my workplace has a book sale and basket raffle that i look forward to every year. employees bring in used books and media to be sold for next to nothing and each department/team compiles a themed "basket" to be raffled off. when i first started at my job, i learned that the term "basket" is used loosely -- it's pretty much anything that can hold items, like a bucket or cooler or wagon (some examples of previous "baskets"), and with how creative my coworkers are, you can imagine how amazing these turn out. each year, i think that the baskets can't possibly top the ones before them, but i'm wrong. they get bigger and better, and keep getting bigger and better.
a couple of days ago, i told my husband i wanted to pack us a picnic for our annual day trip to the delaware water gap this weekend. i even ran to walmart over lunch to pick up a variety of snacks. at the basket raffle, despite all the crazy ones this year (including a flat screen TV, no lie), i was scouting out this giant basket filled with snacks (coincidentally, some of the same ones i had bought, plus much more), gift cards, and car stuff because it would be perfect for our plans. and then this afternoon, i won it! when i brought it home, my husband reminded me that 2 years ago when i had won a large picnic basket with plates, cups, utensils, and food, it had been the day before we went to the delaware water gap too. so now i'm thinking.. we're meant to picnic during our hikes.
and maybe sometimes all a person wants doesn't have to differ much from all a person needs.
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