Heh...last weekend I joined the local food co-op. Five bucks, and now I have access to inexpensive nuts and bulk flour and other grains, plus loose-leaf tea and all. And lots of dark chocolate...mmmm...chocolate... Granola, too, for that matter.
But I think I’m the only conservative member. ;-) And I *was* about the only one there who wasn’t doing all their grocery shopping there. I just got tea and bran (for those muffins) and nothing else. Couple bucks worth of goods.
I believe I neglected to mention we’re on our way to Kentucky for the weekend. Leaving Fangorn in about 20 minutes. My last meeting with the alumni board.
I’ll be checking in from theroad.
Oh dear... next you’ll be forming a drum circle over there. ;~)
We belonged to a co-op like that when SirKit was a grad student in Tallahassee. We have a store in Worcester that’s kinda similar, with bulk grains, beans, etc, but they also have bulk gummi bears, and other candies. Haven’t seen any bulk chocolate, but they have other spendy groceries that I don’t buy. Actually I usually only buy their boxes of spices, because those are a terrific price! Sometimes I’ll buy a box of tea if it’s something I haven’t seen elsewhere. If I want ‘crunchy’ stuff, I go to Trader Joe’s which is ‘crunchy’ enough for me, and their prices are terrific!