feeling a wee bit defeated

by the cost of living at the moment.  :(  I know we are all in the same boat right now with the world the way it is, but it really ticks me off when I don't even have enough money to pop up the shops for essential food items. Looks like we'll be eating whatevers left in the cupboard and fridge for the next 2 days (till payday) So after moping around this morning for half hour or so, I thought well I can't do this all day or week! So what am I gonna do about it? So I'm going to start by committing our expenses to paper and write up a budget, which will include some spending money for things like scrap supplies (which I never seem to have any money for - I have not bought anything for months and months (well apart from a few things last week at spotlight - which I shouldn't have) I'm also going to tighten our belt a bit... what can we do without?? I'm sad to say this blog will probably be the first thing that will have to go. But I won't be stopping blogging... I'll just get a freebie one instead! be back soon with details. I'll leave you with a couple of things I've done recently...