BOGOF!

Apparently there is something people do these days called "pwning", the cool kids told me about it. Today I "pwned" the supermarket. Not just one but two of those bad boys! Hmm, this is starting to sound tad seedy. Hold on. The definition of "pwned". Glad I found that link. Swiftly moving on, I did it more than once. I'm a big "pwner" these days. I'm all about the "pwning".

What on Earth am I banging on about?! Even I'm not sure but fortunately those big letters above that spell out "BOGOF!" are a timely reminder. My mission today was to go hunt, because I am a man. However, since this is the 21st Century man has built supermarkets, thus rendering my hunting spear (not an euphemism) relatively useless today. A more civilised way of procuring food is to pay for it with money. Apparently. Where is the fun in that, I wonder?!

Anyone who "does" the supermarket knows by the time you empty the bags in the kitchen, you're already wondering how so little cost so much. It always looks more in the basket or trolley. However, every once in a while, something quite mysterious and quite possibly magical takes place. Long before you find yourself in your kitchen cross-referencing your receipt to what is before your eyes. Even before you have that somewhat uncomfortable conversation with the person at the checkout about if you'll need bags (really?!) or a hand packing. Yes, I'm talking about while you drift down the aisle, weaving in and out old people with their tartan trollies, hyper-active children playing hide and seek and couples having domestics over a lamb shank. The moment you realise that today is your day in supermarket land. Everything you want, everything you need is discounted or on special offer. Even better, when everything has been crossed off your shopping list, out of the corner of your eye, you catch a glimpse of an old favourite. Something you've not had in a long time but there it is, waiting for you and it too has money off. This is not a tease, nor is it a flirtation. This is fate. It is! Every "buy one, get one free" deal, half price deal and multi-buy are the signs to this moment. The moment when you declare yourself the King or Queen of the Supermarket. Today you have won!

So, yeah, suffice to say today I went shopping. Managed to get a lot of deals and came home with a bundle of shopping. I stood in my kitchen, cross-referencing my receipt at what was before my eyes, wondering how so much cost so little. I couldn't help but be pleased with myself. That was until I realised it would have been even cheaper with my hunting spear in hand. Oh well. Maybe next time.

I still "pwned" the supermarket.