Grocery stores for some reason have been my place of refuge. If I am overwhelmed by what live is handing me I can always go to a grocery store and they can solve all of my problems no matter what they are.
I LOVE Kroger's! There is kroger's in Plano, Texas that plays the BEST music. I'm not talking 80's Mike and the Mechanics muzac music. I am talking deep heart stirring , Elvis Costello, The pretenders, and for good measure a little light hearted Kyle Minogue...I lived across the street from it several years ago, and when I had a bad day I would always go inside and walk around and clear my head. I am severely limiting the music by even trying to list what they played, but whenever I had a day it was like the store automatically knew what song to play to mull over whatever it was I was going through that day.
Also, the freezer section is a fanstatic place to cool a hot head or for curing that lump in your throat. Just let the cool calm you down and grab California pizza kitchen while you're at it. Thin crust barbeque chicken pizza is yummy by the way.
The kroger by my house now is a neighborhood draw and it's nice to run into people that I know, catch up on local gossip and reconnect with reality even when I'd rather not.
Which is not to discount other grocery stores... HEB has GREAT deals for a tight pocketbook, and don't even get me started on the greatness that Super HEB contains. Automotives NEXT to DVD's... I can get new windshield wiper blades and the sisterhood of the traveling pants in one convenient stop!
I also adore whole foods I go there for lunch sometimes and get the salad bar. YUMMERS!! Sometimes I will splurge and buy my groceries there. It makes me feel good knowing that I am eating something that isn't so processed and the fact that the store is environmentally conscious makes me feel like I am cancelling out all the times I threw those plastic coke bottles at endangered baby seagulls from Peru.
Plus they have granola with flaxseed oil and dried cranberries.
But the one thing that all these stores have, when all else fails, and my mood is incurable. Each and everyone one of these stores sells wine. ;)
I must start viewing grocery stores the way you do, b/c I hate grocery shopping and the stores! Maybe its b/c it never fails I get behind someone that for some reason has 50 million can good items the checker is rining up one at a time, or the fact that children are drawn to me and like to come screaming and running in my direction yelling at the top of their lungs! Next time I'm going with my ipod on and that might change my view on it all :)
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