August 17, 2009

So we moved into out flat and we have some things that the flat came with! It came with dishes and some pots and pans. So we had to go buy some towels and blankets and stuff like that. They have this really neat store here... its called Argos. You walk into the store and go look in this huge catalog and search for items that you need, I think it looks like the thick JCPenny catalog that I remember mom getting when we were younger. So we find the items and then write the numbers down on the paper, then we take the paper up to the counter and pay for our items, we get a number and then sit in a waiting area until they call your number. When your number is called then you go to the counter and they have all your items ready for you to take home.

We got pillows, a duvet cover, blanket, and later we would get more stuff!

Next we were headed to the grocery store - its called Waitrose and it is just down the street from our flat! Devin and I walk in there and we could stay there for hours. There are so many different things and most of them we have never even seen before! There are some weird things - I could not for the life of me find the eggs, they were on the baking isle next to the flour - no they do not keep the eggs in the refrigerator they just keep them on the shelf. The other thing is that the milk goes bad in about two days so you can only buy a really small container before it will go bad - we learned this the hard way with clumpy milk. The food here is really expensive but they have a Waitrose brand just like a wal-mart brand. It is much cheaper!

Heather gets here tonight at about 11pm and we get home really late. Off to bed!