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June 2011 Moms
Why pregnant women can't go to the store alone (long, but fun!)
I went to target last night, just to get Draino mind you, and noticed their produce section looked freshly stocked. So I wobbled on over to the melons, and what did I see but a HUGE seedless watermelon. My little heart skipped with joy and I bent at the knees to grab that sucker and put it in my cart! (Yes, I had a cart even though I was just there for Draino. I'm sure you all know how hard it can be to wobble around stores these days without something to lean on >.>)
So, feeling high off of my watermelon score I continued down the grocery side of Target. Out of the corner of my eye, I noticed they had IBC cream soda stocked, the kind in the glass bottles no less! So once again I happily wobbled over and put that in my cart too. As well as some root beer for DH, so he wouldn't be 100% mad that I deviated from my "just getting draino" trip.
By this point I'm feeling pretty happy, and decided to leave the grocery section so I could get the before mentioned draino. But you know, I was starting to feel really hot. After all, it's been in the upper 80's here in GA for a few days, and all this walking and lifting was wearing me out. Just then I passed the freezer section where they were showcasing ice cream. Well, needless to say I went over and grabbed about 5 of the mini ben & jerry tubs, as well as a gallon tub of bluebell mint chocolate chip (yum!)
At this point I wobbled as fast as I could over to the draino, grabbed it, and got to the check out and paid so fast you'd think i was in the process of a crime! (A diet crime in fact!) Going back outside was awful, it was just too hot. So once I loaded the groceries I took out one of my mini Ben&Jerry tubs (the kind that come with spoons!) and just went to town on it right there in the parking lot.
About two minutes later I had finished my ice cream and was driving home. I had just gone through the gate of our neighborhood when DH called me, worrying why I wasn't back home yet since we live a mile from the Target. I sheepishly told him that I had just pulled in, and needed his help carrying some stuff up our 4 FLIGHTS OF STAIRS (god I am so glad we move next Friday and will be on walk in level at our new apartment!). There was a very pregnant pause over the line, and DH asked "just how much draino did you get?" At that point I pretended to drop my phone, and proceeded to struggle to get out of our low riding car (these days I really wish we had an SUV).
By the time I was out and opening the trunk DH was there. He took one look at the bags inside and just shook his head. At this point I yelled out that I got him root beer and a tub of ice cream! As if, you know, this made up for all the crap I got myself 
DH, being the sweet guy he is just gave me a kiss and grabbed every bag but the draino and ran upstairs. By the time my slow, fat, wobbly butt made it up all 4 flights and though our front door he was already cutting up the watermelon for me. *sigh* I love this man.
So here I am , enjoying what's still left of my fresh watermelon and typing out my funny story for you ladies.
I'm also now forbidden from going to the store by myself 
*edit* The perfectionist in me had to come back to edit my past/present tense errors
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Re: Why pregnant women can't go to the store alone (long, but fun!)
Bwahahaha! That sounds like me any time I go to the store. I always have a list... which ends up either not being all bought... or, we have twice as much as we originally went in for. My husband just does the same thing... shakes his head, smiles, gives me a kiss on the forehead, and carries it into the house... and proceeds to help me put it away and/or serves up whatever surprises I brought home. (Last week, it was a cherry ice cream coke float. lol)
I think mine is being indulgent only because I didn't hardly have craving problems at all w/ our DS,... and this is also our last child... so he knows he won't have to do it again. lol!
Enjoy your watermelon... and have some for me! ;-)
At least you remembered why you actually went in there! I went to the bread outlet yesterday for hoagie rolls and left with 4 loaves of bread, a loaf of raisin bread, a package of english muffins and a free donut...and no hoagie rolls. Luckily I remembered them before I got all the way to the car and went back in.
And you just made me want ice cream.
I am apparently really good at giving people cravings, what with the watermelon and chocolate milk the other day and the ice cream today
Mebbe I am just eeeviiiiiiiiilll, bwahahaha!
I actually went to the store after reading your post and got a pint of B&J Half Baked and a pint of Blue Bell Homemade Vanilla. And a whole watermelon. haha!
Nice!
HA! That is hilarious
Sounds like me at the store.
And for the record, YOU didn't make me want ice cream, per se, because I ALWAYS want ice cream. But I think I may go have a bowl now
Aww thanks! I'm glad I could make you guys smile
Also, I showed this to my mom, who actually IS an author, and she just got a smug grin and said something along the lines of "well, you are MY daughter." Pfft
Now, I am going to go back to the mountain of packing I have to do before next weekend. Yay for being a procrastinator, huh?