I coulda swore.

I don't know if it's just me, the time of year or what, but do you ever go to a store, have stuff picked out to buy and then not have the item in your bags when you get home?!!  I HAVE.  And it seems like it's happening more and more frequently.  I don't quite understand what it is, but when I bring my items to the checkout stand/lane, I am entrusting the checker to get everything I have purchased into a bag and hand it to me!  Is that too much to ask?  I realize - I can't watch out for every single thing that I buy - most the time I have baby girl with me, and I'm trying my darnedest to hold her, pay, and keep her from melting down...so I don't have TIME to monitor whether every single item that I'm PAYING for makes it into my bag/cart!  I know for a fact that I've paid for and not received by the time I've gotten home:  bananas, avocados, baking chocolate, and just recently TAPE!  Of course these are all separate trips, but it makes me swear. What kills me even more is that I can't go back and say I didn't receive my item...there would be no chance that would ever fly.

On a side note - my cousin was ringing herself up at the self checkout, and accidentally put the item number in the quantity when she was buying an avocado, so the item number being 1022, ended up registering as she buying 1,022 avocados!  So, the checker of the lane assured her that she got the transaction stopped, however, a few days later, the charge ended up on her card.  She went in to the store to explain what happened, and the store manager didn't BELIEVE HER!  Ummm....I think you'd know if someone really bought a thousand avocados from your store in one purchase...let's be real here.  Luckily the checker who was working that day remembered my cousin and was able to get it cleared up, but ONLY because she happened to be working at that moment did the issue get resolved...

The other thing that I'm noticing lately is when I have my arms full of kid and a basket full items to purchase, the checker looks at me and says "do you want a bag?".  Umm...well, seeing as though I don't have a reusable bag with me, YES, I would like a bag.  Thanks.

Ok, I'm done being a curmudgeon and scrooge this week.  Moving on.

It's Christmas this week!  Yay!  I'm nearly ready, I've nearly finished shopping, just a few things to pick up.  We are hosting Christmas Eve at our house this year, so need to prepare for our meal, which hopefully we can finish up on Thursday along with my last minute shopping.  I still need to decorate the rest of my sugar cookies,  and of course clean my house!  Here's wishing you a blessed Christmas - I hope you and yours have a wonderful and happy holiday!