Tonight brought the most stuff I’ve managed to get home by myself without my friend and his truck. Of course I prefer going with him but it does feel good to know I can handle finding and carrying all this stuff on my own. Normally it seems like the dumpsters are empty when I show up alone but there were plenty of surprises left for me: I filled two tote bags and left knowing I couldn’t possibly carry any more. Here’s what I got:

• Half gallon of whole milk, unopened
• Quart of buttermilk
• 11 small lemons
• 6 mandarin oranges
• 2 Meyer lemons
• a green bell pepper
• 2 bulbs of fennel
• some loose grape tomatoes in a Ziploc bag
• corn and quinoa salad
• half a box of oyster crackers
• a frozen ginger cake
• a big log of chevre
• a jar of Amarena cherries
• half a jar of tahini
• roasted garlic hummus
• crunchy unsalted peanut butter
• chia seeds
• crunchy mochi snacks
• some cheese sticks
• frozen mac and cheese
• sliced roast beef
• frozen large pigs in a blanket
• frozen turkey burgers
• frozen turkey and stuffing en croute (looks like it’s already been baked, partially eaten, then put back in the box)
• tea tree oil shampoo
• bouquet with sunflowers and Gerber daisies

I’m pretty happy to have some milk (I’ll probably need to freeze some of it) and tahini again, as well as a number of nice snacks!