Shopping!

I did my holiday shopping and my grocery shopping at the same time today, stocking up on goodies and gifts at the farmer's market, the co-op, the yarn store, the supermarket (ugh), Trader Joe's, and Limbo. I still have some knitting and baking to do this week but it looks like a merry Christmas (and happy Chanukah) is in the works!

The farmer's market was amusing this morning. I got up early and bundled up - I even wore my white knit hat. Cold rain was drizzling on everything, but this being Portland, everyone was still out, pink-cheeked and happy to be alive. I sampled the goodies, shopped my heart out, and had a crumbly artichoke-cotija tamale with hot salsa for breakfast. The rain here is so clean and steady, it doesn't get us down. It was still packed at the farmer's market and there was something so beautiful about the rain dripping on all those muddy vegetables.

It's supposed to snow tonight and all day tomorrow, and possibly Monday too. Temperatures on Monday night are dropping down to 15 Fahrenheit. Effing COLD. Even the high on Monday is supposed to be 24. Tomorrow we're looking at a high of 30 and around five inches of snow accumulation. I would be thrilled, except I have to work a day shift tomorrow, which means I get to go out and drive in all that snow, and then drive home again in the dark on frozen streets. That's fucking scary. Maybe I should take the bus.

So I'm making 13-bean soup in the crockpot tomorrow; that way at least I'll have hot soup to come home to. Monday I'll be a baking fool and Tuesday (hopefully) I'll send gifts out. Tonight I'm going to eat the rest of last night's chili and watch a movie or two while I knit. Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow...