Finally!!

Ladies and gentlemen - I finally got "picked up" at Safeway... Well, I kind of. Ha! Regardless, I at last feel welcomed to the neighbourhood!

I was busy organizing my groceries on the thing... oh my gosh, my brain is mush... conveyor belt, I guess... Anyway, I wasn't paying attention to the guy behind me - I was just trying to keep up with the cashier as she was ringing my stuff through so I could pack my cool grocery cart (trust me!) properly. And as I was just about to walk away, I heard the guy next in line speak to the cashier, and I thought, there you go... you were finally beside a guy in your age bracket and all you could think about was not crushing your peppers... As I was leaving the line, I stopped to unwrap my gum, which also provided me an opportunity to check out the guy. He looks to be about 5 years older than me, well tanned, good looking. Then I received a text from my sister - I texted her back. And by the time I'm done and ready to depart, he's about to leave.

While I was reading my sister's text, I had a funny thought - at Safeway, you can access your "Club Card" by using your phone number or presenting your card - and he rambled off his phone number. Could you imagine if someone "picked up" your phone number while you were shopping...? Maybe next time there's a cute guy beside me I'll use my number instead of my card and say my number slowly for him... and then ask if he got it... LOL.

Anyway, so, I leave the store. I get to the stop light, read and send a new text. He catches up with me - and passes me. All across the bridge he's ahead of me. Down the path, he's ahead of me... and then the distance closes. He slows down so I can catch up with him. So, I asked him if he was losing steam. And he said that at first he was trying to keep the pace up because he was worried I was going to attack, but then he figured he might as well risk conversation instead. He lives at the end of my street. He asked me several questions - I didn't get a chance to ask him much of anything. He did reassure me that there's still a lot to do from our location through the winter. We swapped names, but that's it. And we live about four buildings apart.

I just can't believe it took me this long to strike up conversation with a man at Safeway. I'll let you know if anything develops to determine if it was worth the wait...