My December Goals

I find that I can achieve more goals when I make the time limit shorter--like a month's worth of goals instead of a year's worth at a time.  So I have made the following list of things I want/need to do for this month:

p.s. One thing I love about Vegas is that my roses are STILL blooming in December! (see photo above)
p.s.s.  While we are still mindful of our spending, today we did hit up the $1 store for a few groceries and I couldn't resist the Black Friday sale at REI (which actually lasts through December 2nd) and bought a backpack for my walking.  It is a Gregory Fury pack which is usually $99 but I got it on clearance at REI with an additional 30% off which made the total price $38.  I hope I like it--I have the very worst luck picking out packs when I am not able to try them on; fortunately REI has a good return policy so if I don't like it, it will go back to the store.  Now on to trekking poles...

Now to my list:

• Sell four items on Craigslist (I listed three today) two sold as of 12/6 (only sold two items, will relist the other two next month)
• Get a Christmas tree and decorate it  (decided not to do this as its only the hubby and I, no kids this year)
• Plan something for Christmas dinner (done 12/25)
• Plan something for New Year's Eve
• Get hubby a Christmas gift (done 12/14)
• Get a haircut  done 12/9
• Go to the dentist for a root cleaning (will try to do this in January, need to save up for it) 
• Attend a new genealogy group meeting to see if I want to join  (didnt do this, I emailed for meeting info and got no reply so I will try this next month)
• Attend my current genealogy group meeting this month (done 12/21)
• Pay for my volksmarching membership renewal (done 12/14)
• Attend the annual volksmarching dinner (done 12/14)
• Go to a show
• Try a new Thai restaurant (Lotus of Siam, it's supposed to be really good) done 12/3
• Go to the Galaxy theater
• Go to Mt Charleston and play in the snow
• Do four walks (North Strip VM, Sahara-Russell-Sahara, Mandalay to Golden Nugget, Red Rock Loop) (will put these off til January and February as part of my marathon training)
• Get new walk shoes (I have new shoes but they haven't been great for long distance walking) (done 12/18)
• Get a new day pack for walking (done 12/5)
• Get trekking poles (done 12/20)
• Get a headlamp (I will need it for night walks) (I won't need this until April or May so I will wait on getting it)
• Buy/send small gifts to two friends in Japan  (done 12/10)
• Buy/send four gifts to my friend and her family in Japan for Christmas  (done 12/10)
• Buy/send my friend a birthday gift (this will go with the above gifts in the mail)  (done 12/10)
• Finish a new brochure for my volksmarch group (done 12/26)
• Try to get 60 hours of work done for my friend (not going to happen...unfortunately...will probably get like 20 hours this month)