In a nutshell

Today.

Me and my nemesis.

Walmart.

*sigh*

The "big" shop.

*I can do this.*

Me. Colin. Cameron. Ethan. A 'just-immunized' Lolee girl.

*I can do this.*

Two carts.

Me with one (with Lola). Colin pushing the other one with Ethan inside.

Cameron wandering loose walking
where ever his legs took him
next to the
almost near the
somewhere that could maybe be described as beside the cart
most of the time.

Shop, shop, shop.

*Keep going. I can do this. I have to do this. No turning back now.*

Shop some more.

Lola nearly buried under the groceries.

Two carts FULL to the brim.

*Almost done....I can do this.*

Coupons.

Lots of them.

My own bags. (Lots of them, too.)

A list that price-matched almost everything we needed.

Competitors' sale ads, just in case they wouldn't take my word for it.

*The end is in sight!*

Time to check-out.

::abrupt intense downward spiral::

Lola decides she has had it and begins to make this ungodly high-pitched, half-squeal/half-shriek sound cry. Loudly.

Boys begin playing with every candy bar/toy/bag of chips/magazine/Slim Jim they can reach.

::full blown panic::

*I can NOT do this!*

****************************************************************************************************

Needless to say, during this horrific process, I had to call Shane *who was thankfully close-by* to come and rescue me.

Which, he promptly did.

My hero saves the day.

Thank God.

We all managed to make it out of the store in one piece.

{Though I did leave behind a small bit of my sanity in the checkout lane.}



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