Now that I'm back in the Sandbox it's time to get back to 'normal' life, if that's what you want to call life in the Sandbox. I went to one of our grocery stores here to pick up some things and just to see what was new and I was shocked and amazed at my choices.
I'll just list a few of the things for you: spaghetti sauce, taco seasoning, pop-tarts, fruit loops, American pringles, chocolate icing, and off-brand hamburger helper (of all things!!).
And the things were even cheap!! Well, cheap in comparison to how expensive imported things are here. For instance, the spaghetti sauce that would have cost $1 in the states was $4 and the pop tarts were $6 but still, I sure did grab a can of spaghetti sauce! And then there were the American pringles. What's sad is that we have arab pringles and then we have all these local knock off brands...a surprisingly large number of knock off brands which is a little strange, but the cheapest I've ever seen any of these is $3 a can. But then this store had these imported American pringles for only $2 a can. Amazing! You might ask how did I know the difference between the Arab and American kinds? The American ones were written in Spanish, of course!
So I spent 30 minutes in this little grocery store that's about the size of a medium sized gas station in the states just marveling at all of these 'normal' things that they had. I felt like I was in WalMart. What am I going to do when I'm actually back home and in a real WalMart?!?!?!
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Hey! I bet your taste buds were throbbing in joy after eating that stuff. Maybe your stomach too, but who knows after getting used to something so different?
Miss you. Lifting you up too. Eagerly awaiting your return home, when you decide to come!
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