I've mentioned in the past (here and here) about how no matter how broke I am, I don't go hungry.
No time has this blessing been so prevalent as the last week.
I don't know how it happened, but I cut the last paycheck very close. By Wednesday of last week, I had all of 14 bucks in my checking account. Granted, I could've transferred some money from savings, but I've been doing that way too much lately. I feel I should be doing better budgeting, not hitting the savings, so I denied myself that option.
Last Wednesday at work, while I was eating an enormous sweet potato (courtesy my parents when I went home for Christmas), a friend approached with a plastic container full of chili for me. The funny thing about this is that over a year ago, this young lady's boyfriend was in our lunchroom heating chili and I told him how yummy it looked. He let me taste it and it was every bit as delicious as it appeared. This sweet man doesn't even work at our company anymore, but when he fixed chili last week, he remembered how much I liked it and put aside a container for me and had his girlfriend give it to me. It was enough for two meals.
Saturday night, I had a company party to attend. Appetizers and dinner were served, so that meal was taken care of.
At work on Monday there were leftovers from that party, so I had lunch.
Today I attended a baby shower at work. A delightful assortment of hors d'oeuvres were served, enough to fill me up for lunch. But later, while I sat there wondering what I was going to eat for dinner tonight, a friend who works upstairs called and asked if I'd be interested in some leftover Thai food he had. Turns out there's enough for two meals. Rather, it was enough -- I just had some for dinner. :-)
Sometimes financial blessings come in ways other than cash. And while I did get paid this week, the food that's shown up for me has gone a long way in helping me get things back on track, and for that I'm very thankful.
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