I drove along the backroads today (still don't have my truck licensed) and bopped into our local supermarket (Publix). It took a while to figure out Krogers back in Tennessee, but I'm learning more about this store with every visit. It's nice, but the food prices are totally insane.

Like an item that would be $2.50 at Krogers, is $5.00 here. The only good thing they have going on is the buy one, get one free on a lot of things.

I've had a craving for a homemade fish sandwich so I got my card from Shelby and hit the store for fixings. From a nice lady in the meat department I bought two crab meat patties for five bucks, along with two for free. The lady wisely said she would give me two fresh, and a couple still frozen.

Speaking of the ladies, I can't remember another store with so many hot women. Unfortunately, tits and ass are not store items.

I actually got some glances and a couple chats, probably from looking better than I have in a while. I was showered, clean shaven, beard trimmed, khaki shirt on, tanned and trim. They probably thought I was some rich guy, there's a bunch of them down here.

Little did they know that my debit card is under Shelby's control, I ask for it when I choose to use it, and give it back to her when I'm done. And I have no cash at all. I'm not what these women hope to find.

It's a new technique, I'm trying to stop buying vodka at the store or going to the bar. My second day sober is winding down, and I'm hanging on.