TJ's can be good for inexpensive(ish) staples. I find it doesn't work at all if I'm trying to get groceries for a specific recipe. They never have all the ingredients!

S. realized while looking for something Mexican in the grocery store that there are a zillion spices in that section, same as the McCormick's and what have you, for much cheaper prices. Strange.

Both our cars are dead. Damn this cold!

(I will never again buy toilet paper at TJ's!)

I buy my toilet paper from TJ's! It's cheap AND recycled!

I find it doesn't work at all if I'm trying to get groceries for a specific recipe. They never have all the ingredients!

And that is why my brother bought me this for Christmas.

I thought that it was deliciously evil and fitting.

It was very magnificent bastard. I don't watch House--he's too much of a prick for me, but this level I can handle. Lightman actually likes the people he works with. He's still not a nice person, but he likes them.

I'd love to grocery shop at one store. But the Ralph's near work carries my juice and cereal. The one near home doesn't. The one near krav carries Izze. I don't like the frozen food at any of them, and none of them carry my soy milk of choice. For that, TJ's. So...at least three stores. It's frustrating.

same as the McCormick's and what have you, for much cheaper prices. Strange.

yeah, you pay for the name and the pretty bottles. The Goya stuff is much cheaper. Also, my go to for inexpensive spices is World Market. They have a ton of stuff for 99 cents for 4 ounces, which is the same as a bottle. Also, they have some of the more "exotic" spices, also inexpensively. They even have saffron relatively inexpensively.

We don't have World Market, sadly, and I wish we did, for a lot of things.

I am the laziest shopper in the world. I want to go to the Giant two minutes from my house, and nowhere else. But I will go to the ShopRite across town for Tree Tavern frozen pizzas and their cake, which is better than Giant's.

There's a huge Mexican supermarket near my apartment, which is a great place to get specialty items.

I love the ethnic spices in bags and then refill my bottles, so much cheaper and less waste.

Both our cars are dead. Damn this cold!

It's not really going to relent until tomorrow, isn't it? My parents cars are in the garage, which is insulated, but not heated. But then, neither is their house right now!