The Little Things

There are many exciting aspects to living abroad.  Seeing new places.  Learning about new cultures.  Trying new foods.  Those are just a few.  However, some days it’s the little things that excite you.  Like finding the one store out of five that carries dill pickles.  Finding the store with El Pato and Dunkin Donuts coffee. Locating a pizza place that is as good as Philly (very difficult to do).   Managing to drive the mile to the school fields.   Driving the five miles down to Stanley. 

Today, it was the little things that excited me.  I drove to Stanley by myself and parked in the “car park” (parking garage for you Americans).  I needed a couple of bulky items and Dave is out of town, so I figured I would give it a shot.  There’s an “American” store in Stanley that I don’t usually venture into for two reasons:  it is very expensive and I typically don’t mind buying whatever is available locally.  There are a couple of food items about which we are very particular though, one of them being peanut butter.  We only like “natural” peanut butter, no sugar added.  The Costco brand is our favorite.  My day was made when I found just that in the “American” store!  As Dave says, “There are certain things that are worth the extra cost.”  In this house, peanut butter is one of those things!  It was probably double the cost it is in the U.S., but it was less than the small jars of reduced sugar peanut butter that we don’t really like.

So here’s to the “little things” today.  They brought a smile to my face on a rainy, windy, dreary dayJ