I don't want to jinx myself but for the last 2 days I have been doing an awesome job on the diet and not spending.

It all started Sunday when I spent 2 hours at the mall in the hopes of finding some new shirts, sweaters, anything to wear on the top halpf of my body that would be appropriate to wear to work. It was a discouraging event. I could really find anything that I liked. I use to be able to go shopping and find tons of things I wanted to buy. I am not sure if my inability to find things is because:

a)I am getting older and my taste is changing or
b)my depression is getting worse and I am no longer finding shopping to be an enjoyable event or
c) I am unhappy with my body.

Whatever the reason it saved me some money and motivated me to start eating better.

Yesterday I spent $1.51 on coffee and today I haven't spent a dime!!! I had a gift card to DD so I got a coffee on my way in this morning. I can't remember the last time I spent such a little amount of money

I packed my lunch both yesterday and today. I am hoping to do so for tomorrow if I don't get a massive case of the lazies when I get home tonight.

Yesterday I had:
Oatmeal to Go bar and coffee for breakfast-lots of fiber.
Tangerine
Big salad for lunch with lots of tomatoes and cucumbers.
Hostess 100 calorie pack Cinnamon Coffee Cakes-5 grams of fiber!
I drank only the one coffee and lots of water. When I got home I had some Post Great Grains Cereal since it was 7:30pm and I didn't want to eat anything heavy.

Today I have had:
Coffee and muffin for breakfast-not so good for the diet.
Tangerine
2 handfuls of grapes
Bologna and Swiss sandwhich on wheat bread
Handful of Cheetos
8 large strawberries
Lots of water again to drink.
I am not going to be home much before 7pm tonight so I plan on having cereal again.

My goal is to eat one piece of fruit for every non-fruit or veggie that I eat. Preferably eat the fruit first so maybe I won't be so hungry when it is time to eat the non-fruit item.

I am hopeful that I will stick with this. My bestfriend and I have plans to go to the Ugly Disco on April 3rd so that is the date I am keeping in mind. If I can continue to eat like this until then it should become a habit.

On the financial front I am still trudging along trying to pay off the debt.

Last month I managed to make $28.48 on half.com. I am finding that my DVD are selling a lot better than the books I have listed. I am going to have to take another peek in our DVD cabinet and see if I can weed some more out.

The consignment shop that I take the kids clothes to just reopened for the spring. I plan to take some things in next Monday. I can't remember if I should have a check or not for the fall/winter season. Oh well, it will be a nice surprise if I do!