See, it can be done

Mags comes from a big family. No, I take that back. It’s huge. She has 60 first cousins, and most of them
have spouses and a lot of them have kids. When they all get together they go through food like a swarm of Mormon
Crickets.

They’ll be at it again this Independence Day. The whole mob is getting together for a big
picnic at Bear Lake and my sweet wife has been assigned
the task of providing enough potato salad to strengthen and nourish them all.

She compiled a shopping list:

    •    50 lbs potatoes
    •    10 lbs red onions
    •    5 lbs olives
    •    1 quart olive oil
    •    1 gallon red wine vinegar
    •    240 paper plates
    •    300 paper cups
    •    200 plastic forks and spoons

There is only one place to find everything on that list, in
those quantities:

I offered to go with her to help out, but only if we could
ride bikes. She didn’t think I could
carry all that stuff, but she reluctantly agreed.

When we had everything on our list I looked into our cart
and saw that there was room to spare. So
I picked up a few things for us:

    •    5 lbs trail mix
    •    3 lbs Strawberries
    •    1 pineapple
    •    15 lbs grapefruit

Mags stopped me before I got to the furniture department…

With only four bungee cords and a little strategic packing,
I got it all on our grocery getter. Sure, it was a bit wobbly, but it cost us nothing in gas.