This is my second no spend day of September--I'm trying for 10 and I think that I should be able to do it easily!

Back to school for the kids tomorrow which means back to a routine for me. I washed, dried, and folded 4 loads of laundry, cleaned the kitchen, took ds5 and nephew to the park, got dinner started, and made new lists for each of the kids showing before bed routines and morning routines. I always start off the school year with them making their own lunches and putting their clothes out for the next day and usually by October the whole plan is blown out of the water and I do it all. I'm trying to hold out this year, be the mean mommy that I know I can be, and make life easy for any future dils I may have...it's my own fault for spoiling my own kids. When I was growing up, we had tons of responsibilities (comes with the territory of a single working mom) and I want my kids to be kids and not deal with what we went through. However, that does not mean that I should still be packing lunches and backpacks for them!

I'm off to iron my clothes for work. I'm doing the 4:00-11:00pm shift as a favour for a friend. Last time!