I went to the Korean grocery store today

I needed to take some water to school- I ran out last week (Wednesday even) and have not remembered to get water- so, since I was getting headaches and I usually drink a lot of water and hadn't been for a few days. All of these clues, let me know that I was clearly dehydrated from the lack of water during the day. Today's chant while driving home was.. "Don't forget water. Don't forget water."

In the little grocery store sort of across the street from my apartment, you have to walk downstairs to enter the grocery store. AND, where is the 6 pack of big bottled water stored? At the top of the stairs. Since I don't speak Korean to tell them that I want to purchase the 6 pack of big water bottles.. I had to haul the water down the stairs and then back up again after I make my purchase.

I spotted one of the miniature shopping carts (they use these in Japan and other parts of Asia too) and thought you'd like to see what is used in the stores here.
You can see how small the cart is in comparison to the water bottles.

You will find some grocery stores that are larger than the one by my apartment- but, none of them are as big as the typical grocery store in America.

I took a few photos of some snack foods in the chip aisle:






I often send packages of Korean junk food home to my friends.


And what did I buy besides the water?
I LOVE, LOVE Dipping Dots! I've only seen them sold in public places like: Amusement parks, zoos, and other cultural entertainment locations. So, you can imagine that I was pretty happy to find DIPPING DOTS at my local grocery store. Of course, I bought the chocolate.