***I DID IT***

So a month ago (really 4 wks, but that's the same thing right?) the kids and I decided to forgo fast food/soda for a month. The goal was also to cut out eating out, take home food that we/I hadn't prepared. I wasn't really sure that we'd make it, but we did, sorta. See twice during those 4 wks Mr. Man did bring home pizza, but to be fair it wasn't just pizza, it was PIZZA the Flying Pie variety. And if you have ever eaten Flying Pie pizza you know it's really PIZZA!!! Totally doesn't count as fast food, and besides I didn't really ask him to, he suggested it and since he wasn't part of the original pact I thought I'd let it slide. And one other time Mr. Man and I went to lunch, a rarity in our house Mom & Dad going to lunch, shocking! But I was totally faithful to not drinking soda the entire 4 wks, I didn't even do Sonic's strawberry/limeades which even as I type those words I'm drooling. So even though the 4 wks (month really) is up I'm going to continue to see how long we can go with out. And while I didn't do as my mom suggested (putting the money I would have spent on fast food/soda in a jar) I have noticed a little extra in my checking account the last month, always a nice benefit.