If Courtney Randall and Jessica Sanborn read this, the headline's written for them ;)
Point of my story today, boys and girls, IS THAT I FINALLY GOT PAID!!! We're supposedly directly deposited (yeah, that's right I made that a verb) our salaries either on the last day of the month or the last Friday of the month, whichever comes first.
Today actually happens to be neither of those. But since I now have more than 50 Euros in my account, guess where I just went??
I'll give you a hint, it's the biggest grocery store possibly in the world:
Ok, that might have been an exaggeration, but Carrefour certainly puts Costco to shame.
However, the most alarming thing for me today -- while there were many, it's been difficult to pinpoint only one -- was the amount I spent. This junk better last me the next two weeks before I go to California.
Call me crazy if you will, but I just dropped 70 Euros on food. And it only filled two grocery bags... (For those of you not in the know, French grocery bags are like big totes, so it's a bit more than you could fit into two American "paper or plastic" bags.)
I guess I finally let my inhibitions go and picked quality over (monetary) quantity this time. I've always eyed the wines, ripe fruits and veggies and exotic fish every time I go, but instead I tend to squeak by on frozen veggies and chicken or rice/pasta products because they're cheap.
Not today. I guess we're really getting ready for spring, because there was an entire section dedicated just to red berries in the produce aisle! And without even hesitating, I threw THREE cartons of blueberries, blackberries and raspberries into my cart.... mmmm. And in the fish aisle, I tossed in a couple of (de-headed THANK YOU GOD) shrimp and tuna steak! Since I was on a roll, I decided to let myself "splurge" even more and went for some wheat pita shells.
But in my defense, I did buy a couple of other frozen/non-perishable items that could stay on my shelf and freezer for quite awhile. So hopefully this does last me until mid-February.
Another really exciting thing at Carrefour is the ridiculous amount of people there! Usually I go after lunch and the crowds are horrendous. So I figured, hey I'll go at 10 in the morning and avoid the insanity.
Totally wrong.
To make matters worse, I guess today was stocking day, so employees were busy humming about the store on foot, roller-skates (no, not in-lines, actual retro skates), carts, and what I can only manage to describe as mini-buses precariously filled beyond their weight capacity with boxes and crates.
One man was driving a little too recklessly for being indoors, in a zoo nonetheless. He let a few people cross the aisle and I guess got tired of waiting, because as I set foot in the aisle, he zoomed forward completely disregarding me or my life.
He then proceeded to give out this hearty bellow of a laugh (that really freaked me out) and looked me dead in the eye. I kid you not, this is what he said to me:
"Je veux vous écraser."
Translation: I want to CRUSH you. JESUS, who are these people?!?!
...11 DAYS UNTIL CALIFORNIA!!
Point of my story today, boys and girls, IS THAT I FINALLY GOT PAID!!! We're supposedly directly deposited (yeah, that's right I made that a verb) our salaries either on the last day of the month or the last Friday of the month, whichever comes first.
Today actually happens to be neither of those. But since I now have more than 50 Euros in my account, guess where I just went??
I'll give you a hint, it's the biggest grocery store possibly in the world:
Ok, that might have been an exaggeration, but Carrefour certainly puts Costco to shame.However, the most alarming thing for me today -- while there were many, it's been difficult to pinpoint only one -- was the amount I spent. This junk better last me the next two weeks before I go to California.
Call me crazy if you will, but I just dropped 70 Euros on food. And it only filled two grocery bags... (For those of you not in the know, French grocery bags are like big totes, so it's a bit more than you could fit into two American "paper or plastic" bags.)
I guess I finally let my inhibitions go and picked quality over (monetary) quantity this time. I've always eyed the wines, ripe fruits and veggies and exotic fish every time I go, but instead I tend to squeak by on frozen veggies and chicken or rice/pasta products because they're cheap.
Not today. I guess we're really getting ready for spring, because there was an entire section dedicated just to red berries in the produce aisle! And without even hesitating, I threw THREE cartons of blueberries, blackberries and raspberries into my cart.... mmmm. And in the fish aisle, I tossed in a couple of (de-headed THANK YOU GOD) shrimp and tuna steak! Since I was on a roll, I decided to let myself "splurge" even more and went for some wheat pita shells.
But in my defense, I did buy a couple of other frozen/non-perishable items that could stay on my shelf and freezer for quite awhile. So hopefully this does last me until mid-February.
Another really exciting thing at Carrefour is the ridiculous amount of people there! Usually I go after lunch and the crowds are horrendous. So I figured, hey I'll go at 10 in the morning and avoid the insanity.
Totally wrong.
To make matters worse, I guess today was stocking day, so employees were busy humming about the store on foot, roller-skates (no, not in-lines, actual retro skates), carts, and what I can only manage to describe as mini-buses precariously filled beyond their weight capacity with boxes and crates.
One man was driving a little too recklessly for being indoors, in a zoo nonetheless. He let a few people cross the aisle and I guess got tired of waiting, because as I set foot in the aisle, he zoomed forward completely disregarding me or my life.
He then proceeded to give out this hearty bellow of a laugh (that really freaked me out) and looked me dead in the eye. I kid you not, this is what he said to me:
"Je veux vous écraser."
Translation: I want to CRUSH you. JESUS, who are these people?!?!
...11 DAYS UNTIL CALIFORNIA!!
2 comments:
ahh, j'aime les francais.
I agree that one of life's greatest joys is a Carefour trip on pay day. Did you get anything fun?
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