Grocery Day

Today held my biweekly trip to the grocery store. I just love picking out what to eat! I usually eat the same things every day for a few weeks, then switch to a new routine. These days it's been yakult and natto toast for breakfast, potato or veggie soup and bananas for lunch, and okonomi rice for dinner, with the occasional imitation crab and onion patties. Just to make sure it's not too healthy of a diet, I also try to throw in every imaginable form of chocolate I can find (bars, bread, truffles, ice cream, pudding, cakes, cookies, milo, etc.)

Rice, Eggs, Mayo, Okonomi Sauce, and Seaweed Flakes

Bread, Fermented Soybeans, Mayo, and Cheese

I know you're jealous

Usually I bike to the store, but today I decided to walk. It felt revolutionary, the idea that one's shopping could be close enough to home to reach it by foot. And that under 15 minutes! It's such a nice stroll, too, just following the footpath by the river, crossing through the park, and wa-la!

My backyard

It is such a sweet novelty to be able to walk to places I need to go. The grocery store, post office, bank, train station, and one of my schools are all within 15 minutes from my house on foot! It's hard to believe that could be the case after growing up in the outer suburbs of the Twin Cities, where people drive their cars to go everywhere - one's own mailbox included.