Just before Christmas, I ran to my neighborhood grocery store for a few last minute items. This was not the store I typically frequent, or even one of the crunchy-granola health food stores where I pick up specialty items and splurges; not even Trader Joe’s, where I get those TJ’s-specific things my household can’t live with out. Nope, this was Safeway, where I only go for (a) the pretzels my kids like that I can’t find anywhere else, and (b) last minute…
