Morning Adventure

As I talked about in my last post, Wawa Mini-Fails, I went for a little adventure this morning to again keep pace with the challenge and to get my Wawa breakfast morning-ritual items. For those who haven't followed the blog too closely those items are: the Philadelphia Inquirer, a 20oz hazelnut coffee, & a sausage, egg, and cheese on a bagel.

So I had it all planned out - I would hit 3 different Wawas for those 3 different items. I did the quick research on www.wawa.com for the locations and made quick-written directions for myself. I would hit Wawas #811, 801, & 854.

So I started on my morning adventure, venturing out Darley Road, Chestnut Road, and then down Marsh Road. The next turn was Wilson Road in which the first Wawa would be on. Totally missed the turn. Keep in mind, I have a GPS in my car - thanks to my roommate Steve - but failed to use it. I have a feeling it could have helped.

Anyways - I recognized some of the roads from my directions leading to the other Wawas, righted myself, and got to Wawa #811 without too much trouble. However, on my way into the store I was struck by the other door. I walked in one door, a Wawa employee was walking in the other door and struck me with it. I'm sorry - was I moving too slow for you? Thanks dude. Anyways, I got my coffee and a quick picture of the store and moved onto the next Wawa after the abuse I took.

#12. Wawa Store #811 - Friday, December 3 - 10:34am
400 A Wilson Road
Brandywine, DE 19803
Item Purchased: 20oz hazelnut coffee

I then went to Wawa #801 without any trouble getting there, bought my Philadelphia Inquirer, and continued on. The picture below is from the last challenge during hoagie-fest. It is "hippie-fied" if you will.

#13. Wawa Store #801 - Friday, December 3 - 10:49am
Philadelphia Pike & Parkway Ave
Wilmington, DE 19809
Item Purchased: Philadelphia Inquirer

Next up was Wawa #854. This would have been the Wawa I hit in yesterday's update if I didn't mess up my "needing gas" schedule. So I hit it today, purchased my sausage, egg, & cheese and went on my way. This Wawa is one of my usual Wawas. I like it because it is a super-Wawa with gas and also has 2 entrances. I just realized that I have a lot of different "usual" Wawas. Oh well, I guess that comes with the territory when you blog about a store.

#14. Wawa Store #854 - Friday, December 3 - 10:57am
2621 Philadelphia Pike
Claymont, DE 19703
Item Purchased: Sausage, egg, & cheese on a bagel

I will soon do an overall update blog - highlighting the amount of money spent, items purchased, & any other anecdotes I may have. I will also include a map of the Wawas I have hit thus far.

Day: 10
Wawas Hit: 14
Days Left: 20
Wawas Left: 36

-Ford

Wawa for Thanksgiving

And here we go again. The journey has begun and it started with my local Wawas as you could imagine. The challenge begun on Wednesday, November 24th, the day before Thanksgiving and I only hit 1 because I decided I wanted to take a lazy day as many of these days off around Thanksgiving have been and will be.

So on Wednesday I went up to my usual Wawa to get the paper. This is my usual Wawa because it is in close proximity to I-95 which I hop on to get to work every day. Nothing special about this trip, just doing my old-man thing and buying the Philadelphia Inquirer so I could read the news and do the crossword. And by 'do the crossword' I mean get about 30% of it done and give up because I'm still not good at them. What I fail to do is look at the paper the next day and see the full crossword done. Maybe then I could learn some things and actually end up completing a crossword one day. But nope. Still haven't learned.

#1. Wawa Store #816 - Wednesday, November 24th - 9:31am
Ridge & Naamans Road
Claymont, DE 19703
Item Purchased: Philadelphia Inquirer

Onto Thanksgiving day. Happy post-thanksgiving everyone! I did not get a chance to post yesterday as I spent the majority of the day at my parent's house. On my way I stopped for gas at the Wawa in Parkesburg, PA. So I thought I was done for the day since I didn't think I'd stop for food after a large & wonderful Thanksgiving dinner. However, I still did. On my way back at around 10pm I needed by Mountain Dew fix since I hadn't had one in awhile. I also got Pretzel M&M's. If you haven't had pretzel M&M's yet...get them! They are fantastic.

#2. Wawa Store # 263 - Thursday, November 25th - 2:33pm

3711 W. Lincoln Hwy.

Parkesburg, PA 19365

Item Purchased: Gas

#3. Wawa Store #298 - Thursday, November 25th - 9:59pm

1413 Wilmington Pike

West Chester, PA 19382

Items Purchased: 20oz Mountain Dew and Pretzel M&Ms

Here are pictures from the 2 Wawas - first Wawa # 263 in Parkesburg, PA & then Wawa # 298 in Wester Chester, PA on Rt-202.

 

Black Friday

I was not planning on going out for Black Friday shopping today but when I woke up I realized I had nothing better to do, so I showered and went out to see if I could get a little Christmas shopping done or maybe get a few things for myself. I of course needed my Wawa coffee before I got going, so I stopped at the Wawa on the corner of Rt-202 & Naamans Road for hazelnut coffee & a breakfast sandwich. For anyone who knows me or read the blog before, you know you will be seeing a lot more of hazelnut coffee popping up on this blog. So I hit the ATM for some cash, get my coffee & sandwich and get into my car. While getting into my car, I realized I did not ask for a receipt. Doh. I semi-panicked. I wasn't going to go in and be like - "umm, remember me? I purchased coffee & a breakfast sandwich about 10 customers ago. no? well, can you print my receipt for me anyways?" No, I didn't do that. However - what I did remember was that I hit the ATM and got cash...and more importantly...a receipt! Success. Take my picture of the store and move on.

#4. Wawa Store #826 - Friday, November 26th - 9:13am

3448 Naamans Road

Wilmington, DE 19803

Items Purchased: Cash at ATM, 16oz hazelnut coffee, shorti breakfast sandwich

-Insert unsuccessful black friday shopping stories here-

I will not bore you with black friday shopping. After a couple hours of that, I stopped at the Wawa in Chadds Ford on Rt-202 for lunch & the paper.

#5. Wawa Store #170 - Friday, November 26th - 11:51am

721 Naamans Creek Road

Chadds Ford, PA 19317

Items Purchased: Chicken Caesar Wrap and Philadelphia Inquirer

And there you have it. 3 days in and 5 Wawas hit already. The day is still young too, we'll see if any more get hit tonight. Here are the receipts from the past few days:

Now back to the Flyer's Black Friday game vs. the Calgary Flames. Let's Go Flyers!

-Ford

The ones you missed

As I said in my first post, there were 6 Wawa's I had already hit which are being credited to me along this journey. The first 6 along with details of the 7th again. The items may be a bit off, but they're close enough.

1. Wawa Store #854 - June 13, 2010
2621 Philadelphia Pike
Claymont, DE 19703
Items Bought: 16oz hazelnut coffee, 1 chocolate glazed donut, 1 chocolate frosted donut with sprinkles & Sunday Philly Inquirer

2. Wawa Store #170 - June 13, 2010
721 Naamans Creek Road
Chadds Ford, PA 19317
Items Bought: 20oz Lemon-Lime Gatorade, 1 bowl of mixed fruit

3. Wawa Store #226 - June 13, 2010
100 Wallace Street
Downingtown, PA 19335
Items Bought: 1 liter of water, cheesesteak shorti, & a cheddar cheese stuffed pretzel

4. Wawa Store #245 - June 13, 2010
100 Boot Road
Downingtown, PA 19335
Items Bought: None personally. Was with someone who purchased gas.

5. Wawa Store #179 - June 14, 2010
3744 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Items Bought: 16oz hazelnut coffee, 1 banana, 1 peach yogurt

6. Wawa Store #55 - June 14, 2010
3604 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Items Bought: Chicken Caesar Wrap, 1 bowl of mixed melons

7. Wawa Store #816 - June 14, 2010
301 Ridge Road
Claymont, DE 19703
Items Bought: Chicken cheesesteak shorti, Lays potato chips, Italian shorti (not mine)

-Bryan

From the beginning...

Friends give out challenges on a daily basis to each other. "Dude, you would never do that", "I dare you..." and there is usually someone to willingly accept the challenge with an empty promise. This is not one of them. Hopefully.

Yesterday, I went to 4 Wawa's in 1 day. It was just one of those things that naturally happened. I went to Wawa in the morning for coffee, a bagel, and the paper. Later in the day on my way out, I stopped at another Wawa for a snack on my car ride. Then later came dinner at a Wawa in Downingtown, and then stopping for gas after the night was over. 4 Wawa's, 1 Day. Good times.

Then I decided to keep it going. On my way to work, stopped at a Wawa in Philly for breakfast. Then it became a thing. Went to another Philly Wawa for lunch. While talking - to those who will remain nameless for now unless they want some recognition - gave me a challenge. We talked out the challenge and decided on me having to visit 50 Wawa's in 30 days. The reward? A Wawa giftcard of course...

And it was on.

After work a little bit ago, I went to another Wawa by home at Ridge & Naamans Road in Delaware. #7 out of the way. A shorti chicken cheesesteak and chips for me, and an italian shorti for the roommate.

Along the way, receipts and pictures are necessary to complete the challenge and I will post about the adventure along the way.

 

2 days in. 28 days to go.

7 Wawa's down. 43 Wawa's to go.

-Bryan

Next up: The Wawa's hit so far.