I am not Catholic but I do observe Lent and this year's sacrifice is coffee and doughnuts. I didn't drink nary a DROP of coffee until I moved to Florida and started working for DCF and got amongst the other investigators who guzzled coffee by the gallon and ate doughnuts by the dozen. I gained 10 pounds during the 6 weeks that I was in training. So now, I replaced coffee with green tea and the doughnuts with those itty-bitty Weight Watchers cakes. And I do mean itty-bitty. Also during Lent, when I give up one bad habit, I also pick up a good one. Since I've been discharged from my bankruptcy, I have started budgeting my money more effectively as well as paying my bills AHEAD of time!! Even though I can't hop on down to Torrid or the Coach store, I feel better knowing that I actually have money between paydays and that my son's daycare tuition is paid on time and I don't get those looks from the director anymore.
