Pic o' the Day #31

This is what I bought today. I realize there is a fair bit of crap in there, but hey, it was New Year's Day.

I shop for some of these things (oil, wine, diet Coke, meat) in the city at 好友多 (Hao You Duo) which basically translates as, "Good and Plenty". It gets really crowded on the weekends and I have learned never to shop there at those times. I went there two days before Spring Festival (Chinese New Year) and had to abandon my basket and just get out. It was insane.

Fruits and vegetables come from the market across the street from the school. The produce is always fresher and cheaper there. You can also bargain for even better prices. Sometimes I have the energy for this; Sometimes, I pay the extra 2 cents for a pound of pears. The current no-bargaining price is 1.6 RMB, or 19 cents, a pound.