Whole Foods... Fail.

Well, I survived the weekend. I was a bit mopey but I stayed pretty preoccupied. Every now and then I would have a thought that would make me really miss my cousin but I know that things are really good for her right now. She's finally getting to LIVE with her husband, who spent the first year of their marriage in Afghanistan, and she's going to get to go to school - which is such a great thing for her. We spent Saturday afternoon out on the lake with some friends of ours and enjoyed some fun in the sun. My friend Kris was kind enough to bring me a sampling of a new gluten free beer... I think it's called Greene? Because the only one I can find in Round Rock is called Red Bridge. (which actually isn't bad at all!) Being out on the water and hanging out with these folks was a really good distraction. We got home and took a quick power nap, had some Jason's Deli for dinner (they offer a GF menu) and watched So You Think You Can Dance. Then I proceeded to have insomnia all night. LOVELY. Ben let me sleep in a little, though, so that helped.

We decided today to conquer WHOLE FOODS. I tend to shop at Sprouts. I really like it. It's small. It's reasonably priced. It's not so predictable that there is a music video about it. But Ben has been talking about going to Whole Foods and I humored him and said, SURE! Let's go. So the three of us piled in the truck and headed down to Capitol of Texas to Whole Foods.

$100 later and still needing groceries at HEB... we left Whole Foods. Do you know what was REALLY surprising to me? Whole Foods did not have Gluten Free worchestershire sauce. Lee & Perrins is GF and you can find it at any Grocery store. So I had to go to HEB to get it. It's little things like that that really annoy me. And I think that Ben learned that Whole Foods charges a premium just so you can say, "I got this at Whole Foods." Jeez. I'm just a Sprouts girl. There's nothing wrong with that.

I got something really thoughtful in the mail today. Beth Anne's mother in law (greg's stepmom) is celiac and is very active in the celiac community. She goes to conferences, meetings, etc. She and her daughter, Ellie, (who is also celiac) just got back from a national conference in Orlando. Upon her return she sent me some literature, some magazines, and a thoughtful letter and invited Ben and I to have dinner with her family. She specifically asked for my favorite dessert so that she can challenge herself to make it gluten free. I thought that was pretty sweet. :)

I'm making the fam gluten free meatloaf tonight; taking one of my old favorite recipes and using GF bread crumbs rather than the standard ones. Wish me luck that it doesn't fall apart...