Being a good influence

It's been nearly two weeks now that we've been attempting frugality and thus far I've been astonished by the response from people.  So many people seemed very interested and to be closely following our progress.  Today someone at work told me how they were totting up the price of coal and oil that they use in cooking- a level that I don't yet aspire to!

This week has been a pretty good week on the free food front.  I never really realised how much free food I get.  Tuesday I had an all day off-site meeting.  It overran horribly so we didn't get lunch until half three that day- I was starving!  Fortunately there are people more prepared than me that brought snacks (and kindly donated them) so I had a pack of mini cheddars and a penguin at about 1pm.  Wednesday was a free dinner courtesy of a talk that Paul was hosting and today there were celebrations on offer in the office (plus I tucked into some birthday chocolate).  All in all, I feel like I'm cheating and it's all a bit too easy.  It's becoming easier- particularly as we're buying cheaper food through some astute purchases.  I'm finding dairy products the hardest challenge- no cheese or cream, I do like potatoes baked in cream.  It could be much worse though and my weight has been very stable since starting this endeavour which is reassuring.

Let's see how the weekend goes!