Shopping

Mary was not very fond of shopping of any kind.

Clothes and shoe shopping was the worst! 

Today was Food shopping day, food shopping was not as bad but it still wasn’t any fun.

Food shopping used to be OK but then the seat in the trolley got too small and baby Joe had to come 

too, so now all Mary could do was walk along beside Mum and dad being bored.

In they went, mum pushing the trolley with Joe in the seat.

 Dad walked along with Mary and the mission began.

“OK, Mary today I’m going to set you some challenges, do you want to play?” teased dad.

“Sure,” replied Mary, its go to be better than walking around wanting to leave.

“Your first challenge is to find a big bag of oats for breakfast and baking, they are heavy so be careful” advised dad.

Mary was already off to find them before she could reply.

Found the aisle, found the oats but there was so many different types to choose from.  

How could they all be so different if they were all the same thing? Thought Mary.

“Dad, dad, help,” yelled Mary.

“What’s up?”  Replied dad.

“There are so many different bags and boxes.  Why so many different kinds when they are all the same?” this confused Mary a lot.

“Oh, well there are lots of different people who farm them and they want to sell them too,” advised dad. “There are lots of things like that as you’ll find out on your next mission if you choose to accept it?” advised dad.

“Yes, I’ll try.”

“OK, next we are going to need 8 bananas and 6 apples, these are both in the same aisle, you’ll need to take these 2 bags to put them in for the lady we pay at the end.  Will you be alright with this double mission?”

Yet again, Mary was already away before answering.

Mary found the right aisle and went over to the apples first; they were  arranged all neatly.  

Mary very carefully choosing 6 like dad had asked, selecting the shiny ones and checking they didn’t have any bruises before putting them into the bag.

Next it was time for the bananas, Mary liked the green ones.  Mum had told her the green ones last the longest.  

Mary looked through all of the different bunches and selected a medium sized bunch with some smaller ones at the back for Joe.  Double checking there was 8 all attached together as they were placed into the second bag.

Dad’s 3 missions all completed.  

They all gathered by the checkout while mum and dad put the shopping into bigger bags so it was easier to take home..  

They said goodbye to the person at the till and walked out of the shop over to find the car. 

 Mum and Dad put everything carefully into the boot.

 Dad put the trolley back for someone else to use, while mum put Joe into his car seat.

Shopping isn’t so bad when you have a mission thought Mary, maybe dad will set me some new challenges next week, thought Mary with a grin.

©joannehepburn 03/07/2016