I am feeling much better after my little break down. I have a budget and I get paid tomorrow. Also, I cleaned the kitchen and found $.87 so after giving girls lunch money I have $1.80 left! I'll take that as a victory because I have not touched my credit card since early September...and I REFUSE to do so!

Tomorrow I am sitting down with my girls and we are going to make a menu for the next week, including snacks. Then they are going grocery shopping with me. We are not spending an arm and leg on junk food and I told them what snacks we do buy, they will have to last until next Friday when DH gets paid. I am shopping at Save a Lot for groceries (except not meat or fresh produce)

I rummaged thru the frig for food and for supper I made omelets with mozzarella cheese, green peppers, onions and ham. (minus ham for E. the vegetarian.) And we each had a piece of toast. So, we will live to see another day!

I have 3 more car payments after next week so that will be an extra $310 every month. Plus, we should receive several thousand back in taxes around Feb.

So that is the good news. If I can get through this November and December semi-intact and stay on a strict budget January should bring relief. But I want to say thank you for all who left such helpful comments after my last post. It means a lot to me. Thank you from the bottom of my cash strapped heart!