With Sainsburys open on Boxing Day 9am-6pm, I decided it would be wise to buy for the weekend today, as tomorrow the crowds of desperate folk will pile in to refill once the leftovers have gone. So I walked across the park, the dogs had all been and gone long before, just to get a whiff of greenery and tripped over the kerb heading to the shop. I almost stumbled across the road, I could hear the sirens in my head as I kept upright and moved on embarrassedly.
Many more in the shop than I expected, but better than tomorrow. Those pushing trolleys wondering why they need so much today, men with baskets rushing past keen to avoid tomorrows crowd, and me, wondering why I am picking up almost everything with yellow 'reduced price' labels, just in case. The four things I required are soon dwarfed by the many things I bought, on the cheap.
Most people still had a Christmas spirit, one or two the effects thereof, the young lass at the checkout was friendly and efficient, and the male customers nearby also happy, to a point. I mentioned the spirits had no security tags on them but the meat has. She told me the Honey now has security tags, yet the booze no longer has them! I suppose these things are easier to steal, and the usual suspects are easily identified re booze theft.
Anyway, I hobbled home along a quiet street, the quietest this road has been on a Friday this year, reminding myself that this was FRIDAY, not Saturday, and I do not go to church tomorrow. Having events such as these during the week can be confusing for us.
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