Want Lots, Waste Lots

Oops ... Joe and I did a really, bad thing: We went to Lidls to (to pick up chicken for supper) tired and hungry and without a list and as a consequence spent £30 pounds (more than our weekly food budget) on things we didn't need.

Amongst other things:

Walnut Ice Cream £1.89
Guava Juice 75p
Pomegranate juice 69p
2 packs of sunflower seeds 29p each
Cherry Crumble £1.19
Mini Rum eggs £1.79
Mini Marzipan Eggs £1.79 and a
Superking Fitted Sheet £6.99

Even worse I'm fairly sure the chicken wasn't free range. 

Well I've done penance for the chicken by donating the difference between the price at Lidls and Roaming Roosters (about £3) to Hugh Fearnley Whittinstall's Chicken Out Campain.

I guess the penance for the £30 overspend will be another night spent number crunching on the excel spreadsheet.

38 Degrees and other campaigns (Power to the People)

Cutting down on waste, freeing up clutter and starting to take control of our finances seems to have simultaneously increased how much I care about issues outside of my little world, and given me the energy to do something about them.

Here are a few of the campaigns I have joined:

38 Degrees

I joined Hugh Fearnley-Wittingstall's Chicken Out campaign when it first started but it remains one of the campaigns I care most about.

Anyone who knows me, knows that my other big dream in addition to owning rescued chickens, is to have my own bee hives. I have recently put my money where my mouth is for bumble bees here.

and signed a petition to ask the government to ban pesticides to save honeybees here.

While I was on the Soil Association site I also joined and signed up to be a letter writer. I will report back on the benefits and discounts I receive on top of feeling good about myself!

It feels good to be in a place where I can give back some of the energy and riches I have in my life now.

SarahandJoe x