June 4, 2020
We had kinda started to run out of food at home. We no longer had anything fun to eat. We were left with dinner options like spaghetti served with corn and oatmeal, rice served with shredded cheese and peanuts, chia pudding served with…all the items I just mentioned hahaha. No fruit, veggies or meat left, but we had pasta, one egg and tons of green tea bags. So, on Monday morning I made a decision to walk over to the grocery store closest to us. I had a looong list of things.
We haven’t been to a grocery store since the beginning of March. We have had groceries delivered twice and some items shipped from other stores throughout these three months, but we haven’t actually been anywhere to pick out what we wanted for ourselves. It felt kinda weird to walk over to the grocery store on Monday. I decided to go there right after senior hour and I preferred to go on a weekday rather than during the weekend. That was a smart choice, barely anyone there. I believe I saw a note on the door saying that only 10 customers were allowed inside at a time, but I have no idea if this was followed, I simply came during a time when there weren’t much people anyway.
Before I walked in I put a face mask on, the good professional kind that Jim’s sister had sent us (she’s a dentist) and then I wiped a shopping cart off with a wet wipe that I had brought. I thought about putting gloves on as well but it felt a little overkill plus noone else did.
To my pleasant surprise there were tons of fruit and veggies and most of it looked really fresh. I grabbed apples, bananas, blueberries, lettuce, sweet potato and some other veggies, I felt like a little kid first time in a candy store. The first half of the store had full shelves, some random items had run out but I was very happy to see that there were so much to choose from – unlike when we ordered groceries from stores online when 2/3 was either out of stock or had to be substituted for some brand or version that we didn’t like (we even had to throw some items away because short expiration dates or it had already gone bad – like one almond milk package that almost exploded and smelled like sausage…that was nasty). And then half the store was empty, of course the toilet paper isle was empty and all the can food plus the cleaning supplies were all gone.
The store had taped arrows and markings on the floor. Noone really followed this, because like I said, we weren’t that many in there, we had plenty of room to walk and grab what we needed and everyone kept their distances and were respectful to one another. It was almost a bit cozy in there, I couldn’t help but enjoy it a bit.
I ended up with a full shopping cart. I didn’t bring enough bags but since Jim was coming to pick me up and we have the big ikea bags in the car it didn’t matter much. I got everything on my long list except for like three items, that’s pretty good I think. Also to my surprise, I didn’t buy any candy (!!), I can’t even believe it myself hahaha. I did buy a box of oreos though and I got ice cream for Jimmy, but no candy (and I am Miss Candy Monster herself hahha).
And of course, once we came home we wiped everything off with sanitizer wipes:) Now we have enough food to survive for awhile, I gladly continue to stay home to help getting this pandemic come to an end. We still have no meat at home – the only thing I bought was hotdogs which we ate on Tuesday – but I don’t mind that. J probably wants to eventually take a little trip to Costco for meat and fish, but I’m in no rush, the only craving I had was items to make a nice salad:)
So happy we received these masks last week, easy to breathe and they fit well
