The Easy Button

I know it’s Office Depot (not a hardware store), but I couldn’t help thinking that there needs to be one here.  B&Q has been the closest thing so far that I could find.  It’s a hardware store on the scale of a Lowe’s or Home Depot.  I’m finally getting around to hanging some of the things we’ve purchased and found that I needed a few items.  The sea shipment has been stuck in Shanghai for 2 weeks with no end in sight, so I figured I would not wait on the much needed items it brings.  I also discovered that every wall in the house is concrete with a thin veneer of dry wall, so every picture becomes a bigger annoyance to hang…

On a sunny, beautiful day in Suzhou (wish I could say clear, but the smog said otherwise) I headed off by myself.  I figured I would also take another stab at Auchan without the kids just to poke around a bit.

B&Q was pretty nice and I found most of what I was looking for.  Not much to report on except that people kept leaning over my basket to see what I could possibly be buying.  I also grabbed a shot of the cook out section, which I thought people would find interesting.  What you see in the bottom picture is the largest outdoor cooking section I’ve seen in any store in China.  The grills are in the boxes on the shelf.  This almost made me cry despite the beautiful weather.  Guess I’ll be bringing back a few loads of wood in a checked bag next time I’m in the States.

Auchan was across the street so I strolled over, doing my best to appear as though I knew what I was doing and where I was going.  I wandered around the shops out front and turned the corner to enter the store.  It was every bit as busy as the last time we went.  I turned around and left.