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Posted 8/22/2013 7:10 PM (GMT 0)
We are hosting a cookout this weekend. I just got back from shopping. All the good stuff, heavy in the basket.

Perhaps I should preference the remainder of my remarks to point out that I am not fond of kids, as a group. Individual ones are okay, but as a group, in public, not one of my faves.

There was a little girl doing the grocery store dart thing, weaving in and out of aisles and other shoppers. I kept having to stop, not such a big deal, but with such a heavy cart, I really had to pull with my body to stop the momentum. After the third time, I had to sit down. I am super-aching now.

Of course, kid's mom was yelling after her progeny, "Kate-lynn, you stop it right now or Ima gonna swat you." KAte-lynn had no intention of stopping, and clearly no fear of her parent. And people wonder why I wear ear-plugs. And run over small children in stores.
Posted 8/22/2013 8:25 PM (GMT 0)
You would hate my house then! I still have 4 under 12 who usually have someone over!!! LOL, just kidding! Seriously though I know what you mean about carts being so heavy. Because of our family size (9 at home) my shopping days are huge with very full carts. I have started taking one of my older girls (18 & 22) with me to push the cart. By the time I am to my last stop I get a sit and shop.

Oh yeah, I rarely take my littlest (4) with me and if I do does he either is in the cart or hanging onto the cart. It mortifies me if he does the whole running the aisle thing!!!!! It's just plain rude.
Posted 8/22/2013 8:37 PM (GMT 0)
I always have a really full cart because I put it off for so long when I can. Especially at Walmart. It is hard to stop when you got your momentum going. I don't like it when kids run wild in the store. But what can you do? Maybe Kate Lynn got it when she got home. I doubt that though by the sound of it. lol...

I hope you aren't hurting too badly. That is the out come of trying to venture out with fibromyalgia, you never know what is going to happen I guess.

Feel better soon!

Hugs, Karen...
Posted 8/22/2013 9:11 PM (GMT 0)
Your header made me laugh. Shopping is painful for me in more ways than one...physically and financially! Haha

You know I do like kids but the screamers drive me absolutely crazy, especially in stores and restaurants. I do have patience for them and don't shun the parents or resent the kids usually but if they're a bad kid (you know when you see a bad kid, it's written all over their smirking face), it takes every ounce of grace I have not to terrorize them with a 'Come AT me, bro!' chest pound. I am sooo mature.

The othe weekend I went thrifting with my girlfriend and her adorable 1.5 ear old daughter. And wouldn't you know it, she started screaming but it was because she just found her voice and really wants to communicate - you know that age. Well....I joined her! I actually egged her on! It was so hilarious. And I think that is the difference. As long as I can see that the kid is just enjoying themselves and mean no ill will I can usually handle their worst. But if their parents see that they are miserable and they're not crocodile tears, that's when I start thinking of awful things to pin to Mommy and Daddy's voodoo doll. ;)

Ahhhh kids. Our entertainment and our torture. Haha
Posted 8/22/2013 9:12 PM (GMT 0)
Ugh, I hate shopping, unless I'm just getting a few things. Because not only do you have to push/pull a heavy cart, you have to load it into your car (unless you're at Publix!) and then unload it when you get home. I try to only go when I know my bigger boys are home so that they can at least unload & put the immediate cold-needing items away, and I can sit for a bit to try to recharge.

(AND I hate having to take my kids shopping, though they're mostly old enough not to run crazy. They know what'll happen if they DO run crazy, at least; pulling privileges is very effective!)
Posted 8/22/2013 10:28 PM (GMT 0)
I just climb into one of those electric carts and do my shopping. It is hard to manuver around people in it, but if I need to go down a crowded row I go to the next row and then come back.

What makes me mad though is to go down a row and there is one person who parks in the middle and blocks the whole section off while they are standing over to the side looking at something several feet down.

I've knocked several things down driving them because someone won't yield the right away though.

I've also ran into the back of my mom due to her suddenly stopping on me. LOL!
Posted 8/22/2013 10:53 PM (GMT 0)
mamaof7-I would shoot myself. Large amounts of children make me more surly than usual. I don't mind the kids who are in or on the cart--it's the ones who play chicken with the other shoppers than miff me off.

Karen--I love grocery shopping, since I love to cook. But, yes, Walmart usually inspires excess purchases. Happily, since I moved, I go far less often, due to more choice. We have a Wegmans! I don't mind excess cheese purchases.

AnnaBananna--The kids I am affiliated with are usually okay. And I know that scream. It makes me jump. Parents are immune. During my last show at my old job, a single mom came in with an infant. She started making that crow sound before the show started, and the mother got up and went into the hall. I went to check them. The new mom was so apologetic. Apparently, baby just discovered her voice and was experimenting and mom didn't look as if she could handle it.

Stephlynnette--You are so in the South!! They don't load your groceries North of the Mason-Dixon! SO carries groceries happily, and usually pushes the cart. Today I gave him a pass so he could bike ride AND watch the Ravens. I cannot imagine the weight of groceries with a big family.

CT--People who don't follow traffic rules in grocery stores make me livid. Drive on the right, pass left, thank you. Cell phone talkers in stores make me livid. Unruly rug monkeys make me livid. I am not a good citizen with others public behavior. I used one of those carts once, fifteen years ago after my gall bladder was removed. I spent most of the time giggling. Hard-core narcotics.

Partner put me to bed for a few hours, but took away my glasses and book. Butthead.
Posted 8/23/2013 2:34 AM (GMT 0)
When all 3 of my children were living at home, we would have Mommy/Baby play dates. lol My darling children used to hate when I would say that. Sometimes, I would have 1 of them w/ me, sometimes all 3. We went like clockwork on Friday evening right after dinner. I didn't push the wagons, they did. I didn't reach up or bend down, they did. I did not load or unload the car, they did. They would bring items down to basement refrigerator. BUT I did pay the grocery bill ;)

Now it's just my DH and me + 2 dogs. We go grocery shopping 2x a month. 1 wagon and my DH pushes it. He's tall so he grabs from top shelves for me (and the other short ladies). I do the lower shelves. We both pack our bags, I always load the bags in the wagon. I can't lift the bags from the counter into the wagon. He insists on loading/ unloading the car. I feel badly, but I can't do it.

I feel bad when I hear little ones crying, especially when you hear 'that' cry. They are tired and need that nap. I can't stand the whining or screaming children. I get very anxious when that starts, I need to leave. NOW!!

I don't care to do Christmas shopping in the store. I can't deal w/ long lines. I get overheated and sickish. I prefer to buy online.

When we come home from grocery shopping and all the stuff is put away, we are beat. We do this early in the morning, take awhile to regroup and take it easy the rest of the day.

God bless. Alice.
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