I like grapefruit but my family does not. I left tons of good grapefruit in the trash..sad. I first only grabbed a few bags of vine ripened tomatoes which I need. After Going Inside The Store For Some things. I doubled back and grabbed corn, iceberg lettuce, and squash. Total value of about $20.
Tales of a Closet Dumpster Diver
Tuesday, January 14, 2014
Saturday, January 11, 2014
The downside
Empty dumpsters are bad but I actually hate the work that goes into cleaning and storing the food. If you don't do it same day you may lose the items. I waiting 2 days on my pkgs of corn and I had to toss them.
Tonight I cut and cleaned 3 califlowers, blackberries and more.
Thursday, January 9, 2014
Today's haul
The last few days have been interesting. Tuesday's dd was full of onions. ..I mean hundreds of bags. I only took 1 bag and some bell peppers.
Wednesday was better.
2 containers of blackerries
2 bags of English muffins
1 pkg of corn on the cob
Approximately $12 worth
Today was even better
9 heads of cauliflower (split with a friend)
3 more pkgs corn (split)
3 pkgs blackberries
1 bag lemons
1 bag organic apples for homemade apple sauce
Approximately $38 worth split between myself and a friend
Now, I only take what I myself need or for a friend. In this case a close friend is having money trouble due to her spouses long unemployment after a layoff so I grab what she is willing to use. She doesn't like anything that can't be cooked or is in a sealed pkg like bread. I took her a box of food I had been collecting and she was so grateful as she is on a strict diet for health reasons and has to eat a lot of specific produce. Her husband and son can eat anything. It makes me feel good to know I can help her, my family and still leave more than enough food for the little old man who I know comes every afternoon to get food for himself and other elderly. I always leave for him no matter how little or a lot is in the dumpster.
Thursday, January 2, 2014
Happy New Year
I Have No New Years Resolution. Unless you count finding a way to make more money so we are not always broke. But I do commit to more diving and more cooking!
Today was my first haul from my favorite spot in nearly 2 weeks!. I still have unused items from my last big dive but they have kept well...Most have.
Today's loot:
2 half gallons of skim milk
4 pkgs of squash
1 pkgs of blueberries
2 pomegranates (there were dozens but I have never used one before so I thought I would start small)
3 pkgs of dinner rolls
Not a huge score since I will give most of the squash to a friend. I don't drink cows milk but I use it to cook with.
There were broken wine bottles which bummed me out. We aren't big drinkers but like to have a nice cheap bottle of wine for company. They probably broke them on purpose.
Here is hoping for a profitable dumper diving 2014
Wednesday, December 25, 2013
Merry Christmas!
I don't know if anyone is even reading my blog but merry Christmas!
We moved 6 myths ago and last night I tore apart my garage trying to find the missing stockings...After an hour and a lot fits of rage resulting in items being thrown in the trash they were found in a Box I had already peeked inside of twice. I'm not a hoarder but our old home was tiny, smaller than most 2 bedroom apartments so our small garage became where I shoved everything. Our house become so cluttered it took many trips after we moved to finish cleaning and packing anything we still wanted. So I refuse to bring anything in our home that is not 100% staying. That being said I have not been efficient on using the space I have now so my Christmas gift to myself and my husband is to spend time outside today cleaning my garage.
I have a small business. .very very small that I run out of the garage because I need my tools so having more usable space is extremely important.
Monday, December 23, 2013
Dd before Christmas
Hubby is home for a few days around Christmas which is nice. Rare.
I haven't been able to dd much. Excited to go out after Christmas to see what I can grab for next year. Also hoping to get out to my dd spot tomorrow since they will be closed Christmas day. It's been warm which would make me leery of what might have been left out over cmas.
On another note I pulled a pumpkin pie out last week. Hubby finished it today and enjoyed it.
Friday, December 20, 2013
Today's meals
Cut up a dd pineapple for snacks.
Dinner is a soup made with dd tomatoes, dd sweet peppers, dd onions, black beans and light noodles.
Hubby Is dieting hardcore so trying to cook healthy.
Hubby going out of town for the weekend so trying to live of dd for the whole weekend.