With travel and a busy schedule and not loving to shop, we don't go to the store often. But today we needed to shop. So, we headed out early, Saturday before 10 is a slow traffic time around town. After a long delay because of a pesky policeman who wouldn't let us go until we called our friend, the general, even though we did nothing wrong, we got to City Market. I promise that I will never complain about the cost of living in the US again. For our $280 we got this.
Here are some of the items we bought.
 All the vegetables were so good today that we splurged. For this many green beans it was $9. Carrots $1 each. These potatoes were $7.50. |
 
This nice lettuce, which we can't often find, was $6.75 and the cake mix was $5.50.
Now for the killer. The orange, yes, one orange, was $3.75.
It's just sad that I love chocolate orange cake and orange rolls enough to buy one. We did find a fabulous bargain. It's something we've not seen before and will likely not see again.
This:
 On sale and beautiful! Only $6.50 for 10 packages. So, there you have it!!. The pain and joy of shopping in Kinshasa. Fun! Fun! Fun! |
3 comments:
Obviously we should have our members grow and sell fruits and vegetables. Are prices for them in the street markets as expensive? If so it is amazing that any of the native people eat any at all. Thanks for sharing your shopping trip...
Oh! I winced at the prices. the produce did look lovely, though.
Thanks for sharing.
Boy, are you ever going to have a heyday at Costco when you get home!!!
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