Where’s the nearest grocery store?
There have been a lot of people starting new jobs in my office lately, and a common question they all have is where the nearest grocery store is.
Tag: rant
Can all of the pink in the grocery store go away now?
I did a dumb thing this week. I’ve been taking Emergen-C since everyone around me is sick, and without thinking I bought a pink box of the stuff.
Coffee Marketing Stupidity
Being environmentally conscious and all, when I go to coffee shops I always bring my own cup. Most of the time I make my own, but once in a while going to a coffee shop is necessary. They can charge me what they want, they don’t have to rinse it out or anything, just as [...]
cubegourmet
06/02/2008
random
coffee, rant
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Like I’ve said, coupons suck
I read this article in Consumerist about a coupon queen’s quest to not let food inflation bother her. While this is certainly a noble quest, and I certainly hope that she does her coupon shopping during weekdays when shops are filled with people like me w/day jobs, I still think coupons suck. Here’s why:
Most [...]
- cubegourmet
- 05/18/2008
- shopping
- coupons, frugality, rant
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Gimme back my Osteria!
The Osteria is my and my future husband’s favorite restaurant located in the fancy-pants Whole Foods by our house. All Italian goodness, and a dinner bill under 20$ for two most of the time.
But since the beginning of the year, in the space where the Osteria once stood proudly, Discovery Networks have taken [...]
- cubegourmet
- 05/15/2008
- random
- random, rant
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Does this mean we’re hippies?
As a way to be frugal, we’ve been doing things that could certainly be considered hippie:
I just made a batch of homemade granola for the week, complete w/nuts and berries bought in bulk @Costco. I’ve been going to Costco to stock up on things we use all the time, plus milk, bread, and [...]
Evil office sweets
I’ve worked in offices where there’s been a jar of candy lying around. But the office where I’m working now has collectively brought office sweets to the extreme. There is a “12 Sweets of Christmas” where people bring some kind of sweet. What puts this tradition over the top is that the sweets are put [...]
- cubegourmet
- 03/12/2008
- healthy
- healthy, junk food, rant, sweets
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