Flu Shot Time at Safeway - Plus a Coupon

I used to get my flu shot at work. It was always in October. Then we would find a place for my husband to get his. We have been to CVS, Giant, McLean Pharmacy, and Safeway. Because I am now retired, we have been going to Safeway for the last two years because we are now registered there, and you also get coupons for 10% off up to $200 on groceries - something you don’t get anywhere else. Last week we thought we might try the CVS down the street, or even the MedStar Clinic associated with our doctor office. But we just didn’t get there. I just wanted to get it over with. So while grocery shopping on Saturday we thought it might be a good time. But there was a line and my husband didn’t want to wait. So we drove to McLean Pharmacy and saw too much activity and decided to wait - again. It’s not like we had anything better to do. Then we thought we would get the shot before dinner on Sunday, but the Pharmacy was closed. So this morning we didn’t take our usual morning walk and headed out to McLean Pharmacy. When we walked in they said they ran out of shots on Saturday. This was getting annoying! So we ended up back at the Safeway where there was no line, we were seen right away, and we didn’t have to process a lot of paperwork because we had been there last year. And we got not just two - but three - coupons because there were two left on my paperwork clipboard. So in the end it was worth it. We don’t go to our doctors office for the flu shot because it is advised to stay away from a waiting room of usually sick people. Although it seemed to take a while to finally get this annual immunization done, it worked out in our favor.