No list=No Shopping

This is generally my rule for grocery shopping--no list=no shopping.  I've had two instances in the last several days where I've had to go pick up somethings midweek, and I've stupidly gone without a list.  You guys know how these trips go--lots of meandering without purpose, wasted time, and if you have kids in the buggy, oh me!  Today I thought I could trust my memory for the four items I needed to get without writing them down.  Wrong.  As usual, I got in there and got distracted by the "BYGO" offers, bought items I didn't truly need, and as the cart filled, I thought to myself, "I think this is everything."  And it wasn't until I got Benjamin in his carseat out in the parking lot that I had the lightbulb moment.  By that time, it was about half an hour past his afternoon nap time, and there was no going back for the two forgotten items, but I wanted to whack myself in the head.  When it comes to grocery shopping, I am slightly ADD.  I've gotten into the habit of shopping in the 45 minute window of time I have after I drop Olivia off for dance on Monday afternoons.  I've been lamenting this internally, because it is kind of stressful to get the shopping done for the entire week in that little window of time and then get back to the dance studio before Olivia's class ends.  However, I've just recently realized that it is probably a really good thing that I have been having to shop within a small amount of time, because it helps me stay focused, and I always go prepared with my list and coupons, and I'm like a Nascar driver wheelin' that buggy around Wal-Mart on two wheels trying to get back in time!  Benjamin doesn't even have an opportunity to start to fuss, because I'm going so fast.  In fact, one week when I was speeding through the aisles, I heard a gentleman trying to warn his wife who was down  the aisle further from him, as I blazed in her direction, "Look out, honey!"  So if you see a silver streak burnin' up the aisles in Wal-Mart leaving a trail of Cheerios, forgive me for not stopping to chat.  I'm simply trying to break the sound barrier and get back in time to pick up my little ballerina.