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dragonlady7Holy cats, it is foul outside. It be a-pourin' down the rain and the lightning and the thunder. And me? So far today I have taken Z to work, and on my way home, swung by Wegman's real quick to get some root vegetables and a thing of shampoo.
...
Two hours and $85 later, I was on my way home in the pouring rain, wondering if my groceries would be ruined by the water, and also beginning to wonder whether I have some sort of grocery addiction. I mean, Jesus. How many grocery stores have I been to, lately, and how much have I spent?
I forcibly restrained myself from buying chocolate, however. I didn't just buy junk! I bought useful things. Like noodles, and flour, and turnips.
I like to think I'll be good without any groceries for a while now. I stocked up on everything I thought we might be low on. I don't know-- maybe the rain sent me into survivalist mode. But as long as the gas doesn't get shut off, we'll be able to live for weeks on what's in the house, now.
And should the worst come to pass, we'll be able to drink ourselves to death with everyone's Christmas presents.
Speaking of which-- Z came home last night and I'd made beef stroganoff, and we immediately proceeded to get stuffed and wasted. I am going to post a list of the drinks we drank.
1) Suffering Bastard. This is a pre-war Pacific tiki drink consisting of 3 parts gin, 1 part bourbon, ginger ale or ginger beer, and a little bit of lime juice. It's astonishingly excellent.
2) A creation of mine I called a Penguin. Chill 2 parts vodka, 1 part amaretto, and 1/4 part vanilla syrup, garnish up glass with chocolate syrup, pour carefully into glass, and then smudge chocolate syrup around with your finger like a barbarian. Strong, tasty. (Based loosely on a Godmother, which is a combination drink usually served over ice and is just vodka and amaretto.)
3) Lime vodka and cranberry juice.
Z actually crawled to bed, where we both lay for nearly two hours having absolutely nonsensical conversations.
(Lest ye judge us weak, do remember that those "only three drinks" consisted of two or more shots of liquor apiece. The Suffering Bastard, Z made them double-strength because he wanted to use up all the ginger beer and yet keep the proportions correct, so they had four ounces of liquor apiece. [Which I didn't realize until I'd finished mine: they didn't taste that strong.] )
And by the way, my NaNo wordcount from this "weekend" consists, at this very moment, of absolutely Zero. Not one word have I written. Are you proud of me? I am a world champion slacker.
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Two hours and $85 later, I was on my way home in the pouring rain, wondering if my groceries would be ruined by the water, and also beginning to wonder whether I have some sort of grocery addiction. I mean, Jesus. How many grocery stores have I been to, lately, and how much have I spent?
I forcibly restrained myself from buying chocolate, however. I didn't just buy junk! I bought useful things. Like noodles, and flour, and turnips.
I like to think I'll be good without any groceries for a while now. I stocked up on everything I thought we might be low on. I don't know-- maybe the rain sent me into survivalist mode. But as long as the gas doesn't get shut off, we'll be able to live for weeks on what's in the house, now.
And should the worst come to pass, we'll be able to drink ourselves to death with everyone's Christmas presents.
Speaking of which-- Z came home last night and I'd made beef stroganoff, and we immediately proceeded to get stuffed and wasted. I am going to post a list of the drinks we drank.
1) Suffering Bastard. This is a pre-war Pacific tiki drink consisting of 3 parts gin, 1 part bourbon, ginger ale or ginger beer, and a little bit of lime juice. It's astonishingly excellent.
2) A creation of mine I called a Penguin. Chill 2 parts vodka, 1 part amaretto, and 1/4 part vanilla syrup, garnish up glass with chocolate syrup, pour carefully into glass, and then smudge chocolate syrup around with your finger like a barbarian. Strong, tasty. (Based loosely on a Godmother, which is a combination drink usually served over ice and is just vodka and amaretto.)
3) Lime vodka and cranberry juice.
Z actually crawled to bed, where we both lay for nearly two hours having absolutely nonsensical conversations.
(Lest ye judge us weak, do remember that those "only three drinks" consisted of two or more shots of liquor apiece. The Suffering Bastard, Z made them double-strength because he wanted to use up all the ginger beer and yet keep the proportions correct, so they had four ounces of liquor apiece. [Which I didn't realize until I'd finished mine: they didn't taste that strong.] )
And by the way, my NaNo wordcount from this "weekend" consists, at this very moment, of absolutely Zero. Not one word have I written. Are you proud of me? I am a world champion slacker.
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Date: 2005-11-09 05:49 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-11-09 09:25 pm (UTC)The weather today is moderately horrid. I really should have picked up the kids from school today, but I didn't realize how bad it was.
It's likely to be more horrid tomorrow, when the temp is supposed to plummet while maintaining rain and wind.