Simple things

I haven't written in a few days partially because I have been "off" for Mother's Day. I spent Saturday at an all-day fiction-writing workshop and Sunday we played Risk and ordered pizza. Papa John's had a special: an extra large up-to-seven topping pizza for $12.

But today, I returned to reality.

Breakfast was toast and apples. Lunch was leftover pizza. (And apricot halves from a can.)

Dinner was...

Well, let me tell you about my trip to the grocery store.

I went to the grocery store for three reasons.
1. I needed $2 cash for my daughter's school and the mac machine doesn't dole out singles.
2. I had a craving for chicken
3. My psychologist suggested I buy four boxes of Morningstar vegetarian breakfast patties. (Seriously, that man sometimes rocks my world.)

I spent $13.04 on groceries. I bought:

• Hunts ketchup with no high fructose corn syrup, 24 ounces, $1.15
• Naturally delicious ranch dressing (no MSG), 16 ounces, $2
• Dole Premium Southwest salad kit, $3.50
• chicken, $2.90
• Morningstar vegetarian sausage patties, $3.49

But unbeknownst to me, the women in front of us forgot a bag at the end of the register. So, when she left, my daughter starting bagging my groceries and piled our food on top of this lady's. I go pick up my husband from work, unpack the bag, and find a pound of hamburger and some Boar's Head premium deli ham.

Oops.

I hadn't noticed the lady return to the store before I left, and it's almost an hour after I left the store. So, I asked my husband, "Do I take it back?" Because I assume they'll throw it out. I hope they'd throw it out. I mean, what if I had that hamburger in the hot sun the whole hour.

But the other story relates to my psychologist.

He suggested indulging in my little biscuit sandwiches once a week for breakfast as an exercise in indulgence. He's concerned that I hold too rigidly to the line of discipline and delve into self-denial. He suggested buying four boxes of the little veggie sausages a month because we all like them-- I had mentioned that I stopped buying them because nutritionally all they offer is protein and if I need a protein source for a sandwich an egg is way cheaper.

I'm proud of myself because I bought the sausages AND a premium bagged salad. Lettuce by the head is way cheaper, but I like Dole Premium Salads. So tonight we had biscuit sandwiches and salad for dinner. I had three servings of the salad.