Disaster!

Following a helpful comment on my last post I took another look at the Live Below the Line rules and discovered I'd got it all wrong!  You can't use half a packet of 50p beans and say you've only spent 25p - you have to count the cost of the whole packet. 



So that casts a whole new light on the shopping list!  I've lost count of the number of revisions now, each one shorter than the last.  I've compared prices in different supermarkets, sadly had to cut out shopping locally, and come up with my final list:



One of the bananas and a pint of milk have to go!

500g chick peas

500g split peas

1 onion

500g carrots

1 banana

1 lemon

Spices

1 tin of tomatoes

500g pasta
500g porridge oats
500g flour
250g butter
1pt milk

Going round the supermarket this morning was one of those experiences that is so ridiculous you don't know whether to laugh or cry... I nearly did cry (really!) when I discovered they'd sold out of 9p pasta shapes :-(  I'll be back on Monday!

This has been a really thought-provoking week.  For 1.4 billion people this is a way of life.  While I whinge because I have to choose between rice and pasta, someone else is going to bed hungry because they have neither.  I feel like a spoilt child.  It really is sobering.

...and while I pray for God to feed the hungry, I have to wonder if I should be doing something more about it myself.

Thank you SO much to everyone who is sponsoring me.  It really is good to know we're making a difference somewhere in the world at least.