and let me begin by saying... being asked to drive more than 3 miles around here (and in SEASON, for the love of God?) is almost guaranteed to be greeted with a perfect rendition of a groan from Lurch, of Addams Family fame. But I managed to abstain, flex the stiff upper lip, cheerio, pip, pip etal.

After all, what's a half day wasted out of my precious, dwindling, years?...and there it goes...the upper lip tensed again just typing that.

So, off we went. No sooner had the errand been completed, the day appeared salvaged, when...just like clockwork, the "While we're here..." pronouncements began. Immediately, I had to not only suppress the Lurch groans, but the exceedingly more difficult Chief Inspector Dreyfus eye twitch. I steeled myself, silently staring at the road ahead, and wisely avoided eye contact at all costs.

Fast forward...I won't go into all the crap we did, because obviously, if I didn't want to do it, you don't want to hear about it. But I will close the story with my request to stop by Publix (where it is a pleasure to shop - and sometimes veritable Godsend ) along with the last of the "way back when" nostalgia trifecta, with my little Gabby Hayes gif.