Friday, July 25, 2008

Sunshine, lollypops, rainbows...

It has finally stopped raining! Life is good again!

More importantly, I can finally go grocery shopping. As my foraging usually takes place either in various markets in Chinatown, or at whichever ten-minutes-from-my-apartment grocery store I feel like browsing through, rain prohibits me from restocking my shelves.

For a normal person, going a week without buying any groceries isn't a big deal. However, I am a weakling so I tend to buy groceries in very small quantities, several times a week, and in general, my fridge is pretty empty anyway.

Also, my summertime diet (aka. I make no money so feel the need to feed myself on less than four dollars a day (usually three)) involves not buying anything that is not on sale, with the exception of produce. So, in a given week, if the Chinatown produce doesn't look too great and nothing of interest is on sale at No Frills, my fridge might look like this:

- Milk
- Cheese
- Watered down juice
- One pita
- Cold perogies
- Hummus
- Expired salad fixings
- Blueberries
- Leftover macaroni and cheese
- Various condiments, sauces and salad dressings

Not exactly a feast fit for a king, now is it? Maybe for one meal, but imagine these contents slowly dwindling over several days worth of breakfast, lunch and dinner.

If it starts raining before I get home tonight, I may actually starve.

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