Today was a good day of shopping and prepping. Miles and Elianna met us at the house around 9:30. From there the five of us drove into town for another Aldi trip. The Thanksgiving meal is the last thing I plan since it’s its own separate thing and is basically the same every year. We spent around $286 at Aldi which put our food total at just under $800. From there we went to Country Market for the rest of the odds and ends.

So by the time that was over we had hit around $850. We picked up a bag of meatballs and tomato sauce for lunch and came home and made rice to go with it. Miles had suggested the meatballs. I still have bags of Covid rice downstairs and in our back office. We’re using some of the rice for Thanksgiving time as well as some of the 50lbs of oats I packed up and saved, I don’t even remember how many pounds it was down there.

It’s all still good though. Dad has some visits to do in the afternoon while the kids and I worked in the kitchen. Everyone was very helpful. Elianna is a natural in the kitchen and knows exactly what to do. I have many memories of us working together for holidays. She and Miles left to go spend supper with his family and for supper here we had some of the food I’d made for later. Every year I feel like we get a better handle on things.