JenniferBrookes

Still the same,my 1.50 to spend

Nothing to gain, nothing to lend

I had my dinner at £1.39

A half price spoons effort,not a regular choice of mine

To be honest it really made me feel sick

Chips and chicken..cheap and quick

My cravings and denial are batterling in my brain

I wanted to buy kings of leon tickets then i remembered my strain

A homeless man came in to change all his money

I looked at it all trying not to be funny

£15 was what he went away tonight

A lot he had begged from the people that night

This budget it does it gets me buy

But it could get hard i wont lie

I can survive without the bus or a meal or two

Its hard planning for the future and other things id like to do

The emergency of milk was a good job id saved

Otherwise i may have written here that i had caved....!

So today it rained and rained

Ive had to walk so much ,my legs are strained

I spared a thought for the real people who have less

Maybe they have children and i cant imagine there stress

My money it just does seem to go on food now

Nothing else is a necessity, not that i would allow

I denied myself things today i would have gotten without thinking

Those impulse purchases people make without blinking

My guilt has set in for things i already own

Considering there significance now,i shouldnt moan

So i spent my £1.50 on things for tea

Chickpeas , poppadoms and an onion to make curry

Im at work tommorow so i wonder how that will be

Raise awareness of my challenge and the effect it has had on me...

Today was the first day of my challenge,i have a budget of £1.50.

Firstly i awoke to the last of my toothpaste,

Now i must prioritise but without too much haste

I want to see my friends and go to town,like i normally would

But the bus journey costs far too much and im going to have to walk, like i should

I go out for coffee (purchased by my friend)

Trying to remind myself theres only £1.50 i can spend

Just as luck would have it,i start out with a cold too

Im concerned but its bearable , its not the flu

So today out of my budget i only spent 52p

I had been thinking of it all day.....its brocolli

I have some food in my cupboards and clothes to wear

So living off my £10.50 this week shouldnt be too hard to bear