I won! Twice a week I take my own bags into Trader Joe's so I can add my name to the drawing. The winner gets $25 worth of groceries. I knew as soon as I saw the caller ID. I told y'all I'm a winner. It only took a year and half. And it's aaallready spent.

I had an early morning appointment today, with an hour and a half drive to get there, so I am not going to spend a lot of time cooking this evening. Three hours of drive time did give me plenty of opportunity to figure out what to make though. I decided on red beans and rice for dinner. Coconut...

Getting home from Trader Joe's I was convinced that they'd forgotten to put my chocolate in the bag, but it was on my receipt. When I went on my next grocery trip, I explained. They gave me what was mine, and I went home, only to find my original bar in a TJ's bag with some other dry goods in my...