I’m pretty sure Giant Food is spying on me.

Today I went to load up on a bunch of food for the coming weeks. I usually eat pretty much the same stuff, mainly hot dogs and pasta. So today I had both of those at the top of the list to replenish the bare cabinets that occupy my territory in the kitchen.

I grab my $1 hot dogs. Check. Next is an immediate left turn into the pasta isle, where I spot my brand of pasta on sale for 50 cents a box. That’s pretty sweet in my book.

After picking up a few other choice items, including the beyond-fantastic Propel water, I headed to the bread isle for some hot dog buns. Now on the list I had written “2” next to this item. You see, the hot dogs I get come in packs of 10, thus requiring me to grab more buns than dogs to eventually even things out. Much to my surprise, the Giant brand hot dog buns in packs of 8 were nowhere to be seen. Instead, a new item, the Giant brand 12-pack appeared in their place. My life is now complete. One package now satisfies my need for “get more than 8” hot dog buns.

Giant must be paying special attention to my purchases and food needs. There is no other explanation for the windfall that befell me today.

In other news, I managed to get through the last two weeks without running afoul of the U.S. Capitol Police. So I’ve got that going for me. I’m also officially addicted to those little peppermint, um, mints like you snag leaving a restaurant. My mom gave me a bag last time I was home, and they are now dangerously within arms-reach on my desk. I hope you can’t OD on them.

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