Anyway. Next we went to the health food shop to get some xylitol (natural sugar substitute) because I'd run out and wanted to make ice cream tonight. Then we went off to Coles to get the cat food (which I actually forgot to get until I'd put everything else in the basket under the pusher). Also got a 3 litre jug of milk and 2 jugs of cream (ice cream, see - and the aforementioned cheese). Got a bunch of bananas, gave one to Caleb as we left the store. He broke off the top bit, ate it, and dropped the rest on the ground. I rescued it and put it in one of my bags.
Before I continue with this story, it's important to know a few things:
So then I went back into the shopping centre to Woolworths, because I hadn't found the low carb chocolate I'd been hoping to find anywhere else. Luckily Woolies had it on sale.
Then I wandered past this continental deli on my way out to the carpark, and I noticed they had a lot of cheeses in the cooler. So I decided to drop in and have a look, see if they had any Neufchatel, and how much it costs. So I went around the side (it was one of those big 360-degree cooler/work area/till areas) to get a closer look at the rest of the cheeses, and there was something past the cooler that made my jaw drop. That's right. One big shelf devoted entirely to cans of Dr Pepper. And not only that, but a six-pack of Welch's Strawberry Soda, which was another vice of mine till four and a half years ago, when I moved here. I have NEVER seen this stuff ANYWHERE in Australia. Not even on the USA Foods website, which imports a little bit of everything. They always just had the grape. So here's me in the shop, alternately drooling over the strawberry soda, and saying to myself "if only I hadn't gone low carb five days ago!"
So of course you know what I did. I bought a can. And I'm saving it for a special treat sometime when I have other carby stuff, so that I can have one big carb hangover instead of two little ones.
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