numb, numb, na-na-na-na-na numb

Seriously, what gives Nickelback to right to keep writing the same song over and over and over again. I mean...take a break. Write something different. It can't be that hard, can it?

Anyway, I think the spider crisis has passed, and hopefully the dishwasher is getting fixed today, so that will be all set and things can go back to semi-normal.

It's beautiful outside today, but it's supposed to rain tonight. It was actually nice this weekend but of course I a) didn't leave the house on Saturday and b) it was mostly cloudy when we walked around on Sunday to go grocery shopping (but bright -- I wore my sun glasses.) We went shopping at our neighborhood Uwajimaya, and their chicken was on sale for almost as cheap as the tiny Dong Sing market we normally go to for meat, so we just decided to do all our shopping there. We got:

1.5lbs of brussel sprouts @ $3.49/lb
2 large sweet potatoes @ $1.39/lb
1 medium yellow onion @ $.69/lb (or each? I can never remember)
1 head of broccoli @ $2.49/lb
1 head of purple cauliflower @ $2.49/lb (I'm so excited!)
a packet of hawaiian sweet rolls
4 large chicken breasts (I'm not sure what the poundage was) for between $5-$6.
1lb of salmon @ $6.49/lb
1 14oz bag of tortilla chips $2
1 (small) bag of dried, unsweetened coconut $.89

for about $40. I especially consider this a steal, because of the price of the chicken. The pound of salmon and the brussel sprouts were probably the most expensive things...also the most delicious. I feel like uwajimaya is a secret place, where only we and every person of Asian descent in the Seattle area shop.

I cooked about half the chicken last night, and we had half of that for dinner and the other half became chicken salad, which is lunch today. I have to say, the quality of this chicken versus what we normally get is way better. As Nate says, "It tastes way more normal." I can't wait to cook the salmon. Mmmm.

On a completely different note, I'm sorry, but I didn't realize 'Love Don't Cost a Thing' by J-Lo was still a Top40 hit to be played on el internet radio. I'm apologize, I will make a note. Not that I'm complaining.

I have to find boxes to send out all of the Christmas gifts we've been hoarding putting off saving to send out until now.

It's my birthday soon, and I get to see Bobby McFerrin in concert tomorrow. Wheee!

What's you best kept grocery secret?
-C