My first unassisted Italian transaction

Last night after Deme came home from work, I went to the grocery store by myself to shop for dinner. The first time I went by myself, I made the mistake of not pre-labeling my produce. But the cashier was nice enough to do it for me. Let me explain:

At this particular grocery store all the produce has to be labeled and given a number. You must pick out your produce, place it in a bag, place it on one of the scales and press the correct item number in order to print out a label w/barcode that the cashier then scans. The first time I just threw few oranges, lemons, plums and fennel in a basket and lined up. She looked at what I had done and said "Arrivo subito"= "I'll be right back" She came back with everything bagged and labeled and I said "Mi dispiace, mi capito"="I'm sorry, I understand" She smiled and I was on my way.

So back to last night, I bought some salad fixings, milk, cheese, veal cutlets, raviolini and tea. When I went to the deli however, I impressed myself. I picked a number and got in line. When it was my turn, the man behind the counter said "Prego"="May I help you?" I said "Buon giorno, si. Posso avere un etto sopresatta questa"="Hello, yes, may I have 100 grams of this sopresatta (a kind of salami)? He sliced off 100 grams, I said "Arrivaderci" and smiled as I left.

When I got home, I cooked the pasta, made a yummy salad, caramelized some onions and sauteed the veal. We had a very nice dinner!