It’s interesting how much we spend each week on things we really do need. This week we had to buy all three types of cat food: Sana’s prescription food, canned food for the toothless cats, and dry food for the rest. That was half of what we spent this week. The rest was regular stuff like gas. Andy did break the Moratorium once. He and Anya went to town to get some things while I was at a MG meeting, and they went to Wendy’s. The worst part of it was that Anya hid bits of chicken nugget all over the back seat.

Non-essential spending:

– Wendy’s: $4.73

There is a an update on the raisins. I think maybe I got a bad batch before because this container I have now has very few twigs in it. Or maybe this is just a really, really good batch. I wish raisins didn’t look so much like engorged ticks.

One weird thing about this moratorium is people keep trying to (and sometimes succeeding) buy me things. Like lunch (thanks P!) and green rice krispie treats (thanks S!). It’s sort of like when someone goes on a diet and everyone tries to get them to eat a piece of birthday cake.

We went to HD today because we were in town and Andy wanted to. We walked out empty handed, but it was hard. I wanted to buy plants and paint, Andy wanted to buy a clearance fountain, and Anya wanted to buy a digital rain gauge. Nothing we needed, though. We already have lots.

While Anya was napping this afternoon, I folded some laundry and went to put mine away. All my clothes really should fit in the dresser, so I pulled a few things out that I never wear. Then I went up to put Anya’s clothes away, and all her stuff didn’t really fit either. I took everything out and sorted into three drawers: what she’s wearing now, what she’ll be wearing spring/summer, and what’ll be for winter or next year. I also pulled out a pile of things that were too small. And then I sorted a heap of clothes on her bed that were in the trunk. I probably sorted out two large bags of things we don’t wear or need.

We’ve not only got plenty of stuff, we’ve got lots of stuff we don’t need. We don’t need to be buying more. (Well, except maybe toys for Anya, and that paint for her room, and plants and turtles and rocket ships and bagels!)