grocery shopping.

i love to spend time with Taylor. i love it. when i'm not with him, i miss him.

the only time this does not apply, is during GROCERY SHOPPING.

Grocery shopping is something that I prefer to do ALONE. I don't like grocery shopping with friends (sometimes friends are ok), children, or husband. For me, grocery shopping is not the same as just "going to the store". When I am grocery shopping, I have made a list, I follow that list carefully, and I might get some other items that aren't on the list at my discretion. This makes it so I don't get frustrated, and I don't end up in the store for hours and overall have a normal, pleasant shopping experience.

When Taylor comes with me, he does not adhere to my list. He might make it SEEM like he is going to adhere to the list because he pushes the cart and stays put while I load up the cart with items on the list. This doesn't last long. Before I know it he has wandered off into the cereal and/or bacon aisle and the cart is filled with stuff that looks like a small child picked out.  Between tracking him down and keeping him from being distracted by treats and meats, I get frustrated rather easily.

Let me elaborate. This evening, while shopping at the local Waitrose, things were going really well. Taylor was pushing the cart/buggy/trolley through the fresh produce section while I loaded up with fruits and vegetables. (OMG Strawberries and Raspberries here are FANTASTIC BTW) We finished up, rounded the corner and I was picking out a salmon fillet when Taylor abandoned his cart pushing duties and was distracted by bacon. I went over to him and he had picked out some kind of bacon he had never tried. I allowed it. But then he tried to load up with several other kinds of bacon, I had to put my foot down. I am trying to eat healthier. I don't need 400 bacons in the house.

We pressed on, Taylor somehow slowed his pace and ended up behind me. At this point I realized I wasn't going to get anything done unless I continued going through my list without worrying about what he was doing. Not only did I not want to be in the store for very long, but they were closing.  He was completely out of my sight as I was getting the eggs.  I searched for him for a minute when I found him at the bakery putting the little baker girl to work getting him a slice of apple strudel. We had about 4 minutes and I needed baking soda and dijon mustard. So I sent him in one direction for the mustard with the cart and went to find the baking soda. I found what I needed pretty quick so went to go look for him. When I found him he was staring at a bunch of different indian sauces.  He hadn't gotten the mustard. So I went to get it myself.
FINALLY we were done. We made our way to check out. BUT NOT BEFORE, my lovely TayTay got distracted by none other than

 the wall of candy.

*sigh*

You might ask yourself why I go shopping with him if I prefer to go alone, the answer is that I am not allowed to drive the rental car since I'm not 25. I can walk to the store, but that really only works when I am getting a few things. [Ladies, don't take your independence for granted.]

Anyway, one last thing I wanted to share with you was this yum recipe I made tonight.

  [click here if you're interested.]

If you are still reading pretend that this is the prize at the bottom of the box of cracker jacks: