Produce shopping

Yesterday I took the kids to a Japanese produce market called JA.  I've been once before with a friend and have been excited to go back.  I've been buying most of my stuff at the commissary on base, but prices are HIGH!  They even have signs up at the commissary explaining why they have to charge so much.   Plus, by the time stuff gets here from the states, it isn't all that fresh anymore.  Most of the time the salad mixes have a day or two at most left before their expiration date.  

Here's a picture that I took at the commissary of the potatoes at Christmas time.  That price per bag is for a 5 pound bag.   

Here's the loot we came home with after our trip, all for 1800 Yen (about $18.00)

Reagan picked out the flowers, the white bundle was only $1.50 and the pink ones were closer to $3.00

 2 Heads of Cabbage for roughly 50 cents!!! Crazy!

Here's Reagan with the celery.  Who knew, right?  Needless to say, we are going to be having celery of some sort with every meal :).  The celery was $1.80

I did learn that I have no business arranging flowers.  I even got to play with them a bit when my sister-in-law owned a flower shop, but clearly I didn't learn anything from Jess.  

I can't wait until my parents come to visit next year to take my dad.  When we lived in San Diego, he loved Henry's, our local produce market so much.  I swear, a trip to Henry's was the highlight of his day.  JA is no Henry's, but it's the closest I've found here on Okinawa.