Is Chocolate a Waste?

Today is only the second time inside a non-grocery store in 2009. Wow! They had all of the Christmas chocolate on sale. I crave chocolate. My motto has always been "chocolate is good for you, it is one of the food groups". How could chocolate ever be a waste? Well it isn't about the chocolate it is about the packaging. I checked everything out and the best I could find was a small snowman wrapped in recyclable foil. So that is what I purchased. I had to leave the 75 % off Truffles double wrapped in cello and cardboard and then wrapped again inside the box, in foil. I had to leave the 50% off 5 lb box of Assorted Chocolates that I would have enjoyed sharing with everyone at the next meeting. I was almost tempted to resort to the 1 Kilogram container of Jelly Beans at 75% off - I might have even shared those too. They were in a large, decorative, reusable, plastic container. Several good reasons to resist that one. For starters, it wasn't chocolate, I don't need any more containers and the container was plastic! I had no idea I could be this resistant to sweets particularly chocolate at such a good price.....

Choices aren't just about me, they have to be about the future of the environment. Just because I want something and I can afford it, doesn't mean that purchasing it is the right thing to do.

The day isn't over but I think it has been close to a perfect 7 for being waste free.