Grocery Shopping and Food in General

The end of the month often means I'm scrambling for something to make for supper because no matter how many meals I plan, I always underplan hoping we'll go out more. Ha! I also think about grocery shopping for the upcoming month by putting together meals and starting the shopping list.

I hate to grocery shop. I also hate to cook. The whole process of doing something with food -- making out lists, shopping for it, putting it away, and then having to handle it again to make it into something to eat -- really turns me off. Therefore, I grocery shop as seldom as possible -- like once a month for major shopping with a few interim trips for perishables and the few things I forgot. Unfortunately, I can't cook just once a month.

Grocery shopping is a big deal when done once a month and having to travel 25 to 30 miles to boot! You see I live in a small town which boasts a grocery store, but also boasts that it has the highest prices, as well as the poorest produce, in this area. Seriously, my overall grocery shopping trip costs less, even considering the amount of money I spend in gas (at today's prices), than if I shopped in the local store with its outrageous prices.

So today I got serious about WHAT TO EAT in the month of March. If I had my way, I'd have popcorn and orange juice once in a while for supper. Soup and sandwich is also good. Pizza much more often is also my preference. My darling husband, and he truly is a wonderful man, likes REAL food. Go figure. He's a real meat and gravy kinda guy. Gravy? Yuck! I can make a decent gravy, but prefer to do it only on major holidays such as Thanksgiving and Christmas. He also likes vegetables. Double yuck!

When my first husband and I divorced, and my teenage son grew up and joined the Air Force, pretty much concurrent incidents, I swore I'd never cook again, and that any man in whom I became interested, and vice versa, who did not accept my "No cook" decision, would not be the one for me. But ya know, I never ever thought I'd love like I do and be loved like I am. I was happy and content dating -- or not, depending on what was available. I was happy not sharing the remote and, most importantly, not having to cook if I didn't want to. Then wham! I meet this great guy and to share a life with him, I compromise by volunteering to cook most of the time. Thankfully, other than wanting something more than popcorn and OJ, he is very easy to please.

So here I am, writing about something I hate to do in order to avoid having to do it.

Life changes - Never say never or if you do, be willing to change your mind when a good thing comes alone.