Many years ago my sister and I had taken my grandmother, Lily, to Copp's, a store which is the predecessor of today's superstores. Grandma always wore hairnets, as was the custom for her age group, and told us that she needed some more. Lori went to grab a package and returned to find us moving down another aisle.
When she handed them to Grandma, Lily asked how much they were. Lori told her they were 33 cents for a pack of three. SCREECH!!! She slammed on the brakes and asked incredulously, "Wwhhaatt?" Oh, it was hysterical! This story would be so much better if you could hear me say the 'wwhhaatt?'. Talk about highway robbery! She could not believe how much they had gone up in price since the last time she bought them. Now, granted, it might have been a very long time if my mom or auntie picked them up for her and Lily never knew how much they cost. Still, it makes me chuckle yet, to picture her slamming those brakes on in the aisle in shock. Eleven cents a piece for a white hairnet---unbelievable!
I had this similar experience recently at Publix. I went on Friday to get a prescription called in by my dentist because a couple of my teeth were giving me threats and I wanted to be ready in case it was an abscess. Anyway, the script wasn't available yet so I wandered around the store for a bit. Got soda which was on special and then went looking for some lotion. Normally I have a bottle from Justin from Christmas or Mother's Day to last me, but my legs still suffer from winter dryness so I wanted to get something to hold me over.
Well, I searched the shelves to find the 'discount' stuff, even thinking some Vaseline Intensive Care would be good enough. Holy cow! These bottles, generous in size, were upwards of $8. SCREECH!!! Wwhhaatt??? I decided to forego my purchase and make due with a bottle of stuff I got for Christmas at the Ladies' Group party, Tea Rose scent. Not my favorite scent, but, hey, if it does the trick, good!
After I got my free prescription, I headed toward the check-out, passing the end cap where sale items were displayed. Yay for me---a bottle of lotion, not quite as large as the others but just fine, for $6. I felt like this was quite the coup, a score, finding this better priced product, name brand at that. I wonder if Publix doesn't market a no-name brand of its own for stuff like this. I am so good with generic products, not so good with dry skin!
Back to Lily's white hair nets---more than once when I worked at Shady Lane, I needed to go to her room (427) and borrow one of hers when I forgot my own. In my department hair nets were required for our tied up hair. Oh, I looked so cute with my dark brown hair sporting a white halo. And believe me, when I was done with it, I gave Lily back her expensive hair net, with interest!
