Groceries

January 21, 2011

in Food,Red Writing Hood,Shopping

Mrs. MidAtlantic: Ok!  Let’s get you plugged into the cart!  Ew, someone left their shopping list in that one.  We’ll find a different one.  As if eighty-gazillion people have NOT touched this shopping-list-free cart.  Here we go!  Zoom!  Into the store!  Ok, so what do we need?  That’s right!  Bananas!  Ooh, and some pears.  Mommy loves pears.  Those D’Anjou pears are looking particularly lovely right now.  No, you can’t have Mommy’s shopping list.  We don’t eat paper.  Here.  You know what?  We can skip the produce aisle and come back to it.  Let’s go straight to the deli for a snack.  Look!  Ham!  You love ham!  Oh, come on.  Please don’t spit out the ham.  Do you want a graham cracker instead?  Ok.  That’s better.

Random stranger: Hi there sweetie!  You’re so cute!  How old is she? 

Mrs. MidAtlantic: Not quite one!  Say thank you, Laura.  Thank you!

Mrs. MidAtlantic: Ok, now where were we?  That’s right.  We have to go back to the produce aisle now that you have your little snack.  We need something green.  Ooh!  Asparagus!  And you know what?  I’ll just get the rest frozen.  That way it won’t go bad if I forget about it.  Oh, but you do like sweet potatoes, so let’s find a few good ones.  No, Laura.  Please don’t grab the lemons.  C’mon.  We gotta keep moving!  Vroom! Vroom!  Let’s head over to dairy!  We need milk, eggs, pie crust, cheese, and some more baby yogurt.  Which flavor of Yo Baby smells the least offensive?  We’ll go with banana.  Yuck.  But I guess I’m glad you like it, right? 

Mrs. MidAtlantic: Uh oh… Oh come on, Laura.  Please don’t lose it now!  We still have a few aisles to go, and we still need to get through check-out!  Oh lord.  Okay, we’ll speed shop.  Have another cracker.

This was written from the Red Writing Hood prompt, “Dialogue,” over at The Red Dress Club.  If you have been to the grocery store with a baby, you can completely understand the one-sided dialogue that occurs!

{ 6 comments… read them below or add one }

1 Nichole January 21, 2011 at 4:26 pm

You gave me the chills.
I am all too familiar with the supermarket race…the bargaining, the pleading, the desperation.
You described it perfectly.

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2 anchorandheart January 21, 2011 at 5:22 pm

…the inevitable melt down! Been there. Done that. You did describe it perfectly!

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3 Cheryl @ Mommypants January 22, 2011 at 3:32 am

X used to be really great at the store, but lately, he tantrums as soon as I try to put him in the cart, and THEN he grabs everything in sight.

Good times.

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4 The_Drama_Mama January 22, 2011 at 3:56 am

Yes, this is what my Scooby does now too. Much bribing ensues to get him to sit in the front of the cart, then more bribing to get him to buckle in without too much fuss…

I can definitely relate!
My recent post Red Writing Hood- Mirror Image

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5 Callie Feyen January 22, 2011 at 4:02 am

Wait a minute, were you listening to me talking to my kids at the grocery store? :) Great post!
-Callie

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6 Diana January 24, 2011 at 4:45 pm

My child also eats paper. And we pick the cart with the broken seat belt 80% of the time.
My recent post I’m a damn good mother

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