Since I have no daughters, I stayed at home. All by myself. This was actually my second night in a row all by myself. So, what does a girl do in such a situation? Pull out the Breyers and sit down in front of a Sandra Bullock movie? Settle down with a hefty tome? Go to bed at 7pm?
None of the above.
I ordered $1100 in food storage and related supplies. The task that has been hanging over my head for SIX years can finally be checked off. I've been researching for months now--trying to find good web sites where I can get long-term supplies that I will actually rotate through (e.g. brown rice, steel cut oats, whole wheat pasta, a large variety of beans) and deciding how much of what stuff I need. The problem was finding prices that didn't make me feel guilty for not going to the cannery to pay less for supplies that I was less excited about and much less likely to use.
On Thursday night I found Walton Feed*.Seriously great prices on harder-to-find long term food storage. I plan on putting in another order in about six months for the less "absolutely essential" items, like dried fruits and freeze-dried vegetables once I do some more thinking, planning, and daydreaming. As my mom told me just the other day, there's nothing better to spend your money on than food.
Wow. I so obviously came from her womb.
What may appear to be the lamest way to spend a Friday night ever was so much fun for me. Because not only do I feel such a weight off my shoulders for finally getting this done (I had tried the "gradually accumulate your storage" method on and off for the last two years and it obviously did not work for me) but I was also able to indulge in my nerdy and slightly embarassing gastronomical leanings. Not much more makes me smile than the thought of, among other things, 200 pounds of dried legumes (garbanzos! black! navy! adzukis!) being delivered to my door step in approximately twelve days.
Wrapping up what may be the most unfocused blog post ever, I will report that despite having the opportunity to sleep in as late as I wanted this morning, I couldn't make it past 6:14AM. So I got up and pruned a shrub.
*Some of the things I'm less excited about, but still need for a good, realistic supply (i.e. white flour, white flour, sugar, and pinto beans) are still cheaper at Costco. Those will be picked up today.
