Not even considering the weather before I left, something told me to change my dark green knitted short sleeve shirt. When we arrived it was still early, parking was easy, but it was hot, really hot. Okay, so it only said 89. But 89 there is totally different than 89 in my city. No big deal, but then it was way before noon.
We went straight to the bulk bins feeling super organized. As fun as it is to look at all that candy, we bypassed it. Unfortunately they didn't have the turbinado or raw sugar. We got a little over a pound of cocoa, used for chocolate milk, ice cream, baking and syrup, about five pounds of brown sugar, 5 pounds of the dark chocolate chips, carob chips, pepper, minced onions, which I'll use to make onion soup mix to put on casseroles and make dip out of, organic buckwheat flour for baking and pancakes, whole wheat elbow macaroni, oregano, sunflower seeds, peanuts, red beans to cook and freeze, baking soda for cleaning, making products, natural roast beef, vinegar, cheese and organic hot dogs. Not as much as we usually get, but since I finally seem to have my pantry stocked better it makes for less to purchase on my trips.
This might seem like an odd array of food items, but also know that I'm just adding to my pantry to keep it full with the right ingredients. Winco has a nice selection of pasta, all shapes, sizes and whole wheat or plain. I actually had filled a bag with the elbows last trip, but to this day I don't know what I did with it. I laugh thinking that someone else went home with my whole wheat elbows.
Ever shopped with a two year old? Yeah, you know what I'm talking about. Wanting to "help". Then they are hungry and want to check out every bin. Heck, even I was getting hungry. Which is why we got some California Rolls to go eat at the duck park. That's the uncool part of this trip. By the time we came out of winco, it was well over 90. After we ate our lunch even a walk around the pond seemed horrible. What really annoyed me was the guy pulling up and asking where the public pool was. Did I look like I lived there? For heavens sakes I was wearing a green knit shirt in almost 100 degree heat.
By the time we left, I was feeling like the baby, hot and irritable. We had to pull off at the 76 and I-15 to cool him off. We stripped him, poured water over him, got him some apple juice and then let him scream for a minute while I jealously looked on wearing my green knitted shirt. I really wanted to join him but I think only little ones can get away with doing that in a parking lot He even got to sit on his own toilet right there next to the car. I looked around and all I saw was an outhouse with the heat waves of stink wavering around it. Lesson learned, check the weather and dress accordingly. Bring a lunch or buy something in winco, like the natural roast beef.
If you ever are needing bulk foods that are reasonably priced, check out winco. They have more bulk food than any store I know of. They are starting to bring in more organic foods, such as rolled oats in the 25 pound bag. There are many kinds of flour, sugar, granola, pasta, cereals, (hot and cold), rice, beans, dried fruits, snack items, nuts, and of course, try not to look at the candy.
Yeah, we have heat waves in our city, but with the ocean so close, it's a hop and a skip to cooling off.
