I am such a snob
Feb. 7th, 2007 04:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
susandennisI first found Trader Joe's (a kind of specialty grocery store for those who have never heard of it) when I lived in California in the 80's. It had a large variety of delicious and relatively inexpensive cheeses and they had a very tasty caviar that did not require a mortgage.
When I first moved to Seattle, I think there was one Trader Joe's and it was small and crowded and had a very limited cheese selection and no caviar at all. What it did (and still does) have was a huge cult following.
People think if it comes from Trader Joe's it is perfection itself. Garbage in a Trader Joe's bag is eBay worthy. There is no downside to Trader Joe's at all. I even have friends who have - on more than one occasion - invited me over and when I ask if I can bring anything, they say 'only if it's from TJ's!' (I go empty handed on principle.)
So my snobby self has not darkened the doorway of a Trader Joe's in several years. Until today. I have no clue what prompted me to get in the car and go but I did and I got probably 10 lunches and 10 dinners worth of interesting food plus a box of cheese straws and a little tub of chocolate chip cookies all for $55.
I am only annoyed that I was too cool to go for so long....
I am cool no more.
When I first moved to Seattle, I think there was one Trader Joe's and it was small and crowded and had a very limited cheese selection and no caviar at all. What it did (and still does) have was a huge cult following.
People think if it comes from Trader Joe's it is perfection itself. Garbage in a Trader Joe's bag is eBay worthy. There is no downside to Trader Joe's at all. I even have friends who have - on more than one occasion - invited me over and when I ask if I can bring anything, they say 'only if it's from TJ's!' (I go empty handed on principle.)
So my snobby self has not darkened the doorway of a Trader Joe's in several years. Until today. I have no clue what prompted me to get in the car and go but I did and I got probably 10 lunches and 10 dinners worth of interesting food plus a box of cheese straws and a little tub of chocolate chip cookies all for $55.
I am only annoyed that I was too cool to go for so long....
I am cool no more.
