The New Co-op

Today for lunch, I decided to walk across the street from my work to the new Co-op that just opened last Thursday.

I have to say it was rather exciting, because two of my goals this quarter was to eat more local food, and also to eat more organically made and from scratch, instead of buying the processed. I accomplished both of these things with going to the new Co-op.

They did a great job in designing the building, it had a great flow and everyone was very friendly. I plan on walking to get some groceries from the Forest Street location on Tuesday night, if I do not have too much homework.

Overall my consumption has been better, but I have to admit I have not been completely successful with my goal of taking the bus to work. I need to plan my day just right, so I wake up early enough to make it to work, and then right after work I have to rush back to the bus so I can take it up to campus. Working by the mall makes it much more difficult to take the bus, with a really full schedule. I am not giving up on the goal yet and will try again this week.

I have also not bought anything for myself, just the basics of groceries, but even then that was a week ago. I did have to break down and by gas this morning. $25 to fill up my tank, my light was on, so we know I was low. Hopefully this will last awhile, it usually does, the only time that my car gets driven is when I drive to work.