Post easter thoughts

So whilst most people are left with the empty cartons and post Easter slump brought on from way too much chocolate, I for once can breath a sigh of relief. Not because I didn't celebrate, because we did, there is still lunches including hot cross buns in this house. But for once I don't hae worry the clothes that i owned before Easter won't fit me, because they do, and the reason why is I have yet to gorge myself on the feat of chocolate I was given.

No I am not on some self crusade as much as I am proving a point to myself. That I still have will power. Both hubby and mum have had birthdays over the last week one being on Easter Sunday, so there has been more than enough food around without the need to binge out on additional chocolate. Now whilst everyone else here has half empty bags of eggs I still have all mine to actually enjoy and savour, and most of all ration.

For the gift of Easter was meant to be lasting not binge and regret a week later. Maybe I am trying to go back to the true meaning of Easter and for that matter Xmas as we still have candy left from that. We are living too much in the now and caught up in the material value over what we can get and how much it cost. I have started to put a set limit on gifts to Godchildren, yes I wonder if I am being me, but I put a set limit per child and that's it and it is the same for each one. For the older ones they often get in in cash to put to something they want to have. But that is my rule and I am now sticking to it. The last year of having next to nothing and coming out the other side of it has made me realise money doesn't always make you happy but friendship, love and gifts carefully thought out do.

There will still be a guilt when I eat my eggs that I have the chance to eat this much, but at least I know I will remember that.