What a bahgain!

I love saving money. I love traveling. Who doesn't, really? It's as if someone wrote this article for the love of those two things. If you're me, bargain hunting and using sites like these means you can actually do stuff once you get to your destination. That's nice.

We started composting recently. I'm not sure if I've written about it but I was quite thrilled about the whole thing. Especially when we found a video that showed us how to make our own composting bin (thank you Ben!) for much cheaper, hence leading to being able to buy things to go in the compost bin. See a pattern here? Originally, we were saving food waste in a separate plastic container because without a disposal, the trash gets pretty stinky after a week of various fruit peels and vegetable stems hanging out in there. People kept asking if we were composting and after answering "no" enough times, an investigation ensued as to what sort of effort composting would actually take. The answer is basically none. It means bringing out the compost with the trash. And it's good for your garden, good for the earth, and good for the pipes in your house. Triple yay.

Speaking of compost... there's another awesome website that gives you money for doing things you already do! It's sort of like someone is paying you do to your chores, like in the good old days of allowance. There is a little extra effort involved, since some of them require finding codes on the inside of the box to enter before recycling them, but I'm willing to give it a shot for a little while and see what happens. I don't foresee turning off the tap anytime soon, especially when it's so frigid outside, but others are completely doable. Seems like a win-win: reinstate the days of allowance, keep the world a little healthier.

Okay. That is all. I'll have to update about the progress of Recyclebank. Oh, and some sad news to end this bargain hunting, environmental shpeal: no Longfellow pictures, as they were all maliciously wiped from my camera phone by the little miscreants in there. But foliage 2012, watch out!