I went north about 45 miles to a super Walmart to get some frozen tacos they'd had before and then visit one of the largest grocery stores in the area to get some shrimp shumai. Well, that was a wasted trip.
First I decided to not eat before I left, because I was going to be back early and I'd just have some of the shumai or the tacos. But I ended up leaving at 3 and it's an hour up there. Walmart didn't have the tacos and their electric cart kept dying. I finally got up and checked out all the freezer aisles on foot and an employee took off in the cart, leaving me to walk the length of the store to get another cart. Now we're looking at 4:30pm.
Going to Central Market, they're revamping their store. It took forever to find the shumai. The shumai have doubled in price so I only got two instead of four and I also got some cherry tomatoes, for which I paid an arm and a leg. By the time I got out of there, I was starved and decided to grab some tacos at the taco place across the street. That's apparently been demolished and is no longer there. So on to McDonald's. Time is 5:30
I paid eight dollars - yes, EIGHT - for a lousy Quarter Pounder. I enjoyed it, because it's the last Quarter Pounder I'm ever buying again. It was also what I had for supper tonight. But by the time they finished killing the cow and cooking the meat, it was 6pm.
By the time I got home at 7, I just wasn't hungry enough to cook anything else. And my car was acting up all the way up and all the way back. I was wondering if I left it in the Walmart lot, some employee would take it, too. But no such luck.
There is one good thing about this. Cat was sleeping inside when I left and I know she likes to go wandering about 5pm. I just got a cat door installed for her and I propped it open before I left. She was outside when I came home, so she must have figured out how to get out through it. So that's one less thing to worry about.
