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Oddball groceries
Apr. 5th, 2011 04:53 pm(grumble) Ever had times where you wake up and think of all the things you have to accomplish that day before you're allowed to sleep again and just groan? Ah, life. Lunging from errand to errand to cleaning to weeding to errand to job to laundry to....
Not that I'm alone in that boat, not by far, of that I am certain, but I sure miss my free time right now.
(/grumble)
All that aside - I did score a lovely haul of groceries today from a neighborhood grocery store that is (sadly) going out of business. I feel sorry for all the folks there who are out a job, but it really was kind of fun going about through a part-emptied store rummaging for anything that I thought my family might eat. Most of it was 50-80% off, so we got things like Plum Pudding, glaceed pineapple (I am officially intending to make fruitcake this next winter), soy "chicken" nuggets, interesting lotions and soaps, chia seeds to eat, asian crackers, blueberry dipped pretzels, black sesame custard, jalapeno jelly, etc. etc... anything still left on the shelves was fair game, and I often was taking the very last one of whatever it was. Must be a bit what a locust feels like going through the countryside and leaving nothing behind.
Oh, and PINWHEELS! I love them in my yard, they're so cheery and if something happens to them (like when the raccoons drag them around) it doesn't really matter because they're cheap. I got a big fat bouquet of them and planted them all over my yard in my still-sleepy planters. Yay!
Hope all is well with everyone - I haven't had much time to even lurk so I feel out of touch but I'll catch up eventually. Now go eat something that isn't what you usually eat.
Not that I'm alone in that boat, not by far, of that I am certain, but I sure miss my free time right now.
(/grumble)
All that aside - I did score a lovely haul of groceries today from a neighborhood grocery store that is (sadly) going out of business. I feel sorry for all the folks there who are out a job, but it really was kind of fun going about through a part-emptied store rummaging for anything that I thought my family might eat. Most of it was 50-80% off, so we got things like Plum Pudding, glaceed pineapple (I am officially intending to make fruitcake this next winter), soy "chicken" nuggets, interesting lotions and soaps, chia seeds to eat, asian crackers, blueberry dipped pretzels, black sesame custard, jalapeno jelly, etc. etc... anything still left on the shelves was fair game, and I often was taking the very last one of whatever it was. Must be a bit what a locust feels like going through the countryside and leaving nothing behind.
Oh, and PINWHEELS! I love them in my yard, they're so cheery and if something happens to them (like when the raccoons drag them around) it doesn't really matter because they're cheap. I got a big fat bouquet of them and planted them all over my yard in my still-sleepy planters. Yay!
Hope all is well with everyone - I haven't had much time to even lurk so I feel out of touch but I'll catch up eventually. Now go eat something that isn't what you usually eat.
