A Year Without - Planning

I was browsing online and cam across the idea of "A Year Without".  Its like a New Year's Resolution, but a little more interesting.  For an entire calendar year, you pick one thing per month to do without.  This sounds like a really fun and challenging exercise for me and I'm going to do it in 2013.  I'm hoping it will help me take less for granted and appreciate what I have.

First, I feel like I need to lay down some ground rules.

1. The "Withouts" are not cumulative.  Once that month is over I can have/do that thing again.
2. Each Without must be something that is a challenge to give up.
3. If I fail, and give in, my punishment is ___________ (???)
4. I will update the blog at least once a month about my progress on that month's Without.

Right now I'm in the planning phase and I'm having a hard time coming up with things to give up.  Here are some ideas, and my reasoning behind them.

• TV - Its really nice to veg out in front of the TV after work and chores at home.  But sometimes I do feel a little trapped by it.  This seems hard...maybe February?  Wait, I just googled it and Superbowl is in February.  That won't work.
• Spending money on anything that is not fresh food.  I was reading a blog for a bit by a woman who gave up buying anything she couldn't make herself.  This included clothes, grocery items, crafts, holiday decorations and just about anything you can think of.  It seemed like a great idea. I like it.  I'd have a few exceptions to make life bearable (I'm not going to make dog food and bills don't count), but I think this would be a good way to be more aware of waste in my life and to save money.
• Alcohol - this is a lot like TV.  On a Friday night, its really nice to have a glass of wine, or a beer with friends.  I don't drink a lot but I think it would be a good plan to go without for awhile.  I did give it up for a few months before the wedding to help get in shape, I could totally do it again.
• Sweets - I included this on the list because it is a really common challenge for most folks.  I'm not sure how hard this would be for me.  I don't really enjoy sweets, the only time I do is a few gummy candies with a glass of wine when I take a bath.  Don't judge, its phenomenal.
• The snooze button - I used to be so good about jumping out of bed right after the alarm, now, not so much.  Maybe a month of having to give it up would be a good thing and get me back in the habit of jumping out of bed.
• Store bought meals - make everything from scratch for one month.  We eat a lot of store bought food, but if I didn't have a box of pasta-roni in my cupboard and a kielbasa in my freezer, I don't know what we'd have on a night when things got too busy to plan ahead.
• Meat - I love pork, chicken, turkey, bacon, beef...this would be a tough one.  But I'd learn a bunch of new recipes
• Chips - this would be a different kind of sacrifice from store bought meals, I'm allowed to have kraft mac and cheese, but not wavy lays...hmmm...
• Popular Radio - aside from TV, I think radio is the one thing I use that causes me to waste the most time listening to things I don't care about, ads.  If I gave up all radio except NPR, and the old time radio that Josh and I have recently gotten into, I wonder if I"d feel like I was missing anything.  Music is allowed, radio is not.
• Driving a car - this seems like a really good thing to give up.  But honestly, I don't know if I can.  I have to drive to work or I'd have an hour plus long commute and I'd have to go way out of my way to find a well lit road with sidewalks.  It would also put a burden on Josh to get things from the grocery or take me places I need to be.  I need to do some thinking on a meaningful way to give up driving.
• Swearing - I'm not a sailor, but I have my moments.
• Complaining - Sometimes I mask it as venting, but its really complaining.  If I could give up complaining I'm sure it would help me be a more positive person overall.  Right?
• Surfing the web - I have a few blogs that I love to read, but what about all the random surfing?  I wonder how much time I'd have if I didn't check out all the links I would normally click on?
• Coffee - searching for ideas about what to give up, this one comes up a lot.  Like sweets though, I'm not convinced I would learn anything from not having it for a month.  I have my cup every day, but sometimes I forget it at home and I usually don't even notice until I get home.  And, when Josh is out of town I don't think I've ever made a pot of coffee, although I do buy an Americano...maybe there is some merit to this one.
• A thing - get rid of one thing every day for the entire month.  I have stuff that I keep around the house but I don't really need, why not get rid of it?  Clothes, that random trinket on the shelf, my extra hair dryer, lots of options here.
• White lies - I don't think I tell a lot of them, but maybe I tell more than I realize.  Giving them up would make sure I found out how often I really do it.

I'm only going to choose 12 of these.  Any input?  Any ideas I missed?  I'd love to hear them! I also need to come up with a "punishment", something that will give me some incentive not to fail.