Making Grocery Shopping Fun

I despise grocery shopping. This would explain why my cupboards are often bare. At first I blamed my aversion to this chore on trying to hunt and gather with children in tow. Turns out, I hate the task just as much solo (well, maybe a teeny bit less).

The sad fact is, I have to do it. God knows I can't let my husband shop for food. I've gone down that road before and it was paved with frozen pizzas and scratchy toilet paper.

But, one day I had an epiphany when I spotted this sign in the Asian Food aisle:

snapped a photo and texted it to my friend. Ethnic Juices? Um? She was also grocery shopping and texted this photo back:

And this phallic goody:

And then this. I think she may have been insinuating something...

Of course each photo was accompanied by a sassy comment, but I'll leave those up to your imagination.

Not to be outdone, I texted her this photo from the nature store (where I was now buying bird seed) with the caption, "TGIF...let's get pissed!"

Granted, shopping while taking photos and texting adds time to your excursion, but it's certainly worth it. Shopping this way is actually entertaining!

On my next shopping trip I texted my friend again. She was at home, nursing a nasty toe injury. She texted a photo of the crackers she was eating and suggested I buy some. She obviously didn't realize her gnarly toe was a bonus feature.

My next text to her said, "I'm not saying we’re fat, but next time we chat, I'm making this!

Yes, that is my toe in the picture. I thought it added a certain je ne c'est quoi to the photo's composition. And yes, I got some weird looks while I was slipped off my shoe and posed all naked toed.

Then I texted. "FYI - you're in no way fat. I bet you only eat these!

And finally, "I need to stop taking my shoes off. The manager is watching me on the closed circuit t.v. but, just one more before he kicks me out..."Toe Jam!"

Ridiculous right? But oh so enjoyable. The next time you go grocery shopping, try finding something funny or unusual to photograph and share. And if you happen to see a person who looks like this....