“They’re in at the grocery store,” my friend texted.

I texted my husband.

“They’re in,” I noted. “Pick up the limit. I probably need six boxes this year.”

Later, I mentioned on a Zoom call that I had found canning lids.

“Where did you get them?” someone texted.

I told her and she went to the store. They were all gone by the time she arrived.

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