Ever discover something that had been there for a while and wonder why you had never found it before? Makes me wonder what the heck I've been doing all this time. Was right in front of my face, all I had to do was take a look around. Well first I had to go inside and in order for that to happen, I had to change my thinking.... Sounds deeper than it is, or isn't it?
This weekend I was feeling like breaking out the ol crock pot and trying a recipe from one of the cook books that I have collecting dust in my living room. Not real sure how it's gonna come out, but I'mma find out in another 5 hrs or so. At any rate, the recipe called for fennel and I figured the regular grocery store would carry it. I figured wrong.
Near my house there is this sorta alternative type grocery store, least that's how I think of it, called sunflower market. I NEVER shop in there and idk why. I kinda thought it was all wholesome earthy crunchy and couldn't possibly have anything decent that I couldn't get at my regular store. Plus since I'm not a health nut, what do I need to shop there for? But yesterday when I needed some fennel, that was the first place I thought of. Funny that place has been there for YEARS and I have even gone in. But I never really shopped or even took the time to look around.
Yesterday while I was in there I actually stopped and really looked around that place. And not only are their prices reasonable on their produce, but it actually looks BETTER than the produce at the place I normally shop. And they had all kinds of neat stuff like oats in these big barrels that u can scoop out yourself and a little bulk self serve candy/snack section. It kinda reminded me of a combination of 2 places from back home. It had that fresh produce store smell but wasn't dirty looking like the one from home. Then it also sorta looked a little like a whole foods type of store.
But back to the point of this story... While I was in the snack section i saw these yogurt covered pretzels. some were plain and some were cherry and they also had chocolate. It kinda reminded me of the ones I had at work over in LB's office. So I decided to get some of the cherry flavored yogurt covered ones. It really wasn't what I had gone in there for, but I thought what the heck, why not?
!!!!! WHAT !!!!!! let me tell u those things were soooo tasty i almost made myself sick trying to eat them all. Granted I was starving, but still. They were sweet and salty, creamy and crunchy. They were the perfect snack and just might be my new fav. I never wouldda expected to find such a tasty treat in a place such as that. I was quite surprised and really glad I stopped.
So the moral of the story is just because you see something all the time doesn't mean you know everything it has to offer. Stop and smell the roses. Take time to really take a look around and you just might find some cherry flavored yogurt covered pretzels too!
LOL! "MESSAGE!!!"
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