A Muggle's Way of Life
Chapter 6
Sorry to those who are British and reading this story. I don't know about your shopping centers and outlets. Like I said before I am an American and I can only write about American shops unless you tell me about some of your shops. I think you would really like Wal-Mart Supercenter because it is an all in one store. There are clothes in one area, groceries in another, and then home goods in another area, automotives, and anything else that you can almost imagine. Ok on with the story now.
They left the shopping mall and went to the local Wal-Mart Supercenter to buy anything else they would need. When they entered Wal-Mart they were amazed. Even though it was only the 2nd of September they had Halloween and Christmas things out.
"Does everyone want split into groups of two, or in two groups, or would you rather stay together?" Harry asked as he got a buggy. Harry encouraged everyone to get a buggy too.
"Let's stay together for our first visit." Hermione said and everyone agreed.
"Ok then we will start over by the pharmacy and work our way around until we get to the food section."
Since they went to the drug store first they didn't need anything from that section. In home goods Harry picked up a nice set of pots and pans. He also got some cookie sheets to bake rolls and cookies on. He got different types of baking pans to bake cakes in. In the linen part he picked up some more sheets, towels, and other things he thought that they would need. The others got some different colored sheets too.
They passed the hardware department because they really didn't need anything from there either. They went to the automotive department and bought some basic things like oil, transmission fluid, brake fluid, windshield washer fluid, shop towels and windshield wipers. Next was the camping and sports department. Harry picked up some tents and sleeping bags. Draco was looking over the total body gym that was indorsed by some guy named Chuck Norris. Hermione, Pansy, and Blaise were looking at some workout videos; one in particular was Buns of Steel. Neville wasn't that interested in the camping and sports, but Ron was drooling over the belly dancing DVD cover.
Next was the plant department. Neville looked like Christmas had come early. He got several bags of different fertilizer, plant food and several different types of plants (roses, petunias, violets, pansies, ect…). They left the plants and went to the electronic. Severus picked up a Nintendo wii game system and a couple of games which included rock band instruments. Every one bought some more CD's and DVD's. The shoe department was next door and across the aisle was crafts and stationary. They went across the aisle first and picked up some more paper and pens. The girls went wild in the craft department. They bought yarn, beads, sewing items, a sewing machine, bells and other craft things. Behind that department were party supplies and gift items. They decided to go there before they went to the shoe department. They picked up the different cards especially the ones with music. They had one with the Wicked Witch of the West from The Wizard of Oz. They also got a piñata and candy to fill it with.
When they got to the shoes the girls went wild and bought jogging shoes, sandals, dress shoes, boots, bedroom shoes, and several different pairs of crocs one in each color that they had. The guys bought hiking boots and jogging shoes. They split up to look at the clothes. Which everyone bought some more shirts and jeans. They stopped by the Halloween department to get some candy for them (Pay Days, Snicker, Peanut Butter cups, Hershey's bars, and other candy). They would come back closer to Halloween to pick up candy for the trick o' treaters.
Finally, they made it to the grocery department. Harry, Hermione and Severus went to get a couple buggies to put the groceries in. when they came back they each had one. They started at the front of the department which is fresh fruits and vegetables. In Harry's buggy they started putting in lettuce, carrots, cucumbers, tomatoes, onions, potatoes, bell peppers, broccoli and cauliflower, apples, oranges, bananas, grapes, grapefruit, strawberries, blueberries, and kiwis. The next aisle was bread and other candies and snack foods like powder doughnuts. They got 2 loaves of bread and some snack foods. The next aisle had coffee, tea, hot coco mix, and other various items. The next aisle was the canned meat and oriental and Mexican foods (I decided not to go aisle by aisle). They bought soups, baking items (sugar, flour, cornmeal, and various mixes), breakfast foods (including eggs, bacon, ham, sausage, milk, pancake mix, cereal, and yogurt.), and paper products. They paid for everything and went home where they organized things.
Sorry for the delay. I had hoped to have this posted by Christmas but Anatomy got in the way so did the death of my adopted grandpa and my cat who had cancer. I hope to be able to post again soon but I am going on an alternative spring break and will help fix or build houses. I'm really excited about this trip. Hopefully I will have a laptop to take with me and I can work on chapter. I am also taking the second part of Anatomy plus English and a humanities course. Please review. Next chapter will have Petunia, Vernon, and Dudley in it. I don't know if I said or not but everyone is getting their own rooms. They will also spend time doing group work on how things in the muggle world works. I haven't decided on the groups yet, but harry will be in charge of a group and Hermione will be in charge of the other. Should a game be made out of it and who shall be in what group? I would love to hear some opinions.
Rena