I have some things to say about Minnesota

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1. it's cold as hell here. It's August, FFS. I only brought one pair of pants for me and each of the kids!

2. they make you bag your own groceries here. And no grocery store savings cards. What's up with THAT?

3. My HS reunion is tomorrow, so my parents just brought out the following VHS tapes: 1. my graduation, 2. my prom and 3. our senior class Official Video. I have no idea why they kept these videos. And I REALLY have no idea why they still have a VCR.

In any case, I'm cringing right now. I tried to politely decline watching them, but they insisted.

[bbaggins]

This weather is perfect!! I mean, yes, it's a little cooler than normal but it's still short sleeve weather. They bag your groceries at fancy stores (Lunds, Byerlys, Kowalkskis) but the common folk stores (Rainbow and Cub) you do have to do it yourself.

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The weather is perfect... for April! I've become soft!

[bbaggins]

lol-yeah you have. There's still snow on the ground in April!

[-Moe-]

You wouldn't exist in Seattle then. Even if they have a heat warning right now, summers start in July. And then, even barely.

[nahoku]

I was just talking about how much I love this weather. But not in August!

Go to SuperTarget, they'll bag your groceries for you

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Oh, I know they'll bag your groceries in the fancy spots. But I don't frequent those stores
In other news, you'll be happy to hear that graduation speeches are even BORING-ER many years later. OMG this is so effing boring and my parents are loving it.

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I love this weather! Today was perfect. No humidity and under 90 degrees.
THey do bag your groceries at Target, Cub Foods (you have to go to the cash register with a big sign WE BAG)...

[ProfessorArtNerd]

So do they still read excerpts from oh, the places you'll go?

[spk926]

Aug 17, 2012 21:37:08 GMT -5 @landobiscuit said:

I love this weather! Today was perfect. No humidity and under 90 degrees.
THey do bag your groceries at Target, Cub Foods (you have to go to the cash register with a big sign WE BAG)...

What Cub do you go to? Every Cub I've ever been to don't have WE BAG signs.

Personally I like bagging my own groceries. I get so annoyed when others do it. That's my biggest complaint about Target; how they bag the groceries!

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Aug 17, 2012 21:41:51 GMT -5 mooselovah said:

Wait more important than bagging groceries, are you going to the hs reunion?

I think so. DH is coming into town tomorrow. We'll see if he can stay awake for it!

[hubes]

Do they have fareway in Minnesota? They will take your groceries out of the cart, bag them and take them to your car!

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H is in Minnesota right now. I'm kind of jealous. It's hot as balls here.

[exploding people]

Aug 17, 2012 22:53:16 GMT -5 hubes said:

Do they have fareway in Minnesota? They will take your groceries out of the cart, bag them and take them to your car!

Nope. I have never heard of Fareway.

If you go to non-chain or small town local grocery stores, they still bag your groceries. Or what used to be Super-Valu on W 7th in St. Paul.

[nahoku]

Aug 18, 2012 0:17:10 GMT -5 @kizmet said:

I looooooooooove this chillier weather!!! My ideal day is about 65* and sunny.

I would much rather have -10 than 98 with 98% humidity. Must be my thick Nordic blood. :-)

Ha, I tell my dh that my tropical blood cries just thinking about winter. This weather is my favorite, too, but I'll take summer over winter any day!

Weeble - have fun at your reunion tonight!

[thedutchgirl]

This happens every August. The summer all of a sudden starts to feel like fall. I'd like some 80-degree days in between the 100 and 70.

[EmilieMadison]

Aug 17, 2012 21:27:22 GMT -5 @weeble said:

Oh, I know they'll bag your groceries in the fancy spots. But I don't frequent those stores
In other news, you'll be happy to hear that graduation speeches are even BORING-ER many years later. OMG this is so effing boring and my parents are loving it.

LOL, um, I dont consider super Target to be fancy, and they bag my groceries

And ditto about appreciating this lovely April weather when we just had 20+ days of over 90 degrees with a few in the 100s just for funsies!

[EmilieMadison]

Aug 18, 2012 0:25:47 GMT -5 exploding people said:

Aug 17, 2012 22:53:16 GMT -5 hubes said:

Do they have fareway in Minnesota? They will take your groceries out of the cart, bag them and take them to your car!

Nope. I have never heard of Fareway.

If you go to non-chain or small town local grocery stores, they still bag your groceries. Or what used to be Super-Valu on W 7th in St. Paul.

They still do at that one. That's the creepiest fucking grocery store. I get hit on/asked out/proposed to every time I go there. You'd think this would be bragging, but no, it's not. And I dont know what's scarier- the complete weirdos who shop there (yeah, I know, I go there too sometimes) or the complete weirdos who work there. I'm not kidding, its CREEPY.

[thedutchgirl]

That whole shopping center is creepy.

[EmilieMadison]

Aug 18, 2012 12:21:00 GMT -5 thedutchgirl said:

That whole shopping center is creepy.

:Y:

[-Moe-]

::: takes notes :::

(they've bagged all my groceries till now)

[thedutchgirl]

Whole Foods, Kowalski's, Lunds/Byerly's, and Target all bag for you.

[exploding people]

Aug 18, 2012 12:21:30 GMT -5 EmilieMadison said:

Aug 18, 2012 12:21:00 GMT -5 thedutchgirl said:

That whole shopping center is creepy.

Truth! I've never actually been to that one though; I was thinking of the one on 7th and St. Clair. Although that one's not exactly amazing either.