I used to love shopping

What the hell was wrong with me?

Today Princess Spazzy, The Baby and I went grocery shopping. I don't think I have really grocery shopped since I found out that The Baby was coming, almost 2 years. For 2 years we have been doing that stupid go to the store everyday or every couple of days thing. Today I think I made up for that. I went to every grocery store in Blomington/Normal, except for Schnucks. AND I am still not done. Cub didn't have the same stuff on sale as it does in Peoria so I am heading to Peoria to grab some stuff tomorrow.

We had a pretty good day. In my head we were going to go to a play date at 10am and then go shopping. I would have a menu made out for the rest of the month and lists for each store and I wouldn't buy anything that wasn't on my list. I guess I forgot Princess Spazzy was coming with me. Soooo I got the big boys off to school and read some emails and promptly went back to sleep. I think Princess Spazzy came in my room at about 10:30am. I guess we missed the play date. :-) I started to make a menu and then gave up. I decided to try...just this one time...buying stuff that was on sale and then trying to make meals from what I bought. From the looks of things we are going to be eating a lot of sandwiches and fruit. Oh speaking of sandwiches...The Dad had to go to the mall today and pick up my ring and I guess he got sucked in the the kitchen store there and felt the need to buy me a panini press for Mother's Day. I wish he would have told me that before I came home, I would have gotten some cool bread. I should add that to my list for tomorrow. Anyway...I have been talking about wanting one forever, but I never would have bought one, cuz who really NEEDS one and it is just another gadget to take up space. HOWEVER, The Dad made some AWESOME grilled cheese sammies tonight. YUMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

OK what was I talking about. Oh shopping. So we went to Walmart first because I wanted to get a grocery cart cover. Normally I am not one of those germ freaks. I actually laugh at the people using the Clorox wipes in the front of Kroger to wipe down their carts. WHO DOES THAT? But man does The Baby ever think that the world is his teething ring. HE is CONSTANTLY chewing on the cart when we go places. So I became a freak today. I can't remember what else I got there, except for lunch. We went to "$5 footlong's". When I asked Princess Spazzy where she wanted to eat she said " Minnesota...is it open or is it still closed" I said OK not thinking she was serious. She was very upset when I pulled into the Walmart parking lot because it wasn't Minnesota. She said Minnesota "has spaghetti and salad and I ate there with Grace, let's go get Gracie" I have NO IDEA WHAT SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT. Belle and I were thinking maybe it was Fazoli's or Avanti's but she has never been there with Grace or Gracie. The kid is INSANE. We got ordered out food at Subway and as we were waiting for the princess' pretzel a gaggle of softball players came in and took all the seats. The Princess was NOT impressed. I had to drag her screaming out of Walmart, but that isn't really all that unusual. She perked up (read SHUT UP) when I said we were going to have a picnic in the car. We ate for what seemed like 7 hours and I finally couldn't stand it anymore so we drove across the parking lot to Aldi.

We didn't really get too much there. They have such weird and random stuff sometimes. I did get some really cheap cheese. I hope it doesn't kill us. The Dad has been saying we aren't poor enough to have to shop there yet. I think we would be LESS poor if we shopped there more often. Anyway The Princess was all kinds of excited that when you put the cart back you get a quarter. I think that was the highlight of that store.

Next we drove across another parking lot and arrived at Meijer. I freaking LOVE Meijer. Mostly because they have cute Carter's clothes for really cheap. AND they were on sale today. They weren't on my list but The Baby needs clothes for summer and who can pass up a deal. NOT ME! I couldn't find some of the stuff on my list and found a few other things that weren't on my list. I had gotten some 90 calorie rice cake things at Aldi and brought in a pack for the baby. He did fine until we ran out. I don't know how he ate the whole package, I think the Princess had a lot to do with it. My neighbor call twice while I was in the store. Once to tell me the Whiner was at her house and I can't remember what the 2nd time was for. I told her I would be home soon. That was at about 3:45. I got home at 7:30pm. OOPS!!! I bought 2 canvas grocery bags and also brought in a HUGE insulated canvas bag to put my groceries in. The Dad never wants me to do that because people will think we are freaks. It felt kinda good. I had to "boob" The Baby when we left because he really needed a nap and was super hungry/tired/over shopping. We sat in the parking lot for about 20 minutes and both kids fell asleep. I sooooo could have taken a nap myself.

Next we were off to Jewel. It is like 1/8 of a mile from Meijer. I did notice the Meijer gas sign when I drove by...$3.95/gallon. I almost had a heart attack. The Baby and The Princess were still asleep when we got there. I was able to put the Baby in the cart in his car seat and I washed the Princess' Sugar Daddy goatee off and plopped her into the big part of the cart. She was super sleepy and needed a pillow so I threw her coat in and she laid on that while I shopped. I think it was the quietest part of the trip. Both kids woke up as we were checking out but they were good.

Kroger was the next stop. The Princess had an attack when she saw that there was a chillicoffee"(Starbucks) in Kroger. I think she means Chillicothe which makes no sense but it beats StarFUCKS which is what she used to call it. She wanted to get something there but I distracted her. I am so evil. We did our Krogering REALLY fast and as we were walking to the checkout we passed a guy with an eye patch. I braced myself. She did wait until we were passed him and his kids before " MAAAAAAAAAA MEEEEEEE did you see that pirate guy"

Cub Foods was our last stop. The Princess had a meltdown for some reason, or maybe she was just being really slow. I know I threatened to leave her about 20 times. We hadn't been there too long when I realized the sales were not what I thought so we quickly went up front to pay. I had forgotten that I had told Princess Spazzy that I would get her chocolate milk so she had to settle for Rootbeer. Oh and I got some more canvas bags and filled them up with my goodies. GO ME!!!

I got home at about 7:30 and made the boys put the groceries away. I LOVE having those boys sometimes. I watched Idol (kinda sorta) ate some food and now here I am blogging when I should be sleeping...sleeping like everyone that started reading this has been doing for 20 minutes. Until next time....