Dithering

[bill_schubert]

I got up early this morning to take my Zoe walk before it got too warm.  And to get it out of the way so I could go to Costco for the senior hour at 9.  

Then I started wondering why I was going to Costco.  I was on automatic.  I've found an outgrowth of this staying home is that I want to go to the store a lot more than I really have to.  Never much for food planning I've always hit the grocery store whenever I feel like it.  Now with every foray to places where there are other people being a little dangerous I start to question my jaunts.

We're down to a couple of pounds of coffee beans which is, to me, about five pounds less than minimum.  I get nervous when there's not a full complement of coffee in the house and Costco has some really good grower partnership coffee beans for the best price.  And we're down to four rolls of paper towels.  And we need bread.

So, translation: I've got a week's worth of coffee, two weeks or more of paper towels and, by the way, I have enough flour, yeast and the rest to make a dozen loaves of bread.  And we just got a box of meat so no reason to Costco that.  

After dithering for half an hour (something I rarely do.. I'm pretty much a decide and do kind of person) I decided to delay Costco until next week.

I've got my bulgar wheat grain soaking right now and will have bread much better than I can buy done in about four hours.

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[anais-pf.livejournal.com]

At least where I live, Costco will deliver nonperishables. Prices are slightly higher on the website than they are in the stores, but I have found it worthwhile during this pandemic to pay the slightly higher prices and have them bring the stuff to my doorstep. Their Kirkland brand dark roast is my "house coffee" and I buy it four or five cans at a time because I hate going to Costco.

[bill-schubert.livejournal.com]

I'm in the money saving mode right now so I'm avoiding fees. BUT fortunately our Costco is easy to get to and with the daily senior hour I can get what I need before the unwashed masses descend.

I'm a coffee snob and grind my own beans. Our Costco carries https://www.faracoffee.com/ which is a local company that is farmer oriented and I can get it in beans. And it is good enough I don't feel obligated to get more expensive coffee through the Internet.

[sleepybadger.livejournal.com]

We do our weekly grocery shop on early saturday mornings, but we always make at least a general list. If there's only a couple things we need, we get in and out quickly. If we didn't need anything we would skip it. Hope your bread is delicious!

[bill-schubert.livejournal.com]

It is delicious. The loaves never come out sandwich size but it is a much more flavorful bread and way more protein and other good stuff than what I can get in the store.

[sleepybadger.livejournal.com]

yummmm