Alex -

Hi all sorry for not writing sooner! For my challenge I've decided to give up sweet things for the week - this includes chocolate, biscuits, desserts, fizzy drinks etc. This is not the most challenging thing I could of done but I am saving the £5 challenge for after exams as I cannot concentrate when I'm hungry! However, I do eat a lot of sweet things, usually chocolate everyday so just by cutting out something I eat so often will hopefully help me realise that I take these things for granted so easily!

So far so good I have managed to refrain from buying any sugary treats, however the last two nights people have given me cakes - ahhh disaster!? I think not! Unaware of the Oxfam challenge these people gave me the cakes out of the goodness of their hearts, reinforcing the realisation that people often don't need a reason to do something 'good' for somebody - it's a more a natural tendency to give!  But why stop at giving to just friends? I then wondered why we are all so so happy to give to friends/family but not to those who need us most...