Saturday, September 24, 2022

A Day in the Life (mine)

 This morning I did wordle in 2 and went on to Spelling Bee, achieving the status of Genius and then Queen Bee even though there were 58 words to suss out. I went outside as the day had gotten beautiful, and contemplated bringing in the rest of my plants, but decided to leave them out a while longer to enjoy the weather. 

   The mail truck pulls out from my neighbor's but drives right on by my house. No mail for me. So I decide I will take advantage of the $15 off coupon offered by the new Hannaford in Brunswick. I drive there, traffic fairly light even on Hoosick Street. Well, it is Saturday. I spot the new Hannaford, sitting like a shining city on a hill after descending into a virtual gorge. The entrance reminded me of access to a California freeway or something. 

  I toured the store, hoping to find items which have not been available at several local stores. I had some success:  Van's plain frozen waffles, mint Pepcid (I don't like berry), and even  the elusive sweet potato, but they did not have  Ensure Coffee Latte. They seemed to have a full stock of everything else. The Pharmacy seemed under utilized as yet, with the guy standing outside greeting people as they passed by. Prices seemed the same as locally, as best I could judge. And they honored the $15 off coupon, though still charged a nickel for  the bag.

   As I exited some women customers standing in front of a table were discussing the freebies, red tomato-like hand exercisers, they determined.                                


They looked into the little plastic container, said they didn't know what it was and put it back. I took one out of curiosity, and haven't the faintest idea of what its purpose may be. (See pictures.)  And, oh, I entered a drawing for some fantabulous amount of money.

P.S. The day's not over yet. Just received an email from Thred-Up that one of my items has sold. My take is $.61. 


***Update: I'm advised that this red plastic tube thing is a reusable drinking straw for the environmentally conscious. 

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