The Fancy Grocery Store

We normally grocery shop at the very "budget friendly - no frills" grocery store. But, recently X and I made a stop at the "fancy" grocery store because quite frankly, I needed the pick me up. It had been a challenging day for lunch and nap and I decided we (ok, I) needed the fancy grocery store experience to make up for me picking turkey pieces out of the dining room rug. While it cost me probably about a 1/3 more for my few items I didn't care. Everyone at the fancy grocery store just always seems happy and friendly and it makes the world seem brighter!

Upon walking in we headed to get some bananas and were stopped by one of the managers wanting to "say hello to this beautiful blue eyed boy". Xavier flashed a smile on cue! Things were looking up already. Next we headed over to the deli counter and the man helping us asked if Xavier would like some cheese to snack on. I said that would be great and expected the guy to give him a little piece. But no, he pulls out a WHOLE slice of their freshly cut American cheese (no Kraft single here!) How cool is that -- free cheese! This just keeps getting better!

We wrapped up our trip by heading over to the dairy cases to get some milk and were stopped by a little old lady who started talking to X. She then proceeded to tell me how she went to a party the day before and and thought some kid was a girl because "she" had long hair, but actually it was a boy and "Jack" was very upset by the mistaken identity. Funny Gal!

The fancy grocery store came through for me that day and I walked out smiling (and not looking at my receipt). So, while we can't visit often, I will remember our time there fondly!

And for those that come here for the pictures, here's one that was taken exactly a year ago today. This was during Xavier's "where has all my hair gone?" phase. Nice nose pickin kiddo!