If I do find that the sale on Mango’s pencils out to be cheaper for 25lbs than it usually would be for 10lbs, then I ask myself, “Do I know people I could give mangos to?” If the answer is yes, then I buy them, and keep what I would normal eat, and give each extra one as a gift. I often give people really delicious fruit as gifts for no reason. It enriches my relationships with them in a unusual way. Imagine if after Church next Sunday, a friend came up to you with a cardboard box, that had two ripe (but not over ripe) mangos in it and gave them to you for no reason other than that they wanted to share something tasty with you.

Sometimes I make the fruit into something. In the case of the Mangos I probably would make Mango salsa, and give some to a friend of mine that makes chicken 4 times a week for her family and I know she would really appreciate a new recipe to try, with the ingredients and instructions all provided.

p.s. I do not give holiday or birthday gifts unless I am bringing the gift in response to a party that I am attending. So giving gifts throughout the year (especially healthy and tasty food) is a good way of letting people know that I care about them and am thinking about them, while removing myself from the merry go round of traditional gift giving.

I’m guessing they bought a lot of their abandoned goodies on sale. The weirdest was a stack of electric irons in the garage.