Beware shopping with Hattie!

If you ever take Hattie shopping, be sure to watch what goes through the register! Twice this week she has slipped things by me and I have bought stuff I didn't intend to. I didn't see the cashier ring it up because I'm sure I was distracted by trying to chase her through the checkout.

On Wednesday, I took her Christmas shopping. I bought tons of stuff and in particular two of the same thing (so they won't fight) for Grace and Hattie for Christmas. It wasn't anything too expensive, but when I got home to show David all the stuff, I found I had THREE of them in my shopping bag. Hattie apparently liked it and grabbed one off the shelf and threw an extra in my cart. Since toys r us is 35 minutes away, I won't be returning it... maybe it will fill a sub-for-santa request...

Then, last night, I took the girls to the grocery store to pick up about 4 things. I told them if they were good they could get a treat on the way out. Hattie goes nuts over M&Ms (she calls them num nums - well, any candy is a num num.) She saw a BIG bag of those pink cancer-support m&m's and grabbed it. How do you tell a 1 year old that they can't have pink m&m's? Well, the "cancer" m's were a bit more expensive, but whatever, it's for a good cause, so I let her put them on the conveyor belt. Grace chose a pack of gum and I thought I was good. When they told me the total, I thought it sounded a bit expensive - knowing the simple few things I bought, but Shaw's grocery is a rip-off, so I just chalked it up to them. I got home and looked at the receipt and I was charged for TWO bags of the expensive m&m's. I was so mad that the cashier had charged me for 2 bags. THEN, I went to put my things away and saw, yes, an EXTRA bag of m&m's in the grocery bag. HATTIE!!!! She totally put an extra bag up on the counter when I wasn't looking.

So, check your receipt twice before leaving the store with Hattie! I wish I could say I will do that, but it is all I can do to get the bags AND Hattie out of the store and into the car. I'll just make a little pile of my extras and give them away as gifts. Aren't you excited to see what I give you for your birthday next year? :-)