The modern fairy tales of a neo-pagan in the conservative south.

So my husband and I go to the new German markets that have opened in Houston.  The chain is called Aldi, and they opened five of them about two days ago.

In the grande 'ole South, a regular 'market' is few and far between, unless you live out in the sticks.  I'm a city gal, so I'm used to really large supermarkets or high-end specialty stores.  So we decided to go to this German market and have a look-see.  We arrived casually late the second day it opened, at about 8 pm, and left at 8:45 pm....trying very hard to dodge the totally-full parking lot.

The first thing we noticed is that the little carts have these interesting chains.  You have to put a quarter in the chain to release the cart for useage....and if you want that quarter back, you've got to shag your own cart and lock it back up in the large chain of carts. (I bet if they used more of those, they'd have to worry less about people wandering off with them...but in Houston, it's one of those cities that if you don't have a car, you have a hard time getting around.  A lot of poorer chaps will swipe a cart to push it seven blocks home...then not bother to return it).

Produce prices were decent, and the idea of charging for plastic and paper bags was actually kind of cool to us - it forces people to be more 'green' and tote their own bags.  And they should.  I hope this place is a smashing success.  We realize that there are a lot of items which are just the same as other name brand items, just named differently than what we are used to seeing.  I hope this place opens more, particularly on our side of town.

So with all the cold items, we skipped a trip to the sex shop, Eros, but only because we had some cold items.  Tomorrow I've got spaghetti to make, a kiln to mend, and some witches coming by tomorrow.

(And honestly, this first blog is a test blog, but true nonetheless.)