Goodbye, Store Rewards!

It’s the law of diminishing returns: I no longer shop enough to benefit from store rewards! As posted here, I used to earn rewards from Air Miles, Canadian Tire, Chapters, and Shoppers Drug Mart, to name a few. So far

Grocery Grand Tally Preview

I am working on a super stat-tastic (read: nerdy) project. I decided to tally all the food that came into the house for the first 6 months of the year so I could see what it looked like in print.

Is Fair Trade Coffee Fair?

I recently balked at the price of fair trade coffee at my local roasters. I have been buying fair trade coffee for several years and I build the extreme price into my grocery budget. To save money, I brew all