Self-Denial Saturday

Today we used lots of, but probably not enough self-restraint.  We wanted to go to Lincoln, but our friends couldn't make it, so we stayed home instead of going out to dinner or to a different movie.  That was restrained, all right, but there we were, not going out to dinner, which is, well, not as fun as going out to dinner.  So, feeling a little deprived, we over indulged.  Both spending and eating were part of all that.  But I'm sure we were better off money-wise and other-wise, not going out.  Psycho Suzi's tends to cost quiite a bit.  All those yummy apps.  A plate of deviled eggs, some corn dogs, a salad, a couple of "suffering bastards" in the tiki cups... it all adds up.
AJ went out to get potato chips and root beer and ice cream so we could have the best tuna-melt dinner ever.  And it was.  We missed our friends, but I got lots of math tests corrected.

Kristin ate-
cinnamin toast
2 pieces of cheese
2 cups of coffee
1 bowl of soup (leftover)
1 piece of bread
1/2 cup cashews
2 chocolate covered coffee beans
4 mints (coffee bean- sized.  there might have been coffee in those too.)
1 cup hot chocolate with whipped cream
1 pile of celery and 4 pickles
chips (reduced calorie but they were fine)
tuna melt
root beer float (diet rootbeer)

Kristin spent
$0.00

AJ ate
2 slices of cinnamon toast
3 cups of coffee with cream
1 oz cheese
chocolate milk
bowl soup
slice bread
tuna melts
chips
carrots
celery pickles
rootbeer float
2 pieces of giveaway candy

AJ spent
$15.01 at cub- buns, bandaids, carrots, chips, ice cream, rootbeer, 2 cans cranberry sauce,

We also ordered Showtime, which will be 12.00 a month for three months, but we will be able to watch Dexter.  We rushed through Dexter four so that we could take advantage of free Showtime this week.  Our hope was to record lots of Dexter's for free, buttttttt......the free showtime didn't include on demand.  SOOOO we decided to cancel hbo and order showtime which is 8 dollars cheaper per month.  But you can order new services instantly online, but not cancel them.  So we haven't saved any money yet.

Other examples of Saturday Self-Denial
No Dunn brothers coffee, even though I wanted some.
AJ only ate 2 pieces of candy, even though there was limitless candy available at the school fair.