I decided to have chilli for dinner, and save the final two eggs to make an omelette at teatime.
It worked out ok, and if I had been starving I had quite a bit of porridge left so I wouldn't have keeled over. Thankfully I didn't starve.
My husband and children on the other hand decided that as it was Friday, a chippy tea was in order! There's nothing like support from your family.
Now my five days are up, what have I learned?
Well, it is possible to exist for five days living on £1 day, but it's not enjoyable, there is no choice, and you are constantly hungry.
But in too many ways, that is just a simple eye opening exercise. I didn't need to use my £1 a day to pay for anything other than food. When I had a headache on day 2, I took two paracetamol - and I didn't budget for them! When I was tired and achy after a day of gardening today (day 5) I had a long hot bath.
During the shopping exercise, I noticed so much about our own habits. We quite often pay more money for less. For instance, skimmed milk is more expensive that full fat, I suppose there is a higher processing cost involved in removing the fat, but it seems that we have got our economics a bit skewed. In reality, fresh fruit and veg were definitely off my agenda, as was fresh milk.
I had planned to go shopping on day five for my breakfast, but I couldn't be bothered, there seemed to be something inherently wrong with buying food that I had deprived myself of. As I wake up on my first day off the challenge, I'm going to have a mug of tea, and a bowl of porridge, made with milk and topped with banana.
Thank you for reading this far, and for staying with me, and most of all - thank you for sponsoring me!
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