Saturday the weather in Aruba was overcast and looked like it was going to rain for most of the day, but Sunday turned out to be great.
It wasn’t crystal clear blue skies all day, but it was nice enough for the bulk of the afternoon that we had a great time as a family at the beach.
Sun and fun.
After the beach, we came home and jumped in the pool to get all the sand off.
There’s usually a very strong wind here, about 25mph. But the past few days, we’ve had 45mph+ winds and sand blows into our hair, scalp, and every crack and crevice. We’re well-exfoliated, everywhere.
In other matters, I ventured into a small grocery store that was open Sunday evening because we needed some lettuce, but they were sold out.
They were also sold out of chocolate chips. The horrors.
And they were sold out of ground coffee, other than decaf Folgers at $15 dollars for a can. I took a pass on decaf Folgers (what would be the point of that?) so will be venturing out to a larger grocery store on Monday for lettuce, chocolate, and coffee since those are clearly priorities in life.
The guy ahead of me at the grocery store, however, was freaking out, and I do mean throwing a total freakout, because both that grocery store and apparently a couple others he had tried were sold out of Coors Light. There was a full supply of Bud Light, Miller Lite, Amstel Light, Heineken and zillion other beers, but no Coors Light, and apparently to him, that was worse than a grocery store being out of lettuce, chocolate chips, or coffee.
Speaking of chocolate, I could really go for some right now. Either a fudgy brownie with extra thick frosting and chocolate cookies stuffed into it
Oreo Cookie-Stuffed Brownies with Vanilla Buttercream Frosting
Or chocolate cookies with chocolate candy stuffed into them
Mounds Bar Chocolate Coconut Cake Mix Cookies
How was your weekend?
Has your grocery store been sold out of anything or multiple trips anywhere necessary to get your essentials?
I am the queen of soldout, disappearing, discontinued, and out of stock products, but before we left for this trip, I went to Target to pick up a couple swimsuits for Skylar and they were basically sold out of kids swimsuits in her size in late July. But had a full supply of fall clothes in, sweater, boots and all. Super practical, indeed.
My weekend was great! I spent most of it maxin’ and relaxin’ at home :-)
Those beach pictures are making me swoon!
thanks, Jen :)
Averie, I love this: “lettuce, chocolate, and coffee are clearly priorities in life”. Even though it was sold out (sorry), I really enjoyed this post with photos of Aruba. How cool is that to “travel” with you!
“Has your grocery store been sold out of anything or multiple trips anywhere necessary to get your essentials?” – this is a trick question to ask someone who lives in the food desert! Yes, I have to travel sometimes as far as 256 miles one way to Dallas for essentials. I can’t believe back in Seattle I lived one block from Trader Joe’s and one mile from Whole Foods… Oh well, I learned to deal with bulk essentials, although I can’t do bulk produce. I tried, but you get tiered of eating green beans and kale 10 days on the row… :)
you’ll be traveling again with me come December…same place, same story :) And I could not imagine living in your situation hundreds of miles from things…you are amazing for being able to plan and deal with it!
Good, I like to travel! :)
I am amazed with myself for being patient and not leaving back to Seattle for so long… We sacrifice a lot for people we are with… :)
Although I buy Papua New Guinea coffee by the case, it occasionally runs out when I do, too. That is a royal bummer.
Generally, I shop every single day. No joke. I think I would definitely save money if I could get my act together to plan menus, but honestly…who has time for that?? I need to MAKE time!
And, Coors Light? Really?! :-)
I know, Frat Row with the Coors Light :)
And me too – if I planned better, I’d save so much time and money not going into the groc store more than 2x a week, tops. But..ya know…
Wow – amazing pictures!! Beautiful sky/water/ blue/green!
Boy- is that water BEAUTIFUL!
Enjoy! And I hope that next time you go to the market they have what you need! We need Avery’s cooking and baking people!
I’d probably panic over the out of coffee situation–I hope you had enough to get by until the next shipment came in! Makes me appreciate the ease at which we can usually get what we want whenever we want it here in the states! My birthday was last week, so we waited until the weekend to celebrate it. A great dinner out, a good movie, and some fine dark chocolate! Simple but very nice!
well happy Bday (belated)!!! and yes, found coffee…whew :)
Nothing wrong with a little lettuce, coffee and chocolate! Just don’t mix them all together… Glad you guys are having a great time in Aruba again. I’ve always enjoyed your trips there.
Being out of chocolate is just plain wrong but how about being out of toilet paper. Not just one brand… the WHOLE shebang! Ridiculous. Oooh and I can almost see in the far off distance where I stayed many many moons ago.
Ive actually been to Costa Rica in the remote rainforest about 10 yrs ago and t.p. was at an all time shortage…the memories…
Ugh, so stinkin’ gorgeous! Totally jealous :)
Out of coffee!? Yikes! We live on an Air Force Base and the stores are constantly out of items, or they just stop carrying them with no warning. It always chaps my hide. :) Enjoy your vacation. It looks beautiful!!
I could look at your Aruba pics all day long, gorgeous!
oh no – coffee and chocolate are vital!! ;) At least theres the beach there to make it a little less painful :)
it’s usually more of “i forgot to get that item” thing for me than it being sold out. I guess I have the memory of a goldfish..
I almost always hit up more than one grocery store when I shop; most don’t have everything I am looking for in one place. No Whole Foods or TJ’s in sight, so I piece things together. I call it hunting and gathering. ha
and you hunt and gather wonderfully from Amazon, too :)
averie, enjoy every minute of your aruba time. thanks so much for posting the pic of the beach…ahhh!!!!! your photos bring back such happy memories for me!
so funny that people can freak out over missing grocery items when they are in paradise, eh?!
have a wonderful day!
long time no see! Thanks for saying hi! :)
I am always at different grocery stores trying to find different things. I had a pasteurized egg crisis yesterday, as I was all out and so were all of the stores, but I finally found a new brand at Whole Foods that I’m trying today in your cherry blondies. My big weekend plan was helping my mom pick out a new car. Aruba looks so amazing!
please keep me posted on the blondies!