Farmers' market and other stuff
I was going to be conservative this market, given that I keep not finishing all my peaches. But then, there were some tasty white peaches that tempted me, and pluots! I didn't get the dappled ones that I did last time, but I got these gloriously fat purple ones, deep red on the inside. I can't wait till even more of them come out. And oh, if I hadn't told myself to not get too many stone fruits, I would have gotten so many! There are just loads and loads of peaches and nectarines piled up, large and fuzzy and wafting their lovely peach scent.
"Hello, lovely, try a sample?" asked someone, and I couldn't resist the combination of flattery (usually not very effective with me), free food (always a winner) and peach.
Of course, I went to my pea vendor first thing, and finally (!) asked him his name. Eep! I've been buying peas from the guy for a year now. I'm not very good at the socializing thing; it's taken an entire year of market-going to feel comfortable enough to actually talk to the vendors and randomly chat with the other market-goers.
I also got a ton of blueberries, and apprently they'll be gone in a week or two, sigh.
Alas, no romanos this time, since I still have some left over from last week.
I was also going to pass up the heirlooms as well -- I know, heresy! -- but I haven't been eating all the ones from the past weeks for some reason. Then, of course, I came across a vendor with a plateful of samples, and I ended up leaving with some small, cute green-striped heirlooms, and some green-red heirlooms that I'll munch on as a snack.
And finally, corn galore! Oh, and the discovery of flour-free cookies, which I bought for a colleague who's allergic to gluten. amphibiouswords, would you like some too?
Then, I went shopping and fortuitously bumped into a friend, who gave me his 30% coupon for the Gap! Muhahaha! So there was a nice discount on some already discounted stuff (I got a pair of work pants, machine-washable, for abour ten dollars), and I found a good pair of work shoes at Ann Taylor at an extreme discount as well. Counting today as a shopping success.
"Hello, lovely, try a sample?" asked someone, and I couldn't resist the combination of flattery (usually not very effective with me), free food (always a winner) and peach.
Of course, I went to my pea vendor first thing, and finally (!) asked him his name. Eep! I've been buying peas from the guy for a year now. I'm not very good at the socializing thing; it's taken an entire year of market-going to feel comfortable enough to actually talk to the vendors and randomly chat with the other market-goers.
I also got a ton of blueberries, and apprently they'll be gone in a week or two, sigh.
Alas, no romanos this time, since I still have some left over from last week.
I was also going to pass up the heirlooms as well -- I know, heresy! -- but I haven't been eating all the ones from the past weeks for some reason. Then, of course, I came across a vendor with a plateful of samples, and I ended up leaving with some small, cute green-striped heirlooms, and some green-red heirlooms that I'll munch on as a snack.
And finally, corn galore! Oh, and the discovery of flour-free cookies, which I bought for a colleague who's allergic to gluten. amphibiouswords, would you like some too?
Then, I went shopping and fortuitously bumped into a friend, who gave me his 30% coupon for the Gap! Muhahaha! So there was a nice discount on some already discounted stuff (I got a pair of work pants, machine-washable, for abour ten dollars), and I found a good pair of work shoes at Ann Taylor at an extreme discount as well. Counting today as a shopping success.