With the truck running again, we were able to go out dumpstering this week. Here’s a rundown of what I took home:

• 24 oz whole milk basket ricotta
• red wax Gouda
• pastrami style smoked salmon
• 6 plain bagels
• chicken breast
• 2 lbs ground turkey
• mahi mahi filets
• tandoori naan
• cinnamon sugar butter
• blue cheese mustard
• 6 yellow potatoes
• grinder of Himalayan pink salt
• almond milk
• almond egg nog
• 2 lemons
• 1 grapefruit
• 1 cucumber
• 1 cipollini onion
• 2 small bags of ginger root
• broccoli slaw
• Southwestern bagged salad mix
• can of chickpeas
• beet fusili
• 1 lb basmati rice
• about 3/4 a bag of roasted almonds
• 1 lb sunflower seeds
• 1 lb sour cherry and pineapple trail mix
• sesame sticks
• Italian wedding soup
• small red potato salad
• 3 bananas
• 3 apple juice boxes
• a decorative holiday flower arrangement
• a tiny potted Christmas tree covered in glitter

Two weeks ago we found a small vase that a child had painted and dedicated to someone named Ms. Rubin, and set it aside next to the trash. This week I noticed the vase sitting in a planter in front of the store. Someone else must have also thought it was cute.