the hardware stores

Today I went on a mission to get a whole pile of stuff at the hardware store. There seem to be three Home Hardware stores in Bridgetown, located directly across the road from each other. On closer inspection we discovered that they're sorta different departments of the same store. One has building supplies, one has appliances and seasonal stuff, and one has everything else. I opted to go to the "everything else" Home Hardware and got almost all of what I was looking for. When I asked the cashier where the rakes were, she told me to leave the rest of my stuff by the cash, go across the road for a rake, and bring it back so I could pay for everything.

So I go across the road. I find a rake and tell the clerk in that store that I'm going to go pay for it at the other Home Hardware. I leave the store with un-paid-for merchandise. SHE'S COOL WITH THAT.

Bridgetown is an awesome, awesome town.

So I went trundling back home with my rake in hand, lugging my big new rolling garbage can full of new stuff along behind me. The skies were ominous and a very cold wind was blowing. We're getting the first snow of the season now!