We had to do some major food restocking today for lunches (like the Chex Mix whose salt wakes me up on work days) and for the freezer. Due to the vagaries of what is stocked, we had to go to both Costco and BJs. Since we also had JoAnn coupons and I wanted to restock my dwindling Scotch tape supply, we inched our way up to Town Center. There was a massive accident on I-75 North and the freeway was just crawling; everyone evidently decamped, because the alternate route was also backed up.

So we went to the Costco up there and came home past BJs. One of the things we were out of was beef. We bought a big side of round and had the butcher slice it into steaks for us. Even at BJs this was $2.49/pound...ouch!

Next week it will be my turn to restock us on pork. That's only $1.99/pound, thank God.

We're also stocking up for our yearly trip to the mountains with friends, so that added to the tab. Each couple or person brings a certain food or drink; we always sign up for cookies and crackers. We have the Chips Ahoy to satisfy the sweet tooths (sweet teeth?) and are going for healthier things for the rest, like protein bars, low-cal granola bars, probably low-salt and whole grain crackers.

But it was a nice day for going from store-to-store, cool, breezy, bright perfect blue sky overhead with some of the most beautiful cirrus clouds I've ever seen. One did indeed form a perfect "mare's tail" shape above as we emerged from the hobby shop. Pity it will be hot and smothery again by next week.

And then from restocking the pantry we went to restocking books again, but more about that in Autumn Hollow.

Labels: Autumn Hollow, food, weather

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