Ugh, I've been sorting my trash for nothing.

Yeah, that's the real trick, isn't it? Knowing your own kitchen. My grandma never used a scale, but her house was always the same temperature. I moved to a place with wild seasons, and my old family bread recipe was a total fail until I got a scale. Her "two handfuls" of flour and my "two handfuls" were totally different because the air here just sucks the moisture right out.

Ugh that morning alert is the WORST. So you're saying the cash envelope actually made you buy less coffee overall, not just track it? Like did you start skipping days or making it at home more? I tried the envelope thing for lunches and it was a huge shock how fast it went.