“All it takes is patience,
just a little patience
is all you need”
As the infamous Guns N Roses put it, patience is definitely a necessity in life! I have never been a patient woman, nor have I pretended to be. I am that person who asks someone to get to the point if I think a story is taking too long, as well as, tap my foot or make an obnoxious sign if the person in front of my is wasting time in a line. I’m envious of those who are patient though.
Today I ventured to the grocery store. I despise the grocery store for many reasons but mostly because it’s a zoo no matter when or where you go. My biggest pet peeve is when people park their carts in the middle of the isle while they look at all the many different kinds of hamburger helper or (insert any complete meal option) and make to attempt on moving over when they see you’re waiting to pass. Today I fond another grocery store loathing…CHILDREN!!! Why do parents feel the need to let their five year old drive the cart? Not only do they want to constantly play bumper cars with your buggy but most times the miss and hit you in the calves/chins/ass and think it’s hilarious. You’d think the parents would put a stop to it, but NOOOOoooo they think it’s funny too. Guess who’s not smiling about it! I am, however, judging your parenting skills especially while your two year old is throwing a temper tantrum because he wants kool-aid and soda over apple juice. Hahaha tears all over the place…sucks for you. I remember trying to throw a temper tantrum in the grocery store once. I think it took .5 seconds before my mom left her cart right where it was, picked my up by my ear and had me in the parking lot spanking my ass. Do you think I tried that again? Now that’s true parenting!
I have recently taken up clipping coupons. Most wouldn’t think that takes patience but when you have to organize and put them to use, real patience is involved. So there I am in Publix looking through my pile of coupons because I know there’s one for salsa somewhere when I meet my stalker! First she hands me some coupons. I think she’s just being nice, but then she starts talking to me about Harris Teeter and how they have the best specials and she was there is morning and BLAH BLAH BLAH. I graciously thanked her for the coupon (that I didn’t need) and went on my way. Next I’m in the isle looking for Panko and here she comes. Now she hands me a coupon for Bertoli pasta sauce and goes on a rant about how great it is and how she has four children and so forth and so forth. Then she hands me another coupon for dove body wash and tells me how the got it at the service desk this morning at Kroger. First, I don’t buy pasta sauce since it takes a whole of 20 minutes to makes your own and second did anyone just catch that this lady has now talked about being at two previous grocery stores beside the Publix she is now shopping at.
Who has that much time in the day? I know that times are tough and this lady has four children but seriously THREE grocery stores! Next I bet she was heading over to Walmart to see what they had on special. Imagine how much she would save on gas if she just simply put her coupons to use and stayed at one grocery store. I kept running away from her the whole time but somehow she kept finding me. I heard stories from her daughters favorite shampoo to how if you wait a day or so the meat that’s already marked down will be even more on clearance and to come back to check on it. Moral of the story…when you already have your grocery list, make sure to go through your coupons before hand so no one notices your stack of coupons and thinks it’s a good time to give you saving money tips! Pretty much if there’s going to be a crazy talkative old bag, then she’s going to find me some way or another so…
If it’s all gonna happen sometime…then why not now?
