As 2015 draws to a close, it’s time to do a review and make goals for 2016! 2015 was a decent year for my family, probably because 2014 was really shitty. My husband’s business stabilized, we moved into a very expensive house that may not be worth the amount I pay in mortgage every month but at least gives us a lot of utility, and we slashed a LOT of things.

1. My biggest achievement was finally recontracting the phone line just today, which means our mobile bills next year will be 70+/month like NORMAL PEOPLE. Hooray!
2. So far we also managed to reduce our electricity bill slightly (although it is still high.) I’m waiting on the December bill to confirm this because I need a few more data points to ensure statistical significance.
3. We have slashed pointless outside dining a lot. I define pointless outside dining as simply filling ...

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