A Minor Frustration....

I actually have several blog posts "on deck," and believe it or not, I was just sitting here at my computer for a bit -- trying to decide which to post.

This post actually happened a few weeks ago. It was a minor frustration, and I'm sure it's happened to most of you.

Luke and I typically do our grocery shopping on Monday mornings -- after I've made out my meal plan for the week (and posted on this blog). From the plan, I have a list.

We had been doing most of our shopping at Wal-Mart, though this month, I'm doing a little experimenting with our food budget. So, a good portion of my shopping will be done elsewhere.

Generally speaking, I grocery shop with reuseable shopping bags. I do not do this because I'm trying to "tout the green movement," because quite frankly, I get sick of hearing about it. I do it because I don't want to be wasteful with plastic/paper shopping bags, and remember, we, the consumers, ultimately pay for grocery bags. I'm just doing my part to help keep prices down. How's that for Economics 101?

But, on occasion, I do use plastic grocery bags because I do REUSE them at home for our small trash cans.

So, a couple of weeks ago, when Luke and I were shopping, was one of those times I needed to "restock" my plastic bag supply at home.

We had our usual cart full, and I was doing my usual wincing at how much my total was. (And, I know we all do that at grocery prices sometimes).

This was when Luke had his double ear infection that was not yet diagnosed. So, I was struggling just a bit to keep him happy during this grocery trip.

Sooooo, admittedly, I wasn't paying real close attention when the cashier was ringing and sacking everything up....

Oh, how I should have been paying attention and should have said something to the cashier on her sacking efforts:



This photo actually doesn't do it justice, but may I just say, "We don't buy groceries for a family of 10."

This particular cashier used SOOOOOOO many sacks for my groceries that day. I realize they're not supposed to put raw meat with other things, and cleaning products should not be with food, BUT....



Butter, Sour Cream, Tomato Paste, and Chili Beans SURELY could've been sacked with something else.

AND....



Cereal bars and stuffing mix SURELY could've also been with something else.

In the end, I stuck all of my grocery sacks in one sack....



I didn't count the number of sacks that day, but let's just say that I won't need to replenish my sack supply for quite awhile. Reuseable bags -- here we come for weeks to come!

Does this ever happen to anybody else? Wow!