I forgot to look all the way...

Yes, it's time for another supermarket story, nothing like this every happens to me at Trader Joes...I should just not go to other markets. But the other markets have things that Trader Joe's doesn't seem to have, like baking soda...I found baking powder, but couldn't find baking soda for the life of me. Anyway, I stopped at Vons on my way home from Trader Joe's, "I'll just run in super fast and get these three items" I thought to myself, not wanting the groceries in my trunk to melt. Unfortunately the Carpinteria Vons is the least organized market I've ever been in... of course the yogurt would be next to the diapers! ...why did I even check by the milk?

With my items acquired I hurried to the checkout stand, perfect! Only one person in front of me, and they only have one item! I've really lucked out.

It was only after I put everything on the conveyer belt that I remembered how important it was to look all the way. Because that one person in front of me was about 95 years old and didn't have any teeth, and the one thing she was buying was a giant bottle of chardonnay, and, most importantly what she was clutching between her crooked fingers wasn't a pocketbook, it was a bag full of coins. "I have too many pennies at home!" she exclaimed.

Pennies, I'm not even kidding, $ 4.86 in pennies.

"Help me count these!"....she was talking to me. She smelled like alcohol and I had to count her pennies, and in order to count them I had to touch them...and they were sticky.

And this is why I will forever carry hand sanitizer in my purse... and I will not stop when I have dairy products in the car.