Monday, February 16, 2015

Holiday, Snow Storm and Harris Teeter in Old Town Alexandria

I am already off on Monday with my part time schedule. But today is Presidents' Day and all federal workers are off. There is also the threat of a snowstorm this evening in to tomorrow, so we all may get another day off. Since we were in need of groceries, we decided to take a ride to old town Alexandria and check out the new Harris Teeter after we went to lunch at TJ Stones. Harris Teeter is located on St. Asaph Street right across from Royal Restaurant - a staple mom and pop Greek kind of place. It is the typical grocery store apartment mix with underground parking. I noticed signs for on-line pick up. It was quite busy for a Monday, but it always is busier when the weathermen threaten us with eight inches of winter ugliness. What we found most interesting is that they have a lot of items we can't seem to find anywhere else - in particular tiny cans of decaf diet coke and Keurig decaf tea k cups. However, they didn't have out favorite cheese, and I didn't see turkey in a bag. It seemed like all the workers took Disneyland customer service lessons, and the check out process is state of the art. The nicest part is that it is at least five per cent cheaper than DC. If you are not into bringing recyclable bags, it's not mandatory in Virginia, so plastic is the norm. In DC there is a charge for not being environmentally conscious. All in all it is another option for grocery shopping. I'm just glad my husband prefers to do it when I am working. 












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