HEB-ish

So today I found Sainsbury's, the grocery store that will save my life, for many reasons:

1. It's a little more than a 10-minute walk away, which is nice and easy (as long as its not raining), yet enough to keep me from looking like a beluga whale when I get home.
2. I have to cross two streets, which is good practice for not getting hit by a car/bus/truck coming from the *wrong* way. Wrong, left, right, I don't know....but I need the practice. :)
3. It has everything I need--first in line was dish soap and paper towels, but it will serve me well in the months to come at reasonable prices (as far as pounds are concerned...). So yay!
4. It's less crowded and not full of organic food I can't pronounce and affluent people on their way home from work. This keeps me from being run over by the rich barrelling down the aisles while I meander just looking for gherkins (read: pickles...and the reason I couldn't find them at the first grocery store I tried) to put in my tuna. Also I blend in better amongst the crowd. :)

Not to complain, but my arms and shoulders are a bit sore from lugging over 100 pounds of luggage around....especially up 3 flights of stairs to my flat. No lifts....just stairs. At least I'm not on the 5th floor. :)

So tomorrow's Friday, and thus begins the weekend. My interview is at 11:00 a.m., so I plan to get up early to eat a good (Wheetabix!) breakfast, prepare, and give myself plenty of time to ride the tube efficiently. On Saturday I think a group is going to try to score some half-price tickets to a musical at TKTS, a discount kiosk that sells cheap day-of tickets in Leicester Square. We'll see what show we can pick up, take a scheduled guided tour with our EUSA group, do something cool in the afternoon and catch the show in the evening, dressed to the nines. What a life. :)