random thoughts – Day 1,690 – (Saturday) – spices and spending

Spices!

Oh, Saturday, how I love thee. Always so full of hope and promise and impulsive actions.

There was an ambitious start to the day. Friday night, thanks to a work friend’s Facebook post, I learned there was a spice drive taking place today from 10 until noon at a local food pantry. There was even a list provided of the most requested spices, which made it easy. 

My morning was free of commitments and I headed to Market Basket and rounded up several containers of salt, cinnamon, crushed red pepper flakes, and chili powder, then dropped them off at the drive. Did I think to buy any of these to restock my own pantry? No, I did not. Duh.

Next on the list was the gas station to fill the tank (only $2.85/gallon!) and the tires (low pressure again, Whiskey-Tango-Foxtrot. Cripes). While heading back home, I remembered I had wanted to go to the neighborhood local appliance store (yes, there is still one of those!). My refrigerator, which came with the house, while reliable and functioning properly on the inside, keeps getting rust spots on the outside. They used to scrub off with a ton of effort, but now they are permanent and getting worse. Gross. For months, I looked for appliance vinyl to just cover it up, but everything found is sized for the narrower side-by-side doors. The people with basic models that could really benefit from the stuff are left out. The food chill box has become embarrassing and needs to go.

There was an email last week from the local appliance store about a sale this month and I had already measured the offending unit and looked at the options online. A very suitable option was found that is just like the one I have sans rust spots. It has glass shelves and a deli drawer and two produce drawers and is on sale for a couple hundred dollars off. I could have ordered it online, but wanted to see it in person.

Just my luck, there were none of the old school basic model 28-inch refrigerators on the showroom floor, just the super-super expensive models that are the Mercedes Benz or BMW equivalent models of home appliances. The sales guy and I were at a desk looking at the same website I had viewed at home, and thank goodness I had already done that because I could recognize from the photos which had wire shelves and which had the glass shelves I wanted. Anyway, the thing is ordered and a delivery date scheduled. Then I looked at washer dryer sets, just because.

After the almost-impulse refrigerator purchase, the day's momentum skidded to a stop. Enough money had been spent already for the day/week/month and it was fiscally more responsible to quietly stay home and watch Preacher on Netflix for the rest of the afternoon. So that is what I did.