Like a lot of folks, I have a few resolutions. I don't want to bore you with my long personal list, but I do want to share with you my thoughts for this blog in 2010.
So, what can you expect to see this year?
Same great deals. I'm going to keep providing weekly drugstore and grocery store matchups, because these posts are the heart of my blog and what work to save you money. I'm also going to keep up the hot online deals and coupons I find. I want to help you save money in many areas of your budget.
Frugality focus. I've hinted at this before, but this year I'm going to open up more and share some of what my family is going to do to get aggressive about getting financially fit. One of the most exciting things? My husband and I are about to rip up a chunk of our sod and plant an extensive garden! I'm not a pro at gardening, but I'm going to do my best to share with you my efforts to grow our own food.
Vlog posts. I want my readers to feel personally connected to me. Sometimes it's hard when I'm sitting at my computer, because I seriously wish I could sit down with each of you over a cup of coffee and chat coupons. I think incorporating occasional video posts might help bridge the gap between blogger-reader. I need to acquire a working camera/video recorder first, but this should be coming soon.
Blog overhaul. I have been in contact with a blog designer and will also likely be migrating this blog to WordPress in the next few months. My goal is to give you a site that's clean, sharp, and enoyable to read. Nothing flashy, nothing cluttered, and for pity's sake, nothing cutesy. I want to add features you can quickly go to for referencing about coupon usage, policies, and trends. I anticipate these changes to take place early spring.
Goals & results. Admittedly, I didn't do so well with this last year. You might recall in the early months I'd report on how much I was spending and saving. Then life happened and I simply stopped keeping up with recording this data. Tonight, I'm going to rework my Savings Tracker Spreadsheet for 2010. I will release it tonight in a post so you can download it onto your computer to track your own savings and spending and create goals. I want to get back to this important component of couponing. So watch tonight for your new & improved Savings Tracker!
Focus on health. As most of you know, I'm currently on a quest to get healthy, drop a few pounds, and run another marathon! (Incidentally, you can follow my other blog to see how I've currently lost 8 pounds in less than one month using a common sense approach!) Therefore, you're going to notice increased efforts to find deals on healthy, organic, and basics for home cooked meals because this is exactly the way my family is going to be eating in 2010.
Reader results. It's exceedingly important to me that YOU are seeing results in your budget. I want to feature YOUR trips, post YOUR stories, and YOUR success. I'm going to be pressing you to share this with me so I encourage all my readers that couponing, saving, and smart shopping pays off BIG.
Post series. I have plans for at least one more series (such as my Coupon Lessons and Myths & Misconceptions). It's gonna take a fair amount of research, but at the end of it, I am hoping to learn about coupons in a new and interesting way. What's the topic? Top secret. You'll just have to wait!
So these are my plans for 2010. If there are particular things you'd like to see more of, less of, or have other ideas, speak up. Your thoughts and opinions of my site are important to me.
Now everyone, enjoy a Happy New Year! I hope to help make yours a more prosperous one!
Blessings from,
Angela Russell
