Preparing for the challenge

So tomorrow I start my 5 day challenge to Live Below The Line. This weekend I went out to buy the food to last me the week. When you put it all together it doesn't look like much!

It is amazing how cheaply you can afford a weeks shop by buying own brand products. I think this week will be an eye opener on just how easily influenced we are by branding, and whether by buying brands we are actually buying quality.

I am nervous about how hungry I may be over the next week. So I am prepare for mood swings! But for me this last only five days. For 1.4 billion people in the world this is how they live every day. It is shocking to think that over a sixth of the planet live in extreme poverty.

I have a feeling this week will make me appreciate on a whole new scale just how easy my life is. And we really must remember in the developed world just how easy we do have it.  So I will keep this in mind over the next five days, and not forget that for me I can count down the days until I can eat what I like, when I like. For billions of others this is never the case.

So the challenge starts tomorrow. Let's see how it goes!

Until then, much happiness.

Sophie