I\u2019m focusing on food because it\u2019s my #1 expenditure. But I\u2019ll note other things as they come into my world.<\/p>\n
Today was my first grocery trip of the year and it was a small one; just some basics and sale items (I\u2019m a sucker for markdowns). Here\u2019s what I got, the cost -M indicates a markdown, and where it\u2019s from<\/span>:<\/p>\n I won\u2019t be winning any awards from the Vegans out there<\/span> (mine is the soy milk though, the skim is for Julie, I swear!), nor from those 5th precept stallwarts<\/a>. But after passing up the lovely Equadorian bananas<\/a> it\u2019s at least all American \u2013 not that I\u2019d mind buying from Canada, but what do they grow up there beside trees and Celine Dions<\/a>?<\/p>\n So far this year my only \u201cresolution\u201d has been more mindful consumption (I\u2019m thinking about adding \u201cgetting organized\u201d but that might be a bit too pie-in-the-sky). I don\u2019t have any particular expectations or rules: just trying to take note of where the stuff comes from that goes into me (and around me). I\u2019m focusing on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":118,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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