Shopping The Day Before Thanksgiving!

Yes, that's right, I went grocery shopping the day before Thanksgiving! And yes I had to buy a turkey!

Now I went during the later part of the morning and even then the Shoprite was crowded! It was especially crowded where the frozen turkeys were! Shoppers were looking into the bins looking for the right sized turkey and to make things more complicated there was a decision to be made as to whether to buy a frozen or fresh turkey (remember this is the day before Thanksgiving!).

I often wondered how someone could get a frozen turkey on the day before Thanksgiving but expect it to be cook-able and thawed out for Thanksgiving Day but Marsha told me that people use a hair dryer to thaw out their turkey!

Like I said, Shoprite was packed! - even for the early afternoon and I suspect that it would probably be more crowded as the day wore on!


The parking lot was crowded, the Cheltenham Mall was crowded both inside and out!

I just could not wait to get home and out of the madness! But I did manage to get everything that I needed!

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Mike!

Here is a picture of Mike! He works at my local Shoprite that's located on the far side of the Cheltenham Mall. He also used to be a co-worker of mine as I used to work at the Shoprite too!

I still shop there though because it is so close to me and I took this picture of Mike one day with my camera phone part of my cellphone.

He is always very busy because he works outside of the store gathering the shopping carts that the shoppers leave in the parking lot. If you have been to this store then you know that it is HUGE! and the same thing applies to the parking lot!

Germantown

I was talking to someone about the Germantown section of Philadelphia and it brought back some fond memories. Personally I remember the area as having those great big old beautiful houses that I later found out were quite historical in nature. I also remember the area having a lot of "green" in it - meaning trees and grass.

I haven't been in that particular area since last year when I was at Germantown and Chew avenue doing some shopping. Unfortunately there was a lot of trash in the area but it was full of people including a lot of students, people who were going to lunch from their jobs and just a lot of people in general. Germantown and Chelten is quite a congested area during almost any time of the day.

I see that the Germantown branch of the library is still there and it is still in that cute old-looking building. (I have been looking for an online picture of it but haven't found one yet but will post it when I do).

The whole entire area is steeped in tradition and their historical society is supposed to be quite popular.

The further up Germantown Avenue you go the more shops and stores that appear and I seem to remember that they decorate the outside streets with Christmas decorations during the holidays. I also remember some of the shops being quite pricy but there are also stores there where you can get a good bargain as well.

Now that I'm remembering I seem to remember there being a fabric shop in the area but I don't think that it is there anymore )-:

I Do Most Of My Grocery Shopping At Shoprite

I do most all of my grocery shopping at the Shoprite at the Cheltenham Mall. Technically its not in Philadelphia but the Shoprite is located just outside the city limits on the other side of Cheltenham Avenue.

I used to work at that store (its a loonnnnnnnng story!) so I'm still friendly with most of the people that work there. But even though I used to work there the store is still pretty good shopping-wise! Their pastry section is to-die-for and they have a very good seafood department.

The store is also at a very good location because it is right near the bus depot at Cheltenham and Ogontz Avenues.

There's also a sale going on and the store has many sample exhibits where shoppers can sample some of the foods that are on sale.