“Let’s do all the errands in one trip.” My honey is a stickler for conservation of effort. If the vehicle leaves the driveway it better be because we have too much stuff to carry or the distance is too far to be feasible by walking or biking (about 12 miles – a decent workout).
Every stop is planned for maximum efficiency. We are good if one parking stop hits the can recycler, the bank, the grocery story and the library. Since we read for fun and research, we have many heavy tomes traveling back and forth.
At the second stop, I crammed the used printer cartridges into my purse and grabbed the six-year-old cell phones I’d discovered under the bed. I walked across the partaking lot the size of a corn field; really this development was a former cornfield. I made my deliveries and wandered to the farm supply store to meet my honey.
We packed everything in our canvas bags and headed home. Two stops, eight errands. I talked myself out of an impulse purchase of a frozen latté. As a reward my hone made me a double chocolate with vanilla soy milk when we got home.
THE END
1 comment:
Well, it is best to conserve, especially when you need to save money. And in most cases, saving money does help save the environment.
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