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This feels silly.
I can’t believe I am including this.
But in the spirit of embracing and enjoying simple things, I must mention how I like to shop for groceries.
Here’s my method:
I go between 6 to 7 in the morning.
Why?
Because I am up at that time, very few people are shopping at 6:00 am, Chick fil A is open by then for my favorite coffee, there is always a parking space by the door, and I don’t have to look ‘dolled up’.
I try to only buy for the week.
Why?
Because my grocery bag unloader at home may not be awake and not able to help, and if I have forgotten something, I can always go back.
If I do have to go back to the store during a busier time, I try to enjoy it.
I know. This may sound like I am stating the obvious, but it is very important to me.
How do I do that?
I stop by the cosmetic aisle and look at things I recently saw on YouTube makeup videos.
I check the magazine section to see if the new Christmas magazines are out yet.
And I enjoy seeing families from all walks of life buying groceries together.
On a return trip on a Sunday afternoon at the grocery store in South Texas where I live, families have on their favorite NFL player jerseys (usually for the Dallas Cowboys or Houston Texans) and their baskets are full of food they are going to prepare.
I enjoy seeing things like that.
Music is playing in the meat market section, and I can dance a step or two if I want to.
If I hear a song I like but don’t recognize, I can use my Shazam app on my phone to get the title in order to add it to my IPod.
I entertain myself.
I smile and greet people.
I enjoy it.
8 comments:
Amen to the enjoying yourself part! Grocery shopping is just part of life and we might as well have a little fun doing it. :)
The first time I walked into an HEB and heard 'Ladies and Gentlemen, tortillas are fresh from the ...' I thought I'd died and gone to Heaven. HEB was like going to the fair.
Unfortunately we decided not to move to Texas and I can no longer get real tamales to eat at every meal until they're gone.
I think this post makes a very important point -- life is what we make of it! Grocery shopping can be a grinding chore or it can be an enjoyable outing -- the choice is up to us!
I also shop a week at a time:) I like smaller shopping trips that don't take SO long! Enjoy your day dear Laura, HUGS!
We are definitely cut from the same cloth, even though no way, no how can I imagine shopping at 6 a.m. ~ BUT....I do try to enjoy the simplicity of these everyday things & the people around me. (So interesting to peep at what is in their grocery cart ;) )
I shop at HEB too! I also go early in the morning. I try to get there by seven. It'a amazing how less crowded it is at that time. I've noticed they've really stepped it up in the music department too. I love their playlist! Lol!
You go woman. I used to love to grocery shop....not anymore...I have never heard of HEB stores. Shopping for the entire week makes sense and to go early... Shop away...
oh how I have begun to dread going to the store...but I have found your secret to be in control of it rather than it controlling me and you are right...it can be quite fun!
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