Habit

Posted on November 10, 2014 by Patti_is_knittinginflashes

When I go to the market for my weekly food shopping, I usually shop by habit. I know the layout of the market so it shouldn’t be rocket science to shop.

I choose things by shape, color, and/or place. And that works 99% of the time.

Except when they change things around.

Case in point:

These two items were in the dairy case. I grabbed what I thought was Half and Half. Same color. Same shape. Same place. Well, sort of. They moved some of the dairy products around.

What I bought instead was Fat Free Lactose Free Milk.

Now here’s the funny thing. Neither Mr. Aitch nor I realized that I bought the wrong thing and he used the Fat Free Lactose Free Milk in his coffee all last week and the week before (when I wasn’t home). He thought there was something wrong with the coffee as it didn’t taste as rich.

I discovered the error of my ways and told him about it Friday evening. He didn’t have coffee on Saturday or Sunday once he found out all we had in the house Fat Free Lactose Free Milk and not of Half and Half.

Would you have had your coffee anyway or gone without?

Three of a kind

Posted on November 7, 2014 by Patti_is_knittinginflashes

I saw three rainbows on my way to work this morning but only captured one with my phone.

Inherited paint

Posted on November 6, 2014 by Patti_is_knittinginflashes

I helped our daughter clear out part of her basement last week. They inherited many partially used paint cans when they moved into a new-to-them house.

Over 25 partially used paint cans.

The previous owners had different tastes when it came to paint colors than she did. They also didn’t know how much paint to buy and had a lot left over. One can had never been opened.