Mr. Big Spender...

Well, for this Monday grocery debriefing, I spent $107.98 tonight. Before you get worried, dad had said when we were walking into the store that we were going to get me plenty of groceries and he was true to his word.

We stood in the frozen meals area as dad loaded up my cart with countless frozen meals -- stuff I usually wouldn't buy but intriguing meals that will be interesting to try. He got a lot of Italian and Asian themed meals for the most part. I almost didn't have room in my little freezer for all of them.

"You're getting a windfall tonight, son," he told me as I stood by his side. "You will have plenty to eat this week. I'm paying for this out of my checking account."

I ran the gamut of foods from chili dip (with no beans) to Fritos and to apple pie filling and deluxe Kroger vanilla ice cream. My cheap sweet was unfrosted strawberry Pop-Tarts. I got two large boxes. I also got two quarts of that delicious International Delight hazelnut coffee creamer I so rave about these days. That was $12 and some change alone. My two big bags of frosted flakes were accompanied by 4 gallons of sweet milk.

Breakfast foods were on the agenda as well. I bought eggs, bacon, and sausage forgetting my usual frozen biscuits and cheddar cheese. I will get those at the Piggly Wiggly tomorrow.

"You forgot your two Mountain Dews," dad said in an enlightened moment and with an alarmed tone as we walked out to our cars.

I had a deer in the headlights look on my face.

"Go ahead, start unloading your groceries into your car, and I will go buy them via self-checkout."

I thanked my father profusely for remembering that. That's my favorite thing about grocery night is to drink those two drinks while I am writing my weekly grocery day debriefing.

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