So Long, Mom, It's Off to Drop The Bomb...
So I went to Trader Joe's today, except with Actual Money in hand, not to mention the ability to buy perishables since I was going straight home after shopping.
And don't get wrong, I realised that things were cheaper there before, but I hadn't really stopped to consider just how much cheaper...
I bought about the same amount I would at a typical trip to Harry's/Whole Foods, which usually adds up to somewhere between $80 and $100. Trader Joe's? $60. :)))))
I just wish they'd been around when I was pregnant with Jacob - I craved perogis and all sorts of potatoey goodness and they have MUCH CHEAPER perogis not to mention gnocchi. Mmm. My freezer is all stuffed. As is my refrigerator.
PSA: It is not "refridgerator," even though it is "fridge" for a short hand. It's "refrigerator." Of course, the people who I see doing this are in communities I read, not on my flist, so this is being seen by entirely the wrong group of people.
Also, I scored a major coup yesterday. Okay, a minor one. A few months ago, ALACE announced that The VBAC Companion would no longer be required reading for Module Five, because it was now out of print and no plans were in process to reprint it. The demand simply isn't there.* However, I went to Borders on a whim, and there on the shelves was One Last Copy. I figure that I can get information to a lot more people via childbirth classes, right? So I didn't feel guilty about snapping it up into my arms.
*I think it says a lot, and not in a good way, about the US birthing scene if there is not enough demand for what is one of the only books about VBAC. I'm just saying.
And don't get wrong, I realised that things were cheaper there before, but I hadn't really stopped to consider just how much cheaper...
I bought about the same amount I would at a typical trip to Harry's/Whole Foods, which usually adds up to somewhere between $80 and $100. Trader Joe's? $60. :)))))
I just wish they'd been around when I was pregnant with Jacob - I craved perogis and all sorts of potatoey goodness and they have MUCH CHEAPER perogis not to mention gnocchi. Mmm. My freezer is all stuffed. As is my refrigerator.
PSA: It is not "refridgerator," even though it is "fridge" for a short hand. It's "refrigerator." Of course, the people who I see doing this are in communities I read, not on my flist, so this is being seen by entirely the wrong group of people.
Also, I scored a major coup yesterday. Okay, a minor one. A few months ago, ALACE announced that The VBAC Companion would no longer be required reading for Module Five, because it was now out of print and no plans were in process to reprint it. The demand simply isn't there.* However, I went to Borders on a whim, and there on the shelves was One Last Copy. I figure that I can get information to a lot more people via childbirth classes, right? So I didn't feel guilty about snapping it up into my arms.
*I think it says a lot, and not in a good way, about the US birthing scene if there is not enough demand for what is one of the only books about VBAC. I'm just saying.