Yesterday was our trip to pick up my grocery order. I would have MUCH preferred to drive myself and be by myself. It's been awhile since dh was with me, due to Covid and due to I'm usually visiting my mom, too and taking care of that stuff, so I've been going by myself. As usual he talks and complains the whole drive there (about anything and everything). Then once we get to town, of course has no patience with other drivers and shoppers. First stop was the bank ATM machine in their drive through. They have 3 lanes and all were open (I didn't even realize they are open Saturdays) but one dumb person, who needed to use the teller was in the ATM lane (there is both in that lane), rather than pulling into one of the other 2 open teller lanes, so us and the car in front of us had to wait and wait to use the ATM.
Next stop was a grocery store to find a turkey. He had to go to the bathroom. I told him just to go back out to the car and wait when he was done. No sense in being in the store around potential virus carriers any longer than possible. Of course he didn't listen to me. He likes to get the garbage man and delivery guys a Christmas gift. I think last couple of years I did chocolate, but this year thought something like meat/cheese box would be nicer. The store didn't have those (I asked). So then we had to drive across the street to Target. As like 2 weeks ago there was a small line to get inside, as they are only letting in a certain number. As he's pulling up where the line is, I say just let me out here, so I can get in line (the line was moving quickly) and he says " what line? there's no line"....so then he drives around to find a parking spot, of which there are none and then he's driving by the line to get in again and now of course the line is down to the corner of the store. "oh, there's a line". Yep. I got in, ran back to the far corner where all the Christmas stuff is and grabbed 4 boxes of sausage/cheese type gift.
Then we went and picked up our Walmart order, which was pretty quick, not a very long wait, so that was good. On our way out of the city we stopped at Wendy's for burgers and fries, which sure tasted good. Of course my stomach isn't used to that crap anymore, so three hours later I had a stomach ache the rest of the evening. I didn't even have dinner and dh just ended up having a bowl of cereal, LOL.
I feel like I didn't get anything done yesterday, though I vacuumed downstairs and made a trip to get groceries (which took 3 hours). I feel like I have so much to do still to get ready for Christmas and all of a sudden not feeling like it. No bah humbugs allowed! I need to get all my dds/sil's gifts wrapped and in a big box to ship over to them.
It sounds like a trip with Tommy driving. He drives around, too, no matter what I want him to do or where I want to be let out.
ReplyDeleteI know! If he would have just dropped me off when I said, and the line was like 5 people long, I would have practically been in and out by the time he drove around the lot and then I stood in a long line to get in.
DeleteI think I'd rather have all my teeth out without any anaesthetic than go grocery shopping with a man. My brother kindly took me clothes "shopping" when I was home in England one time and stood at the door of every shop with his arms folded "waiting". As for my ex, the one time he went grocery shopping he made the boys go with him and get a cart each. I grocery shop every week but I get one cart to his 3 - you can imagine the bill. And then of course he'd get mad because he couldn't find where to put it all!
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