I'm fixin to go to the store. Yep. Leaving to go to the grocery store in a bit. This is the household chore I dread the most. I've never, ever liked grocery shopping. I don't know why. I've analyzed this problem to death and I've never come up with any kind of answer. I don't like any part of it. I go roundabout once a week and I have to force myself to do the deed. I will tell you this - I can fly through the store at breakneck speed, using the grab and throw method. It's the only way I can tolerate this miserable chore. And now my grocery store has screwed me over. Obviously, in addition to tallying food prices, the checkout scanner has also scanned my brain and realized I hate the place and have been charging through the aisles like a rhinocerous. Therefore, the grocery store Nazi's have decided I'm not looking at the items they have chosen for me to purchase, so it's time to turn the place into a free for all food jungle and I'm the monkey who has to find the banana in the detergent aisle. If I can find the detergent aisle. Yet again, my particular store is upside down because "We're bringing a better Kroger to you!" Liars. A better Kroger would not only scan my mind, but bring the goods to my house. AND put them away. And the real love would be shown if they cooked up the stuff. This Kroger is a really wrecking ball mess. There's no ceiling, the floor is torn to pieces, bare concrete patches are all over the place. The food groupings make no sense right now and nothing is where it was! It's just too much for me to handle! I know ya'll will say there's a store in this town that delivers (too pricey and not enough selection) and another that allows you to fill out a computer form and they will shop and bag it and all you have to do is pick up the goods, BUT! How do I know their standards match mine? I don't like ripe bananas, I like green bananas. I don't want tomatoes that have no taste, I want fresh tomatoes. Mind you, I'm not loyal at all to Kroger. They don't know that (I think). I'm a grocery ho. I pick up a little here, a little there. I shop at almost all the stores in town for different items, but I need Kroger for my gas points. I really, reeeeely like the 10 cents off per gallon. That's enough to keep me crawling back to that black hole. Ugh. And really, it makes no difference. A grocery store is a grocery store. And I don't like any of them.

I second your ugh. The beautiful red poppies make me happy and would make any ugh's more tolerable. I love your words and work.
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