So, if you didn't know, I adore bell peppers. Specifically red ones. But for as long as I can remember (aka at least the last six months, though it feels longer) they've been outrageously priced--as in $4.99 a pound or more. For me, that sets them squarely off the shopping list.
BUT. Tonight on my way home I saw a miracle. The produce stand outside the grocery store had an avalanche of beautiful red bells, at an astonishing $1.69 a pound. I didn't need groceries, my tote bag was heavy as hell, and I was in dire need of a post-Bikram shower. But you better believe I stopped right then and there and loaded up on my favorite veggies.
Since I'm hoping the good fortune lasts and I never know where I'm eating next, I didn't want to go overboard, but still, I got three sizable, beautiful, deep red bell peppers for less than two dollars. WOW.
And then as soon as I got home and cleaned them, I ripped out the core of one and ate it like an apple. Since I'm usually splurging to buy a single pepper and thus carefully slice it for multiple uses, scarfing it down with abandon was a delicious new luxury for me. And I loved it. Proof positive that it really is the little things in life that matter.
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