Besides taking a trip to NYC with my sister and staying
on budget for the first vacation in my life, I also finally had my wisdom tooth
removed. The surgery and recovery was a
horrendous experience with the pain and swelling, and 12 days later I am still
sore but there is a silver lining to the experience! The biggest is that the whole shebang only
cost me $68 ($50 for the surgery plus the pain meds)! I was thrilled when I got the insurance estimate
since it meant I would not have to dip into my precious emergency fund!
The other silver lining is that I decided to do a juice/
veggie fast during my recovery to try and kick my soda/ caffeine/ junk food addiction. I figured since I couldn’t eat or drink
anything the day of the surgery anyways I might as well keep it going and get
rid of some bad habits in the process.
For the first 5 days I stuck with fresh juices and veggie
purees/ soups. Since then I’ve gone back
to my more normal diet sans the caffeine, soda and junk food. I plan to stay caffeine free for at least 30
days since most of my caffeine intake was coming from soda and I want to make
sure I’m well past temptation before going back to tea.
Since I started tackling my debt a year ago I knew that
one of the biggest money sinks for me are my bad diet habits including junk
food and soda. Bit by bit I’ve cut back
on the amount I was spending on the junk but it’s time to kiss that expense
goodbye forever (and hopefully my waistline will be thankful that I’m giving up
the junk too!).
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