The Shopping List - Neighborhood Style
Today's shopping list:
pepper balls for the pepper grinder
2 white tea cups
Coca Cola Light
bleach
rocks (for the bottom of my plants)
contact solution
toilet paper
4 plastic pots to replant plants
2 pillows
2 pillow cases
binder (for sheet music)
paper towels
spiral notebook
candle holder
cheap alarm clock for guest bedroom
In America, this list would take me to Wal-Mart for 30 minutes and would cost about $60. Here... today I went to
the bank - to get out cash from the ATM
the grocery store - bleach, Coca Cola light, pepper balls, toilet paper, paper towels
the garden store - rocks, pots, candle holder (where my little garden lady answered some questions about my plants and gave me an extra candle as a gift)
the glasses/contact store - contact solution
the dish shop - two tea cups (one of my favorite stores! The lady will hand paint monograms or any design you want on anything in the store. Beautiful! However, I just got two sweet little cups and saucers. We talked for a long while about the differences between America and Italy and about how much I love dinner parties.)
the appliance store - alarm clock (where the man put a battery in the clock and set the time for me)
the stationary store - notebook and binder
the linen shop - pillows and pillow cases
Time: 2 hours
Price: about $150 US (and that was bargain shopping!... well, except for the tea-cups... but they were only about 2 euro more each than the cheapest I've found - and they are darling. )
But to walk in every store and be called Beautiful Darling or Princess or Love of My Life... Sigh. A very good way to spend the morning.
pepper balls for the pepper grinder
2 white tea cups
Coca Cola Light
bleach
rocks (for the bottom of my plants)
contact solution
toilet paper
4 plastic pots to replant plants
2 pillows
2 pillow cases
binder (for sheet music)
paper towels
spiral notebook
candle holder
cheap alarm clock for guest bedroom
In America, this list would take me to Wal-Mart for 30 minutes and would cost about $60. Here... today I went to
the bank - to get out cash from the ATM
the grocery store - bleach, Coca Cola light, pepper balls, toilet paper, paper towels
the garden store - rocks, pots, candle holder (where my little garden lady answered some questions about my plants and gave me an extra candle as a gift)
the glasses/contact store - contact solution
the dish shop - two tea cups (one of my favorite stores! The lady will hand paint monograms or any design you want on anything in the store. Beautiful! However, I just got two sweet little cups and saucers. We talked for a long while about the differences between America and Italy and about how much I love dinner parties.)
the appliance store - alarm clock (where the man put a battery in the clock and set the time for me)
the stationary store - notebook and binder
the linen shop - pillows and pillow cases
Time: 2 hours
Price: about $150 US (and that was bargain shopping!... well, except for the tea-cups... but they were only about 2 euro more each than the cheapest I've found - and they are darling. )
But to walk in every store and be called Beautiful Darling or Princess or Love of My Life... Sigh. A very good way to spend the morning.
Comments
I'd love to see your home, can I come for a coffee?