maze (Another favorite fall activity, froze my tail off but it was worth it!!) --Make the hot cider I made last year at the bank  (Can't wait to make this again!!) -- Use my crock pot more!!!! --Complete the walktober challenge at my work --Find a purple dress for Matthew's graduation (HAVE TO DO THIS) --Have a social free media weekend (will probably try this on fall retreat weekend) (Y'all I did it!! I didn't think I would like it and to be honest I was dreading logging out when we got on the bus but once I did it I felt a huge relief and was able to enjoy everything and I was definitely able to focus on what we were on retreat for. If you haven't had a social free media week then I strongly urge you to do so! I definitely will be doing this again soon!!) --Decide on a couples Halloween costume with Matthew!! (I am so excited about this) (Posted about this yesterday! Wishing it was Halloween all over again so we could dress up again!! Can't wait until next year!)   Well obviously I was slacking a little this month but I am definitely more motivated this month (or at least today...I kid I kid) So without further adieu, my November goals...  

 

- Workout 2-3 times a week

 (I am getting a new schedule at work starting next week and I will be getting off earlier so NO excuses y'all!!)

- Start running

- Drink more water

- Get the classes I want for next semester

- Have our 1st annual Friendsgiving

- Appreciate the small things more

- Pay it forward

- Start decorating my room

(or at least hang some pictures on the walls, it is bare I tell ya!!)

- Blog 3-4 times a week

- Spend more than 2 days at HOME!!

(thanksgiving break can't come fast enough)

-Find purple dress for Matthew's graduation

(37 days people 37 days until boo dawg walks across the stage!!!!!!)

- Go on at least 2 dates with Matthew

- Win the intramural volleyball championship with my SOC girls

- Continue saving MULA$$

-START & FINISH Christmas shopping

(or at least get most of it finished so I won't stress so much in December) 

- Finish all the books I have started (there are probably about 5 books I have started and I haven't even finished) - Try 2 new recipes (Now that I will be getting off earlier I will able to cook for Matthew!! I am so excited I can't stand it) - Have another social free media weekend - BLACK FRIDAY SHOPPING (Enough said y'all!!)  
 What are your monthly goals?? 

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