No-spend week – August 24-30
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Christephi
I'm a 31-year-old stay-at-home mother of two seeking to serve the Lord in all that I do and finding immense satisfaction in making things. Add homeschooling a high-energy preschooler and keeping tabs on a curious toddler to the mix and there's always something interesting going on!
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This is a really great idea, I might have to try a no-spend week too. Good luck!
Thank you so much for sharing a bit of your journey!
My weakness is eating out too. So I guess my no-spend week is also about nurturing that part of me that *can* cook at home.
By the way, I was born in the Philippines too! I don’t know how to cook many filipino meals though – just the Aussie version of ‘tinola’ really (which is quicker and easier to cook). Do you or your husband cook any filipino meals?
The funny thing about eating out is that when I was a kid growing up, we *never* ate out. Okay, so we did on occasion, but they were very few and far between! I didn’t eat out much in college either…but by the time ALL the meals were MY responsibility…and hubby was so well-versed in all the local restaurants… Thankfully, since we didn’t eat out when I was a kid, I did learn the skills needed to cook and bake.
The only filipino food I’ve tried making so far is lumpia, but I didn’t have the right wrappers, so they turned out a bit soggy. I actually have nilaga on the menu for sometime in the next two weeks (sooner rather than later, probably, since the veggies are fresh right now). It’ll be my first attempt at it, but I don’t think it should be too hard. The only thing hubby can cook is corned beef and fried eggs.
I can so sympathise with the extra shopping trips for junk food! This no spend week has made me realise that I’m always restrained when I do the main shop – stopping myself from buying ‘junk’, but then I sneak off to the 7-11 to buy it when I crave it anyway! So I might as well buy it in bulk, with less packaging, and for a cheaper price from the supermarket! Good luck with the not-spending : )