Do you take the kids with you grocery shopping?
Does the hubs come along?
Ponder that while I tell my weekend tale.
One of Jeff's friends (AKA Stupid boys) was coming to town Friday. Jeff has said we were going to have supper together with his a his fiance, but it turns out he just wanted Jeff to meet them for drinks.
Frankly, I was upset because:
1) I've yet to meet this woman, who has birthed his baby . .
2) Jeff didn't call to clarify his plans with his friend until 20 minutes after I should have started supper.
Strike One
Then we have the grocery store incidents. . . I really don't like grocery shopping alone with Alaina, its a challenge to keep her in line and successfully get all the items on my list.
Saturday, I was going to run a few errands. Return movies, hit a great sale at Penney's and buy $2 shoes that I had been watching for 2 months to go dirt cheap (several styles were in Alaina's size) , and buy groceries for the steak supper I wanted to cook for Jeff and I that night.
Problems that arose:
-Alaina wanted to watch a movie in the car, a privilege she only gets on trips 40 min or longer
-After getting her a dvd at the movie store, now she REALLY wanted to watch her movie
-Once we were in the grocery store and Alaina has a little cart to push around, she decided she's rather be in one of the big plastic seat carts designed for more that one kid and drives other shoppers insane as you try to manuever down aisles with it
-She HAD to have a cookie (She knows now that she can get a free one at the bakery)
-After her cookie, she HAD to have a drink of milk which we didn't bring along
-And worse of all, they didn't give me my discount at the registers for bringing in my lovely green bags
Strike Two and the decision was made to skip Penney's.
Then on Sunday . . . .
I took Alaina to the mall and when I got to Penney's they had sold all the shoes in Alaina's size. (Dang it!) She was desperate for a "hammy-burger" (AKA a runza sandwhich) which it took her 45 minutes to eat.
Then later that day it was trip 2 to the grocery store to catch a health market sale and get groceries for the week.
The high/low lights are:
- Alaina cried for a balloon the entire time
-I went to the check stand by the alcohol cellar and they didn't know how to ring up the sale for the health market items so I had to reload my cart and go back to the front.
-Alaina was devastated that we had to go back to the front since she could see our van and cried about not getting to go outside yet.
-While I was in line at the second register, I realized I had forgotten to buy pull-ups and a few other items. But I was so upset by then I decided just to head home.
-A nice (evil) cashier heard Alaina's pleas for a balloon and gave her one.
Strike Three.
I started to cry on the way out to the van. Then I dropped Alaina off at home and took ten minutes to go back and get the things that I had forgotten.
Where was Jeff you ask?
One the couch.
Both times.
4 comments:
Only once in a blue moon do we all go to the store together, and almost never for groceries. J gets really frustrated with how I shop (slowly and deliberately). I sometimes take a kid or two, but at this point in his life, Mason only gets to ride buckled in. It usually includes tantrums at some point, which I've sort of learned to tune out to some extent. Most weeks, I get groceries before picking up said children or while Hubs is at home with them.
Take heart though, Brenna is a joy to take out. She has fun, is helpful, and totally gets the concept of "no" or "later". So you'll be at that point with your little Alaina is a few fast years. :0) It flies.
I think I just lost my mind reading your synopsis. Life can be crazy, can't it?! Well, is it any comfort that your dad got better in his forties? He's great in his fifties! So there is hope.
Oh, and by the way.... "MEN" think gifts (roses and cookies) give them a free pass (sit on the couch) for unlimited amounts of time.
Did you mean "on the couch" or "being one with the couch"?
I miss that little monster.
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