Jan 18 2008
Day 139: Great Underwear Search of ‘08 (update 2)
After dropping The Son off for his Friday classes, I made the trek northward for my appointment with the auto body shop. I had, literally, a fender bender in December after a very icy snow storm. Apparently the entire metro area was involved in one accident or another because today was the first day they could fit me in — for an estimate! The bumper needs to be replaced but there was no damage done to the actual body of the car. Our deductible is $500. The total repair bill will be $624.63. Ugh. Even worse, it’s a two-day repair. How in the world we’re going to get by with one car for two days is anyone’s guess. I need to call on Monday to see if we have rental car coverage.
On the way home from the repair shop, I stopped at Wild Oats. They have officially stopped carrying their house-brand white flour tortillas. This means that the one and only prepackaged bread product that I can eat is no longer available. Words do not exist to express how devastated I am. I consoled myself with a tray of sushi — $6.40.
I’ve decided to boycott Wild Oats and Whole Foods and their whole stupid, insensitive corporate conglomerate. Can anyone tell me why not a single tortilla maker uses canola oil to make their tortillas? Do you know what Whole Foods puts in their tortillas? Soy! I know that I’m not alone in being allergic to soy. It’s a fairly common allergen. Who’s allergic to canola oil? No one, that’s who. Or at least not me. There are two whole sources of oil that I can eat. Two. I can eat canola oil and olive oil. That’s it. That’s all. Canola oil. And Olive Oil. Not sesame oil. Not sunflower oil. Not cottonseed oil. Not palm oil. Not “vegetable” oil. Not shortening. Canola Oil. And Olive Oil. And not one single tortilla maker uses either of those oils.
Enough of that. On to the latest update in the Great Underwear Search of ‘08.
The Son and I stopped at a different T.J. Maxx this afternoon on the way home from class. He picked out two more brands and styles of briefs to try. We picked up two packages of men’s size small Tommy Hilfiger “Hip Briefs” — $5.00/ea. (one package to wash and try, the second package as a back-up in case they work; to be returned if they don’t). We also picked up a package of Calvin Klein briefs in a boy’s size XL (16-18) — $5.99. I’m reluctant to open them and wash them because they’re the same size as what he’s wearing right now. And the whole reason we’ve embarked on the Great Underwear Search of ‘08 is because his current underwear is too small. Tune in for the next installment of “Is the Underwear Right?!”
My final expense of the day was $4.00 in cash for admission to watch The Daughter’s game tonight.
A full yet thoroughly unproductive day. Just another day in my suburban paradise….








