Living the American Dream

Thursday, March 29, 2007

Shopping was probably invented by the Americans. When Christopher Columbus first dropped anchor he probably had to sail around the ship lot a few times, before entering the Mall of America to be greeted by native Americans trying to sell him time share teepees and arrow heads. Even in those days, I expect he had to buy enough arrow heads for an entire army, sealed in a giant carton with a health hazard warning on the back. (Please use responsibly. May cause injury if aimed directly at the enemy, that kind of thing).
Anyhow, I digress. First few hours in a new country, we needed to stock up on a few things for the apartment. How difficult could it be? Answer: Very. Fruit, vegetables? Not seen one. This morning's breakfast will comprise of last night's left over pizza swooshed down with a gallon of mouthwash.
It's ironic that the food is all giant sized, now there are just two of us. The toothpaste alone is so large Ross will have to hold one end of the tube while I squeeze the other. It's lucky our visa is for up to five years. It will take us that long to use up the bottle of Diet Coke.

2 Comments:

  • I take it you can't sleep ;-)

    By Blogger Corinne, at 8:16 AM  

  • The blog was actually set on Somalian time or something, but yes, I did start this at 6.30 a.m.!

    By Blogger Hilary, at 8:22 AM  

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