I know you are all dying to know how my grocery day went this month, so here goes:
I have been going grocery shopping with my niece Tammy and her 2 boys, Levi (2), and Ben(8months).
The day was to begin at Tammy's at 9:00 am. I got an important phone call that morning and was running late (as usual). So at 9:30 we left Tammy's for costco, a 45 minute drive. As we are taking the exit, my grumbling tummy reminds me that I forgot to eat breakfast because of the unexpected phone call. We run thru Panera Bread for a yummy morning bagel, because I know I can't tackle "grocery day" without breakfast.
Now we could finally go to Coscto. We head for the 1 hour photo to get our pics done while we shop. Sounds simple and logical. HeHe. Tammy's picture cd from walmart crashed 2 of the computers, but the 3rd time was a charm and she finally got her order in. I realized I had accidentally ordered mine with borders only ten minutes after I turned them in, but when I asked them to make the change, they said mine were already done. There have been times I've had to wait an extra hour for my pics to finish, but this time when I want to make a change they are done in 10 minutes! Just my luck, truely.
After we completed the picture fiasco (while juggling babies, don't forget), we start our Costco shopping. In the cold section I reached in to get us both some cottage cheese. The stacks inside the refrigerator were taller than the door, so I had to stand on the concrete ledge, reeeeeach up, and then pull it down thru the door. As I did so I hit my finger on the door. OUCH! That hurt. Oh well, I'm not a wimp (shut up gale) I just went about my grocery business and ignored the finger.
2-3 minutes and 15 feet later, I took a look at my grocery list to see what was next. I had been using a red pen for marking the things off my list and I noticed that the pen is having a huge leaking problem because my list is covered in red splotches. However, when I checked the pen, it was fine. I turned my hand over and my finger I just hit on the freezer door was bleeding profusely. It has ran all down my forearm, onto my CREAM pants, all down the front and side of my thigh, and on the floor! EEEEEWWWWEE!! YUCK! Well luckily Tammy is a well prepared mommy and she provided wet wipes and bandaids.
After 2 hours in Costco, we happily exited the store into the rainy day. We are parked up to a sidewalk and we push our carts to the car on the sidewalk. There is no place to get the cart off the sidewalk though so we start to unload and carry things down to her van. While she was putting one of the boys in, all of the sudden her cart started to move and fliped off of the sidewalk and wedged itself between her van and the car next to us leaving a 2 inch scratch on the car. She had spent around $200 in costco and all of her groceries, including 5 dozen eggs were still in the cart when it fell.
I was on the other side of the van putting boy #2 in, so I didn't even see the CRASH coming. We calmly unloaded the groceries wondering what to do about the car. Many of her eggs eggs were busted so she took them in to see if costco would replace them, which of coarse they did. They have awesome return policies. Ok back to the matter at hand.
While Tammy returned her smashed eggs, the people who owned the car next us came out. I watched as they pushed their cart in our direction, and when they got to their car they put one person on each end and shimmied their cart between their car and another. I smiled and thought these people are going to totally understand what happened. So, I immediately went over and told them about the basket falling and scratching their car. They politely thanked me for bringing it to their attention, but assured me they were not in the least concerned about a scratch you had to have a magnifying glass to see. WHEW!
I could go on and on about the things that happened to us that day, things like how that Walmart is ALWAYS out of stock and I am very seriously thinking of boycotting for the few dollars they might save me per month. But then if they don't have what I need, I can't save money there! And, how that the boys were in screaming mode while we stood in snail checkout lines. Also how my finger started bleeding again all over walmart. It wasn't bad enough that I had blood on my grocery list from earlier. Sick, Yuck, Ewe. I left home that morning at 9:00 am and returned at 5:00pm just for walmart and costco. I am glad that day is over. I'm sure I am convincing all of you out there that getting all your groceries in one day is the way to go!
