the last day was the wurst (part 2)

May 19th, 2008 at 03:20am Jennie Pollock

on sunday afternoon, i went to my neighborhood logli’s. i couldn’t take any pictures like i did at the meat market because the managers said i needed approval from a higher authority.

anyway, normally at the store, i spend about 1 hour and $150 to $200.

today, it was 40 minutes and $55. … because there was so much i couldn’t buy when i was trying to avoid plastic.

buying produce was easy for the most part. i just plopped my apples, potatoes, bananas and such in the cart. i couldn’t get any spinach or baby carrots, though.

buying bread was easier than i expected. honestly, i had a loaf in the freezer, so i didn’t need any but saw i could get a white loaf in a paper bag if i had wanted. i also asked for six brat buns in my own paper bag at the bakery, and the clerk obliged.

there were many things my daughter wanted that i could not get: fruit snacks, cereal, yogurt, crackers, juice, namely.

on the subject of milk: i went in thinking i’d get oberweis, since it comes in glass containers, but i did see that the lid was plastic and the price required an additional 85 cents for deposit. i ended up finding 2 percent white and vitamin d chocolate milk in cartons without plastic spigots from muller-pinehurst.

so below, except for 2 12-packs of sode, is the sum total of what i bought. pretty sad. my goal is to make it all week without having to buy what i bypassed (except milk, since we go through a bunch).

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