Monthly Archives: January 2009
Day 212: Winning and Losing
They’re running a promotion at the grocery store by my house. Customers get these little game cards with every purchase, and you peel them open and – surprise! “Try Again”. Then the garbage bins outside the store get filled with … Continue reading
Filed under consumerism, gifts
Day 210: Butter and Tofu!
At last, tofu! I have to hand it to Rhyannon. A couple days ago she managed to track down bulk tofu! We had scoured Chinatown and the local supermarkets to no avail. I had actually quite given up, but this … Continue reading
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Day 208: Fresh Pasta Party
I completely forgot to post about pasta. We made pasta! Now, I have tried making pasta from scratch in the past; however, I never seemed to be able to roll it out thin enough. For my first attempt, we had … Continue reading
Day 206: Fashion Crisis
I don’t want to sound petty, but sometimes buying a new sweater does wonders for ones mindset. I’m not suggesting that I’ve bought one mind you, just that, after 6 and a half months of not buying anything resembling a … Continue reading
Filed under Uncategorized
Day 204: E-nough of E-Waste
It seems that the ubiquitous e-waste is going to come second on the list of “what’s in our garbage bins” (second only to our ever-growing plethora of broken dishes). So far we have a laptop, a cell phone, a battery … Continue reading
Filed under recycling
Day 202: Razor Sharp
This is an example of what our bathroom looks like. Yup, you can see we have a little hoarding problem. Each of the three of us have at least 2 to 3 razors on the go. I think we’re all … Continue reading
Filed under Hygiene
