NOW WHERE'S MY COAT

You see, I have to go to the grocery store today. We have several that we take in during a week.

Frys (Kroeger) for our main stuff. WalMart for toiletries (I hate that image) and Diet Coke 8 oz. in plastic bottles and 150 calorie packs of Lays. Also 100 calorie packs of other junk foods. And, not to forget Lean Cuisine. Sprouts (a Farmer's Market store like Whole Foods or Organic 'R Us [ok, I made that one up]) for produce. Trader Joe's, a specialty store for bruschetta, orchids, green beans and carrots, tea and other stuff that we can't get other places or just prefer them from TJ's. Once we mistakenly stopped there for Diet Cokes and bacon. They had neither, only generic sodas--is there anything worse? CQ announced to no one in particular, "This store's too healthy for me." It had been a long day.

So that's our run. So what's the point, other than to illustrate how we maybe have too much time on our hands? It's how cold they keep the stores. I think Sprouts wins, but not by much.

And I don't understand. I mean, I can see why restaurants may be kept cooler for cooks and servers. But why is it so cold at the store? Is it to preserve food? Not in Arizona. But I shiver when we go down the frozen food aisles, and when we open the coolers.

Maybe someone should start a rent-a-coat business, just as one enters the stores. Return upon leaving. Hey, I'd pay for the service. I hate wearing my Winter coat in the car on the way to store. Especially when my outside thermostat reads 108.

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Answer to the quiz about the guy pictured from a 1966 movie. None other than Young and the Restless' main man, Mr. Victor Newman, or Eric Braeden.

So that's our run.