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After boot camp on Saturday I had a great shopping day! I had set out to find a long shot back issue of a magazine but instead found two prized items before 11AM.

The recent issue of Cooks Illustrated has an article on no-knead bread. I have tried to make this bread twice before and failed miserably. The first batch was far to wobbly and was like working with snot, the second was baked but did not taste good at all. I also did not have the right sort of pot to cook the bread in and was afraid that I might have to spend the big bucks to get an enamel cast iron piece from Le Creuset. Thankfully, this article mentions two more realistically priced dutch ovens (Tramontina & Lodge) which can both be purchased from Walmart of all places! As soon as I discovered this I went to Walmart’s website to order the Tramontina but it was not available so I ordered the Lodge. Also, both were out of stock in any nearby store according to their website. So about a month ago I placed this order and to save on shipping I had the pot shipped to the store… I am still waiting for it to arrive. Just for fun late last week I checked on the status of my order and also to see if any of the Tramontina dutch oven was in stock at my Walmart and found that there was a “Limited stock”. Once I got to Walmart I found two Tramontina pots and several Lodge pots. I bought a dark green Tramontina for under $40 and will return the Lodge once it comes in. Now to try this recipe!

Since I was on a roll, I decided to continue shopping. I went to Sam’s club to get gas ($3.04 oof!)  and look at their magazines. I got a stack of home design magazines and found a comfy spot to sit. I ended up buying a few magazines and driving to Books A Million to see if they had any others I wanted.

I was getting pretty hungry so I decided to stop across the street at Super Target to buy some fake bacon so I could make myself a BLT at home. I got my bacon and decided to look for the steam mop I have been wanting. I could not believe my eyes when I saw two mops just sitting there waiting for me to take one home. I quickly took my bounty to the register and headed out.

The only bad thing about being so fruitful in my shopping luck was that I had to carry all of my items up three flights of stairs.

Permits have been acquired for our new home and building is supposed to start this week.  On the weekends I will take my leveler and camera out to the site to document the process.