To do instead of eat

I made this box and filled it with fun and nurturing things I can do instead of eat

I will admit that I eat when I am bored ~

It is a mindless eating... and I am NOT hungry

If I would just eat because I am hungry and then stop when I am not hungry I would not have this weight issue... but it is emotional and out of boredom

I took an empty cracker box,
cut it down to size

and covered it with some leftover bead board wallpaper

Since I was putting the box in the kitchen I thought it was a perfect fit

I then added a wooden tag and some of my favorite black  ribbon...

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I then took slips of pretty paper and cut it with my cricut and added fun things that I could do when I get the urge to eat...

Things like

Paint my nails

Take a shower

Get a pedicure

Read a book

Journal

Look at an album

Create a seasonal item

Meditate

I love the way this "trash" turned out!
I know now that when I get the urge to eat... after I already ate enough... I will have something fun to do!

 Today I am linking up with

Thrifty Decor Chick

COTTAGE INSTINCTS

between naps on the porch

making the world cuter
A Soft Place to Land


click on the name to be taken to the site!!!
Thanks ladies!!!

Kitchen before and after...

On a tight budget we made over our new kitchen

Here is the stuck in 1973 before

Here is the after

I do still have many more pictures to show but I must get some wrapping done before the hubby returns!

All together we spent $619.00 ($500 of it being professionally installed flooring)

The breakdown is as follows

$26.00 for cabinet paint

$26.00 for wall paint

$53.00 for bead board wall paper

$14.00 for molding

$500.00 for a floor

Elbow grease is of course priceless!