Sticky Treats!

Mmmm, tonight smells like it's going to better than last night....

I have my first loaf of vegan, gluten-free banana bread in the oven, a fire in the woodstove, and I made Rice Krispie Treats for the fam and protein bars for My Man. I'm satisfied with what I've accomplished thus far.

Today was overall a nice day, even though it did start out with a meeting with a supervisor that was a reprimand of sorts. Boo. Whatever though, I know I work hard and do what they ask of me and then some, so it's all good.

After this meeting, I proceeded to hit up this ridiculous antique store down on Shelburne Road that is literally packed to the gills with STUFF. There's enough room to walk single-file between ceiling-high shelves, piles, and cases of old STUFF. It's almost creepy, given the amount of time and effort that this one middle-aged, chubby dude in need of a shave has spent collecting other people's old crap, and then over-charging for it.

After getting my fill of overwhelming amounts of over-priced ancient memorabilia, junk, and collectibles, I squeezed out into the fresh air again and headed to my new favorite store, Recycle North. I got me some more jars of various sizes and my big prize, a sweet heavy-duty GE blender, for a mere $8. With these prizes in tow, I hopped into my car and headed to North Winooski Ave, where I went to both Junktiques and Salvation Army.

Junktiques is now on my list of top favorite thrift stores. It's just full of interesting old things, most of which don't have a price tag and for which the counter-guy just says, "Uh, how 'bout three bucks? That seem fair? No? Would you take it for a dollar? Yes? Ok good." Here, I picked up one of those slap-chopper things for chopping onions and other vegetables (this was the item for which I didn't want to pay $3), a big fluffy blanket knit out of some fabulous fluffy material in sea-green and blue shades, and something else which I can't think of at the moment.

At Salvation I hit the jackpot and got for $1 each one plaid, long-sleeve shirt, a teal Volcom henley-type long-sleeve shirt, this short-sleeve eggplant purple sweater that is probably meant for someone twice my size but works nicely as a sweater dress (to be worn with leggings), and then two skeins of very fine, gray yarn. All in all, a good day at the Thrift Stores.

Added to yesterdays take, which was a thing for putting stuff like ginger or whatever into and then grating, some cool green and cream woven placemats and and a runner, and some more jars, I came home with an embarrassing wealth of cheap treasure. This, in addition to the even more embarrassing wealth of cooking/baking treasures I impulsively purchased at Shitty Markup and Healthy Living. But the way I see it, at least for the moment, is I need to buy the foodstuffs because I'm overhauling my pantry so that I can hopefully achieve some sort of digestive harmony. And as for the thrift store purchases, well, they're thrifty, so why not, right?

But after tomorrow and the estate sale and big flea market that are on the agenda, I'll probably cut back on my spending, even at thrift stores, so that I don't end up right where I started a couple months ago. I have enough ingredients to make a lot of different foods and that's the main thing I'm concerned about.

I forgot to mention in my enumeration of tonight's events that while making the Rice Krispie Treats, I discovered a very important truth, one which I will always remember from this day forth: Rice Krispie Treats, before they are set, are EXTREMELY STICKY! I decided it would be a great idea to use my hands to press the stuff down into the pan since it was sticking to the spoon too much. That right there should've been my first clue that the stuff would most likely stick to me, but no, I figured for some reason, my hands would be repellant enough to avoid getting covered in stickiness. I was wrong. As soon as I touched the stuff, it was all over. And, the more I tried to get it off, the more it coated my fingers and hands. So, I started to laugh out loud and decided there was no way I was passing up this photo opportunity, so I ever-so-dexterously used my thumb knuckle to manipulate the mouse pad, turned on Photo Booth, and took me some Rice Krispie Treat Catastrophe photos!

So anyway...

I've had some good days, tonight's a good night, and tomorrow is looking very promising. In the morning, I'm going to an estate sale with Momma, then the St. Albans flea market with My Man and a friend, and then My Man is taking me to buy me a bread machine! And can I just add...!!!!!! What a man I have! What a provider! What a generous guy!

And that concludes this evening's entry.