Week 171 motherhood – 9-day belly binding finished, 2 steps taken

 belly binding treatment

Baby nursing during my belly binding treatment

Week 171 motherhood with 3 year old and 1 year old:  Continue reading

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Week 170 motherhood – playdate, 1 year old!, first dinner date in a year

 Pumpkin cake celebrating one year of breastfeeding

Happy one year of breastfeeding to me!

Week 170 motherhood of 3 year old and 1 year old! Continue reading

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Too Good To Go Hauls – November 2023

 Too Good To Go surprise bags

The 6 surprise bags I got from Too Good to Go stores in November 2023

Too Good to Go is an app where you can get discounted surplus or unsold food from restaurants, bakeries, and stores.  The participating store offers a “surprise bag” where they pack what is leftover or extra and you pay one third of the original price for it.  It is fun to see what you get in your surprise bag and good for the earth to save perfectly edible food from being tossed out!  Continue reading

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Too Good To Go Hauls – October 2023

10 Too Good to Go hauls collage

The 10 surprise bags I got in October 2023

There is a food waste app called “Too Good to Go” where you can buy surprise bags filled with food that the restaurant or bakery or participating store has not sold (or extras that they made that don’t look good but are still good to eat).  You pay one third of the original cost.  Continue reading

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Too Good To Go Hauls – September 2023

14 Too Good to Go hauls collage

My Too Good to Go hauls in September 2023

Download the Too Good To Go app to save food from going to waste and for some great food deals.  This month, I tried mostly surprise bags from brand new stores to the app.  It has been very exciting to see TGTG expand and new stores joining as partners!

Here are my Too Good to Go hauls in September 2023 (14 surprise bags):  Continue reading

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Too Good To Go Surprise Bags from Niagara Falls, St. Catharines, GTA – August 2023

27 TGTG surprise bags collage

27 surprise bags purchased in August 2023

If you want to save money on food and rescue unsold uneaten food from being wasted, you can try out the smartphone app called “Too Good to Go”.  You can buy “mystery bags” or “surprise bags” of food from participating restaurants, bakeries, grocery stores, convenience stores, etc. for one third of what the food would normally cost.  It has been so fun for me to see what the store will put in the surprise bag!  In addition, I have been able to try so many new restaurants and stores this way. ^_^  Continue reading

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My First Month Using the Flashfood app to Save Food and Money

Flashfood fridge

A Flashfood fridge inside of the customer service area at Loblaws Richmond Hill

I started using the Flashfood app in June 2023.  Flashfood is a mobile app where you get massive savings on fresh food items like meat and produce that are nearing their best before date at grocery stores across Canada and the U.S.  You save groceries from supermarkets for half of the price!  Continue reading

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Week 164 motherhood – flu shots, making beans, waving at strangers

 toddler making play food

Shredded paper meals

Week 164 motherhood with 3 year old and 10.5 month old: Continue reading

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Week 163 motherhood – Halloween, making rice

10 month old standing

Standing with legs wide apart

Week 163 motherhood with 3 year old and 10 month old:  Continue reading

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Week 162 motherhood – alternating sides, boogers on the carpet, babbling!, outings out of the house

 mom holding a pumpkin in front of a pumpkin

Grandma is the real MVP this week

Week 162 motherhood with 3 year old and 10 month old:  Continue reading

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