Well, yah-hoo, my shopping's done for the week. Bleh. It's teaming down rain tonight, creating some massive puddles, what with all the melting snow and such. Crossing the street to a shop across from the supermarket, a car came along and splashed me all over--my legs are soaking wet. Merry Christmas you bastard! (she says, shaking her fist like Victor Meldrew).
There were a couple of good buys on at the grocer's---I had initially decided to opt out for an actual Christmas feast this year--but then I thought, "what the hell, it only comes once a year," and so, since I already bought that cheap pork loin rib, and I have some ready-made mashed swede in the freezer--so, on sale I noticed they had instant pork bread stuffing and nuke 'em and eat 'em frozen buttered brussel sprouts on sale, both for just $1 each--so, got myself a pork roast with mashed swede, brussel sprounts and pork flavour bread dressing--and I've still some leftover instant chocolate pudding up in the cupboard--Christmas dinner can't get any easier than that, ey? 
The only thing I'm actually gonna' have to cook, is the roast!
I had to get some lunch meat from the deli, and that was interesting...either the deli clerk was very definitely stoned. He kept telling people they could pay any price they want for the meats and cheeses, any type they wanted--he tried to give one lady a 4.99 package of cheese for $2, then, when he handed her over the package, apparetnly he'd put on a price of $7! Then, the poor woman wanted a specific type of cheese, and the guy wouldn't give it to her, but kept trying to pawn off some other brand on her...fortunately when it was my turn in the queue, someone else came along and took over.
There's someone who'll be looking for a job for Christmas...why would anyone do something that stupid, when there's virtually NO jobs to be had, out there right now? Say what you will about smoking pot, or doing cocoaine or heroin---if really does mess up your brains...being in denial about it, doesn't change the fact that people stoned out on drugs are total morons.
So, I had a hankering for a sloppy joe sandwich tonight--but the packages of ground beef/mince at the supermarket were ridiculously overpriced, so I went with my original plan of turkey cutlets (long thin slices of turkey breast) simmered in a butter curry sauce---good plan.
Honestly, I don't know what I was thinking, when I wanted sloppy joes over the curried cutlets. I'm glad I decided to go with the curry, after all. It was fantastic! Technically, I can make this from scratch--but the packet of sauce mix was only around $1.50--about the equivilent of 75 p, and really they were free, 'cos I used the gift card that was my Thanksgiving bonus at work, to buy it. And so, I plunked in my shopping trolley and I thought I'd try the sauce on some inexpensive cutlets--they came out PERFECT. So tender, you didn't even need a knife. OMG! Yummy! I had it with some cauliflower with cheese sauce and some peeled and boiled new potatoes..I ate like a queen for under 5 dollars!
My hillbilly neighbour across the hall (who despite being annoyingly loud, and frequently stoned, and despite of the constant--also loud-- parade of his very ne'er do well family coming and going at all hours, he himself is actually a pretty shy and humble guy) and he and myself, both exchange cards and a little christmas gift--something under 3 dollars, usually--and this year I got mine early..a wee fake gold pointseeta plant and a box of chocolate covered cherries. And someone at work Saturday, gave me a milk chocolate santa. Mind you, I am a diabetic, so will have to pass on the cherries and santa to someone else, but it's the thought that counts, ey? Mum used to adore chocolate covered cherries--(which are usually only around at Christmas time) I used to put a little box of them in her stocking, every Christmas...and enjoyed seeing her smile when she found them.
I got my neighbour a stand up christmas decoration--a silly looking moose dressed like santa, sitting on a swing that rocks back and forth, and some Christmas candy.
Well, anyway, had to do some shopping at Family Dollar (the low brow replacement for Woolworth's, over here) as well, and to me, a Christmas tree isn't a Christmas tree, without a few candy canes on it, so I bought a box of Lifesaver's assorted flavour candy canes, in cherry, watermelon, orange, pineapple and raspberry flavours, and hung them on the tree. Ten days 'till Chrismas, one candy cane a day...far-out.
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