Today was quite an exhausting one for all. Matt went to work super
early on just a few hours of sleep. And the girls and I spent all
afternoon (and part of the morning) on the go getting groceries at 4
different stores. We typically only go to one store, maybe two, so I
spent a lot of time looking at what places had to offer and crunching
numbers. Here are sone highlights of my day.
- No store I visited carried little granny shopping carts. I was
hoping to get one to make lugging the groceries up our rediculous
stairs easier (a task Matt usually handles).
- I didn't seem to have any issue finding parking near the door. I
did, however, have issues with parking. Must work on that.
- We ended up stopping to eat before heading to the main store. It's
only a 5 minute car ride away, yet Izzy managed to fall asleep on the
way there. This was point number one where I almost just gave up and
went home.
- I was "that" mom today when I pushed my cart to one side and looked
for something on the other side, not paying much attention to the cart
for a few seconds. Well I forgot to buckle Izzy in and she was
STANDING in the front child seat. A woman behind us was yelling at her
to sit when I finally noticed. I felt like SUCH an ass. Thank God for
crowded aisles on a Saturday afternoon.
- RIGHT after that, Alice declared that she had to go poo poo. Great.
Not only had she already declared this before and attempted a bathroom
run before without any luck, but we were all the way at the back of
the store. The restrooms are at the front. Luckily I hadn't put any
perishables in my cart yet, so I high-tailed it to the front. Once ww
got in there, let's just say I was ready to leave and attempt grocery
shopping another day. I didn't, but let me tell you I sure wanted to.
- We finally get home and now I'm faced with the tax of carting the
groceries up our dreadful stairs. I leave Iz and Alice upstairs while
I go to make my 3 or 4 trips to the car. Alice couldn't care less, but
sleepy little Izzy was screaming so terribly I actually though she had
really hurt herself my first trip upstairs. Needless to say she went
right to bed for a nap once I got everything upstairs. I didn't even
wait until I got it all put away first.
So that, in a nutshell, was my day. The moral of the story is, never
go shopping on a Saturday - ever! Hopefully next time is much easier.
The plus side - I finally found a large, non-finicky set of dry
measuring cups! That find actually made all of today worry it. You
don't know how long I've searched!
