Pastry-esque Hair and Grocery Leurve
It’s so fruitin’ tootin’ hot in the city today that I’m seriously missing the San Francisco un-summer. I say un-summer because you think, “Oh! California, summer, hot and sunny!” Nope. Not true. There’s a saying, “The coldest winter I ever felt was a San Francisco summer.” Now, coming from a native New Englander, I beg to differ…but it still got down to the 40s a few times last summer.
As a result of the nutso humidity, my hair has pretty much been looking like this 90% of the time. (Old picture, but I can assure you that’s pretty much how it always looks). Methinks it’s time for a cut.
No need to say anything, I know it’s super attractive…not.
I can’t wait for today to zoom by so I can hit up Trader Joe’s! Since moving, my only gripe with Jersey City has been that there isn’t a TJ’s within walking distance. Living in Boston and San Francisco and having one down the street in both cities turned me into a TJ’s brat. I’ve been making bi-weekly pilgrimages to the NYC Union Square one, and all I can say about that location is YIKES. Lines up the wazoo and people throwing elbows for produce. Not fun!
Come to find out, there is one located 1 mile from my office in Brooklyn! JACKPOT! I already have my go-to Trader Joe’s shopping list. Is it lame that I’m this excited about grocery shopping? Maybe. Probably. Definitely. But oh well 
Question: What’s your favorite Trader Joe’s item? I’m always looking for yummy new recommendations so I can branch out from the usual suspects.
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BETTER N BUTTER! GET IT- love it
Their dark chocolate bars are yummy! They have several to choose from. I like the one with raisins and pecans.
Also get pot-stickers in frozen section……great for a quickie dinner with a side salad. I have many more FAVS but I’ll refrain!
Roasted seaweed snack. Or chocolate-covered pretzels. I can’t decide.
omggg their choc covered pretzels are to die for. LOVE EM!
Some food blog did an awesome post on the best buys at Trader Joe’s… scoured my reader and found it! Hope this helps
http://cheaphealthygood.blogspot.com/2011/04/ask-internet-best-deals-at-trader-joes.html
My answer:
I always debate whether the produce is a good deal, because I hate that it’s priced per piece instead of per pound – makes it hard to compare. However, today I actually did the math on the bananas (19 cents each), and found that with the ones I picked, they were 50 cents a pound. Much better than 99 cents at my grocery store!
Almond/soy/etc milk – though I’ve seen similar prices at Whole Foods when it’s on sale
Salsa – it’s around $2-3 a jar, but the quality is gourmet. Compare to $4 for some nasty Old El Paso brand at a regular grocery.
Frozen veggies, especially the massive bags of green beans and the asparagus spears
Sushi platters – though the quality isn’t awesome
Nuts are an awesome deal, as others have noted
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