The grocery store in heaven
We returned to Harris Teeter to do all of our grocery shopping — and we’re not looking back. The first weekend back I was overcome with joy, wheeling my cart down wide, clean aisles, humming to the piped in music, being greeted with smiles by fellow shoppers and employees. I spent a full 10 minutes browsing in the produce section. The apples! They smell like apples! The vegetables are green when they’re supposed to be! My shoes, to the floor they do not stick! It was nothing short of shopping serenity. I felt at peace among the peas.
In contrast to that former grocery retailer about which we will never speak again, there is a presence of those representatives of the upper class. For instance, I shopped alongside a woman wearing a BCBG sweatsuit, complete with jeweled embellishments on the hoodie. She completed her ensemble with a pointy-toed pair of heels. Good for you! I thought, spending $600 on an outfit and workin’ the sweatsuit/heels combo at fiftysomething (it doesn’t show, not really) at the grocery store. Times like these I think, uh, maybe I don’t exactly fit the HT profile but darn it I deserve this, I’ve earned it from years of bagging my own, buying generics, coupon clipping and enduring surly underpaid employees lacking full sets of teeth. My time has come; I will shop at the grocery store of the upper echelon and they’re gonna like it!
Thanks to all y’all (my favorite new phrase) for the “hell yeah” support and especially C. who called up just to say, right on, sister.
October 23rd, 2006 at 11:03 pm
You’re showing that you’re new to Charlottesville by mentioning that you get your produce anyplace other than C’ville Market.
They have the cheapest, freshest, broadest selection in town. The staff is friendly, the location is great, and the hours are altogether reasonable.
October 25th, 2006 at 2:02 am
Screw that. City Market on Saturday’s. Whatever the heck the official name of that is. I’ve never actually been, but let’s say I have a source.
Wolf Creek Farm Beef. Woot!
If you want upper echelon shopping, do try Whole Foods more often (thanks for the post, BTW). And for staple items, it’s really not as expensive as most people think.
And, as a public service announcement, anyone who mentions “whole paycheck” in the presence of their cashier cannot hold said cashier responsible for any subsequent actions. You have been warned.
October 25th, 2006 at 8:40 am
Dan, what I really need is a guided tour of Whole Foods. I get in there and I’m mesmerized by all the exotic organics that it’s like shopping in a foreign country. If you’re willing to guide the tour, I’ll blog about it. Let me know.