Stray things

The assorted happenings of the day...

~ Dear Kaufland. I can now declare you as my favorite grocery store. I dig Lidl a lot, even though I no longer live across the street from one, but you've got it all over them when it comes to customer service. It's the day before Good Friday. It's normally a hellish day for grocery shopping but you've learned to make the day easier for your customers. You opened at 6am. You kept the aisles as clear as possible while still trying to keep them as stocked as possible. You actually had baggers at the checkout stands. Baggers! Real humans who would bag your stuff for you or at least put it back in the cart if you didn't want it bagged. I didn't have to stand in line to check out any longer than I would have had to on a normal day. And you were giving plastic grocery sacks for free! I also have to say that your employees are very polite and friendly. Always helpful, always asking me if I found my shopping experience to be good. I didn't even get the cross eyed look when I once forgot to get a price tag for some bell peppers that I bought.

You don't have every brand I like but you're close enough that I seldom have to visit other grocery stores. You've got it all over Marktkauf and Real. They can bite me.

~ Cozy has been saved. My MIL is the best. I love her better than Kaufland.

~ Speaking of love and Kaufland, they had a photographer there today taking baby pictures. A common sight in W@lmart but I've never seen it in a German store. Anyway as I walked past there was a five or six month old baby having her (I think it was a her...she looked like a her) photo taken as she sat in a zinc tub. Sweet Lord, that baby was so gorgeous. The cutest, cutest baby I've seen in ages. That baby was so precious looking that people were running over each other as they stopped to get a look at her. That baby made my day.

~ I'm rather glad that people can't see me from the street when I'm in my kitchen. I suppose that since the curtains come only halfway down the window they could see if if they stood far enough back and looked at just the right angle but I still think I'm too far up for them to see in clearly and I don't think that people in other buildings can see in from their angle. I'm completely free to turn on Bixente the iPod and dance in my kitchen as I make supper.

The neighbors, however, are probably wondering what all the loud singing is about.