This story eventually winds its way around to a grocery store.

The other day I received this little nugget in my Inbox:

You may however, make me popcorn later if you’re good to me.
–Email from the Mrs.

It’s nice to have something to look forward to. I was going to be allowed to make popcorn if I behaved well enough. Oh boy!

Someone was hankerin’ for popcorn. On Friday night it didn’t quite work out, but Saturday it finally did. Here’s how it happened.

Saturday morning we woke up and headed out to the country to hit the fresh produce stands. The first stand didn’t have any tomatoes, but the second one did. They were also unloading corn from a truck which had just been filled in the field next door. Four ears of the freshest possible corn for only a buck. Yes!
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