So last night I shared a car and drove around running errands. I am still not so used to driving, though it’s improving. I especially hate driving in the SOMA, with all the one-way streets and freeway-only lanes. I got stuck in one of those last night and had to merge three times to the right to escape a horrible on-ramp fate. Ugh.

I went to Bloodbath&Beyond and completed my pretty bath towel set (two peachy bath towels, shut up). I also got a nutcracker. To crack nuts. Then to Trader Joe’s, where they were completely out of heavy cream. I got a buncha frozen stir fry mixes, eggs, and so on.

I had to make a good driving plan from here. I knew I wanted to get kitty litter, twenty-eight pounds of it — which I only do when I have wheels. I had to get to the Safeway on Potrero. But I still wanted to find whipping cream and Greek yogurt. So I somehow, by a miracle, found my way to Rainbow Grocery and got parking in front. It was lucky; I don’t really know what street it’s on, and it was dark.

So, I got heavy cream there, still no one had any imported yogurt. Plenty of imported butter, though. I grabbed some basmati rice, granola, and an artichoke.

Then zooooomed to Safeway for the kitty litter, as well as paper napkins and ice cream bars. Mmm. I had to. By this point I was pretty tired and hungry. Drove back home and unloaded the car, and an hour later, returned it on time to the garage.

Today: went to the big Ferry Building Farmer’s Market, looking for yogurt and chicken breasts. No dice, but I did get some tart apples, small butternut squash, and a bunch of fresh rosemary. I love food!

My last food shopping trip before Thursday will hopefully be tonight. I’m making a nice Indian dinner for me and Brian: silken chicken, steamed basmati rice cooked in stock, cranberry relish, cucumber-apple salad. And I need to find a pie. Pretty non-traditional, but there’s no way I was preparing a whole turkey.

Last night I put a few drops of ultra-filtered olive oil (originally meant for the skin) into my hair to help with the dryness. It really did… I’ll see how it goes in the long term, but I know adding olive oil to the hair has a very long tradition.