Prescriptions / Mail pick-up / Beer and Comfort Food Panic Buying

I needed to go pick up my medications as I waited until the last minute last month just before they were going to return them to their stock.  H-E-B has a drive-up pharmacy window and even though it is always busy decided that it was the best route in these trying times.

Drove around the front of the store and while there were a lot of cars in the parking lot the line was not that long. The city recently revised the number of people that can be inside the store from 50 to 75 at a time...the same holds true for Walmart.

I had NO intention of going inside the store so headed to the post office to pick up the mail. Unlike the last time, I was here my P.O. Box was full so I was glad I came.

It was already close to 4:00 p.m. and I really did not need anything as I am good as far as food goes for a while.  Drove by "little HEB" just out of curiosity and saw that the line was not that long so thought...Beer and Comfort Food Panic Buying!

 It took 6 minutes to get inside the store and it went by fast as I was taking pictures.

As soon as I entered the store I saw a bargain I could not pass up a package of carrots for .12 cents. So, of course, I had to buy a five-pound bag of potatoes to go with it.

This time they had an ample supply of eggs but since I do not know how to cook...I boiled the ones I had and used them on my salads.

A carton consisting of less than 30 eggs
Limit 2 per transaction

Cartons consisting of 30 or more eggs
Limit 1 per transaction

They had toilet paper and paper towels considering it was late in the day

They smartly had plenty of toilet paper but in another aisle that apparently went unnoticed by the public. I have plenty so I passed.

The last time I was here they did not have a limit on canned meats but today they did. I bought some ravioli, chili, diced tomatoes and a can of tuna.

They had plenty of water but I did not need any.

Then headed to the beer aisle and bought the last 30-pack of Natural Light in the cooler along with a 15-pack. It is cheaper to buy a 30-pack as it only costs $16.98 versus two 15-packs ($9.48 x 2) for $18.96.  Added a 16 oz six-pack and a box of Franzia Cabernet Sauvignon as an extra measure in case the government pulls a fast one on us as the Mexican government did on its citizens by declaring beer brewing as a "non-essential" business and shut them down triggering beer panic buying in Mexico...I did a post on this recently.

I also bought cookies, pre-packaged salads, chips, yogurt, bananas, strawberries, raisins, and cat food for my boys and Katie.

The going price for regular unleaded gasoline at HEB was $1.759 per gallon.

We had a low of 65 a high of 91 with a heat index of 96 degrees.

Good night.  May you all have Terlingua Dreams.



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