A trip to Safeway...

Last week, Tuesday to be exact, I took a trip to Safeway...not because I wanted too...because I soooo don't like grocery shopping. But, my in-laws were coming for dinner, and as life always goes, there's always one ingredient you need that somehow has disappeared from your cupboard. Now, in Hermiston we only have two choices for grocery shopping...Safeway being one and Walmart the other...the dilema being go to Safeway and pay more for each item or Walmart and have to wait in line for a minimum of 20 minutes?!?! So, I chose Safeway! (Okay, and there's one other reason for my choice....they have Starbucks...and I was so in need of a Venti Iced Tea!!!) I headed in, list in hand so I could whip through the store, not being side-tracked by the nonessentials and begin my shopping.....well, my simple list of three items and in and out theory vanished. It was a good thing though...I seemed to run into friends on every aisle that I hadn't seen for awhile...it was nice chatting, hearing how life was going for them, and catching up....something I had dreaded (shopping) had turned into a pleasant surprise filled with sweet blessings! I finished my shopping, got my BIG Iced Tea, and left Safeway feeling refreshed with a happy smile, and joy in my spirit! So, maybe next time I need to do some shopping I'll go without the grumbling....because who knows, I just might run into a friend, talk a bit, and leave knowing that my day was made special because I had connected with someone who blesses my life! So, happy grocery shopping to each of you! And, if you're feeling a little out of sink, just try hanging out at Safeway for awhile...you're almost guaranteed to run into someone you know!!! Sweet blessings!

P.S. Dinner was good....even though it was a simple fair of hamburgers, salads, and homemade oatmeal raisin cookies for dessert!!!