… and things present. Oh, the winter is here, and so is the snowfall on my pretty blog! Yay, the holiday season is here!
It is already December, and suddenly I ache for Germany. Last year was so beautiful, with snow and the holiday spirit everywhere. The houses lit up, the bakeries selling the Christmas specials, and stores loading up their holiday cookies and chocolates! I would leave office early, pick up some sweet fix, have a hot cup of tea, cuddle myself in a warm blanket and sit by my window with my book. Oh, what lovely times! Of course, I complained even then about all the things I didn’t have, like the love of my life for example, oh well…
Yesterday I stopped in at Aldi, one of the popular supermarkets in Germany, which is also here in good old North Carolina. The minute I entered, I was so overwhelmed! It just brought in a flood of memories of good times, far away friends… and I got super excited! I somehow imagined that everyone would speak German, and I can show off my amateur knowledge and make some friends.. and blah blah blah. All these imaginary things happened in my head! I discovered that apart from the way things were shelved, there really weren’t any similarities. It was just another American store… with a German name! I was glad to find some chocolate Santa figurines which mocked at me; last Christmas, I would buy these really small figurines and nibble at them for a long time… People pass on these to each other as gifts, though others use it more meaningfully than I did, they melt everything and make into something else. But those were times when I ran and biked like a crazy woman, and I could afford to do it. Not anymore, sigh! Yeah, if you are planning to buy any of these, you may not like them, they are something like cheap milk chocolates, but I admit I loved them! I know, I am a complex person! I asked one of the store persons for a Milka or Ritter, and she looked at me as if I some kind of green ugly alien. I wanted to beat her, but well, poor thing, who can blame her.
Then, I walked around seeing if I could find anything, anything at all, but I was surprised how cheap some of the stuff were, so I started loading up my cart! Of course I had to pay a 25 cent for a cart which you get back once you put the cart back where it belonged. And when I wanted to check out, they refused to take my credit card, please cash or debit… haha, I almost laughed! Like seriously? Some things are good when they are American, I guess, after all.