I have recently discovered the joys of
Freecycle.org. I have only been fortunate enough to grab two things quick enough, but I've gotten Sydney a big box of books (Judy Blume, and some great children's classics), and today I picked up curtains for the kids' rooms (Monster's Inc. and Spiderman). The woman even threw in some Halloween hand towels and a pillowcase. I have some things around here I think I'm going to Freecycle, too. I usually take most things to
Thrifty Threads where women who live in a local women's shelter shop free-of-charge. Two years ago when I cleaned out my house, we took at least five trunk loads full of stuff, including like 10 trash bags full of clothes. I'm looking forward to seeing what all we can donate this time, too. We are really trying to scale down our lives, if you can't tell.
So anyway, when I was picking up the curtains, I stopped at
Georgetown Market a local natural foods store and picked up some bulk spices and some yeast. Man, I tell you, the grocery stores making a killing of a profit on yeast!!! You buy those
crappy convenient three-packs for like $2, right?? I bought a half-pound bag of bulk yeast (which is undoubtedly fresher...) for $2. I haven't been able to find bulk yeast for a long time since
Nature's Cupboard stopped carrying it. That's part of the reason I haven't been making bread. Well, ok, its a VERY small part of why lol... Anyway, now I can make some delicious homemade bread again on Saturday and take some to my aunt's house for supper - mmmmm mmmm good!
Hmm, it seems like this post was full of links and advertisements... maybe they should be paying me to talk about some places I like... :-)
