More parts!

 I woke up around 1PM. I figured I'd call up Park Avenue Music first, because they're a pretty easy bike ride away, then if they didn't have what I wanted, West Valley Music which is an hour by bus each way. 

Park Avenue had the goods. I had breakfast and coffee and went over there. For about $110 I got a Fobes Debut mouthpiece, a Rovner ligature (thing that holds reed on), a box of the light blue Rico reeds #2 strength, and a copy of the Rubank beginner book. 

For some reason, the people on r/clarinet rave about the Rubank book. I mean, in trumpet or flute, they'll mention that book among a number of others for beginners, but in the clarinet world, they really rave over the Rubank book and recommend little else for the beginner. 

I could have ordered the mouthpiece and ligature from Mr. Fobes himself, but he's apparently out of the ligatures, and I'd not get the things for a week at least. At least in theory I'm now a bit better set up to do some busking on Xmas eve or Xmas itself, but in reality it's forecast to rain those days. 

I paid for my goodies and somehow I got into the most fun conversation with one of the employees there, about all the fun to be had with those first-generation home computers, and various things that could be done with phones and computers. We had a great time talking about this stuff. But we both had to get back to work. 

I then went to Whole Foods and got some good ol' meatloaf and potatoes and got a near-beer upstairs which I was surprised to see open.  Then I went by the Amazon place for bubble mailers, then stopped by Nijiya Market because I don't know why it's just customary for me to stop there, and I guess I got something but I can't think what it is right now. 

I got back and unloaded things then hooked up the bike trailer and went back to a dumpster across from the big Goodwill facility, that was full of some really nice cardboard boxes, which I flattened and loaded up, and took back to the shop, unloaded again, then had time to pack seven small things which I took to the post office. I got a thing or two at 99 Ranch, then rode back here.