What a great day

It was 75 and sunny here--first short sleeves and summery skirt in a long time. 

I spent a grand total of $38.92 on our week's groceries at the co-op.  We were in and out so fast that the boys wanted to play in the store's garden afterwards and never once strayed from the cart.

I realized that the weekly co-op email includes a 10% off total purchase.  I had thought it was 10% off one item.  I don't even need to horde my Blue Sky Guide 10% off coupons for expensive weeks now.

I got a Green and Black's chocolate bar for 97 cents instead of the usual $3.50 (on sale for about $2.19, I had a $1 coupon, plus my 10% off everything).

Dan and I started get trained in for our new job(s) while my SIL chased the boys around.

SIL and I made a tasty ramp-heavy meal of risotto with ramps and sunchoke/ramp/carrot/parsnip mash. 

I made 15 half-pints of rhubarb jam and have some now-frozen rhubarb left over to use in a pie once strawberry season comes.  Those were just from my mom's neighbor's rhubarb, so I could make about that much again next week from mom's.  We'll be eating rhubarb yogurt over here!  Rhubarb isn't my favorite jam, but it's definitely the cheapest.  Total cost for 5 half-pints is about $1.25 for sugar and strawberry jello. 

The kitchen is at least slightly cleaner than it was this morning, despite all the cooking.

I determined that the food buying club (this one sells only non-perishables) is as low as half the 10% off co-op price for dried fruit, nuts, seeds, and rice.  Flour's only a bit cheaper.  They sell in 5 or 25 lb sizes and deliver bi-monthly.  This group also occasionally orders cases of fruit from another distributor, which would be a nice way to can peaches and make applesauce and such.

Peter and Leo both went to sleep without much fuss despite having people over at bedtime.

Dan's cousin is getting married tomorrow, and because our families are hopelessly tangled up now, that means that even my sister and parents will be there.  We'll see if Peter and Leo have as much fun dancing as they did at my sister and Cheryl's weddings in October. 

Bring on the weekend!

Comments

[Katie]

Yay Amy! I'm impressed by all the interesting things you're cooking with those CSA veggies. I've never eaten most of those veggies in my life...some I've never heard of ;-).

Way to go on the $40 co-op :)!!

[Karen]

I love strawberry rhubarb pie...you're making my mouth water. It's my absolute favorite type of pie.

And, what is a ramp? I'm going to go google it now. :)