Brunch

We took a close look at our spending habits recently

and confirmed that one of our favorite activities

happens much too frequently.

Brunch might be our favorite meal

and eating out in general

so we've come up with a homemade brunch

of scrambled eggs,

cheesy hashbrowns

bacon

and toast

(with a wide selection of hot sauces to top it all off)

and we are just as satisfied as if we had visited some of our favorite haunts.

It will save us a

(perhaps embarrassing)

amount of silver

and I must say,

fella is a great brunch cook

so I get a break from the kitchen at the same time.

Fergus approves.

I just have to keep reminding myself

via

Self-Imposed Spending Strike

I was kind of inspired this morning when I read Jenny's post

about her self-imposed spending freeze.

I think it might be time for me to give this a go.

I've been in kind of a dark place lately

and my bad old habits of soothing my savage breast

with retail "therapy" have been my go-to coping mechanism.

The good thing?

Most of the stuff I've bought has been a bargain -

big sales, big savings

but it's still a bad habit

and frankly,

I don't need anymore clothes.

I don't need anymore anything.

And considering that I sometimes feel fluttery panic in my chest at all the "stuff" I own,

I think it's a healthy choice to opt out of acquiring more.

I know it's not the beginning of the month

but my spending freeze starts here and now.

No more

clothes

nail polish

books

(I really do have a huge stack to get through.)

shoes

(i only have one set of feet)

makeup

etsy

na-da.

It's already making me feel jittery.

Like coming down off a sugar high.

But sometimes you have to go cold turkey

and I think this is just the thing

with which

to do just that.

See you May 10!

(well - I'll see you before then, but you know, the update will be May 10.)