pretzel bites

 i went to a meetup event in the evening, at clutch brewing in st. paul. it was my fifth brewery event this year, and second at this place, in the former schmidt complex. a comment before the event took place said it was closing soon, and i found an article that said it would close at the end of the year. so it meant i was part of their long goodbye. i got one beer and then met somebody 'far from the madding crowd' and we walked around the building. eventually we found a pizza place, but i didn't want a whole pizza. but they did have pretzel bites, so i ordered some of those. the dude works for the same bank as me. while eating the pretzel bites i met another dude there and we spoke for a little while after the first dude decided to go to the upper level and get another beer. since i think of it as my grocery shopping night i told myself that one was enough. after a little over an hour there i went on to hy-vee in eagan. eight items were bought, and i bought four at the nearby cub foods. the latter will be my thanksgiving dinner. i picked up a redbox movie at the cub as well. at work i heard from my boss for the first time in a while just before midday, who has been on vacation. later on there was a request to print some more test checks, guess the ones sent to toronto failed again. near the end of the day i picked up four boxes for the customer service boss from the branch. late in the evening i went on a walk and found 58 cents. the 'big bang theory' reruns were when leonard and raj went to switzerland, sheldon and penny were sick. it was followed by the one where howard and bernadette have their first baby, and it interfered with amy's birthday celebration.