sooooo i went grocery shopping with my 2 boys, oscar 3 (nearly 4) & flynn 2. we go to wegmans, my favorite grocery store, and also the root to my family's financial ruin!! it's saturday afternoon & i suddenly remember why i don't usually go at that time.. everyone is there!
of course the only shopping cart with the truck in the front is nowhere in sight, much to the unknown relief of all the shoppers ankles i will be behind!! those carts are unbelievably long & i never seem to master that length. i've sent a few displays swaying in the past...! but they have always seemed to stay upright ~ phew!!
the boys graciously settle for a regular cart. oscar insists in getting in the front seat part & being buckled up with the safety belt... where oh where did he get this super square streak i will never know. if i so much as go an inch without that belt being clasped he tells everyone around him... snitching on his mother!, leaving me to 'laugh' it off, oops i 'forgot' sweetie avoiding horrified looks from safety conscious passes by!!
flynn is trotting along side, with his super cute old man style run, smiling away and getting into 99% of everyone's way around him.... this really sorts the wood from the trees & you can spot 'kid haters' a mile off, with their disapproving snarly faces, with a 'how dare you have children - 1 & 2 - dare to bring them out of the house & into a supermarket!' these people used to really upset me, but not anymore!! this is life ~ try dealing with it!! then you get the lovely people who seem pleased to have been made to stop to let my son trip on by, love those people. by the way, just want to say sorry to the old bag, who was very irritated by flynn & was fuming when he managed to get in her way the 5 other times!!! hahahaha!! the BEST part is flynn is totally totally oblivious to it all & just smiles away!!!
the shopping trip was about an average one half way through. oscar checked off a couple of the things from the list i made him.. but then lost interest. they started slowing down & getting a bit whiny... but nothing a push-pop couldn't sort out!!
then... flynn decided to sit in the cart and then.. fall asleep... normally this wouldn't be a problem, but today he just couldn't get comfortable in the cart (probably the cans of sweetcorn he was lying on) and this resulted in him insisting that i have to carry him. so i'm struggling a bit now... flynn in my arms, getting heavier by the nano second and me having to pull the cart with the shopping & oscar in it. i go to a shorter line to check out. there is someone with lots of shopping on the conveyor belt, next is a man, happy 'almost' newborn strapped to his chest, just stood there. i'm wondering firstly how am i going to get all the groceries onto the belt, keep hold of flynn & hope i don't put my back out! then i'm thinking, why isn't this man getting out of my way, theres lots of empty space now on the conveyor belt... come on move out the way!!
then his wife rocks up with over flowing shopping cart... he was just holding the place!! UNBELIEVABLE!!!
how can people just ignore stuff like that!! i would have let him go first & i probably would have given him a hand too
so i'd like to say a BIG thanks for not letting me in! my 2 year old is fast asleep & heavy!!! thanks for ignoring that & hope you have a very pleasant evening!!!
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