Look for the red tape

I learned something new today, and it's something that will save you money, so I'm passing it along!

When shopping for bananas, look for the ones with red tape around them. Today when I was buying bananas, the produce man was restocking them and also putting red tape around certain bunches. I asked him what the tape was for, and he said, people will sometimes break off a banana from a bunch because they want 6 instead of 7, so the grocers gather all the lonely single bananas and group them into bunches with red tape. There is nothing wrong with the bananas. They are not old or bruised. They are just the ones that people pulled off their bunches. BUT the red tape tells the cashier to give you a discount! So not only are you saving those poor little lonely bananas from rotting all by themselves on the shelf, you're saving money too! That's a win-win if I ever saw one.

(p.s. - I'm not sure if all grocery stores do this, but mine does. Hooray!)

Carrots

Sara forgot that she likes carrots. She hasn't been eating very many vegetables lately, and I've been trying to get her to. Well today I cooked some baby carrots for her, cut them into smaller sticks, and put them on her tray. She didn't want them, and wouldn't try them. I held one up and said, "carrot!" She was not impressed. I tried putting one in her mouth, but she just yelled "NO!" and shook her head back and forth. I had had enough. I put a carrot in her mouth as she shook it "no", and suddenly she slowed her head shaking because she realized, Hey! This tastes good! I like carrots! Then she got a big smile on her face and pointed to the other carrots on her tray. "Carrots!" I said. "Carrots!" she repeated. Then she ate the rest of the carrots without complaint, and even took some more when her tray was empty. I don't think we'll have trouble with carrots anymore! Now, what to do about those green beans and broccoli?