no more...

while i was at the yoga retreat

i made a pact.

until i go to Africa (1 month from yesterday)

i will not spend any money.

i will only buy necessities

mainly being food items.

no more:

this

or this

or even this

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pretty much i am not allowed to enter a store

(this was my own rule).

I was buying too much from

here

here

here

and even here

i was wasting our money that could be going to school loans

and future down payments on houses

away to dumb things.

(although i didnt think they were dumb at the time).

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I know you are thinking... AHHH what about food...

well my friends, refer back to the "spending too much here"

catagory, and note that costco is like my refuge.

my goal is to use something i already have for the main ingredient...

monday night it was a whole chicken

tuesday was leftovers

tonight it was ravioli.

i have plenty of quinoa, rice, pasta, and salad.

if i need to supplement the meal with something

from the store, i can...but i havent had to yet.

this is also good, b/c it cleans out my pantry and fridge.

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on monday when i got home from the yoga retreat, i went

"spring cleaning crazy" although there was no actual

CLEANING per say...

i was cleaning out every area i could think of

and making piles to donate to goodwill

(which happens to be one of the places i am not allowing myself in).

I made a whole jeep load of:

clothes

dishes

pots/pans

shoes

games

baby clothes (dont ask... i just see something and save it for a friend for later)

fabric and yarn i didnt like

towels & sheets i dont use

toaster oven we havent used in 2 years

espresso maker we havent used in 3 years

the awesoe jack lelane juicer we only used 3 times.

pretty much a lot of crap.

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sure i could have sold a lot of it on craigs list

but i feel like i dont have time

(valuable time for me)

to waste with phone calls and having my stuff lay around the house.

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it was cleansing.

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i actually feel free!!!

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i returned some stuff to home depot i didnt use on the curtain makeover.

and something to target i didnt need.

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i have written down anything i have had to pay for

-like my yellow fever vaccine i got today

-and the stirfry mix i got for cam

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it feels awesome.

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if i feel i have to buy anything at all...

i have to run it by cameron & bethany.

i think that's awesome!!!
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like i wanted to mail a package to a friend,

i ran it by both peeps, and they said it was fine,

so i did it!!!

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i hope i can keep it up after africa.

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it's great!

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when i get back my goal will be to return to our budget-

and then start paying off school loans-

then we can be TOTALLY debt free

by the time we have babies

(or close to it!)