I don’t like to set New Year’s resolutions, but I do like to set goals that I would like to achieve for the new year.

Here are some of the things I would like to accomplish this year, as it relates to the scope of this blog:

1.)  Spend no more than $25 a week going out to eat with my family.  That will be a yearly total of no more than $1,300 this year.  I admit, last year, I went way over that.  This year, I plan to be disciplined enough to not spend more than $25 a week.  That means sometimes we will have a simple take out meal, sometimes just my husband and I will have date night, and that we will be using lots of coupons and deals from discount sites.

2.)  Post our dining out adventure each week.  I started doing that early in the blog, but I stopped mid year.  This year, I plan to blog about each dining out adventure including where we went, how the food was, what discount we used and how the food tasted. 

3.)  Share more great deals on this blog.  I hope to regularly share great deals to help you save money while eating out.  You work hard for your money; there is no need to pay full price to dine out!

4.)  Offer giveaways.  As they become available, I plan to continue offering giveaways.

I am so glad to have you here.  If there is anything else you would like to regularly see on this blog, please let me know!

Melissa Batai

Melissa Batai

Melissa, a mom to three little ones (ages 7, 3 and 1), blogs at both Mom’s Plans where she writes about living a fulfilling life on less and paying down debt, and Fiscal Phoenix where she writes about rising from the ashes of your financial mistakes.