personal finance, waste reduction, skincare, single living, and needlepoint; hopefully travel at some point in post-unprecedented times
This was an unusual haul of empties this time around, mostly because there were more cardboard packaged items in this month's collection than plastic or glass packaged items like normal. Which I thought was interesting, I don't know if it really means anything, is just interesting. I've also been thinking about doing a big summary … Continue reading November Empties
This month is a little different, I went to use one of my favorite lipsticks early on in the month (or maybe in late July), and was appalled by the stench coming from it. And it, not quite burned, but it definitely tingled on my lips when I had it on and it doesn't normally … Continue reading August Empties & Expireds
Like I predicted back in my very light June Empties post, July is a heavy month. As in it didn't even fit in the box I normally use to store my empties during the month. There's also a good mix of products here, some skincare, some hygiene, some coffee, a whole assortment of stuff. Let's … Continue reading July Empties
There was definitely a net gain when it comes to beauty products, skin care, and stuff in general this month. It was needed, my clothes were in rough shape, I couldn't do a full face of make up because I literally didn't have the products (and by full face I mean a full face of … Continue reading April Empties
Another month, another group of used up products, this month isn't particularly thrilling. I probably shouldn't start a blog post like that if I want people to read it, but here we are. The usual collection of contacts supplies, speaking of I need to call and order more. I also think I'm going to make … Continue reading March Empties
We're back, it's another empties post. I've included a couple different things this time. Partly because I want to keep track of the different coffees I've tried and what I think of them and how many bottles of salt I go through in the winter so that I can stock up for next winter, and … Continue reading February Empties
It has been a full year of logging my empties and tracking my waste and doing a Project Pan, I'm going to go through them all and see if there are any conclusions I can draw or lessons I can learn. But December was a very normal month, although I have to say that I … Continue reading December Empties: Lotion, Mascara, and the Germolene fan club
September felt like a big use-up month. I think that is more because of the GoCleanCo fall challenge and cleaning out my bathroom (I didn't include those items in here, I didn't use them up, but I might do a round-up of what I'm getting rid of in that clean out to see if we … Continue reading September Empties
This was a big month for using stuff up. Some of it makes sense, a few things I have been using since last November and some were purchases I had to make because I haven't yet got used to having to be prepared and planning ahead to avoid using plastic/packaged products. This is a great … Continue reading July Empties
I am feeling slightly derailed as my blog post schedule is being impacted by my real life. We were supposed to be moving back into the office today, but then there was a government announcement that it was still recommended that non-essential employees still work from home until September 7. I have very mixed feelings … Continue reading June Empties
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