Growing up, every Saturday afternoon I went to the Grocery Store with my mom. It's just what I did! She didn't ask me if I wanted to go, I just did. The only time I didn't go was if I had other plans, like the skating rink (we would still usually go, only before I went Roller Skating), or spending the day at a friends house, or a date, or if I lived somewhere else.
Yes, I said 'a date.'
Yes, I said 'if I lived somewhere else.'
I went Grocery shopping at Dicks Market (sometimes Albertson's) every Saturday with my mom up until I got married.
No, I'm not kidding.
I thought that this is what girls did with their moms...
Looking back, I realize this is not necessarily the case. I realize now, that I was the only High School girl at Dick's Market with her mom on a Saturday afternoon.
So, when I ask Piper if she wants to go to the store with me and she says no, I can't quite figure it out!
My mom didn't ask me if I wanted to go, she would say, "Are you ready to go?" or, "Before we go to Dicks, I need to pick up..."
Piper, will say, "Mom, shopping just isn't my thing!"
That makes me wonder...Is grocery shopping my thing? I mean, I've been doing it FOREVER!
And my answer is NO WAY!!
I dread it!
I put it off for as long as possible!
I HATE going when I have my kidlets with me!
I DO NOT go every Saturday...not even close!
Is all of the Grocery Shopping Hate due to the fact that I went FAR TOO MUCH as a child? What do you think?
MM's
1. Memories of Grocery Shopping with Mom
2. Dicks Market (especially the Bakery)
Yes, I said 'a date.'
Yes, I said 'if I lived somewhere else.'
I went Grocery shopping at Dicks Market (sometimes Albertson's) every Saturday with my mom up until I got married.
No, I'm not kidding.
I thought that this is what girls did with their moms...
Looking back, I realize this is not necessarily the case. I realize now, that I was the only High School girl at Dick's Market with her mom on a Saturday afternoon.
So, when I ask Piper if she wants to go to the store with me and she says no, I can't quite figure it out!
My mom didn't ask me if I wanted to go, she would say, "Are you ready to go?" or, "Before we go to Dicks, I need to pick up..."
Piper, will say, "Mom, shopping just isn't my thing!"
That makes me wonder...Is grocery shopping my thing? I mean, I've been doing it FOREVER!
And my answer is NO WAY!!
I dread it!
I put it off for as long as possible!
I HATE going when I have my kidlets with me!
I DO NOT go every Saturday...not even close!
Is all of the Grocery Shopping Hate due to the fact that I went FAR TOO MUCH as a child? What do you think?
MM's
1. Memories of Grocery Shopping with Mom
2. Dicks Market (especially the Bakery)
6 comments:
I LOVE grocery shopping! I think it is because you went so much as a child. I have a friend who was forced to make her bed everyday as a child and rarely makes it now as an adult. But it could also be a result of us each liking different things.
What a great bonding tradition you and your mom did!
I'm not going to lie. I still sometimes dream of Dick's Markets butter cookies in rainbow colors. My mom used to treat us with those all the time :)
I would kill for a Dick's brownie right now. And Tiff and I had enough grocery-ness from checking at Winegar's. Why didn't you and your mom ever come visit us there on Saturday afternoons?!
that is so cute. long live dick's bakery.
oh . . . you brought back memories of the skating rink. What memorable days those are.
I didn't dread grocery shopping until I had a mobile child. So that's my vote.
Now I have 2 mobile children (one of which loves to run and hide in shelves and displays and clothes racks.) The third child is a lump, but a lump who needs to eat frequently, which ups the time-related stress.
I have a very simple survival solution for this: If I survive a shopping experience, I buy myself a doughnut. The kids have to earn theirs. I get one by default.
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