Ø       Jigsaw puzzles

Ø       Craft supplies

Ø       Take some nature or family pictures

Ø       Cheap seats at a baseball game

Ø       Call a friend

Ø       Have a friend call you  

Ø       Take a class at a local community college

Ø       Drive a different way home from work

Ø       Tell someone you love them

Ø       a packet of vegetable or flower seeds..or a little starter plant?

Ø       a new watering can

Ø       postcards from a local museum

Ø       a visit to a park or museum (many have free Sundays occasionally)

Ø       Every week I would buy a cd at a used cd shop, average cost was about 6 dollars. 

Ø       I also got charm bracelets for me and my two daughters.  I figured they needs a reward for putting up with me.  We added new charms each week that I did not smoke. Each charm was a few dollars but a great way to keep track of our progress.

Ø       MUSIC!!  CDs are usually around $10 and you can download an mp3 for only $0.99.

Ø       great monthly or 2 month reward could be an mp3 player.

Ø       Fabric softener.  I know - it sounds nuts.  Somewhere in my first two weeks though I smelled my own fabric softener on my clothes at the END of a day.  It was wonderful.  There are so many kinds to try.

Ø       Perfume.  This doesn't have to be expensive but could be something to save up for.

Ø       I'm a big fan of the Dollar Store or other discount stores and they are a great place to get scented (or unscented) candles, potpourri and other small things for...a dollar!

Ø       Take the kids, dogs, neighbors or yourself to the park

Ø       Walk around a garden

Ø       Spend 10 minutes stretching

Ø       Get the car washed

Ø       Get the carpets cleaned

Ø       Volunteer somewhere

Ø       Our 60 day reward was joining Netflix!  You can get it for as little as $10 a month. That is a fraction of what we spent a month on smokes.

Ø       Our treats have been, small bag of our favorite candy. Dinner out to our favorite restaurant. I took my oldest dog for cheeseburgers     (she is 13)

Ø       On our 70th day we went all out, we are both gaining weight so we bought and elliptical with the money we hadn’t spent on smokes.

Ø       Good smelling soap and bodywash since I don't reek anymore

Ø       Nail polish or nail files since my nails are nice (when I stop biting them)

Ø       Sugar free Snapple popsicles

Ø       A magazine about health like Self or Shape and I don't have to feel guilty when I am smoking reading it

Ø       A trashy magazine like Us just for fun

Ø       Water Aerobics swim class two mornings a week. (not expensive)

Ø       A scrapbooking workshop.(also not expensive, if you don't buy a lot of goodies while at the workshop)

Ø       Painted the living room. (paint)

Ø       STARBUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!(once a week at a store I have a latte,yum!)

Ø       Just walking around in a very pleasant store was a good reward for me. After work, I would go spend an hour at Bath and Body Shoppe, or Pier One, or a New Age kind of store that we have here.

Ø       those little boxes of raisins are widely available here in any supermarket - I think the main brand is Sunmaid, but now some of the stores like Publix have their own brands. Even Paul Newman has his own organic brand!

Ø       I've discovered Oregon Chai Rooibos concentrate here in the "big box" stores -- like Publix or Albertsons. It comes in a carton on the coffee/tea aisle, but near the soy milk canned stuff. You mix it half and half with milk and either ice it or warm it up in the microwave. Rooibos has no caffeine, so it's a great evening reward!

Ø       Window shopping (but not buying)

Ø       Curling up with a good book

Ø       Bubble baths with scented candles

Ø       Sitting on my deck at the cottage listening to the loons

Ø       Watching a lightening storm over the lake

Ø       Lunch out with friends

Ø       Chai tea (I'm going to have to try that Rooibos w Vanilla)

Ø       Spending time in my flower garden

Ø       Walking

Ø       Glass of wine with a good steak

Ø       Taking "time out" for just "me".

Ø       Steamy baths with perfumed bubbles.

Ø       Fresh ground, hazelnut coffee topped with (no fat) whipped cream.

Ø       Curling up in comfy clothes and watching a good movie or two.

Ø       I’m teaching myself quilting, learning to make jewelry with my daughter, exercising, reading books, learning Spanish (slow southern drawl makes it interesting), learning Photoshop and Dreamweaver, researching things I’m interested in, spending time on the SSC, drawing, etc.  During “my hour” the house doesn’t get painted, the mess doesn’t get sorted, and the clothes don’t get washed.  And, you know what?  The house hasn’t fallen down and no one has complained that “such and such” isn’t getting done.  Sometimes, I just take a nap! 

Ø       A plant or shrub for the house or garden (my 100 day rose bush cost 1.99 UK pounds, that's about 4 US Dollars)

Ø       I use speciality tea almost daily as mini-rewards/breaks - my two favourites are Chai, a spiced Indian tea (thanks to Rusty here!) and Rooibos with Vanilla which is naturally caffeine free.

Ø       Cook yourself a special meal, my one week reward was a really nice steak.

Ø       Take some time to yourself to do something that you enjoy, give yourself permission and be good to yourselves, you do deserve it!

Ø       Books/Movies/Music

Ø       Chill time/Walks

Ø       Roasted almonds

Ø       Flavored coffee

Ø       Manicure/Pedicure/Facials

Ø       Night out with friends

Ø       Dinners

Ø       Day/weekend trips

Ø       Car parts

Ø       Chrome/Leather – for us bikers that’s a biggie (right, Kaiser )

Ø       New watch

Ø       Saving for trips