Day 9 - These weekends!

Hello, everyone, and thank you for reading!

I am going to cut straight to the chase.  I want Chinese take out.  I want it badly and I want it now.  I can almost taste it.  I know I could go to the supermarket, and hit the the oh-so-politically correctly labeled "Ethnic Foods" aisle, where I could buy some "La Choy" in a can.  Or worse, I could get some ingredients that sound amazing on the label, but which when mixed together with chicken or rice in my actual kitchen, would end up looking like a long forgotten 2nd grade science experiment.  

And another interesting note - my mind is starting to get creative, and invent little ways that I can cheat.  I have $15 in cash, which I have had since the start of this little experiment.  So today, that $15 was calling to me, "Dawn, buy some Roast Pork Lo Mein... no one is looking!  No one will know!"  It's a very loud voice, calling to me, surprisingly.  

My brain is also doing things like, "Well, if it's a charge, is it spending?  I mean, since it doesn't impact my cash/spending?"... And this, "Well, if it's a Christmas gift, and I have to get it now, can't that be an exception?"   Yes, when I want something, this little brain of mine is most excellent at justifying and rationalizing.  

Anyway, after all is said and done, I still sit her at 9:00 pm wildly craving Chinese food.  I suppose it doesn't help that I watched back to back episodes of The Big Bang Theory, and man, those guys are always eating take out!  Ugh... 

When my daughter was about 4, and of the age where she wanted what she wanted, or a tantrum would ensue, I sang to her these famous lyrics: "You can't always get what you want... You can't always get what you want... but if you try sometimes, you might find, you get what you need'... She hated when I sang that, and it actually made her tantrums worse.  Looking back, it was actually hysterical, that little thing making all that noise... But I digress.  Today, I am singing those lyrics to myself, and enjoying a nice, within budget and inexpensive frozen pizza.  Special thanks to Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.... Tonight, I am getting what I need.

Thanks so much for reading, everyone... Have a wonderful night!