Begin... Radical Frugality

There were no New Year's Resolutions this year, mostly because resolutions 1 through 5 would have been "sleep." Between moving and the usual stress of dealing with a new crop of classes and textbooks chez job, I was just too damn tired to come up with any. Now that January's almost over though - and I still haven't bought a half-price calendar, so it really snuck up on me - the time has come. Here we go:

1. Get my G2, a decade after I turned 16, so I don't have to depend on the kindness of strangers (or brothers) to drive me around
2. Read A Dance to the Music of Time. After finally finishing Proust, why not tackle another key cycle in 20th century literature? I guess I could also read A Song of Ice and Fire, but 20th century British social commentary is just as exciting as dragons and titties to me.
3.  Knit a simple red wool sweater. Something I've always wanted to own, but never made.
4.  Master omelet making
5. And finally... practice radical frugality. I'm bad with money. I'm not "using one credit card to pay off another" bad with money, but I never save, I tend to spend, and then there are weeks of lentil-only living to be suffered through. So, starting next month and until I get into grad school, I'm going to try to cut down on my shopping, eating out, and boozing (or just the first two.) Maybe even find a second job. Basically, I'll live like my immigrant great-grandparents. I will try and aim to get fewer goiters though.