Awhile back I somehow got lucky enough to stumble onto The Checkout Girl’s blog.  Here’s a few reasons why I love her, and her blog:

1.  She’s in Richmond, VA. 
2.  She’s really funny.
3.  She calls it like she sees it.
4.  She makes fun of the same people I do.
5.  She makes fun of herself.
6.  Her tweets are really funny.
7.  She works near where I live, which means I’ve probably run across her in my daily life. 
8.  She only blogs when she has something to say - no verbal diarrhea for The Checkout Girl.
9.  It’s totally fascinating to see Richmond from the eyes across the conveyor belt.
10.  She’s got a great work ethic, which is pretty rare these days.

I’m also a little jealous of TCG.  I’m a little jealous because she’s managed to stay anonymous.  This means that she can say whatever she wants, as long as she manages to keep her specific store and identity veiled.  Sometimes I wish that I was anonymous too - then I could REALLY let it hang out!  She also won best new blog this year (local bloggy awards).  I like her blog because it’s readable and fun.  Some of the other “famous” blogs of Richmond are really heavy, intellectual, or political.  Could y’all just dumb it down a bit?  Not that TCG isn’t pithy or sometimes heavy, but she does it with a light heart.

Unfortunately, BECAUSE she’s anonymous, I can’t just send her an email and say “Hilarious blogging woman! Let’s hook up for coffee and dish the dirt.”  I mean, I could, but she couldn’t really accept, could she?  And she probably wouldn’t, because I could be some crazy internet stalker.  Not that she doesn’t deal with enough crazy people on a daily basis - I would be nothing compared to that. 

Whether you live here or not, you should read it.  And maybe be nicer to the person at your local grocery store.  Because they could TOTALLY be blogging about you right now.