Some days it doesn’t pay to even leave the house. Looks like this may have been one of them! Sorry for all your mishaps. I know now to avoid Whole Foods today - maybe my local Publix will have some pretty buds. Hope the rest of your day is better!

Oh goodness! I've had days like that. Sorry you had a rough time! There are times when I think it won't be busy and I'm am so very wrong!

Your morning sounds embarrassing but nearly as much as the guy crawling in & out of his car thru the passenger side & moving his car twice. Visualizing that has got me laughing.

In retrospect, it was all kind of funny. Annie I like that saying. I've always sai some days you're the pigeon, some days you're the statue. Today I was the hydrant and the statue! At least the remaining coffee was good and so was the scone. We are expecting about two inches of snow, so everyone is out stocking up. Funny.

And yesterday was Friday the 13th?! The rest of the day should flow smoothly!

And it's Valentine's Day so all the guys and probably a few gals, are buying last minute flowers, candy and such. Sorry you had such a bad start. Yep, some days you're the windshield and some days the bug. Your day to be the bug.

So true. It's like this at Trader Joe's too. Last Saturday I had to park behind the store which is actually a lot for a co op development. I felt guilty my whole while shopping.

Pretty funny to read about your experience from a distance. My Whole Foods parking lot is a zoo usually. I only go there when I need to make a meal for my gluten-free friends as WF has the widest selection of GF ingredients in my area. I usually park as far away from the door as possible.

LOL, that sounds just like something I would do! We just got got home from shopping and it's crazy out there today. I'm looking forward to snuggling up with a book today and having dinner at home tonight.

Well, the end of my post was cut off. Happy, Valentine's Day, Ded.

You poor thing! I had an excruciating episode of humiliation at Whole Foods a few years ago while shopping with my then youngest child. I loathe those toy car carts (they always seem dirty to me, even when I can't see dirt)but I used one that day because I just wanted to get the shopping done. I had finished about half my list when I crashed the unwieldy cart into a salad dressing rack. MANY shattered bottles of oily dressing covered the aisle all around us. Fortunately, neither DS nor I (nor anyone else) were injured. I stood there with great embarrassment, apologizing profusely to the employees who cleared a path for me. It seemed a good time to check out. Actually, it seemed a good time to just leave, but I decided I didn't want to sacrifice the groceries I already had.

The register was only a few feet away. What could possibly go wrong? I started unloading the cart, keeping an eye out for any glass shards. DS helped unload. I reminded him not to try to lift the milk bottle. Not ten seconds later he banged the bottle down onto the conveyor belt, sending milk and glass everywhere. So. Many. Apologies. We left without groceries.

I did not go back to that Whole Foods for six months! The car carts were gone, and I was pretty certain I knew why.

I am in canada and do not have whole foods but in a few weeks I will be in orlando for a few days and notice our hotel is just down the street about a mile from a whole foods. I was really looking forward to dropping in and just looking around.

Anything really good I should look out for.

I very seldom shop at Whole Foods (Lyban - we have them on the west coast) but it's part of a mall so parking usually isn't an issue. I might buy some bananas and they have a really good cranberry nut bread that I occasionally buy but honestly I just can't afford to shop there.

Anyway, one day I needed just a papaya - that's all. Got up to the cash register and they wanted $8, EIGHT DOLLARS for one papaya. I thought to myself "Do I buy it or do I embarrass myself and say No Way am I paying that" I didn't buy it.

I went to my regular grocery store and bought 2 of them for $6 and they were really good.

this is how I feel whenever I go shopping. Hate crowds! I try to shop early early in the morning at weekends, but sometimes I just have to go after work when everybody and their sister is picking up dinner. Ugh.

We are a Walmart town. Talk about crazy! Have to go Sunday morning --before church only, because after church it's a zoo. BUT -- we are getting a Whole Foods. they haven't started building yet, so I'll check back here in a couple of years.

What a morning! DH took the day off yesterday and went to WF in the early afternoon and said it was a zoo....and the temps were in the20's. Hope you have a better Sunday!

Cyn, thanks for the V Day wished. Back at you! Our WF parking lot is a zoo. However, they are building a new WF right next to it that is supposed to have underground parking. I don't go often because of the nuisance and the prices. I do like their ground beef, which is why I was there, along with getting some red tulips for mom. They also have the only decent salad bar around.

Rio samba, your story is funny --now. I hate those car carts. I've been rammed in the back of the ankles more than once. I think it is hard to judge distance in them.

WF is good for some things and is great for organic, etc. I am not picky about that.

violet - you are so fortunate to be getting a WF; we've asked so many times for them to consider one near us. As it is, my weekly drive is nearly an hour each way- I've been trying to make it biweekly when I can. to avoid the trip. Local stores around here are adding more organic and no-nitrate foods, etc., but not yet enough to make it worth my while.

Gadz!!! Sorry about your days' start there Ded!!

DW & I WILL NOT shop @ Walmart. Even if they had the last drugs on Earth that I needed to stay alive...I'd have to think about going! We like Target much better.

Grocery stores...Uffda! We seem to go at the less-busy times.

The parking fiasco...Oh my!
However....I'm the guy who will sometimes park across 2 spots, but way out in the lot. In college, I did it frequently! I had my Black 1981 Turbo Trans-Am....if anyone dented my car.......well, I'd better not say anymore....;-)
If I had a Corvette....oh dear....how expensive are SWAT-Teams for a few hours...?!?!?!?

Faron

Well Dedtired, I think you covered quite a few of the reasons I hate shopping outside of the house. I rarely go to Whole Foods as I keep expecting some better gourmet quality on some things and often strike out and their regular stuff has priced me out.

I think Trader Joe's has a corporate policy of being in areas with too few shopping places. I refuse to go there on a Saturday and really have to get to one before 10 because their other policy is to have small aisles in the parking lot which makes maneuvering my truck a bother.

I used to like Target and still think many of their goods have true style but for clothing and some other things I can find commensurate quality elsewhere for less, the cashiers seem to have a hard time accepting that I do not want a Target red card and I there is no benefit to it that would entice me to sign up right there, even if it gives me free shipping on their bloated website. I also irritated to be looking at towels and find out I can save an additional amount of money if I just text on my smartphone to give me the code. I figure I am already in the store, have a coupon there for me, don't tease those of us without smartphones. Oh, they do have pretty nice carts. I love having the UPS guy bring me the things I need/want. I wish I could have a milk man too.

Tish tosh, I'm with you on the clerks pushing the Red cards. They are getting annoying and won't take No for an answer. And with you on the coupons, too.

Sorry to laugh at your expense but that was funny. I don't shop are Whole Foods often mainly b/c I have other cheaper options (Trader Joes and Fresh Market). Ours is located in a "Towne Center" complex which is a mix of shops, restaurants, high rise condos, etc. Though there are multiple ways to access the center, the traffic is always crazy, especially on weekends. My kids know my rule...I don't shop on weekends unless vitally necessary (I don't work so I can easily get my errands done during the week). That said, I somehow found myself at that Towne Center yesterday at 1:30. I was looking for ski gloves last minute b/c unbeknownst to me, my dog chewed up one of my son's and he didn't tell me. And we are going skiing. Outdoor sports store is located right next to Whole Foods. As we drove into the parking garage, I'd never seen it that full and the line to exit was ridiculously long. I muttered to my boys, "this is why I have a rule about shopping on weekends!" We spent more time getting a parking space and getting in and out of the garage than we spent in the store, which aside from one pair of $65 gloves (um, no thanks), was a waste of time. Left that shopping center to another across the street, with thankfully, easy in and out parking, to go to Kohls where we found the last two pairs of gloves at 60% off. Bonus! Two pairs for less than $20!

Tish, fortunately my Trader Joes has plenty of parking! There is never ever an issue getting parking there, even on the day before Thanksgiving.

Coincidentally, dh is at Whole Foods now looking for vanilla bean. He couldn't find it at our nearby grocery store yesterday. Hopefully since the weather here is atrociously cold, he won't meet with a crowd.

@ gramarows. While we are waiting on the WF, we are very fortunate to have an excellent independent natural and organic grocery store called Sprouts. No Trader Joe here though.

shopping still sucks. I agree -- wish we had milkmen back!

Our Wegmans was super crazy on Friday. They set up temporary checkouts just for the flower area. I don't remember ever seeing so many people in the store the day before Valentine's Day.

We are getting a Whole Foods next year. Got a Trader Joes recently. Have been somewhat disappointed in the quality there.

violet, we have a Sprouts in town and I really like shopping there. I visited a Trader Joe's in visiting relatives in Kentucky and I was really disappointed. Not what I expected and I think our Sprouts is much better. We have a Whole Foods in OKC but too far to drive for me unless I need something in particular.

Our Trader Joe's is way too small for the number of people who want to shop there. The aisles are all goofy. Someone described shopping there like going to a rave. I have a few items I like there, but think of it as an add-on kind of place rather than a place to do my regular shopping. The parking is a mess there, too.

There is a gorgeous Whole Foods in the town near me, but just too far to pop in for flowers or a salad. There are about six food bars, a restaurant that serves beer and wine and a taco truck and tables on the roof. It is next to a shopping mall so there is plenty of parking, including an underground lot and elevators. Shopping there is almost overwhelming. The rices are still sky high.

I wish I had a Wegman's closer. I have to drive half an hour to get to one and since I don't buy much at one time, I rarely go. They also have a restaurant, food bars and seating.

I have always wanted to shop at a Piggly Wiggly because of the name and from learning about it in Driving Miss Daisy. If I am ever down south and see one, I will screech to a stop and go in!

dedtired, I agree! I would go in a Piggly Wiggly just to say I shopped there and yes I 1st heard of it from Driving Miss Daisy.

Dedtired, come visit us in Georgia and see our Piggly Wiggilys!!