don't leave your cart - not even for a minute

They were calling for the snow to begin literally any minute and guess who needed to go to the grocery store.  Me.  I wasn't in a panic to get milk and bread like all the other nuts out there, I just needed some sour cream for tonight's dinner and a couple other things.  So, I get there around around 5:45pm and it's a mad house - of course.  There were only a couple shopping carts available and they were the ones with race cars and baby seats attached.  I should have grabbed one of those but I figured I could just carry everything.  What was I thinking?  I ended up grabbing 2 things of milk right off the bat (whole milk for the boys and lactaid milk for me), some sour cream and some rolls.  Already my hands are full and I still wanted to grab a few other things.  Kevin requested some ice cream but I didn't have anyplace to put it.  I actually put one of the milks down since it wasn't an absolute necessity (I had only grabbed it because the milk display was fully stocked - i figured 'why not').  As luck would have it, I spotted a lone shopping cart in the middle of the ice cream aisle.  The carts contents: 2 boxes of soup (think onion soup mix) and a sales flyer.  I decided to wait a minute to see if anyone claimed the cart.  I went to the end of the aisle and looked for someone who looked like they might be using the cart.  I waited to see if anyone came out of the bathroom (bathroom and ice cream aisle are right near each other).  Well, nobody claimed the cart - so I did.  I put the 2 boxes of soup on the shelf then I unloaded my arms and went back for the milk I put back.  I swear I felt guilty taking the cart.  I really did.  I kept picturing a little old lady looking up and down the aisle for her cart....and her soup.  Her boxed soup.  Maybe she was too frail to carry 2 boxes of boxed soup and that's why she got a cart in the first place.  I am the devil.  I basically mugged a little old lady.  And do you know what I did after I took her cart?  I went ahead and gathered a few other random items I wanted....not even things I NEEDED - just wanted.  Then I got in line.  When I got home I told Kevin the story of how I hijacked a cart and he said, "you'll be blogging about that later".  ~good idea.