New Year's resolve-cut down on food waste and eat better, while saving money at the same time. In the spirit of waste not, want not, I'm tackling the woe begotten items in the pantry. There are quite a few things that probably should not have been purchased, but I can't justify purging now. We got a nuisance snow today. Enough wet snow and freeing drizzle to make the roads slick and dicey, but not a huge cumulative effect on the roads (but seems like we got more here at home). That meant a slow commute home, but evening events all running as scheduled. Dinner needed to be quick.
Dinner consisted of microwaving some potatoes, and cooking a noodle side dish to round off the plates. I actually thought I was making a rice side dish, until I opened the packet to pour in with the boiling water and milk and saw noodles and not rice. The dish had very little taste, and I suspect the rice wouldn't have had much more so it was irrelevant what came out of the pot. I did accomplish less food waste, and money savings-probably under $2.00 for the noodles and the five small russets. I managed to scour the sides of a tub of sour cream for the remaining amounts clinging to the plastic so the potatoes were nice. DD#2 and I ate one each, a bit bigger than the others, and saved these three little ones for DH when he comes home. It's a 50-50 guess if he'll eat the noodles.
The job change is a reality now, but there have been little elements of drama involved with submitting my official resignation that I will save for when I am really done. I can honestly say that the last two days have given me ample medicine to suppress any qualms I've had about resigning. I've done taxi run number one of the night and managed to get 80% of the driveway shoveled. I need to move my car to finish, so I'll just park behind the other car after picking DD up and save the gas needed to move it now. Every penny helps!
It sounds like you're in the middle of a really big change. Are you having to deal with 'work place jealously'? At the moment some of my line managers are going out of the way to be difficult...simply because they have 'an axe to grind' over my departure in the summer. Jx
ReplyDeleteNot jealousy but some silly hoops to wade through around communication. Tomorrow is the big announcement but I'll tell my direct reports personally. Hang in there-I feel lighter already.
DeleteWe are being the same tonight, I have had a massive sort out in my kitchen and so we are now eating our way through random stuff which shouldn't have been purchased. I'm determined to get our kitchen working better for us and to cut down on waste!!
ReplyDeleteA better working kichen sounds great. Maybe your's will learn to mop and do dishes. That would work better!
DeleteThose "bargain" 10 for $10 don't seem like a bargain now. My plan is to mix a lot of fresh with the pantry items to balance nutrition.
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