I can no longer shop happily
I don't mean for this to become a food log, but I went to Trader Joe's today. Oh my God.
First of all, I thought for a very long time that they only had them in California. Then I learned that they are all over the country, and we have a few in New York (state). Specifically, one in Hewlett, which is crazily close to Rockaway. So I've been whining about wanting to go since Sarah's Christmas cocktail soiree, where she served an array of Trader Joe delicacies. Today, when he got home from school, my wonderful brother took me to Trader Joe's, although I had only vague directions and promised I'd be in there an inordinately long time. We got there super fast, and I did spend way too long looking around, especially since the store was much smaller than I expected it to be (four aisles?). But it was great. I bought 12,000 things (including, accidentally, three tubs of hummus), and it cost $75. I honestly have enough food for three people to eat for weeks. I don't understand how this happened, but I am so so happy.
Then my brother drove me home, and in true driving-Jane-home fashion, traffic stopped dead and it started pouring. Awesome.
Also, Oscar is home, and is being good, for now. We'll see how that goes.
My three-year stint of working part-time from home ends abruptly on February 28. Today is actually my very last weekday off. Probably ever. Bananas.
posted by j @ 4:44 PM
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The Clash - "Lost in the Supermarket"
ooh! i thought trader joe's only existed on the west coast! so sad, though, that one isn't closer. it was my favoritest place to go shop for foodstuff. i don't really drink, but lovely california wines for $4.99? i miss that.
and is "bananas" another original jane term? or is it all music/pop culture journalist/editor types? i know someone in the field that says it all the time. bananas.
The one in Hewlett doesn't have wine or beer, sadly, so I didn't get to enjoy that aspect. But I loved it anyway. Maybe the next time people want to drive me around, I will have to venture even further east. There are a few of them on Long Island, and one of them must have some beer or wine.
Sadly, bananas isn't mine. If only. Surely it was an old-school favorite, from back when I wasn't old and was in school, but my use of it in later years can be traced to LL Cool J, who started saying it a lot around 2000, I believe. I can't shake it. I imagine others like myself, who deal with what popular musicians say (I heard Eve say "Bananas" on the Grammy pre-show as well) for a living probably get a little stuck on all sorts of goofy slang as well.
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