Packaging

I ordered some more international stamps and they arrived today. For two sheets of stamps, I received the following packaging:

• 1 large cardboard mailer envelope (necessary, but way bigger than necessary)
• 1 large promotional, color, cardboard mailer for comic book stamps
• 1 sheet of paper explaining the above promotional mailer
• 2 plastic sleeves
• 2 large cardboard backers
• 2 sheets of stamps

Why are we so wasteful? Why is all that packaging necessary for two sheets of stamps? This stuff drives me nuts.

I'm going through a cooking lull. The last thing I want to do lately is cook dinner. Maybe I would get my spark back if I went back to cooking things from recipes and trying new things often. But for now, I am just wishing dinner would magically arrive on my table and be healthy and delicious. I was also exceedingly lazy and ordered groceries to be delivered from New Seasons this afternoon. It's a service I've been meaning to try and I'm consoling myself with the notion that it *is* possible them delivering it is better for the environment than for me to drive there to get it. After all, they'll already be delivering for other people and they use biofuel.