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Thank goodness for Tina's Food Mart = Girlfriend Redemption

1/2/2011

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Sometime the "freshest" isn't always the best when it comes to small market convenience stores. I live near a little spot named Tina's Food Mart.  Most of the time I see it as the store that houses the pay phone used by local crack dealers. (Yes, I say crack because even though my knowledge of street drugs is low - I've heard that a crack fix is cheap and doesn't last long - this seems to fit with the phone users "look" if I was to street-drug-stereotype them.) That's a blog post for another day.

Anyways I've been pleasantly surprised with Tina's a few times for having "not-to-fresh"  items.  I  have purchased milk there that has spoiled the next day.  This is not-so-good.  But the first time I was ecstatic was last January when the Mountain Dew throwback had been discontinued for months. Ya-hooo! I like to think the "real sugar" aids in the "health penalties" associated with drinking the real stuff. They had two 12-packs still sitting in their back stock = Jackpot!

My sexy, wonderful boyfriend penned a piece that landed on the New Year's Milwaukee Journal Sentinel front page. His ex-wife sent him a e-file about how the story was pegged as "something to read." This is very nice of her.  My only job was to find a couple hard copies.  I totally forgot until George reminded me at about 3 p.m. yesterday.  Arghh.  I'm proud of him and think he is a wonderful writer, but was so engulfed in survey tabulation I've been tethered to my dining room table and forgot. 

I quickly ran out looking for the Saturday paper.  First gas station - only the New York Times remained.  The second gas station already had the Early Sunday edition.  Walgreens - nope.  Pick n' Save -- nothing.  :(  Since George is en route to his new job at WPTZ Plattsburgh/Burlington = Girlfriend FAIL.

My dad is visiting and helping me with survey tabulation. We realized this morning that there were only two eggs - not gonna do it for a scrambled egg breakfast. Dad ran to Tina's and yippitieyahooo - they have papers from the week prior (do not tell the newspapers as this will totally throw their readership numbers - ha ha ha).  

They had one left from Saturday! Thank you Tina's Food Mart for carrying "not-so-fresh" items.  Oldies but goodies make for great girlfriend redemption.


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