MrZ requested that maybe I not go out and do all of my errands in the mornings before he wakes up. He implied he might like to be part of some of the family outings - like grocery shopping. He felt like he was missing out on some of the family time. He shouldn’t have to miss out on that because of my abnormal sleep habits. (Yes. I woke up at 4am this morning. That’s quite abnormal.) I usually hit Super Target at 8am, right when it opens. But this morning, 8am came and went as I waited for my lovely husband to wake up.
OMG. IT WAS TORTURE.
As the minutes ticked by I kept thinking about how crowded it was getting, and how the day was ticking away and I still hadn’t done my weekly big grocery trip. It was killing me watching the clock tick by with me sitting there…waiting. I finally made NikkiZ wake him up 10 minutes ago. Of course, first he has to shower and then eat breakfast, so we probably won’t hit the grocery store until 10:30am. That’s almost lunchtime!. If I had known this was going to kill me so much, I would have never offered.
But…I love my husband…and I guess this is just one of the things I’ll do for him. Go grocery shopping with the rest of the world. Instead of at the crack of dawn. sigh. I guess this is the “for Better or Worse” part.
Maybe he will hate it and not want to go anymore.
And I agree that you need to hit Target when it opens or it is all over.
I can’t get my husband to go grocery shopping with me. He hates it. And so sometimes I find myself tricking him into going by letting him take me out to lunch or dinner and then telling him I need to stop at the grocery store for something. He always tries to just “wait in the car” but then I whine and pout and still only end up getting my way about a third of the time.
The closest SuperTarget to me is three hours away.
How self-sacrificing of you
That’s sweet of him to want to be included though!
I think might sneak out, buy the bulk of the groceries, do everything I need to get done, then come back before he woke up and claim that all we needed was milk.
Because shopping with crowds on Saturday morning? Unacceptable.
You must love your husband more than I love mine.
I love that you sent in your daughter to wake him up!!
I know what you mean! My husband usually goes to be right around the time I get up, so weekends are a painful waiting game. By the time he gets up and we have “breakfast,” it’s usually my second meal of the day.
That’s “goes to bed.” My typing stinks.
I know what you mean about waiting on him waking up on weekends. I like to go shopping early too.
Nick has absolutely no problem with skipping the grocery shopping. In fact… he finds that to be on the positive side of the list about my being a stay home mom. I go grocery shopping on a weekday morning… and he rarely has to set foot in Stop and Shop. He loves it. Plus, it’s much less crowded on on Thursday morning than on a weekend.
First, let me wallow in Super Target jealousy….. There, all done.
Second, I do not understand this bizarre concept of “husband who would actually LIKE to go grocery shopping with you”. Could you please explain?
I hate it when my husband grocery shops with me. I get twice as much done in half the time when I go alone. I think I’d have to negotiate a compromise on some other family outing.
I am WITH YOU! I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been pacing around just WAITING for a store–ANY STORE–to open. Why doesn’t everything open at 7:30 a.m. WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE WORLD? GAAAAAH.
Hahahahahahaha!
You’re killing me today!
Ugh i hate when my husband comes grocery shopping with me, or , God forbid, takes it on himself! It’s as bad as having the kids there-we spend too much, buying junk we don’t need and we are there much longer than necessary. My solution is to leave at least one, soemtimes both of the kids home with him for one on one time. Then, I call my mom and we spend the afternoon “shopping” and eventually end up at Super Target, so convenient that there are groceries there too!!
We have a standing “family time” date every Friday night when we go out for family dinner. Last week it was Greek/Lebanese place w/ bellydancers, this week it was a test of the kid’s manners at an upscale place in town.
Hope your famly time at Super Target was a success, you made it home before dark and didn’t break the bank.
What is this 8 AM on weekends you speak of? I wasn’t aware such an hour existed.
We tried that once. But only once. I can’t stand waiting until later in the day, and it just didn’t work out with all of us shopping together(we spent WAY more).
Personal question coming…
So if you do your grocery shopping once a week do you get paid once a week? Or just put the money aside for the weekly trip?
We get paid every 2 weeks and I always do a huge trip every other friday. But then I’m constantly running back to the store for veggies and stuff..and by the time we are supposed to eat whats on the menu for day 12, we might not be in the mood for it!
He.. he… I love my husband SOOOOOOOOOO much that I just let him do the shopping!
That would kill me. I get more accomplished while my husband is sleeping than I do the rest of the day.