Grocery Shopping

This week I have decided to do my blog and observation while shopping for my weekly grocery list, I figured I could "kill two birds with one stone" as the saying goes. As I walk into the grocery store there is a large selection of fresh flowers for display and purchase of an array of colors. The grocery store seems steady, not too busy and full nor quiet. I notice the other shoppers seem to be mostly women of all ages and races, but are predominately women between the ages of 45 to 65.

I notice one woman has her baby sitting in the front of the basket buckled in and two other boys that seem to be toddler age walking on either side of her. The two toddler boys are arguing with one another and their mother about which cereal they would prefer to buy that day. One of the boys is arguing that he wants the fruit loops cereal because it tastes fruity and the other boy is arguing that he wants the one with the captain because the captain looks cool. And finally the mother is arguing how the boys can get both of those cereals as long as they finish both of the boxes, unlike the other time that all four cereals that she had bought went to waste.

As I continue to make my way through the aisles of the grocery store, checking different items off my list, items much needed others not as much. I pass by one man that seems to be in his 30s dressed in khakis and a red collared shirt, quit into the immense choices of cheeses that happen to be at this particular grocery store. He finally decides on a white cheese with black dots in it and appears to be quite pleased with his selection.

After I have checked all the items that I have come to purchase at the grocery store this afternoon I make my way to the check out line. I begin to place the items that I have chosen on the checkout conveyor belt and I notice that I have gotten a seemingly different selection of groceries this time around. I realize that I have chosen cheese, apples, salad, ketchup, toilet paper and beer. Hmm. As I walk up to the cashier I notice a woman in her 50s with quite the tired and aggravated appearance about her. She greets me and asks if I have found everything that I need which I wanted to reply "hey lady if I have toilet paper and beer, I think I have everything I need," but of course I didn't. After my groceries were bagged and I paid for what I had chosen I made my way out of the store and to my car trying to remember if I didn't forget anything or wanted anything else.