Lessons learned today:

• Just because it's on sale, that doesn't mean you have to buy it... especially if that means you'll end up with 5 boxes of cereal at home.
• When making finger foods that are hot--no matter whether you're utterly famished or just cooking to kill time--always let it cool down slightly before you dig your fingers into it.
• Chips (tortilla, potato, ube, or whatever else you can find) should not sit at the bottom of your grocery bag, and definitely not between a bottle of pasta sauce and your leg as you walk the 4 blocks between the supermarket and home.