I promised an update on the #ShelfLove challenge today, so here it is! The discussion this month is around budgets, which means I can pretty much stick to the same format as my extra updates for last month.

• 7/51+ already owned books read
• Spent: £21 out of ~£30 budget (budget is 10% of my income) for January
• Spent: £5 out of ~£25 budget for February

As for my other resolutions:

• No books impulse-bought
• Read every day
• Bed before midnight… mostly
• Up before ten every day
• Only bought one book from a series at a time
• Posted to the blog every day
• Commented on at least one other blog every day
• Tithed 10% in January, February tithe not done yet
• Done 18 hours volunteering total
• Reading/reviewing books from NG/etc… in progress

As for the money I save, mostly it’s going to my savings account. I am planning a slightly more complex budget so I can also save up separately for my next games console, but the main goal is just to build up my reserves a bit. It’s working well so far; I’ve shunted at least £200 into my savings so far this year, which may not be a lot for everyone but certainly is a respectable amount for me!