If I want lettuce, I don’t get exactly enough for tonight’s salad.
I get a head of lettuce or a bag.
If I want cheese, I buy more than I need for one meal.
And that’s where the math gets interesting.
Because the grocery store isn’t really selling me one dinner.
It’s selling me the ingredients for several potential dinners.
That’s great…
if I actually eat all those dinners.
The Refrigerator Becomes a Storage Unit
This is where living alone gets weird.
You go grocery shopping with good intentions.
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