Hi, all, and thank you for reading and sharing! I am sorry that this is late, but yesterday we had our family "Thanksgiving" a few days late, and I got home too late to think and type clearly at all. So it's done this morning, and today's will be completed as usual...
So yes, I am proud to announce this may be my first spend-free Saturday! It was easy, because there was no temptation at all. It was our family celebration of Thanksgiving, since most of the family works on the actual turkey day. So my day yesterday was spend making dessert. Yes, I could have spent money on an already made dessert, but NO! I already had the ingredients in the house for chocolate chip cookies, and so that was what I baked. From scratch. Yes, me... No worry that I was covered in batter and flour by the end, and not to worry at all that I totally forgot how much longer it takes to make things from scratch, since you have to do things like mix the dry ingredients and wet ingredients separately... The point is, by the end of say, 3 hours, I had enough golden brown and gooey chocolate chip cookies to bring to dinner, and to be able to enjoy them knowing a) they were the fruit of my labor, and b) I did not cheat at all!
I have also noticed I am getting better at saying "no". No, Julia, we are not buying a bathing suit for the dog because Sunday is "doggie swim" at our community pool - since they are having it fully drained and re-tiled Monday, so why not? A doggie bathing suit, have you ever? But as a woman whose little Pomeranian has been photographed in both a Santa outfit, and a pumpkin costume, I suppose nothing is out of the realm of possibility. No, we are not going out to breakfast today, even though it is just the perfect Sunday morning thing to do...It would really be nice... And No, we cannot get a new bedroom set for your room, since really, it's very new... and I just totally had a deja-vu while writing this, did this topic come up already? This feels oddly familiar...
More learning, more practicing, less spending... So that is all for Saturday.... I am happy and feeling successful... I also said "no" to shopping on Sunday, which is vital... Because I really really wanted to go, but the truth is, I might have even said yes, but I simply have too much to do around the house.... You see, I did totally forget how long cookies from scratch take, and I rushed off to dinner leaving my house and kitchen in total chaos... So yeah, lots of strong words, when really, I couldn't have gone.... Curse you, honesty!
Well, that's all for now, more to come this evening! Thank you so much for reading, and have an awesome day! xo
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