As I was listing things in my mind yesterday that I knew I was going to run out of shortly, and should therefore consider making exceptions to the "no-buy" plan, I realized one of them would be the Sprite I've become accustomed to since I caught cold back in January. I think it was the Sprite that made me say "no exceptions." Somehow I couldn't justify buying a soft drink that I shouldn't be having in such quantity anyway.
And I realized that I have plenty of tea. I have an overabundance of tea. I have tea bags that came from my Dad's kitchen in 2001. I can easily keep a pitcher of iced tea in the fridge and drink that instead of Sprite. It's cheaper, it has no sugar, and it does just as good a job at cutting through the phlegm as the lemon and bubbles. So, as I drank the last half of the one Sprite I was going to allow myself for the day, I made a pitcher of tea.
Making the tea made me realize I would need ice in order for it to truly be called "iced tea." And I make my tea very strong, so it needs the dilution of the melting ice to make it a refreshing beverage. Only one problem - my freezer is so full there's no room for ice cube trays. I did manage to squeeze in two, but only with quite a bit of maneuvering.
And that's the symptom of the problem. When the freezer is too full to make ice, it's too full. And it's not like I'm stocking up for a party, or I just made a big pot of soup and have frozen the leftovers. It's just stuff I've bought thinking someday I will eat it. Summer is coming; I need to be able to make ice.
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