laundry & grocery day again

I got up this morning and turned on the news and wow, their predicting a winter storm moving in around the first of the week and so it looks like we could go through our first winter storm in our new home.

We decided we hadn't been out to look the town over and it's about time we did. Also, unforuntally, i haven't been grocery shopping or did laundry in 2 weeks either. So yes, we best go looking the town around and get those dreaded task out of the way. So we went and finally found the laundry mat. Wow, it took us 3 gas station before we finally found anyone who knew where it was at. Wow, that's amazing! I can't imagine living in a town and not knowing where the laundry mat is at ... hmmmm

I guess these city folks have other things to do. We used to travel through this town years ago when we would go on vacation, WOW it sure has built up since then. I sure was shocked with all the new homes and how much traffic there is town. Wow you won't believe it, but it has a Aldie store ... oh boy my favorite! We went to the laundry mat first, but you won't beleive what happened.

After finally finding it, which is was just a few blocks off themain road, hubby carried the clothes in and sat them up on top of a washer for me to unload. Well he comes carrying in the laundry soap and softener and says, look ... oh no, we forgot to take the laundry soap out of the vehicle the last we did laundry and it was frozen solid from these frigid temps were having! hubby tells me, just get it out of that machine and of course i say "are you nuts", I'm not buying that, i can buy a large container at Wal-mart for what i'd spend to do today's laundry.

Of course you can imagine how that went over ... yes he is mumblilng .. oh heaven forbid if we'd just do it the easy way and get the soap here .. no we have to load it all back up and go get some ... LOL I told him, i will stay here and you run to Wal-mart, i saw one when just as we came into town .. he replies of course you did, you never miss a Wal-mart! Then he tells me that he is not leaving me in a strange place and so i say, well you stay here and i'll go .. of course he isn't having that either! So guess what we do ... you got it .. we pack the clothes and stuff back up and head to Wal-mart!

On the way to Wal-mart i spot a Dollar General! I tell hubby "look a Dollar Store! Let's just go there and go to Wal-mart after we do laundry that way were not making 2 trips to Wal-mart" Of course he says ... yes, he is very crabby and not in good humor. He parks the vehicle and says, i will be here. I'm like i don't think so .. come on your carrying the stuff out .. I can't with my back. So he gets out and we head in the store. Of course i find other things to look out and he so patiently waits .. NOT .. he is complaining the entire time to hurry up!

We get back to the laundry mat and hubby carry's the clothes and stuff back in and we finally get the laundry done, so now we are back off to do the grocery shopping. On the way to Wal-mart I spotted an Aldie's sign .. So I tell hubby to make a left turn ahead and he is like .. Wal-mart is on the right. I reply yes I know but were going to Aldie's first! So he turns left and behold, you can't get into Aldie's from this exit .. ughhh hubby is furious and not saying nice things. He turns around and goes to the Wal-mart exit and turns left and behold there is the entrance!

Needless to say we go to both stores and go home with $245.00 less then we started out with! Ughhh i am so glad that task is over! By the way, it is a very nice town! People seem to be pretty friendly. We made friends with the lady who works at the laundry mat and she was telling us how some of the original people from the town took a bit of getting used to all new people who moved in. I was shocked how much the town has grown in about 5 years!

While we were in town we decided we'd best also fill up the gas cans for the genny (generator) and the vehicle so we should be prepared for the winter storm moving in. I hope we are anyway. You'll have to stay tuned and find out! hmmmm are they prepared .....