Grocery Shopping...Block Party

It's not really new news that I like to grocery shop. What is new and exciting is the number of shopping options that I have now that we live in the city. Every week is a new shopping adventure, trying to figure out which places have the best prices and best produce and such.

By far the most exciting shopping adventure was this one from a couple weeks ago:

The 6 hour sale was called "Jamaica-Me-Crazy". I initially skipped over this add for its cheese-factor. That kind of gimick can't possibly be connected to legitimately good sale prices.

However, the morning of the sale, I looked at it again, and realized it was a sale that could not be passed up. With ground beef for 99cents a pound, and cherry tomatoes at 50 cents a pint; I could not resist.

However, I was mildly intimidated by the fact that the sale was complete with "live entertainment". I have mild phobia of cheap DJs, and much prefer to shop without distraction. So I convinced Mon Amour (and by convinced, I mean that he was more than willing...cause he is great like that) to come with me.

Between the live entertainment (a DJ, and the mascot for the city's MLB team) and the games (some raffles and such), and the limited parking (it's a small local grocery store) it was a mad-house!!!
They had every check out lane open, and the lines were still huge! But they moved pretty fast, and everyone seemed to be having a fun time. The store owner was there handing out random coupons for future shopping trips, our cashier was the friendliest person ever. And all in all, it felt more like a community event, like a block party, then it did like a sale. The good prices were just an added bonus.