Matt - the 'communist'; why can't we all equally share the money and so equally share the doughnuts?
Mum - the 'socialist'; we bought the doughnuts but we'll share with you because you don't have enough money to buy your own
Sophie and Les the 'capitalists' were arguing about whether "we own them and we decide it'll cost you 4p a doughnut" or "they were worth 16p yesterday but they're staler now so we'll give you 1p a doughnut". It's incredible how quickly a family can turn on each other!
In the end the fact that I'd already blogged that they were a gift settled it!
Sophie decided to put some jam on hers!
This morning Matt didn't want his sausage sandwich because it made him feel sick. I don't think he likes the sausages. That's going to be troublesome! Instead he had one of our bananas (don't tell Sophie!) Sophie wouldn't eat anything. I hated sending her to school on an empty tummy but I couldn't force her to eat. There were options; banana, jam on toast, soup even! I stuck a banana in her bag and told her to eat it later if she needed something.
I've felt so tired and fed up today. It's ridiculous really how quickly this challenge weighs down on me. I've managed 2 little cries (over a song and a dog) and Sophie asked me if I'm "PMSing". Which was nice of her. It's boring and restrictive and exhausting. I had a meeting this morning and for a split second considered a McDonalds lunch on my way home, then remembered I couldn't. I'm not even that bothered about McDonalds but the restriction on choices is hard.
When I collected Sophie from school she told me how much she couldn't stop thinking about fried chicken, or crispy salty bacon. And she's usually serious about her vegetarianism! I'm a bit worried that we're pretty low on protein this week. Might need some hummus or eggs tomorrow. I took the opportunity of a low grocery budget to get Sophie some new school shoes and on the way we both couldn't stop talking about food! She wants chips from every fast food place we can find on Saturday. In the end we had to stick some tunes on and have a bit of a dance to take our mind off it.
Dinner was the same as yesterday. Well, Sophie had asked for noodles but while they were cooking demolished the leftover rice and was then too full for the noodles! I'm not convinced they'll be up to much tomorrow but I'd be gutted to sling them.
I had the rice too and Matt had bolognaise.
I've felt so tired this evening. I promised Matt I'd play a board game, which was fun (mainly because I beat him) but it was really hard going. There are so many jobs I should be doing but just can't face it tonight. I'm fed up. I can't imagine how much more fed up I'd be feeling if we were this restricted all the time.
We did buy some more yellow sticker items. Including some bread rolls which I'm very excited about having with chickpea burgers later in the week. If I can muster the energy for proper cooking that is! Which brings the girls total to £8.93. I picked the boys up a loaf for 5p which actually brings their total down as I'd counted for 2 loaves at 40p but only bought 1 at the start of the week! So boys are on £9.50. They could actually beat us...
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