she waddled over to the checkout line labelled CREDIT CARD ONLY with her three bottles.
\u201cthese are all red, right?\u201d she asked the cashier, who held them up to the fluorescent light to check. it\u2019s strange that a mistake in color can amount to a completely different taste.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
the price tag on one of her bottles read: $2.99. the one in the middle had a multi-colored label that matched her bright magenta lipstick. the last one didn\u2019t look red to me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
she asked the man to put the bottles in separate brown bags within the plastic bag with handles.
\u201c\u2019cause you know, the hit against each other\u2026 one time they cracked and all the wine spilled,\u201d she explained.
\u201coh no!\u201d i said as i turned toward her, \u201cthat\u2019s terrible!\u201d
\u201ci know; i cried,\u201d she replied with a wide smile.
\u201cit\u2019s not like milk. you\u2019re not supposed to cry when that spills, but wine\u2014wine is symbolic.\u201d
\u201cyeah\u2026 anything it takes to get through the week, you know?\u201d
\u201ci know.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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