it's amazing how lost i can get in a grocery store.

on the way home last night i was brainstorming dinner plans, trying to figure out what we had available in our kitchen. regardless of what i came up with, i was always down by one missing ingredient. by the time i got to the cross-section of old ox and herndon pkwy i had decided that a trip to the store was a must if we were to have dinner at home.

it's great to have BLOOM so close to our place! i didn't feel like driving out to WEGMAN'S for a one-item shop ... that would have been silly, and you probably would not have seen me all night.

i went into BLOOM for eggs - just for dredging the cutlets. i really only needed ONE egg; but that's okay. i didn't want to stop at 7 ELEVEN for a dozen of inhumane eggs. puhleez.

the doors to the store slid open and i quick stepped my way down our normal BLOOM-shopping path. i made it past the deli alright, but all the greens and humming of the refrigerator coolers called out to me and my quick stepping turned to a slow stroll. BERRIES and BERRIES and GREENS, OH MY!

"be quick - gotta be home before chris" i told myself.

so i made it through the meats and poultry all the way to dairy without slipping into any of the intersecting aisles of junk. YES! my uncaged free roaming hen eggs. off to the register.

not quite. i spied frozen entrees. for you my love. i thought perhaps sometimes you might want to take a break from your coveted PB&J - from either the sandwich itself, or having to prepare it in the evening (since i'm no good at doing you that favor).

anyway after perusing a bajillion trillion options and coming out with only 3 little boxes, i FINALLY made my way to the register ... though technically this whole time i had in fact been making my way there. just seeing all the sites first.

and that's why before getting there, the birthday cards caught my eye and a big " (GASP!) it's connor's bday on friday." so there i sat for and x amount of minutes browsing through cards trying to find "the right one" in a small pond of greetings - BLOOM is no hallmark. one had me laughing so hard though!

it was one where on the front, a dog sees a deflated balloon, dog eats deflated balloon, dog looks sick. open card. it's a full spread picture of the dog with a funny expression on his face, and as the card is opened the balloon comes out of his rear!!!!! ha ha ha.

anyway, that's where i ended my grocery journey - where my intended 2 minute trip became 40 and buying a dozen eggs cost $46.

what can i say? i got lost.


hope you enjoyed dinner last night! love you.



PS -

WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?

i'm all alone under here!



-A