glad to get the haircut though. had i waited another week, i would've woefully found out that my stylist was on a short vacation to visit w/ her daughter, who will have a week off from the naval base in monterey bay, CA. so it was good timing to go in today. as usual, she cut my hair short and tried to convince me to spike up my hair a bit w/ her pomade. yeah, everyone else thinks it's cute only because the 'do is not on THEIR heads...it only makes me look like skeezix.had lunch at silver mine subs. we were armed w/ a BOGO lunch coupon. so for $8.83 (plus tip), we got a two medium subs, two bags o' chips, and two bladder bursting drinks. oh yeah, we shared a cripple creek and a dodge city. while silver mine doesn't have the best sammiches, a lunch for two for less than $11 is certainly a good deal. i should also mention that they are open 'til 3 AM AND deliver...subway don't do dat!
of course, the real excitement was to come at the store! now, what could be so exciting about grocery shopping, when many people would rather have their eyeballs plucked out... well, for one, i LOVE going to the grocery store. even in my state, hitting almost every aisle is nearly blissful for me. before CubFoods hightailed it out of colorado, i used to frequent one after midnight and wander their aisles aimlessly for a good hour; their stuff was just so different than our ho-hum kingsoopersafewayalbertson's.
really though, it wasn't the fact that i was going to the grocery store for the first time in a month. nope. the REAL reason for my unbridled excitement was to operate one of the terribly beat up electric shopping carts! you know, the ones that putter along at a snail's pace but back up at 50 mph! that makes for some super scary maneuvering, especially around the deli counter and the produce aisles...it's like bowling for shoppers. unfortunately, i wasn't able to unleash my 'driving' skills upon any massive pyramidal soup displays.damn ;)
i did, though, almost take out a display of candy when i saw these. i know they're still readily available in many establishments...but it's like seeing something for the first time in many moons. it was fitting that the display was called 'remember when.' all the candy in there reminded me of my '70s childhood...boston beans, beemans gum, salt water taffy, lemonheads, chuckles, circus peanuts, black cows, bit o honey, and necco wafer candy (one of my faves...must be the anthrax-like substance dusted on the thin wafers).
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Glad you're out and about! How is the pain?
I was born in 68 and I only remember maybe one out of four of the candy you mentioned.
They still make Necco Wafers. Except now they're called "unflavored Tums". ;)
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