shopping woes

I sometimes dread shopping trips by myself. And I need to rant a little. First of all, they really should have special parking spots for moms with children. Infants in car seats to be exact. I love having to lug my ever growing baby in that car seat while trying to make sure my toddler doesn't get run over in the meantime. Then. It's the joy of dodging carts while inside of WinCo. Aren't there supposed to be shopping etiquette rules or something? Do I have to say "EXCUSE ME!" at the top of my lungs for you to figure out that I would like to get by. It's like people are so engrossed in their own shopping to notice anyone else. So before we left the house Katelyn pottied. I figure, great! we're only making a couple stops, we should be good to go. Nope. So I have to cart dodge all the way across the store because we are in the complete opposite corner of the store than the bathroom. Trying to hurry so we don't have an accident. Try to get baby and car seat off the dang cart and it gets caught up on that little hooky thing. Get in and out of nasty bathroom as fast as possible. We manage to get all the things I was looking for and make it up to the register. Unbelievably, we find a pretty short line (for WinCo) and I start breathing a bit easier. For some reason I decide to pull out the shopping list that was in my pocket the ENTIRE time we were there and realize I forgot half of the blasted things on the list. All of my stuff is already on the belt and there is no way I am going back for another round. I am lucky to make it across the parking lot in one piece. I always park next to the cart coral because it's just easier when you are all done. But as I am trying to get Katelyn out of the cart and into her seat the dang cart starts rolling, with Alaina still in it. So I pretty much threw Kate into her seat to save the cart. Good grief! Is this over yet? And don't you hate it when you are all alone and trying to get your kids and all of your grocery bags into the car and someone is waiting for your spot or next to you and they act totally impatient that you are in their way? Finally we are all safe and sound in the car and I decide to medicate myself with some chocolate covered gummy bears. That'll be great for my cholesterol and non gall bladder. Oh well, I only had 2 or 3...handfuls! HAHAHAHAHA! This is why I sometimes just choose to stay home, rather than do the things I need to do. Does anyone else ever have these lovely experiences?



This is how Katelyn went to the store. Some people would not let their kids go out looking like this unless it was Halloween. I say, who cares? You only get to be 3 years old once. And yes, the horse came too.