Sabine is the last one to take her first turn at groceries. She is a delightful, very intelligent 12 year old, who has, unfortunately, been in a bit of a spacey phase for the past six months. While she did do some planning in the last week or so, and even looked at the coupons in the paper, when it came time to actually do her shopping today she had a few issues.
She forgot what the deals were. She forgot the coupons. She did have a list, but forgot to write down most of the items. She didn't think about lunch.
I will own a bit of mis-communication that prevented us from having bread for lunch -- Sabine wasn't clear on what she needed, but I didn't ask the right questions either. She seems to be taking the Tim track, where she has what is on the menu for today, and maybe tomorrow, but I think more trips to the store will be required to feed us on Wednesday.
Sabine is pretty tired this summer, and I know how much energy it takes to get the shopping done. I hope she can muddle through without too much strife, but I am hearing complaints already this afternoon. Her big advantage over her siblings is that two of them leave for camp on Thursday, so she only has to stretch the budget for four people at the end of the week. Bonus! The garden is also starting to produce, in the next few days we will have beans to serve for dinner.
A vegetable. A summertime miracle. And she bought me some things to make a salad. On second thought, maybe we will be fine!
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