It’s Friday, January 3, and I made it to town to pick up all my groceries and did not order from a window!! However, I got to town and realized I had not eaten breakfast, so I was very, very hungry.
I thought…“who would know?” The answer is me. Ouch. I can’t lie to myself.
I went to Walmart, Sams Club and Aldi’s. When I went to Aldi’s I broke open the apple bag after checking out and there was no more perfect sight than this.
So I had an apple and it kept me from breaking the rule of eating out. It was a little difficult. I drove by Hardees and thought how yummy a gravy biscuit and Coke would be. I drove by Pal’s and thought about a jelly biscuit and a peach tea. I drove by McDonald’s and thought about a sausage patty and scrambled eggs. Those three all all my go-to breakfasts. The learning here is to eat before I head out because being hungry really lightens my resolve. But I did persevere and I feel good about that tonight.
I’m also realizing how quickly I’ve been going to Amazon to order things. I found a hole in one of my socks, and my very first thought was to order a few new socks from Amazon. But, really. I don’t need new socks. I have plenty of other socks.
Second, I have cabbage plants out and they are very healthy. Unfortunately, I doubt they’ll make it though this cold spell, but I want to try. First thought — I went to Amazon and started pricing frost row cover cloth. Again, I stopped and thought — “do I really need this?” The answer is no. I’ve got an old sheet and a plastic baby pool over the cabbage plants. That will work fine for the next two weeks.
I can do better. I don’t want to be wasteful.
Today was a bit of a wasted day. The only home organization project I did was to straighten a basket. Lame, I know but at least I did something.
I’m going to do my Bible devotion in a minute. Check that off the list.
And, for today, I’ve met the goals set during January No Spend. Check that off the list.
I don’t think I’ll be leaving the house until Tuesday with the bad weather. I’ll catch up on organization projects during those days.
Stay warm!! Don’t spend!
My day, I did very well…until…I found a rare spring green mason jar that I did not have. It was an auction that was ending soon. I messaged Joe and got the go ahead to get it as a birthday gift for myself in a little over a month. It’s a rare one and I couldn’t let it go, especially for the price. Technically, I broke the rule but it’s a gift. And he would have gotten it for me for my birthday if it had been available next month. The only other one available was almost double the price. I cooked dinner from the pantry: October beans and cornbread with some leftover bacon from Wednesday. The unsuccessful strawberry pear jelly that i had to redo finally set up and I got it put away. More stock for the pantry. Tomorrow is another day but I s
Did not spend any money on Amazon, Sam’s, or Walmart.
I love the way you and I work around our No Spend January. Congrats on the jar. Send me a picture of it.