Some days it seems like you can only get one thing done. Today it was shopping. Gone are the days when you could pick everything up in one place, or just drop in to pick something up. This is now an all day campaign. Suiting up with mask and gloves - now add hat, because chances are you’ll be standing out in the sun for awhile before you even get to a store.
Our strategy is to start with the big box store - if they have something, they’ll have it in abundance so you may as well stock up in hopes you won’t have to go back for at least a month. Then there’s Trader Joe’s - we know they can fill our basic needs ( including snacks and liquor) but so does everyone else. The good thing about Trader Joe’s now though, is even if there’s a line snaking around the building - if there’s a parking space you’ll get in and out quicker than pre-Covid Trader Joe’s.
The challenge then, is the specialty items. Do we need to pick up prescriptions at CVS? Condensed milk for that key lime pie? Or for heaven's sake did we really run out of Angostura bitters again? Did we really make that many Manhattans?
At the end - should we not abandon the quest on the way - we start to think about take-out as it’s now close to dinner time and the weeds are still in the garden and the clothes remain unlaundered. Tomorrow’s another day - at least we got the shopping done. Mostly.
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