Shitty Housewife Gets Nerdy
by Jen Shermanin 🍲 Food & Drink
Shitty Housewife Gets Nerdy
About the Substack
I write about food, groceries, feeding small children, and how we've been tracking every cent we spend on food since 2019.
About Jen Sherman
I used to be a geographer and now I'm a shitty housewife and a bit of a food obsessive. I've been tracking every cent our family spends on food since 2019 in a glorious spreadsheet and I write about that.
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