let's go krogering.....

ok, so on the way home from work i stopped at the kroger's...mostly because what i needed could not be found at the far-cheaper save-a-lot across the street, but also because i had seen coleus there...and thought i would have the chance to plant them this afternoon.....yes....there was a partial flat of this bright red/green annual bedding plant.....and some white nicotinia (related to the tobacco plant, but flowering...) to complement it.....and then there was the meat selection.......lots of good meat in the markdown bin....wow...i will admit, gentle readersl to being an unbashed carnivore....despite my not knowing any of the heifers involved......and though i have many meatless meals i like the taste of really good beef gravy with mashed potatoes to ever fully give up beef.......but i digress from the episode at the check-out....i selected the line with the grey-headed lady, because i sensed her to be stereotypically sweet and grandmotherly.....ha!.....she was in a real snit because there was a stray child (about 5)......standing at the end of her line being a real dennis-the-menace...asking her about what she was doing and why....and this little lady was about to burst.....she went so far as to say go away...you bother me.....a classic w.c. fields line....i actually laughed out loud....and when she turned to me with a glare that could peel paint....i demured and made myself busy by bagging the groceries.....and then a really inept fellow rushed up and non-verbally demanded that he be the one to bag my groceries.......i knew from the start that he was an idiot....because he grabbed my baguette and attempted to stuff it into one of those flimsy plastic bags.......my little grey lady cashier had decorated her kroger apron with all sorts of tgifridays flare pins.......another amusement.....i was really enjoying the moment for what it was..........life is grand, isn't it...when you stop to smell the flowers.............