I have been tracking our spending on a spread sheet.  It's not pretty.  Well, the spread sheet is pretty, but the numbers aren't.  They aren't getting any lower!  So when it came time to write this month's main article - all about spending less on REAL food - I procrastinated.  I felt like a hipocrit.  I haven't mastered this area of my journey. 

When I wrote the article, I was included ideas I've used before (inconsistently) and ideas that other moms make work for them.  When I got down to writing the last suggestion about this issue, I realized that for me it's about acceptance.  I'm not so great at budgeting or at organizing.  I keep trying new ideas.  I get an A for effort.  For now, while I will keep working on lowering our food bill, I am accepting that I am courageous to put my kids' health at the top of my priority list - before the new wardrobe that I'd love to buy with money I save on our food bill.  I am accepting that I do a pretty good job when it comes to creating Adventurous Eaters - I've got 3 of them after all.  I'm accepting that I can't do it all perfectly and this food budget thing is not so easy for me. 

Like our REAL Mom Nicole Jones says this month, "Remember that Rome wasn’t built in a day. We are all learning and growing and just as we give our children room to grow and learn, we need to do the same with ourselves."  Thanks for the reminder, Nicole.