I went by my Middle Eastern grocery store this evening and picked up several types of flatbread for comparison. I like pita and naan when I can find it, but they also had some much larger (like pizza-size large) rounds of Iraqi bread that is stretchy and chewy. I had some with the last of my babaghanouj at dinner. Also a favorite bread that used to be sold as "Afghan bread" and is now labeled "Barbari" bread. From the same baker, the same size and packaging, but quite possibly politically a less hot-button name.

I also picked up my regular 3-liter bottle of Lebanese olive oil (when I bought a 1 pint bottle at the regular grocery it cost $8, this was $15 and it is so much better). The olive oil I bought the other day isn't a total waste - it's the first all American olive oil I've ever bought, cold pressed virgin. I'll compare them. This purchase and my haircut today are the last cash I plan to spend for a while.

Four days off. So much to do.

SRS