$15

no Jimmy Johns Tues, Wed, and Friday

$7

No Starbucks today yippy!

and no jimmy johns

$5

no jimmy johns yesterday

TOTAL $719.50 = 2818 meals to FeedMyStarvingChildren

Finally did a total again. Thankfully I've already made 3 payments, so at the end of the year I won't be writing one big check. But wow, 2818 meals, that's great! It just goes to show how much money I wasted on eating out these last years. I've been satisfied bringing lunches, the hardest thing is giving up starbucks, which I've done a pretty bad job of. Sure, I've given up a few, but the majority of my living with less has been less Jimmy Johns and Subway during lunch. 

I did give up haircuts, haven't gone to get my hair cut since last December. And I've given up some clothes. But thanks to my birthday that wasn't too hard. I could have given more of my birthday money to FMSC. It's that "I could have done more" feeling. Well, this is a journey and the longer I'm on it the easier it will hopefully get to give up the big things that are not necessities, like clothing and things in general. Not to mention the environmental expense of all the products we use and throw away.

I'm also going to think about my grocery shopping differently. I just got "Cut your grocery bills in half with America's cheapest family" from the library. So we'll see if that helps at all.

below is a reminder of how far $1 goes.

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$1 donated to FeedMyStarvingChildren=4 meals (3.917 to be exact) To get the total number of meals that will go to Feed My Starving Children take the dollar amount times 3.917. $100 equals 391 meals.

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Your financial support makes it possible for Feed My Starving Children to feed children in nearly 70 countries around the world. With each meal costing just 24 cents to produce and 94 percent of all gifts going to the feeding program, your gift will go a long way in the fight against world hunger.

$2

wanted starbucks on the way into work, but passed it up!

$10

no jimmy johns yesterday or today.

I just finished reading "Heaven is for Real" a non-fiction book about a little kid who goes to heaven. It was so good, I couldn't put it down.

$7

no starbucks and no jimmy johns today!

$12

Yesterday and today, no Jimmy Johns. And yesterday, no Starbucks = $12

$12

Wednesday and Thursday no Jimmy Johns. And one day I wanted SBs on way in but didn't get it.