Today was a lousy day.  I slept poorly.  My mom slipped on the ice a few houses away and really got banged up.  The Daughter was in rare teenage form — can they get any more annoying?  I got up early for an appointment but her heat wasn’t working and there was no hot water so I had to go back again this afternoon.  Just another day in paradise the ‘burbs.

As bad as it was, it was a lot better than my neighbor’s day.  Her 53-yo husband died of a massive heart attack three days ago.  There but for the grace of God….

Alternative Care & Supplements — $136.65

I had a Lavage treatment (colonic) — $70.  It’s been a few months since the last one.  It’s the one thing that has helped my debilitating IBS symptoms but I went just a little too long between treatments.  I also bought 2 month’s worth of a product called ColonMax (contains magnesium and other things) and a bottle of probiotic capsules — $66.65 total.

Whole Foods — $46.16

I still hate Whole Foods but I do like their chicken better than that available at Wild Oats.  And with what I’d been through today, the thought of going to more than one grocery store was unbearable.  So I bit the bullet and paid Whole Foods’ jacked-up prices for the items I needed for dinner or within the next 24 hours.

• 2 full boneless, skinless chicken breasts — $16.66
• 3 whole chicken legs — $4.96
• 1/2 gallon Horizon chocolate milk — $3.99
• 1# Horizon salted butter — $5.49
• 2 bottles Odwalls Superfood — $2.50/ea (for my mom)
• organic red cabbage — $2.76
• red bell pepper — $1.72
• organic radish bunch — $1.99
• avocado — $1.99
• bag credits — ($0.20)