I went to Jewel again today, and they were out of strawberries again, but I got something else I needed, and the cashier did not ask me if I was playing Monopoly, and I asked her if I could have some Monopoly tickets, and she gave me 105 tickets. I won another five bottles of water, a lip balm, a Daisy sour cream, a potato salad, another nail clipper, a Peacock premium membership, $1, and lots of Shutterfly. I also got enough tokens to get my $25 gift card. There are only $175,000 worth of gift cards left. I did not get any French bread this time. I might go there again tomorrow to see if I can get some $.99 strawberries and some more tickets.
A friend of mine has a son who lives at Misericordia, and because of the pandemic, he has not gotten any speech therapy, and so she has been getting Monopoly game pieces at Jewel, and her son has been helping her open them up and doing the pick three to help his speech. She said the Howard Jewel gave her a whole box of cards, and she has been to several other Jewels recently to get tickets. She has won lots of bottled water, and she lives in Chicago, but has been getting the free water in Evanston, because Chicago charges $.05 per bottle of water.