It's a grocery cart, not a go-cart
by Kate Spade

One of my recent books I checked out at the library was Manners by Kate Spade. Thank you Mrs. Spade for writing this book and i hope to make it available to everyone I know.
she covers the do 's and don't of almost all my freaky pet peeves. (except she didn't mention anything about drivers who don't use their turn signal - rats!)

But she did touch on my fetish about grocery carts, cell phones and elevators. So, today I chose to highlight the grocery carts with little bit of journaling. But you better believe I will revisit the cell phone issue for those who don't run and get this book from the library.

I decided to start taking photos this year of the grocery carts I push. What a simple way to remember every where you went this year. No on has to pose for the photo, it doesn't matter if you brushed your hair that day (or in my case washed it).

Here are a few of Kate's manners of pushing the cart.

my cart at Safeway

Aisle etiquette - When you park your cart, hug the wall, not the center of the isle; before you turn a corner, look ahead to see if the lane is clear.

{you can not see in the photo but I always seat belt my purse to the cart, so that if someone tried to steal the purse when I was not looking they would get slowed down by taking the cart with them. am i the only paranoid person who does this?}

my cart at Sam's club

At the deli counter - Wherever there is a line of people waiting to be served, assume there is a ticket machine and wait your turn: you can reasonably expect others to do likewise.

my cart at Target

Checkout Line - The tension of waiting in line to pay up is worse than horses straining to break at the gate; for some reason, at this point all people want is out. Patience truly is a virtue in this case. If there is an express lane for ten items or fewer, do the math the old fashioned way - each item counts.

my cart at Costco

Random Acts of Kindness - if the person behind you only has only one or two items and you have several, be gracious and let him or her go first. (i knew i liked this gal)

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And another little photo journaling is to take a photo of the price of gas. It might not make it so horrible - $62 for 18 gallons - YUCK!
what I would give to have a photo for $.97 cents a gallon we paid when we were living in New Orleans.
also the other day when I was at Costco I bought Sally Jane a churro and she went crazy. She had never had one before and could not eat it fast enough. Funny it stunk up my car but it didn't smell like churro it smelt like Disneyland.

Also our little grass head bunnies are growing quite nicely.Sally Jane is now liking to walk in the grocery store and does a great job of staying right by my side. The other day in the store she had her own bag of goodies she found.

• one bright yellow lemon
• one box of brownie mix (that she made with her dad that night)
• one box of Scooby Doo Macaroni and cheese

Happy Birthday Stacy! If you don't visit this blog, I would put it on your to do list. she is amazing and the real deal!
Graphic stolen from her site without permission.