Come Quickly, Meijer!

I have this habit of checking the newspaper online every morning to make sure I'm not in the obituaries. If I am, I want to go home before putting in a full day's work! Usually that's my only check of the paper each day (unless I'm awaiting breaking news of some sort) - but yesterday I happened to check back later in the day and saw the best news EVER.

We're getting a Meijer.

Mind you, I probably won't shop there. I like Meijer, but I'm too cheap to shop there. But my philosophy is this: if we have one, it will clear out some of the Wal Mart crowd and then maybe I can actually shop there without bordering on a stroke.

Today I went to Wal Mart. I'm having company for lunch tomorrow and needed to buy cake pans for the pumpkin spice cake I want to make. And then I had just a couple of other things on the list too: milk, hairspray, that kind of stuff. And of course, everyone had descended upon the store, bringing with them their unruly children.

And I made the terrible mistake of failing to caffeinate before going shopping. When I say I'm addicted to caffeine - I mean addicted. Just ask my co-workers who accidentally speak to me pre-coffee in the mornings. But on Saturdays I don't always have coffee or tea early in the day because I sleep in really late and figure that will override my need to caffeinate. Today I was wrong. So there I was, in Wal Mart, with some kid screaming his fool head off one aisle over, a lack-of-caffeine headache brewing above my eyes, and I ran into Deb. (As in blogging buddy, Deb.)

She was so kind and actually admitted to knowing me - but her first words were about the new Meijer and when it might actually be ready to open. (Turns out that tomorrow is good for both of us.) I'm glad to know I'm not the only one who feels this way.

So....Meijer? Welcome! Welcome and HURRY!!!!!!!!!!