Ben and I made a commitment to try to go the whole month of Jan. without eating out. Two exceptions are our anniversary and my birthday. So far, it has been 6 days and I think we are doing pretty good! For us, 6 days is a long time to go without eating out a single meal. This includes buying drinks & snacks from the gas station. Weekends have always been hardest for us. We can easily eat out 5 times in a 2 and a half day period. At around $20 each meal (for all of us), that is a  big chunk of our money going to eat JUNK! So today we had our first real challenge. Carlie had her first basketball game (she is cheering) at 11am. So when we were done at 12 her friends wanted to go out to eat and, of course, invited us to go. We were starving and they were going to eat mexican!! However, we accepted the challenge...and overcame it! I am proud to say Carlie went with her friends to eat and Ben, Colden, and I came home and made lunch here!! We are not perfect; we did run by the grocery store and get a 2 liter drink to make up for it. But this was a HUGE step for us in a really good direction!! Spending $2 for a drink instead of $25 on mexican is great for us! I am proud of our accomplishment so far and just wanted to share!