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.
2 comments:
Butcher trying to sell the top price vacuum packed steaks he bought in for the gringo market......we'll see how far his prices drop.
Helen, Our butcher has closed, the rates and meat prices killed him..
Post a Comment