Excuse me? Not today.

ex·cuse

noun

plural noun: excuses

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   a reason or explanation put forward to defend or justify a fault or offense.

   "there can be no possible excuse for any further delay"

   synonyms:

   justification, defense, reason, explanation, mitigating circumstances, mitigation, vindication

   
   

   
   

   I went grocery shopping the other day, and by grocery shopping, I mean I ran into Wal-Mart and bought bananas, cottage cheese, egg whites and sliced oven roasted turkey breast. Not really GROCERY shopping, but more like "this will get me through breakfast and lunch for the next 4 days before I have to go grocery shopping" sort of grocery shopping. 
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3. I did a gigantic GULP when I realized cottage cheese (I'm a snob and only buy Viva) had gone up in price, and the great value brand of egg whites I had been buying, were not available, so I'd need to go with another brand, which also made the price higher. I honestly stood at the egg refrigerator contemplating on if I should buy the egg whites or not. #FACEPALM! 
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5. It wasn't that long ago, that I would not have given a bag of almond joy pieces, puffy cheetos, and oreo cookies a second thought. Those 3 items right there could have easily cost me $10, right? And yet I had no problem spending THAT money. So why did I have a problem with my cottage cheese inflation or the egg white debate? 
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7. I ended up buying them by the way, because this inner dialogue I'm putting here on the bloggy thing, was going on in my mind in the middle of the dairy section at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday night. 
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   Last summer we bought a new car. We have taken great care of that new car. Only the best oil,  gas, vacuumed regularly, etc. We put a lot of money into that car, so why would we want to just thrash it? 
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10. I bet God thinks the same thing about our bodies. He put a lot of time, energy and love into our bodies and I bet he's thinking, "Why isn't she wanting to fuel her body with the very best?" 
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12. I'm worth the investment. I've found that if it's important, I'll will find a way. If it isn't, I'll find an excuse. 

   

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