I'm sorry, but I have to complain. I don't hate anything more than I hate grocery shopping. Dante's seven circles didn't specifically mention it, but I know it's in there.
Today was one of those shopping trips where I thought I might just lose it.
Summary of Audrey's attitude: "Momma, I'm tired. Can we go home? Are we almost done?"
Summary of Kennedy's attitude: "I will stand in the basket and crush the food and throw things out or I will push the cart. (Please picture my tiny one year- old hunched over pushing the cart. She doesn't appreciate me helping and she fusses when it is moving without her.) If I'm not doing one of those two things, I'm unhappy."
Recap of my favorite moments...
Judgmental woman number 1: "Did you notice your daughter just dropped her pacifier on the ground?"
I think: "I have a one year- old who's teething, I know where it is at all times and the only person who's more upset than my daughter that it's on the ground is me!"
I say: "Oh, thanks."
Judgmental woman number 2: "Did you know your daughter has a plastic bag in her mouth?"
I think: "Mind your own beesewax. She's put worse things in her mouth and I am, believe it or not, watching her."
I say: "Oh, no. Yuck."
Judgmental woman number 3: --Her son had just accidentally swiped his mom's credit/debit card through the card reader on my transaction. The checkout girl fixed it and I jokingly said to the boy "Thank you. I'd love for you to pay for my groceries."
She says: "The problem is I spend that much money on my five kids each week to feed them, clothe them, pay for soap, medicine- everything!"
I think: "In other words, I'm spoiled, my kids are spoiled, and I don't know how to manage money."
I say: Nothing
Other favorite moments include Kennedy throwing a glass jar of diced apples on the floor and it broke into a million pieces, Audrey inventing a game where she opened all the doors to the freezers and danced in the cool air, and AS ALWAYS...unloading the bags at home.
P.S. I love my girls, I'm incredibly blessed to be able to pay for groceries, and when Kennedy broke the jar the workers who helped clean it up were really nice.
