[Dido]

You can count me in, too. I'll start on Friday--already have plans for tomorrow, and also am almost out of milk and fresh fruit, which I'll stock up on. Otherwise I've already been trying to do a "pantry challenge" so food purchases have been less anyway. I also have to fill the gas tank up so I can get to and from work next week. All the bills are paid. I do have a serviceman coming on Saturday to do yearly maintenance on the furnace (and show ME how to do it--this is my first year owning a house and I don't even know where the filter on the thing IS). I won't count that against the challenge. I *won't* decrease the A/C beyond what I already have; I'm way too irritable in the heat & humidity without it (upstairs A/C is kept at 83; downstairs doesn't have a programmable thermostat but I try to turn it on & off to keep the temp at around 80 and the humidity close to 60%.)