And so it begins...

Well, thanks to the support of some good friends the Arbor Mist Challenge gauntlet has been thrown and I have accepted.

Yesterday I went to Winco to pick up a bottle for today's Day of Drinking.  Unfortunately they only had the basic flavors of AM so I had to opt for Strawberry White Zinfandel over the original choice of Strawberry Mango Moscato.  Also somewhat unfortunately, Winco provides the perfect environment to make bad decisions without fear of being judged.  While perusing the AM selections I realized that they only came in 750ML and 1.5L sizes.  I felt like drinking a 750ML bottle of 6% alcohol by volume "wine product" would be a disservice to my supporters so I decided to up the ante to the 1.5L which, in retrospect, may be just the type of Type II diabetes nudge I was hoping to avoid - especially based on the second ingredient being high fructose corn syrup and the full bottle containing an impressive 78 grams of sugar.  Well over the RDA values of 40-50 grams for an average adult.  Well it's too late now.

Because I was already at Winco it seemed logical to pick up a few other things and, influenced by the bright lights and cheap prices, I made off with a 1.5L bottle of Strawberry Arbor Mist, a box of pinot grigio, a family sized bag of Ruffles and ranch dip and a family sized package of string cheese.  Even if these selections had been possible at my local New Seasons I can't imagine that I would have experienced the same blase level of non-judgement that I did at Winco.  I didn't even bring my own bags and no one cared!  Honestly, if New Seasons could replace their dairy section with a cow and a mild your own/churn your own station they probably would but I digress.

Grant has graciously agreed to not only put up with me drinking booze juice for an entire day but he's also agreed to act as judge so that I can't just drink a glass and then pour the rest in the yard and write things that I think are funny while pretending to drink the rest of it.   Thanks to him for his patience and for keeping me honest.

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Stay classy my friends,

V