Good morning online world...how do you find yourself this morning? I hope you're buzzing with activity and alive and well and that millions are riding you! Wow that doesn't sound good does it! If I was talking about anything else or anyone else other than the internet it would sound like he/she was the town bicycle!!!!

Could you imagine a world without the internet? I can't and it's actually scary just trying to. I would be able to blog incognito and get thousands around the world (yeah right!) to read my waffling, I could do my banking online and obsessively log in 10 times a day to check my bank balance hasn't mysteriously dwindled between now and when I logged in to check 20 minutes ago(!) and I couldn't visit some of my favourite sites, including the one I frequent most about living frugally in this material obsessed world! I mean seriously people, how much crap do we have to accumulate to make ourselves feel like we're "something"?



I'm trying to make a very big effort this year to "get back to basics" but it's actually harder than you'd think. I never realised how material based most of our lives are until I looked around and noticed all the "stuff" I had that in reality I didn't need as it wasn't enhancing my life anymore. In fact all it was doing was providing an obstacle in the back bedroom, which meant it took me half an hour to negotiate towards the ironing board every time I wanted to use it! So a couple of weeks ago, I went right through the kitchen and threw out everything I hadn't used in the past 3 months, hey if it hasn't been used obviously no need for it eh? My kitchen is now clutter free, "stuff" free and now easier to cook in, I just have to learn how to cook and I'll be able to put it to good use! I have also cleared the back bedroom up...but all that did was move the mess to the side bedroom, oh well baby steps!!

Speaking of a simpler life...well we were weren't we, less "stuff" to me means simpler! It has made me start to think a bit simpler as well, forgetting how to spell stuff, to do things, heck I may even forget to get up tomorrow and spend the whole day in bed, in fact that could be a good one for being frugal too - in bed all day = no time to go out and buy stuff, if I'm in bed I don't need to use an electricity and if I sleep all day then no food will be consumed either - hey this could be a winner on all fronts! I could get slim, while saving money - the ultimate diet and all you have to do is stay in bed all day and sleep! How come no one has thought of this before?

Unfortunately I have to report that today is going to be a bad day diet wise...I have the "parentals" coming over for morning tea this morning, which means I get to eat scones and jam and cream...ummmmm I mean I DON'T get to eat all that...uh uh not this savvy dieter none of that will be going past these lips....oh but to think the softness of a scone....the sweetness of jam and the smooth velvety texture that is cream....but NO not for me.....

~Fatologist~