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NSM: Resisting Temptation

So, we're 11 days into NSM, and it's going well.  About 98% of the difficulty of this month for me is temptation.  My mentality is that if I just don't go shopping, that the desire won't find me.  Enter: E-mails and weekly ads.  My biggest enemy.  The e-mails are the absolute worst.  I have check my e-mail and every day I'm greet by at least 20 e-mails from my favorite retailers enticing me with sales, coupons, and free shipping.  As much as it pains me, I just delete them without even looking at them.  It's too easy to go from "I'll just take a look..."to "I'd like that in 3 colors, please!"
The other day, Zach and I were out and about and I wanted to run into Dillard's "just to look".  Zach was oh-so-patient even though he already asked twice if I remembered that I myself had said I wouldn't spend anything.  We made a quick round about the store, and we were in the clear.  I know it makes no sense, but seeing that I'm not actually missing out on any unbelievable deals and knowing that I'd feel guilty on spending on something, especially if it wasn't totally worth it, made me feel a lot better.  I fully foresee the next 17 days going pretty smoothly.  Especially since I won't leave the house while the Olympics are on.  I'm nuts and am pretty sure I am driving my real family AND school family crazy talking about the Olympics.  Win/win! : )

On the meal planning note, here's this week's line-up

Sunday- Two Timin' Pasta bake (lunches for Mon/Tues)
Monday- French Toast
Tuesday- Meatloaf, corn, and cottage cheese (Lunches for Wed/ Thur)
Wednesday- Sally's Noodle Casserole (Lunches for Fri/Sat
Thursday- Strengthening Families night for me, Zach will eat leftover's
Friday-  Valentine's Day Supper!  We haven't decided if we are going to try to use our Olive Garden gift cards we've been saving, or if we are going to make personal pizzas.  It all depends on how early Zach gets out of class!
Saturday- Tacos

I can't leave this post without coming clean, we did cheat on Sunday at lunch.  I had just gotten done babysitting overnight and my dearest husband has been up until 4:00 A.M. watching The Walking Dead. (Gross!)  So anyway, I asked if he wanted me to cook lunch, to which he adorably grinned and said he'd love to have Qdoba.  So for the price of $14, we sold ourselves out a little, but it ended there!  Ah, I feel better already getting that off my conscience!

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