Gonna need a raise...

Yesterday revealed a whole new standard of living for us Yichangren...the international section at Guo Mao! They completely renovated and extended this already cherished portion of our supermarket. There was screaming, smiling, jumping, and maybe a few tears. Katie even translated, "this is the best day of my life" in Chinese to one of the workers. This may not seem like a big deal to people on the West side, but this was quite a day for us. To get most of this stuff, we have to travel to Wuhan (boo) which is at least a 5 hour bus and then haul it all back. Unfun. Now it's at our very fingertips! If only we can get them to have a refrigerated section with milk and cheese!


We found...
pretzels - 10 varieties! in boxes and snack bags!
Off brands of Wheat Thins, graham crackers, Ritz, and Saltines!
A Pepperidge Farm row - cookies and goldfish!!!
Pasta of every shape and size, including the multicolored ones!
DelMonte creamed corn in a can!
Tuna snack packs (with some strange combos)
Swiss Miss hot chocolate in several varieties
Three different kinds of soy milk!
Random jello flavors, including lychee and cola?
Sunmaid raisins and other dried fruit (not craisins thought)
Kellog's cereal...yep, the Rooster and Tony
Lyndor Truffles (the kind I treat myself to every time I go to Davis Kidd)
Tic Tacs!
And much much more...

Sure all of this is a little pricey on our Yichang salaries. But for a treat, it's nice to put it in perspective that it'd cost much more to ship it from America! :)