Crockpot!

While I was at Bi-Mart today, picking up refills on some prescriptions, I made good on my Pre-Christmas threat to buy myself a crock-pot. To be honest, I've wanted one for ages, since I'm scared to death of pressure-cookers. A Crock-pot opens up a world of "stews" to me.. and chili's and soups and roasts. Which means I can make more dishes with vegetables, without dirtying several pots and pans, or using the whole stove. (neither of which is ever really possible in our kitchen.. long story there). But at just $19.99 it was hard to resist.

Of course, while I was out, I picked up some groceries (why waste a second trip's worth of bus fare?) and I picked up the same usual items. The makings for a few meals, some sandwich stuff, and the basics, including some lactose free milk. I'd never had lactose-free milk before, but my friend Cheesius was drinking it at Christmas, and cooking with it.. so I figured if he could stand it, I'd at least try it since dairy is something I could use to lose from my diet. Turns out it's not really very different tasting from the 1% milk I was drinking before. So I guess I'm drinking that now.

I didn't buy anything to actually cook in the crock-pot yet, because I've never used one before and I didn't know what to buy to cook in it.. but when I got home, I did find a whole section of crock-pot recipes on allrecipes.com. So next time I'm ready to go get some groceries, I can plan to buy ingredients for a couple of those recipes.

It's nesting, I suppose.. but it certainly wasn't a multi-store quest to find a perfect tea cup. Maybe it was my hormonal nesting instinct that nudged me over the edge and convinced me to finally get it.. but I have been looking at these things for the last 10 months wishing I had one.

YAY CROCKPOT!