Juggling work and...meals

It is SO HARD to buy food for one person. By food, here I mean veggies, especially. Because they are perishable and can't be frozen. (Well, technically they can, but at the risk of being completely mushy and soggy when you want to use them. So they can actually be used for soups or purées, but I don't make vegetable soups or purees.) Meat and fish can be frozen easily, so if I don't finish using any, I can just leave it for next week (or the next...)

So when I want to buy vegetables, first I have to think about when exactly I'm going to use them. (And if I happen to change my plans...then I'd better have a backup. -_- ) Because I don't have time to cook on weekdays, the only time I can cook is during the weekends. And I play badminton on Saturday morning, which means that I don't have time to cook lunch on Saturday either! Which makes the number of meals I can cook in a week a grand total of 3. (not very grand, huh?)

Today I was at the supermarket looking at the vegetables. (I hate it when I'm there...I'm staring at all the choices and wondering which I can manage to finish in the next few meals...and in the end I pick up a tiny bit. I always hope that no one's watching.) First I picked up a bunch of leafy veggies. Then I walked off and saw some brinjals. Then I changed my mind and took a brinjal instead. And with the brinjal, I wouldn't be able to finish the leafy veggies, so I went to put them back.

At the rack there was a lady looking at those same veggies...and she asked me whether those veggies needed to be weighed. (no, because they were sold per bunch) She took a bunch...and I put back mine. Then she asked, "Why aren't you taking those?" I replied that I had changed my mind and was taking the brinjal instead. But I think she was thinking, "What's wrong with these veggies? Should I be buying them?" :P

Haih, what a complicated veggie life. Suggestions are welcome...