This past weekend I thought we had gotten our challenge off to a strong start. I cooked a whole ham and sorted parts for sandwiches, dinners, and soup. I saved the drippings for ham gravy and the bones for soup. I made a bulk batch of delicious and hearty split pea soup, cooked a whole chicken, did the laundry, hung all the laundry to dry and caught up on the constant growing pile of dishes
Sunday afternoon while I contemplated whether I should bake some bread or cook some chickpeas I saw my other half staring off in the distance with our baby in his arms.
"I'm bored, let's do something."
Ah yes, something. Something always leads to something doesn't it? The ambiguous something, no definition, just something that is not this thing right now. We had some bills to pay so I suggested we take a trip to the mall and use any leftovers to split a fast food meal.
My other half loves fast food. He laments frequently the loss of the ability to spend freely. As we munched away on our little treat, I realized that wiggle room needs to be budgeted. Too many moments like this would cut away at our budget leaving us in the paycheck to paycheck rut we are already in. A small portion set aside each month to be spent however Other Half chooses will be better for both his well being and our financial goals.
Finding the middle ground will be difficult but I hope this will help us continue this path to financial peace.
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