One of these days I'm going to have to binge watch his stuff.

I feel like I should report that I was going to go to Raley's for mayonnaise (that I thought I needed for the deviled eggs, but since my hard-boiled eggs were neither hard nor boiled, I didn't even need to do that. If only I had known!) but Waze told me Trader Joe's was 0 minutes out of my way, so I went there and bought a grocery bag of pumpkin spice stuff (granola, O's, coconut body butter. I love the seasonally scented body butter, possibly my favorite pumpkin product). Frugality fail.

Time for me to go out and buy some meds. My current bottle of delsym expired 1 year ago and while it seems to be working since 3 am, I need peak effectiveness. Guess I should shower and go.

I really thought I was getting better last night, even with the voice losing.

-t just now and other recent conversations have made me wonder - where do people shop for groceries? We usually go to Kroger (and by usually I mean once a week), which is based in our city and is the biggest local chain. We occasionally do selected shopping at Whole Foods (I prefer to buy meat there, for example, but we probably only go there once a month now that it's across town). I go to Trader Joe's a couple of times a year but could not do my weekly shopping there because I feel like they don't have what I'd need.

I am trying to break my habit of going to Publix (the biggee here) just about every day to get what I need. I have tried going to Costco occasionally, but the parking lot is often enough to get me to change my mind. Lately I have been going to a local farm market for everything possible prior to going to Publix or the fish market for anything else on my list. That is working out much better. And they give me a nickel for bringing my own bag. [link]

We drive to Oakley to shop at Meijer, because we like it better than Kroger (and we have to get Slinky's prescription kitty food at a PetSmart store, and there's one down the street from the Meijer, so we can get it done in one trip). And we make a Trader Joe's run once or twice a month.

Having husband who works from home means he can shop during the day when lines are are shorter. We usually go to Ralph's, with Costco and Trader Joe's runs about once a month.

Is Ralph's a big west coast chain? I have never seen one (I do know Publix!).

Teppy, what do you like about Meijer?

I do a lot of shopping--for produce and almost all the meat we consume--at the weekly farmer's market. MOM's or Whole Foods to fill in for what I can't buy at the market. I haven't really been to TJ's since I left my job last year. The commute used to take me near one.

I go to the nearest Kroger-affiliate, Smith's, because it was built two blocks from our first apartment, which we lived in for 20 years, and I'm on first-name basis with the pharmacists. There's a WinCo two blocks from my new place, but I'll continue to use the current pharmacy even though it will be out of my way. I do occasionally go to WalMart, because it carries varieties that the other stores don't have. I'll go on occasional excursions to the hoity-toity grocery store to see what the rich folks eat. The only Trader Joe's is 40 miles away.

I shop at Tops (http://www.topsmarkets.com/) or Shurfine (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shurfine) even though I live in the land of Wegman's because Wegman's has basically pulled out of the city and there are no convenient stores for people who take the bus. I would have to take a 2 hour bus ride each way to shop at Wegman's, even though there is one a 10 minute drive from my house. Part of it is the bus system, and part of it is the desire to have big super stores rather than small stores.

The Shurfine is pretty tiny, but is the only independent grocery store in the area.

I also go to the Public Market, which is easily accessible by bus (and not applicable to me, but has a program so people can double their foodstamp dollars buying Fresh Produce at the market!)