Three and a bit days to go

Well, I've just spent Easter working on my fat stores, and they're looking pretty good! I have my wonderful cook-extraordinaire Aunt with whom I spent Easter, coupled with a tendency towards gluttony, to thank for the extra centimetres around the middle.

Thanks to those of you have offerred ideas for how I might spend my $8.75 for the week of my challenge (beginning Saturday 30th April). I've spent some time scouring the supermarket shelves and talking to people and have pretty much worked out what I'll eat. I'm going to buy: a cheap loaf of bread and some butter to make toast; a packet of 'soup mix' (you know, that delightful mix of dried, shrivelled, spilt peas, lentils and barley) and hopefully an onion and a carrot to make a soup for lunch; and rice, milk and sugar to make a sweet rice dish. This way I'll get 3 meals a day and won't have to deal with withdrawal symptoms from my sugar addiction as well as my tea and coffee addiction. I may also discover I have a salt addiction. I'm certainly going to miss fresh fruit and vegies, and meat (sorry vegos). I'll publish the list of what I actually buy and cook next Saturday. Thanks also for the offers of free food, and skip-dipping lessons, but it kind of defeats the purpose if I don't suffer a bit!

So far I've had $1075 pledged, which is really exciting. I think the Umoja Centre should offer a prize to the one who raises the most money from a 3030 Challenge...perhaps a large block of chocolate, or a pizza, or a roast with all the trimmings...

Until next time...