I hope everyone had a very Happy and Healthy 2009!!!

So today is Day one of our spending freeze! I have to say I am excited, nervous and anxious about it all. During these next three weeks we as family need to focus on needs vs wants. This I think will be ok for us. We know we need gas for the cars, diapers for the kids, etc. We don't need accessories for my outfits, to go out to dinner, buy the kids something form the store because it's cute. But we will have to learn discipline these next three weeks on our wants and needs.

Also we are going to learn to be resourceful! Waste not want not! We need to be resourceful when it comes to things we need in these next three weeks!

Another lesson we will be learning: delayed gratification! We need to "train" ourselves to wait for things, we don't need to go and buy it right away! And in learning this we will appreciate things we have much much more!

These next three weeks are going to be a big challenge for us and I am hoping we can do it. But I am nervous that we may fail. Only thing I can do is take it one day at a time.