Spending nothing.. Day 1.

Damn this is hard!  I walked into two stores today and kept saying "no, I can't", "no I must not spend" "no, no, no I don't need that".  I think it best to just stay out of the stores altogether.
So here is how day one went.. Just so you know that we're not starving... We had our usual coffee and juice for breakfast (we're not big on eating early in the am).  I made the family french toast for brunch and homemade vegetable soup for dinner with left over chicken cutlets and a salad... all ingredients were on hand... didn't even have to buy food...today. We have a veritable ice cream shop in the freezer (due to a great sale) which should sustain our dessert needs for quite some time. Our nightly bowl of ice cream won't be compromised this month.

Now in keeping with my intent to spend nothing I had to rummage through the house for some time today. A flood light had  burned out so I needed a new bulb. My husband usually stockpiles things, but often he is not very particular as to where he keeps those stashes.  "It could be here or there, if not there then maybe there or there".   Eventually I tracked them down in the barn and was so relieved that I didn't have to spend 5 or 6 dollars for a new one. You know, it is reeeaaallly difficult to spend nothing! I would have just gone to

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one of my favorite haunts, and bought the darn bulb if I wasn't on this new challenge.  Unfortunately, I spent about the same amount of time looking for the bulb as I would have spent driving back and forth to the store BUT I saved the expense.

Now I have to buy birthday cards... luckily I have some Hallmark rewards money.
 I still have to cross that forbidden line and walk into a store. Let's see how much self control I have. :(