So I'm only on day 1 and I'm already having a hard time. Since I wasn't stocked up before starting my no spending thing, I'm already running out of essentials. I'm out of milk! How could I prevent this? Milk is definitely a necessity so in times of crisis what do you do? I figured I'm breastfeeding but feeding a family of four with breastmilk almost seems cannibalistic. I don't think Jeremiah would appreciate me cooking with breastmilk either. So today I already have to make a grocery store stop. I'm not considering this a failed attempt yet. I figure as long as all I buy is milk I'm still on track. To prevent this, I think I may buy some powdered milk for emergency backup.
I'm also running low on baby wipes. I thought about doing paper towels soaked in a soapy solution but I'm pretty sure that would still be rough on B's bum. Then I thought I would just rinse her every diaper change but I'm still doing middle of the night diaper changes and I'm pretty sure that would wake her up. I don't know. Maybe I'll just pick up one pack of natural wipes for night changes and wash her for the others. More to come on that.
I'm also going to a birthday party tonight so I'm going to have to get creative on a gift. If I had flowers I'd pick them, but I'm convinced that flowers do not grow in Florida. Then I thought I'd bake some cookies but she's dieting just as hard as I am so that wouldn't be very supportive. What to do, what to do?
So I was pleasantly surprised when I stepped on the scale today that just in one day I lost nearly 2 pounds by following my plan. Maybe I'll get down to pre-prego quicker than I thought. Being accountable to so many other people is really helping me stick to my goals. Even if nobody reads this, at least it's out there.
Well, buy the organic Milk. After reading some websites last night (I will try and remember where i was) milk is one product they say you should get organic. there are many where it doesn't matter (ones with thick skins such as Bananas, pineapples, mangoes avocados etc.)
ReplyDeleteAs for a gift, make her a card with W. Does she have kids? Give her a redeemable babysitting voucher, or "I'll cook you cookies, cake etc" voucher, sewing or mending?.