The Money Fast - Update #1

Well, we've made it through the first 3 days of our Money Fast. It hasn't been hard, but it sure has been enlightening! It amazes me how much we've become accustomed to dropping a few dollars here and there. A quick fix when invited over to a friends is to pick up something 'premade' at the store. A quick fix when I'd just rather not cook is to pick up something from the deli.

What I did notice is that my children have started preferring a thing or two premade from the store deli. This is not good as far as I'm concerned. For example, about once a week, sometimes bi-weekly, we purchase a footlong sandwich from our local grocery store and have a 'carpet picnic' and watch a family movie. Well, knowing that is a fun event in our house, I bought hoagie roll bread and lunch meat choices in order for us to replicate this event during our money fast.

I, for one, much prefer the made at home version. I hope to eventually make my own hoagie rolls, but for now, the store bought ones suffice just fine. I love that we can add tomatoes and avocados, fresh onions and sprouts and each sandwich can be customized to our personal desires. The kids will start to love it too.

It has been adventerous too. We have tried 2 new meals this week - both healthy, inexpensive and favored by a majority of the family members. My plan is to try a new meal each week (I'm just ahead of the game this week).

One bummer, I already know I'm going to have to break the fast for something that I forgot to stock up on and it's not an option. We have a cat on medicine and we are going to run out on July 20th. It is not an option for this cat to go without medicine so I will have to buy this. I have made a note to myself to remember this item for future money fast months!