Whole (Paycheck) Foods

I like Whole Foods.  I like the atmosphere.  I like the unique foods that they carry.  I could live on their jalapeno cilantro hummus and cocoa chewies.  I have to refrain from going there more than once a month or so because I literally will spend twice my predetermined food budget.

But now I want to spend every spare dime I have there.  At their cooking school.  At $65-75 a pop, the classes are pretty steep.  But they sound oh-so-worth it.  I MUST take the gnocchi class coming up in two weeks.  And the gluten free/wine class.  And the sushi class.  And the knife skills class.  And the girls' night out tapas class.  And the basic sauces class.  And about three or four others.

The idea for these classes came about yesterday as my best Austin friend, Nora K., and I were drinking copious amounts of red wine and discussing the things we want to do for fun.  Nora is married with a four year old son.  She needs some serious "me" time.  I recently got out of a very serious, long-term relationship.  I need some serious "me" time.  So we've decided it will be "our" time.  We are running the 3M Half Marathon relay together in January, so we are training together.  We want to paint pottery, so we are going together.  She wants to learn how to knit, so I'm learning with her.  I want to take photography classes, so she'll learn too.  But most importantly, she wants to learn how to cook, I want to learn how to cook better.  So Whole Foods, here we come.