SPENDING DETOX: DAY SIX

Today was the day that I had secretly been dreading. We usually go on a family outing on Saturday – were we going to be tempted to spend? Would all this week get washed down the drain by one day? I looked up the word detox and in Wikipedia it said that a detox diet “involving a change in consumption habits in an attempt to remove toxins from the body”. This last week has been made me change some of my habits, and helped remove some of the toxic thoughts that were in my head like “just buy it”, “you need it”, “it will be fine” and finally “go for the activities that cost money, because they are the fun ones”.

How we spent day 6:

• Had a lovely blissful sleep in courtesy of my hubby
• Went for a walk to our local bush reserve
• Went to see a horse in a nearby paddock
• Had lunch at home
• Went to our local school to ride bikes
• Watched DD2’s DVD
• DD2 and I had a nap together (I have no idea why I needed one after a sleep in?! DD2 doesn’t usually nap either? Can we blame it on the movie?)
• Hubby and DS4 made afternoon tea for us (DS4 was really getting into it, it was so cute!)
• We all did a 15 minute tidy up of a stash baskets we had accumulated things in during the week
• Played red light, green light
• Hubby made dinner HUBBY’S TEMPTATION: He wanted to go out and buy a sweet treat
• We did drawings and crafts

MONEY SPENT TODAY: $0.00

THINGS I HAVE LEARNED TODAY:

• I love it when we find win-win situations. Hubby and I decided that he  would look after the kids for part of the morning, then I looked after the kids while he went to volley ball.
• You can make your own adventures. While hubby was at volley ball, the kids and I went for a walk. We have a bush reserve near our house, and one day my DS4 was leading the way and found/made a new path that lead to a horse paddock. The path he found/made was overgown with knee high plants, so each time we go through this path that “no one knows about” we all feel like it is a bit of an adventure as we step over the plants and climb up over a small hill to get to the paddock. The kids have named the horse Honey – pronounced ho-knee (it is the cross between pony and horse – aren’t kids creative!)
• Sometimes it is good to be led by the kids’ interest. As I started to think about what we could do after lunch, my girls mentioned how they wanted to ride their bikes at their school. Perfect! That was our family outing for the day. Cost: Free!
• To a child love is spelled T*I*M*E. This week has challenged some of my toxic thinking like “go for the activities that cost money, because they are the fun ones”. I now feel that as long as you are enjoying yourself as a family, any activity is a fun activity. Like today, hubby took the time to involve DS4 (Darling son aged 4) in the preparation of afternoon tea. DS4 helped distribute the fruit that hubby cut. He took orders from everyone on what spread they wanted on their toast. He helped choose what was going to be for afternoon tea. Well, you should have seen the look on his face when he called us for afternoon tea…absolute pride! What made this magically moment even more touching, was when his sibling really showed appreciation to him for making their food *warm fuzzies!!*