back to normal :)

Much warmer today. Light snow, wet and slushy. Never thought I'd call that kind of weather 'nice' - but in comparison to what we had before, it is.:) Went out to check on the car and found I was able to get it out of the parking spot quite easily (must have been the salt I had left under the tires, or perhaps the rise in temperature had softened the snow all by itself). So I decided to do some grocery shopping - just to make sure I have a well-stocked pantry in case it happens again. Went to that cheap farmers' market that sells mostly East European, Italian and Hispanic foods (a rather typical Chicago blend, lol). Quite a bit out of my way, location-wise, but it's sooo worth it. The place is incredibly cheap, really. And they have everything. They had fresh strawberries on sale, two boxes for $3.00!!! In January! *is amazed* They had a frozen seafood mix for $3.50 or something thereabouts. They even had seafood cooking stock, which I'd never seen sold anywhere else. It will go perfectly well with the Moroccan fish tagine I'm making tomorrow (I was planning to use chicken stock instead). I also found all the ingredients for the turkey & hominy chili recipe from my WeightWatchers cookbook. In short, I have enough food for at least another full week, and I didn't spend much more than $50. Including the whole rotisserie chicken I grabbed almost as an afterthought, lol. And a can of German potato salad to go with it. Yum.:D

In other news, I watched a very good movie last night. ( Read more... )