eggs and TP

The door to the liquor store stood wide open. Breathing some fresh Santa Cruz morning air I strolled on in, in my pajamas. Holy shorts and a sweatshirt is all anyone should be wearing at nine o'clock in the morning on a Saturday. The asian guy at the counter smiled big and said hello. Sunlight was streaming through the windows of the liquor store like God's rays, illuminating rows of items and packaging. Glass and dusty plastic glinted like jewels in the coastal morning sun. Sauntering, I wound my way around the aisles, touching cereal boxes and toothbrush containers, looking curiously at a large plastic jug next to the coffee station and deciding it was a container for milk. Finally at the back, my bounty: Toilet Paper.
And there was a selection! All in 4-packs, I had Melody, Happy Time, Soft Tissue and singles of Bathroom Paper. I went with Melody since the label had the most colors.
After another round around the aisles and cluttered shelves, I made my way back to the smiling guy at the front.
"One eighty-three" he said to me with lips curved upwards. From my sweatshirt pocket I grabbed the wad of bills I had snagged from the coffee table earlier. Four dollars. I slid two from the clump and handed them to the man. Smiling he took the dollars and made change with two quarters.
"Need a bag?"
"No I'm ok. Uh, do you guys have eggs?"
"Yeah yeah, right there in the third door, below the Red Bull sign"
Definitely not locating any third door or Red Bull sign, I assured him,
"Oh, ok. I see, ok"
I headed off in the direction of his extended finger. Preparing myself to look aimlessly for eggs for the next five minutes instead of going back and asking a second time, I saw the Red Bull sign.
Behind the glass door dozens of eggs were stacked inside, at a reasonable marked price. I pulled open the door and picked the perfect dozen, I mean this one was IT, the dozen. When I pick eggs, I mean business. I opened it to check for cracks, closed the cooler door behind me and wound my way back around the aisles towards my smiling friend.
"Two thirty-nine"
Into my pocket again I located two more bills and my fifty cents coins, which I started to give the man,
but I looked at the money for a second

Last week 700,000,000,000 dollars were exchanged between our government and banks. That's 700 billion, or 700 bazillion

I handed my two bills and coins to the smiling guy. He smiled, and gave me the cents back for the purchase. I glanced at his counter again to see if there was anything else I might need. Nah, no gummy worms or jerky this morning, so I scooped up the eggs and made to go.
"Thank You," I said to him. We both knew I'd be back soon.
Eggs and TP in arm, I sauntered out the door and back into the brisky fresh sunlight of Saturday morning.