[psst. y’all. it’s friday the thirteenth. yikes!]
Something happened.
It’s been a week, and I’m just now ready to joke about it. Because it is one of those palm-to-forehead-so-embarrassed-and-hate-yourself kind of moments.
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Last week was a rough one. It was just one of those weeks that everything was just a hair off. And on top of that, the little boy I nanny was going through a whiney phase. Which was making myself and his parents feel like we wanted to rip our hair out.
So come Friday night, I was so incredibly ready for a glass of wine and my sister and niece to arrive.
But I needed to get wine. Oh, and like food. Because we were getting company, and it’s usually nice to be able to feed them.
So I head over to Aldi, which is what everyone wants to do on a Friday night. Grocery shop.
But I suffered through and filled my cart up.
I was so proud to get it all done before Mr. Husband got home and before my sister arrived.
[something you should know. Aldi only takes cash or debit. They cannot run anything through as credit. Ever. Even if you beg them.]
So I get to the check out.
And I wait forever.
Because they almost always only have 2 registers open.
And finally it’s my turn. The lady rings me up. Scans every single item in my cart. And gives me the total. I slide my card and……..
I can’t remember my pin. It’s fallen out of my head. I frantically type in the first thing that comes to mind.
wrong. decline.
I try again. oh gosh what is it what is it what is it?
declined again.
CRAP!
The lady cheerfully tells me, “You know, there’s an ATM right across the street.”
Uh, that’s great lady. But I can’t remember my pin number.
And then she says it. It a sing songy voice with a zillion people in line behind me watching this all unfold.
well I guess you have to leave, then.
Oh, the shame! I turned so embarrassingly towards the exit and start to walk out. And then it hits me.
WHAT ABOUT THE WINE?
Is it sad that was my first thought? Probably. So I go home and frantically search my house for my pin number. But I was smart stupid and threw it away. So I call the bank, and they’re glad to give it to me in the mail. So no pin number. No groceries. And no wine!
So I suck it up and head to Food Lion to grab the necessities. You know, wine, chocolate and stuff to make for breakfast the next day. I was delighted because they had my favorite cheap red on sale for even cheaper, I grabbed a toblerone bar and some bisquick and was out the door.
Thank God for the wine.
Later that night, I finally get a chance to put stuff away. And you know what? The wine made it home and nothing else. I left the darn bags at the store.
I am a grocery shopping failure.
{my pin finally arrived in the mail on Tuesday. And I felt like such an idiot because I had the right numbers just in the wrong sequence.}
Today, I’m also linking up with Tara from Fabulous But Evil for my favorite link up!!
OPI Grape Fit with another OPI sparkles over it…can’t remember the name. Sorry!
My niece takes nail polish to a whole new level! 20 different polishes, one for each finger and toe. She loves her Aunt Jo; I have the best nail polish collection!
[sorry for the poor picture quality!]
Hope you all have a WONDERFUL weekend! And here’s to no grocery shopping failures this week!