Hits and Misses: A Grocery Shopping Adventure

The weather yesterday was FABULOUS! So I pulled on a pair of shorts and grabbed my bike to go the grocery store and pick up some food.

Along the way I passed many, many people who were still bundled up on scarves and thick jackets. Needless to say, I stared at their overdressing just as much as they stared at my underdressing. However, in my defense, I have to say that it was a lovely sunny day with an afternoon temperature of 14 degrees :) LOVELY.

So, I get to the grocery store and I am so busy wandering around looking for ingredients for the chili I was making and the soup I am going to make in a couple of days that I forgot to keep a running total of what I had in my basket. Which would have made sense since I only had about 25 Euro in cash on me and my bank card NEVER works at that store :( I go through the til and it comes to about 27. Ugh. Even with the small change in my wallet I was still about a euro short. So it definitely went on the credit card, where now, because of my forgetfulness I am going to be SLAMMED with conversion fees :(

(However, I did come up with a secret ingredient to add to my already amazing chili. Eat your heart out KFC and your "special recipe"!)

Seeing as I still had some cash, I wandered over to the Aldi to pick up some canned tomatoes. I laughed a bit to myself when I got in the checkout line and saw that the guy in front of me was buying a shirt and a mango. So random.

Then I had the pleasure of stuffing my foodstuffs into my backpack and cloth bag, trying not only to make sure that everything fit, but that it was well balanced as well. Then, I biked home. My bag was bloody heavy, but i figured the 40 minutes it would take me to bike home would take less time than waiting for the next train (which was coming in about 50 minutes) and then biking home from the station. Plus- I dunno if I mentioned this or not- but the weather was bloody fantastic and I didn't want to waste it!

Also- the chili was ridiculously fantastic as well :D