Grocery Money Returned

A couple of days ago, I went to the grocery store and spent a little over $200. I was a little surprised at the total but I had bought a lot of stuff including some things that I only need to buy occasionally, and I have also noticed that once again, the same amount of groceries are costing a little more every time I go. Usually, I sit down on the bench just inside the store and look over the receipt, a habit I learned from Fred, but on this day, someone was sitting on the bench and my back was hurting really badly so I went home as quickly as I could. Today I was looking for something in my purse and I found my receipt. Imagine my surprise to find that something I had gotten from the 50% off area had been rung up at $102.25. So, I went back and, of course, the $100 was immediately credited back to my grocery-buying debit card!

I think I have mentioned that I am committed to cooking for myself from scratch at least once a week. Actually, I am finding that I am actually cooking something two to three times a week and as I haven’t quite mastered the art of cooking one portion, I am doing quite well with leftovers. I have bought a couple of books on cooking for one and/or two, but since I have a shelf of cookbooks {most of which were Fred’s,} i really have very little difficulty adapting the recipes to smaller portions. Having said all that, I forgot to buy potatoes today and had to use instant which are not at all bad if you put cream cheese in them. The bad part was that I put too much salt in the water and they were almost inedible. It was a shame, too, because I had fine-chopped two slices of a Vidalia onion and added the raw onion to the potatoes. I love this combination and I hated to throw it out ! I will go back to the grocery store and buy a couple of potatoes tomorrow. It is a whole new world buying groceries for one. When Fred was alive, whoever did the buying bought 5 pound of potatoes at a time. I can’t do that now because they grow sprouts and/or go bad before I use them up.

I am having the preliminary feelings that I might be developing a urinary tract infection. I have started drinking lots of water, more than I usually drink which may help but I know I will be up during night probably more than once. Still, if it saves me a visit to the doctor, it will be worth it…

Anything that’s human is mentionable, and anything that is mentionable can be more manageable. When we can talk about our feelings, they become less overwhelming, less upsetting, and less scary. The people we trust with that important talk can help us know that we are not alone. ~Fred Rogers (Mr. Rogers)

You are not happy because you are well. You are well because you are

happy. You are not depressed because trouble has come to you, but

trouble has come to you because you are depressed. You can change

your thoughts and feelings, and then the outer things will come to

correspond, and indeed there is no other way of working.

— Emmet Fox