This weekend my wife asked if I minded that we go as a family to a local farmers market.  Turns out that by farmers they meant all sorts of things including chairs, windows and various other non-farm related items.  One of the more food related booths had a bar called a J.E.N. bar.  My wife and our girls each had a sample, but I declined due to a need to avoid sugar at the moment.  My wife really, really wanted to purchase a box of the bars.  The box cost $22.00 if I recall correctly.  I told my wife that she could buy some next week if she saved that much from our grocery bill this week.

My wife’s motivation is apparently very high for this because she’s hunkered down and is attempting to meat the goal so that she can buy them as a treat to the family as well as meat our budgetary needs.  I’m impressed and hope that she can get them so that she and the girls enjoy the treat but it doesn’t kill our budget just for a little bit of nutritional spoilage

Keep your budget as the main focus and you’ll find yourself in great shape to know whether or not you should buy energy bars, treats or that item that you’ve been eying!

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