Today has been a slow one. I woke up pretty much when John left (earlier than usual) and tried to go back to sleep, but ended up just putzing around the house wondering if the cramping I was feeling was going to escalate into anything exciting. I did some laundry and then realised that I was utterly tired. Way tired. Too tired. And I went back to bed. Cut to two hours later and I was finally up and in the bath, just kind of staring at the wall wondering where all my energy has gone. Camper must be getting bigger today, or something.
With the new meal project from yesterday complete, the only step remaining was grocery shopping. I was a little scared about this, mostly because we don’t really do big grocery shops. That and I wasn’t sure I’d have the energy/patience to get through it….Usually we (i.e. John) grab a few things here and there, eat out a lot, lots of convienience food and snacks…and get on with life. For some reason seeing our money disappear $5-$10 at a time was more comforting to me than just spending what was necessary to get some food in the house. I honestly had no idea what a week’s worth of groceries should cost. I went through the meals we’ve got planned for the next week, wrote up a very specific list of what we have and what we don’t, and headed out to the grocery store. I felt like we were getting sooooo much stuff. Crazy amounts of stuff. And all stuff that needs to be cooked…well, we got to the checkout line and WA LA. $85. In my hormonal state I almost cried. That’s not just a figure of speech- I really, really had to hold back triumphant tears of joy. I felt like I had acheived something important here. I don’t know how much you spend on groceries every week, but I’m sure John and I can drop at least $50 a weekend eating out, and then buying lunch out throughout the week adds another $30 or so, and then there are all the trips to Harmon’s because we’re not sure what we want…and I think this stacked up to some serious savings. Now I just have to stay motivated to PREPARE the food I bought, and we’ll be all good.
And really, that doesn’t sound like a very important day- but it seemed pretty good to me. Time for more resting….