Happy Thursday all!
I'm definitely in the minority here, but I'm happy with the stretch of gray, cloudy, wet weather we've had the last couple days. Yes, the damp messes with my arthritis, but we had a couple days of 80 and humid and I am NOT a fan of summer weather. Nope. I'm more of a spring/fall person, which means I get about 12 perfect days a year.
Anyway...
So last week I ran to Meijer after work to do my shopping for this week. This is part of one of my resolutions for the year, to make a menu for the week and have everything on hand for that menu so that I stick to it and don't order Marcos Pizza five nights a week. (You don't have a Marcos attached to a Family Video???? You need to find out whoever is in charge of your town and demand one.)
Anyway, so I ran to Meijer with my week's shopping list. What I didn't do was eat lunch before going and you know what they say about shopping hungry...that adage is especially true for me. I will throw twice as much stuff in my cart than I originally intended to get because everything just looks sooooo YUMMY and I MUST have it!
On this particular day I was determined, in spite of my craving for all things food, to stick to the list and not break the bank with snack food. But then...
Meijer was having a sale on sushi!
I do love sushi. I mean, it's not like I've had a ton of real, actual sushi, but the stuff they sell in the grocery stores is aces with me! And if it's on sale, that's even better!
I was so hungry, I grabbed two boxes of sushi. I then spent the next half hour fighting the urge to EAT THE SUSHI right there in the grocery store. (Have you ever done that? Eaten something and then brought up the empty container to the cash register?)
No, no, I haven't done either. Nope.
I got through the store, and through the checkout, without breaking into that oh-so-temping plastic container of sticky rice and raw tuna (yep, I love living on the edge) and was headed to the car where I fully intended to eat the first of the two boxes of sushi on my drive home.
That's when I saw her...another fluffy lady coming out of the self check aisle. Now my rule while out in public is to generally NOT lock eyes with anyone. If I'm out, especially when I'm out on my own, I'm generally focused on what I'm doing and don't care to get into a conversation with anyone, strangers and friends alike. (I've actually hidden behind grocery displays to avoid talking to acquaintances before.) It's not that I'm rude. I'm trying very hard to be NOT RUDE, because I know that any conversation I got into would end with me being rude and walking away. I like being social...just on my own terms. And being social at the grocery store when my stomach is growling and I have two boxes of sushi waiting for me is not high on my list.
Anyway, I see this fluffy girl coming out of the self check and I all but stop in my tracks. She is elbow deep into a family size bag of Cheetos, shoving them into her face at a volume and rate that stirs more than a little admiration in my heart.
I don't want to stare, but I've never seen an adult eat snack food, in public, ten seconds after purchasing it, in such an unapologetic manner. Clearly, she and I share the same 2:30 hunger.
She pauses to breath and notices that I'm staring. She gives me a sheepish, and very orange, smile and says, "I'm just so hungry, I couldn't wait."
I start laughing. I can't help it. This lady might be my hero. "I know how you feel, I've got some sushi in here that I fought not to eat in aisle four. I'm tearing into it the minute I get in my car."
She laughs back, and we go our own ways.
It was a tiny, simple moment, but one that I won't soon forget because it made me realize two things: 1) I'm not the only one who can't always stave off the urge to eat
and
2) There's just something about a fluffy girl elbow deep in a bag of snack food that makes me smile.
I felt less alone in the universe, I guess.
Hey, so if you have an "eating in the grocery store" story, I'd love to hear it! Share it in the comments!
Anyway...
Anyway, so I ran to Meijer with my week's shopping list. What I didn't do was eat lunch before going and you know what they say about shopping hungry...that adage is especially true for me. I will throw twice as much stuff in my cart than I originally intended to get because everything just looks sooooo YUMMY and I MUST have it!
On this particular day I was determined, in spite of my craving for all things food, to stick to the list and not break the bank with snack food. But then...
Meijer was having a sale on sushi!
I do love sushi. I mean, it's not like I've had a ton of real, actual sushi, but the stuff they sell in the grocery stores is aces with me! And if it's on sale, that's even better!
I was so hungry, I grabbed two boxes of sushi. I then spent the next half hour fighting the urge to EAT THE SUSHI right there in the grocery store. (Have you ever done that? Eaten something and then brought up the empty container to the cash register?)No, no, I haven't done either. Nope.
I got through the store, and through the checkout, without breaking into that oh-so-temping plastic container of sticky rice and raw tuna (yep, I love living on the edge) and was headed to the car where I fully intended to eat the first of the two boxes of sushi on my drive home.
That's when I saw her...another fluffy lady coming out of the self check aisle. Now my rule while out in public is to generally NOT lock eyes with anyone. If I'm out, especially when I'm out on my own, I'm generally focused on what I'm doing and don't care to get into a conversation with anyone, strangers and friends alike. (I've actually hidden behind grocery displays to avoid talking to acquaintances before.) It's not that I'm rude. I'm trying very hard to be NOT RUDE, because I know that any conversation I got into would end with me being rude and walking away. I like being social...just on my own terms. And being social at the grocery store when my stomach is growling and I have two boxes of sushi waiting for me is not high on my list.
Anyway, I see this fluffy girl coming out of the self check and I all but stop in my tracks. She is elbow deep into a family size bag of Cheetos, shoving them into her face at a volume and rate that stirs more than a little admiration in my heart.
I don't want to stare, but I've never seen an adult eat snack food, in public, ten seconds after purchasing it, in such an unapologetic manner. Clearly, she and I share the same 2:30 hunger.
She pauses to breath and notices that I'm staring. She gives me a sheepish, and very orange, smile and says, "I'm just so hungry, I couldn't wait."
I start laughing. I can't help it. This lady might be my hero. "I know how you feel, I've got some sushi in here that I fought not to eat in aisle four. I'm tearing into it the minute I get in my car."
She laughs back, and we go our own ways.
It was a tiny, simple moment, but one that I won't soon forget because it made me realize two things: 1) I'm not the only one who can't always stave off the urge to eatand
2) There's just something about a fluffy girl elbow deep in a bag of snack food that makes me smile.
I felt less alone in the universe, I guess.
Hey, so if you have an "eating in the grocery store" story, I'd love to hear it! Share it in the comments!
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