In case you missed last week’s Pandemic Pantry post I have copied over the household Executive Order:
“You can go to the store and shop with the old people. You will wear a mask and keep your distance from everyone else in the store. You will not wander up and down the aisles like you usually do. You will not shower before going. When you come back you will wash your hands for 20 seconds then put the groceries away. Disinfect the items you think need disinfecting. The plastic bags will not be recycled. They will go into the garbage. You will then go into the laundry room where you will strip down and put your clothes into the washing machine. Then and only then you go to our bathroom to decontaminate.”
So I guess you could say I was surprised this morning when The Boss said,
“You can go to two stores today.”
Two stores! I was pretty excited! This modern day scavenger hunt had a greater chance of success. Two stores! I was so excited I forgot my mask. No worries though. I used the disposable mask in the car and disposed of it after my trip. I remembered my list, wallet, phone, keys, and disinfectant wipes. It was time to start the hunt.
My first stop was the big box drugstore on the corner where I found both toilet paper and paper towels. I hadn’t purchased either of these paper goods in over a month. The drugstore had a few packages remaining on the shelves. I asked one of the employees if there was a purchase limit. Two she said. So in addition to vitamins, allergy meds and a nail buffer I scored two giant packages of TP and PT. If I found nothing at my second stop the shopping trip/hunt would have been a success.
Store #2 was the grocery store. My list was a short list but this was a scavenger hunt. What could I find that I might have use for later? The broccoli crowns were not the freshest but I bought some anyway. Green beans, a few apples, strawberries, new potatoes and a head of green leaf lettuce, one Roma tomato, one green pepper. No mushrooms. I bought the best two in the bulk mushroom bin and left around six for other shoppers. Tortillas, check. Whole wheat buns and two loaves of garlic bread, check. A bag of frozen spinach and ricotta raviolis. A dozen eggs for $0.99 (the last dozen cost $3.33). Some cheese. A back up jar of salsa, a back up jar of fruit spread.
I was about to call the hunt over and a success when I found frozen turkeys for $0.49 a pound (it’s the item under bananas). For under five bucks I got a 10 pound turkey.
So tonight’s dinner was meatloaf, mashed and fresh wilted spinach. I also picked up some ground beef since many of the remaining meat items didn’t appeal to me.
Two stores! Paper towels AND toilet paper! A whole turkey for less than five dollars! And I didn’t have to shop with the old people.
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