I discovered produce heaven today. Finding good produce has been more of a dilemma than I expected, because there really isn't a ton of farmer's markets around here. And I shop at Von's, which is crazy expensive if you don't shop like I do (armed with piles of coupons and my grocery game list). And there is no HEB-like store, with low prices on everything and tons of cheap yet delicious produce. But today, I found "King Market". I went because they had cans of beans on sale, and I am appalled at every store charging $1 for a freaking can of black beans. So I stocked up on beans, then walked down the aisles to see if anything else was worth buying. Not much else was, until I got to the produce section. Here, I found piles and piles of beautiful peppers, red and orange a green, all for .60cents or less per POUND. Not per pepper, per pound!! There were also mushrooms and cherry tomatoes, each for 99cents per package, mexican squash for 50cents/lb, limes 15 for 99cents, green beans for 99cent/lb, and SO MUCH MORE!! I loaded up and got out of the store having spent only 14 dollars and a few cents.
The dry goods at this store, however, were about the same price as at Von's (except for the canned beans), so I went to Von's to take advantage of a few of their sale items. We needed bacon bits, so I went to find a generic container, expecting to find something similar to the 89cent bottle we bought at HEB all the time. They did have generic bacon bits, but they were FOUR DOLLARS. Are you kidding me? For FAKE BACON?? I could make my own bacon bits for that price!! And they would be real!! And then there is the dairy section, where eggs and sour cream and cottage cheese cost 5 times more than in Texas. I also had a panic attack over the tortillas, and ended up with disgusting butter-flavored ones that have 7g of fat per tortilla and still cost me almost $4 (I think I am going to take these back. They are gross, and the date on the bag says Sept 23).
Anyway, there's an update on grocery life in Pasadena.
In other news, Tom found a job! It's on campus, his boss seems fantastic, and the hours are exactly what he wanted (15/week). He starts tomorrow, so wish him luck!
The dry goods at this store, however, were about the same price as at Von's (except for the canned beans), so I went to Von's to take advantage of a few of their sale items. We needed bacon bits, so I went to find a generic container, expecting to find something similar to the 89cent bottle we bought at HEB all the time. They did have generic bacon bits, but they were FOUR DOLLARS. Are you kidding me? For FAKE BACON?? I could make my own bacon bits for that price!! And they would be real!! And then there is the dairy section, where eggs and sour cream and cottage cheese cost 5 times more than in Texas. I also had a panic attack over the tortillas, and ended up with disgusting butter-flavored ones that have 7g of fat per tortilla and still cost me almost $4 (I think I am going to take these back. They are gross, and the date on the bag says Sept 23).
Anyway, there's an update on grocery life in Pasadena.
In other news, Tom found a job! It's on campus, his boss seems fantastic, and the hours are exactly what he wanted (15/week). He starts tomorrow, so wish him luck!
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