Yesterday I had to venture into a grocery store for the first time since March 9th. I needed to buy matzoh for the church's Maundy Thursday communion. And I decided while I was at the Brookshire's in Monroe that I would shop for the main ingredients for my Easter dinner, knowing that I would be able to leave them alone until Sunday.
The matzoh turned out to be pita bread. When I asked if they had it, I was told they hadn't been able to convince the supplier to send it. So we will have whole-wheat pita tomorrow night. In a way that's not a bad thing. When you do communion by intinction, the juice tends to drip off the matzoh onto the nearest clean white shirt. Pita is a little more absorbant.
I was hoping to find lamb for Easter dinner, and I did. I brought home a lovely boneless leg of lamb - expensive, but worth it for a holiday dinner. To go with it I bought tiny red potatoes - one bite sized - and fresh green beans. I had hoped for asparagus, but there wasn't any. The green beans will be lovely.
The hard part was resisting the temptation to get the other things that I am out of and will need to replace next Monday. I kept thinking "it's only a few days, and I promise not to touch them until . . ." I had to stay focused and walk out of the store. I didn't even dare look at possibilities for Easter dessert, because I knew I wouldn't be able to leave it alone until Sunday. Same with Easter candy. The peeps were talking to me, but I had a good suspicion that they wouldn't even make it back to Lake Village.
The alarming part was that I spent $38 on four items. The lamb was nearly $30 of that, and of course I will get several meals out of it, but it made me realize that I'm going to have to plan and budget when I do start shopping again. The good news is that doing that might help me keep from stockpiling so much again.
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