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Got my Thanksgiving meal mostly planned and bought. Got the pension money deposited Tuesday, won't get the SS until the 3rd.
Went to the Hollywood Farmer's on Sat. I had so FDNP checks to use that would expire on the 30th. FDNP is a program for seniors where they send you a set of $4 "checks" that can only be used to buy stuff at farmer's markets from farmers that have been "certified" or something.
Anyway, I'd seen a couple of vendors with purple potatoes last time I was there and I wanted some. The stores don't seem to have them except as part of those over-priced bags of several varieties of golf-ball sized potatoes.
Found some *very* purple potatoes at the first vendor. Bought a bunch of them and a couple of heads of romanescue (everybody's favorite fractal cauliflower relative)
Checked out the rest of the market, Didn't buy anything else, though a few things interested me. Something I had never seen before were several booths from local distillers (I didn't even know we *had* any local distillers).
Tried a sample of bourbon from one and geneva (I'd heard of it but never tasted any) from another. Wasn't impressed with geneva, the bourbon was pretty good. Have to check the prices at the liquor store. I haven't had any in years. But won't be soon. Got better things to spend money on for the next few months.
Today I hit Albertsons (didn't feel any savings were worth the long bus ride to Winco). Got a mince pie (I tried to get one every year). Also got a stalk of *huge* brussel sprouts (the ones on the bottom are the size of lemons) for $3.99. And I got a fully cooked spiral ham (I double checked). So it'll be ham for tomorrow. And a few days after...
I'll go back to the store later to see about some dressing. Didn't see any premade dressing, and I'm not a fan of the boxed stuff. And don't want to deal with "from scratch".
I already have the mashed potato and gravy situation dealt with.
Oh yeah, I went to make some stuff with potatoes yesterday. Turned out the ones I got only have a purple *skin*, they aren't purple on the inside. Drat.
Went to the Hollywood Farmer's on Sat. I had so FDNP checks to use that would expire on the 30th. FDNP is a program for seniors where they send you a set of $4 "checks" that can only be used to buy stuff at farmer's markets from farmers that have been "certified" or something.
Anyway, I'd seen a couple of vendors with purple potatoes last time I was there and I wanted some. The stores don't seem to have them except as part of those over-priced bags of several varieties of golf-ball sized potatoes.
Found some *very* purple potatoes at the first vendor. Bought a bunch of them and a couple of heads of romanescue (everybody's favorite fractal cauliflower relative)
Checked out the rest of the market, Didn't buy anything else, though a few things interested me. Something I had never seen before were several booths from local distillers (I didn't even know we *had* any local distillers).
Tried a sample of bourbon from one and geneva (I'd heard of it but never tasted any) from another. Wasn't impressed with geneva, the bourbon was pretty good. Have to check the prices at the liquor store. I haven't had any in years. But won't be soon. Got better things to spend money on for the next few months.
Today I hit Albertsons (didn't feel any savings were worth the long bus ride to Winco). Got a mince pie (I tried to get one every year). Also got a stalk of *huge* brussel sprouts (the ones on the bottom are the size of lemons) for $3.99. And I got a fully cooked spiral ham (I double checked). So it'll be ham for tomorrow. And a few days after...
I'll go back to the store later to see about some dressing. Didn't see any premade dressing, and I'm not a fan of the boxed stuff. And don't want to deal with "from scratch".
I already have the mashed potato and gravy situation dealt with.
Oh yeah, I went to make some stuff with potatoes yesterday. Turned out the ones I got only have a purple *skin*, they aren't purple on the inside. Drat.
